The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1899-12-30
CHAPTER XI.-(Continuedo

CHAPTER XI.-(Continued)
/ Two more weeks passed, and by that
time Martin Ray had grown warmly at
tacbad to the man whom he would call
young Glen" Martin himself was Ill
/ his health was fast failing; and he ciuns
"a the Younger man, so full of health.
/ strength. and vitality-only chance &C
+ quaiutance, but one Of the few ties that
! bound him TO the outer world
/ One day Sir Basil, coming earlier than
usual in the morning found him sitting
hy the UNCOVERED wall. his face buried
! in his hands. When he raised ii 30 greet
! him. the baronet saw plainly the traces
! of tears.
As usual, Martin was cynical, even
! about himself
/ Il am a very rueful looking patriot THIS
! morning he said Il have been ilI'all
/ night and | am alone"
/ Sir Basil glanced around.
/ Where is Miss RayE he asked.
/ My daughter is always busted about
/ something or other; she has not much
! time to give to me. 1t was different
| once"
Sir Basil felt indignant. He knew that,
no matter where Hette might be, she
/ was working for him, and for no one else.
Il think" be said quietly, that Miss
Ray gives you all her time. | have never
. en- e laughter - devoted"
"She is very good" he allowed; and
| then he added abruptly, Il had another
/ daughter once"
/ IL seemed as though some Irresistible
power forced him to talk Of Leah. 1t
was the first time he had spoken of her
! since the day she had left him, and. like
! pent-up waters suddenly let loose. his
thoughts and feelings at once found vent.
He rose from his seat and stretched his
arms out toward the great heavlng ocean.
Il made two idols" he continued The
first was my wife-she died; the other
was my daughter
Did she die also?" asked Sir Basil,
pityingly.
No; she is worse than dead-a thou
sand times worse than dead. If L could
weep over some green grave containing
her should be happier"
Not dead?" said Sir Basil, wonder
ingIy.
NO: she deserted me; she cast me off.
much as you would throw away your old
gloves. On the very day that | unfolded
my plans to her n stranger came among
us-a man related to my wife. He was
rich-bah. how l hate to speak Of him.
and he wanted to adopt my children. l
refused his offer; he appealed TO them.
/ All, heaven, when | think Of the scene.
/ She the daughter whom | loved best,
left me and went to him, this stranger,
ana clung to him. Take me away she
cried L have been praying to heaven
10 send me a deliverer from this furnace
of fire.. She went away with him, and
l cursed her
And the Hettie-what did she
do?"
"Ah. good faithful Hettie, she came to
me. ! see the picture now. Glen. She
put her arms around my neck. / will
love you and serve you and be true to
you until | die she said. And so we
four stood looking at each other. Then
the other two went away. Hettie and
have been alone ever since; we have new
er uttered her sisters name since the day
she left Us, and we never shall
Il should hardly have thought that two
sisters could have differed SO greatly"
remarked Sir Basil. quite unconscious
that Icy his own words he was condemn
ing the girl he had asked to be his wife.
lie remembered the story when lie saw
Leah. So perfectly unconscious was he
that she was the heroine of il that he had
thought to himself how grandly Leah
would have acted under the CirCum-
stances he felt that she. too, would have
gone to her fathers side and have stood
by him against the whole world