Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-02-09


I'll. family circle uf the Rev. IuStacc
paiiasrc, sometime vicar 81 The parish
ui Suitnn-im-!hr- Mold. consisted of him
eli. his mother. l,i; wife and his wife's
sister. There wore .wo children also.
who were Il fruitful source of di-cord and
,iisHlip!l. 1t is certain thai had he chos-
pn to do so thr Rev. i~.ustacc might have
made many hcait.ruding and narrowing
revelations concerning the private life
and customs of the inhabitants of his
wharfage. II is equally certain, however.
,I:.l h. would moi have chosen to do so,
for he WAS cmphaiic.lly II man of peace
and scntlcncss, hind-hrartcd and given
TO good works.
When ~iIistar" DiiH.rcc had been mar
ricd fiy" years his father died, and his
mother. accepting his warmly rendered
invitation 10 come to Sutton-in-thc-W Void
npolt Il long visit, took up her abode in
the pleasant vicaragc house. Her visit
was long. indeed. In II weak momcn
her son consented ia her urgent request
40 bc allowed 20 subscribe her quota to
the household expenses this was as good
as giving her II nil,cty-nine years lease
of her quarters. Tho thin end of tho
wedge thus inserted. Mrs. Daintrcc mere
d,ccanr immovablc as the church tower.
or the kitchen chimney. and the doomed
'nrm''clS OF the family began to under
stand thai nothing short of death itself
WAS likely 10 terminate the old lady's
residence among them.
b'it, even thus. things were not at
Their worst. Marion Daintrcc was Il soft
hearted. scntic-manhcrcd little woman.
III cannot he said that she regarded the
Aeimanent installmcnt of her mothcr-in-
law in hcr home with plcasurablc fuel
lnss; she would have been more than
human had She done so. But. then. she
Was u%nfeigncdly fond of her husband.
and desired earnestly i" make his home
happy. She accepted her fate. and peace
was preserved in her husbands house.
but by and by there camc somebody into
The family wh" would by no manner of
means consent In be 81 crushed and trod-
den under foot. This somebody was Vera
Nrvil!.
Marion was the eldest OF three sisters.
aud when Mr.. naintrcc met her and
mnrrie. her in Rome The two remaining
sisters had been AT the time hardly more
than children. Col. Ncvill. their father.
had married AN lialiHn lady. long since
dead. and had lived 81 nomld life ever
Slnc" II. had become n widower. Wler-
ever pleasant society was to be found,
thcr" would Col. Nryill and his daughters
mfiiictivcly drift. and year after ycal.
thcy became more and more cnainorvd of
their foreign life.
But one day th"Ye came sad news to
tllc vicaragc AT Sutton. 'rhcolora. prin-
ccss Marinari. ,ni.l., III. Roman fever
in lis worst form. an.i. after II few arop-
i.ing letters and kilograms. ti,at conc so
rapid; one upon tlr otier that she had
'tar.iiy time 10 rcaiiz. Tho dreoaful truth
Maricn learned that her sister was dcnd.
After that. The elder sisters English
iviac i,ccainr naturally tlr rirl,t and iii
ting place for Ncr,. in como to-. So She
left her .ay life AMI her lovers. her
bright dresses and :l rim, L,d btithnr,o
seemed to her WORT, living for. and ru,nr
bacl 10 her father. country and tool, mn
her abode in "l.,istaoc naiutsce's auint
vicararr. where sn.. .ncnu,,. sbortly h..
sisters idol :lnd her sisters ,notlrr in
law mortal toe.
and then ii wns tll:tt The worthy cl.r-
gyinan came to discover dian To mn thrc,
growt-up women into ile same house
and Ia expect them 10 live together in
pence and amity Is about MS foolh,riv
all experiment rs L" sImt up Il bulldog. n
parrot and n ,omca, IN a cunbnurd and
expect them Ia behaVc Ike 81 many
lambs.
lit is now rather more tlan n yoor since
Vera ,scyill cam, to ,Ae in nor bro,hr,-
in-law's house. M. linn. of tl,c y..r l.
Octobrr-the time Of IN, lay is > o'clock,
In the yicara@c araviu:. room The oftcr.
noon lea table has inst been s.t ont
and The fire iust lighted; ON. of The Ions,
French windows Icndip. INFO thc r,,aon
is still open, and through i, Vera s,cns
into The room.
Tea. Vera" Says Marion. from .,c-
hind The cups and s%aii,ers.
Old Mrs. Daintrer SITS dar,;u~ socks
severely. 10y The fs.iinu light. Ibcrc 10
sound OF distant wh;nprrinr from ,hn
shadowy corner behind lin, pi,,1o. i, *
Tommy IN disgrace. N.r, t,l,ns around
Come here. 'rom,u,. and ,ayc so,nn nr
auntic's bread and Jam" SAWS Vera.
Mrs. Daintrcc drops her WORT: anrrily
into hcrsap.
"Ncrn. | mus. beg Of You NO, 10 inter-