Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-12-20

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CH&kTER Nv. {COntinued)
"You'rs19ying for curiosity to- know
who am, Sand why 1 came here" said
she, whsjei she had..sipped the cool
drink, ana that's where an English
man gets4she better Of my hot-headed
countrymgH-you don't show it a. bit.
Well, Ilae3ell You all about myself
when Tveseot my breath properlN.:.
For theS&eXt three or four minutes
/ had leasure to observe her more cl0sa-
ly, and could see that she was most
iher recen4k xsreise mad brought a red
flush to - cheeks shat 7ss4 them On
in marka CONTRAST to-: thee delicats
white tin@ her f f. ,S,H 4. YY s SUI
looking " her, Nhesfs sic stufneu
towards meg
81 must 5s@gin," said she. "by telling
you my A3ne. Well;''Tm Miss Nora
Courtney, u you please: iapa ssprael,saN
that I'm the Honorable Miss Court
ney, but that doesn't matter; and I'm
some relation to him yonder that was
tn tSs s alk 13s
town, and it's XeSN liSelX. il Xan STAY
here long enough you II meet NE one
of these days drumming. his; messages,
by reason4 that our SERVANTS. are!1 so
stupid, and !then.if Iy>Oal sawsnle: garry
ing a jug, or something, you'd be too
proud to speak to O.. me- y. Ny IT. father mas
had n heap Of trouble, and it's altered
him from what he used to be when j
was child, but he's Just as kind now
as ever he was, when ffheyl dSp't b9ther:
him. There! do YOU Vanity heaG ann:
more about such a pfonINsii1sg pair 81
people?" II: II n RI
hardly told me anything .about"youE
self
well. to begin again e-thsn,." she
said, I'm just nineteen,- asnd1hsr head
as empty of knowledge as-as this
I took thfhiat aandF hsrsgl4s1 ana
when 1 hadlMlad #it=sAa= aontinued:-
II can neither read nor write, thats Ats
how my father, has brought: meI uYi
tsure,' he saYs;;s!if YOU 'tanf do e1tAsA
you won't get into mischief sighihgs
bills, and that like as.I'N We dqpef my se9lf
We'll, this man who was dftetitne $tust
now is some relation of mine, though
what don't exactly know. It's q sort
of riddle like. that al1dt1ita, ;ff' pFR :s
father was !JaclNs Ison'-yGi khawss
We'll, he goes by the name of p OrTi1le.
1 found out the sfo Sspe1fe,th Tbs name
afterwards, and his '' nanotheriS is a corsi-
can lady, and they tell me that these.
people are hard to beat ifl theg way of
nursing their had ten1neEs 5:,
.'I don't know what'a Maurice, but
something sygene wrong with him, and
hes got my father into1:tiae Bother, but
If I'd had my letters at my fingers
ends 1 might have found out something
about it to-dayaiiHeE eomes's,,at odd
times to see us When the ifitttakes him,
and it's glad am when he goes. :, !.
do you Know arid,here She dropped,
her voice. "do you Know know that he and
his mother tried to put my Father il a
madhouse, or. threatened to, but hesgot
out of their clutches somehow and took
a droll revenge Upon Maurice? MY.
Father can leave only a, ,certain, pal :qf
his propertyfto, me, by reason of some
law or oth3eeff.s ! laws very 4.hothering
isn't it? And Wien he dies. Maurice,
my cousin, Or. MhateXer he is, comes IN
nearly all Of his tenants go rent5frae
who tries to coIiect I'll IT, And So here am
q, that ought to be living in "a: castle;
taking shelter in gentleman's house,
and I not knowing his name.
''I can guess what you'd like toShe
sssiHs IN w ts5 feg ss Sa issh h {:
comforting to have someone to speak
to. got into Maurice's room to-day
unbeknown toi 1hAlht1i ii ana thefa! fLfouhd
always, brings with him. and-you
q AMI opened it, AND ~ found .S some As!
pretending td.Jnyselfhhat:I cop9ad ! READ
them, when he came in and caught me.
Ah! you should .haNe.seen:lls look
i Fenian, no less; I,dSn't Know how
Got past HIM; bnt.1 aidst ant:suM rdsh-
ed, and the doet !:sla4ffhed 2tofand u
locked it, for the key waBi on itlas' Dut'
side And then ran for it and SAN
your uOOI OpSli dIiu IuSLcu III, dIlu LCi {
n : sm; ms nev H@@ssa 9 y
See you DE honse." I said; "and ii
you ever ceSs to sFall upon ne in a
proper wathat is, IsstmeaM- if Fl II
you'll comeaand sesih1e. I shaAtlbe dg-
would You, though? Would you
really?" q a.;si ai1
~ xs...
mrs. Graves,1 ~ Rs ss u sd f you've
appeared sdNopportunely, you will lei
me offer yoHIa cup II tea?" i
Not thisssstime, thank you I'll sbe
going now. III can slip in. and none OF
them the wiser. Goodbye, and man,
thanks for your Kindness, ahh DOM
forget that It's princess who's thank.
Thus it Vas that / first SHY Nors
courtney, with the roses still f9resh OF
her cheek ana in a1f.the sweetness and
purity Of Ier Inaatdenhood, ut was
aroused by HE quick ST p of Maguita
What luck p I asked as he rushed
In. Il
Oh, may Ne Banshee fly away witt
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