Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-02-03
1IIApTEH NlI-(Conlinucl.)

'f!icrc IS not much 10 tell" answered
the father; you know that she ran away
frem home after her mothers death: you
WIRE then nine OR ten years old. She
hated work, and iustcd after the pomps
and wvanitics of this wicked world. After
Il while l heard where she was. that she
WAS II. and had been taken into Morwcll
1I"asc To In %iursct. and that there she
fcnaincd after her recovery"
Strange" mnsrd Jasper; she fell i'll
nnd w,s taken to Morwcll, and lit was
TIE same. Things repeat themselves: the
wcr,i moves in II circle"
"E."crything repeats itself. AS III Ewes
cas-. the sickness led up To marriage. or
something Ike ii, 50 will i, be in Your
case This is what Mr.. Jordan mud Eve
did: taey went into the little old chapel.
nNl look each others hands before the
:itar. and sworc fidelity To each other:
tlat was all. MIR. Jordan is II Catholic,
MnG would not have tic knot tied hy Il
church ~larson. and Eve would 10. COZ
tes> 10 hNr ian,c. she had that sense III
drtracy left in her"
"tso Oh" snil Jasper.
We'll, then. about u year after this |
.l:rard where she was. ard 1 went after
der q Morwcll. tut l did not go openly
. Mad no wish 10 encounter MIR. Jordan.
a ;rird Ia persuade Eve 10 return With
an - l'lckfasilcisi. / saw Eve and I
ieii ac. my mind pretty freely. ! will
s',Y HIS tor licy-slle prorcssra To be sorry
~ whit; she bad done. and desired my
.fos-sycigcss. That. / said. l would give
}srs az. eng condition only. tt.,t she forsook
iuf husband and child ard came hack 10
kcer lc;>e for me. l could 10; bring her
&c It decision. so | appointed her II day. and
said I would take her iina! answer on
tkat. but ! was liindrrcd going: I Target
JUS nav What il WAS. hu, / couldn't go
'lfal day
We. father. what iHaproncd:'
us l could not keep my appointment
i ;e:a,mltr now hnw il was. | was laid
IN Wi. ~ grip OF lumlmyu n, Tavistock-
I srnl ",r OF The acirrs there. from whom
\ iAe,! heard about her. with Il message.
! !'si The ina.iaso in my back tina, badly
tia | WAS bent double. When l was able
IT, -. on ihc mnrrow. i, WAS loo late:
sc was gone
%",;eMr. Wiitlcr:'
N;'or. of with the p!ay-ic;os." answer
~ Mr.. isal'h sri,n,y. II, runs in the
bloel."
"foi: are sure of iiis::'
"sir. .!orlan told me So"
ibid you not pursue herr"
10 wi,ni end: l had done my duty. |
had i..cl my utmost 10 recover my dauyil-
Ter. AMI when for tao second time she
Played me false. l wiped off the ln.; of
NY fert as a testimony against her"
".'hr lcFi iwr chill:'
".es. She deserted her child as well as
b. has!mnd-that i. 10 say. MIR. lsna-
ii,s Jordan. She deserted the house that
had sheltered her. 10 run after y home
less. ir%snanslci. bcpainted play-ac.cr. l
know all ahou, ii. The life at Morwcll
wis too duh for her: ii WAS dullcr there
than at Buckfas,,cigl,. Here she could
sec something of the world: she could
watch the factory hands coming 10 their
work and leaving H.: but there she was
as lnuch cut of the world as ii She were
in l.nndy Isle. She had n hankering after
tic glitter and paint of this empty world"
II cannot believe this. i cannot believe
that she would desert the man who he
fricnGcd her and %forsaise hcr child"
"Iou say that because you did moi know
her. You know Martin: would he rot
dc it: You know Watt: has nc any scrn-
pics and strong domestic affections: She
was like them: had in her veins The same
hei:;nc. eddy blood"
.lasuc. considered. The flush of anger
had faded fran his brow: an expression
Of great sadness had succeeded.
Il must find OH. something ahou. my
sister.
".Arc You come back to live with me.
.%tasier? Will you help INC again in tho
mili:''
Never again. father. never" answered
The Young man, standing M. Never.
after wia; l have just heard. l shall do
what l can to lind my poor sister. Eve
iordan's mother. 1t is Il du.y-n duty
yeur neglect has left TO me: Il duly hard
TO take Iii after ii has hcon laid aside for
seventeen years: Il duty betrayed for a
su,n Of money"
CHAPTER Mil.
Barbara came out Oh Il Platform nf
rock. Eve stood ltrforc her trembling.
with Gowncast eyes. conscious of having
done wrong. and OF hein. put in n position
r,.,, ,rhicl, II ,yos J;G,.nj, 10 :,