Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-06-12
SYNOPSIS.


ter of Col liasbrooke, the county's great
est planter, and whose splendid home was
known as "Carnlcigh."
CHAPTER ". = AT Carnleigh, James
sutton for the hand of Caroline. Has
brookes eldest. daughter and Capt.
Wrinkle, an admirer of Evelyn. are guests.
| Evelyn's school days over Ronald meets
her by chance. when she again thanks him
| for the fight he had made with the angry
bull which, had !hreatene her life. She Is
| glad of rebuke he had given Wrinkle but
a few minutes before. who had conde-
scendingly thrown him coin for a little
CHAPTER III-Ronald. returning home
| with his brother, is overtaken by the Has
brooke trap. Wrinkle, holding the reins,
| tries deliberately TO ride Ronald down,
| basket in his hand TO the ground. Ronald
determines to have satisfaction.
| CHAPTER !V;-The next morning. with
| his way to a place where Wrinkle may be
met. Wrinkle refuses to fight a man in
Ronalds position in life; Ronald. bent on
the collar and deliberately cuts off the
buttons and shoulder straps from his uni
| form. Wrinkle sneaks back to the house.
| tells Ronald she had been eavesdropping
Sorry for what he had done in anger, he
| gives her the buttons and shoulder straps,
You can trust me, DEAR" the sweet
old lady assured her.
They sat down in hammock and
Evelyn kept ii in motion with her slip
pered feet as they rested lightly on the
! floor.
DO you remember the young man I
showed you at church that day?"
"The one" questioned Mrs. Ian
caster, who you said had saved your
| iife?"
eyes; do you remember him ?"
quite we'll; his face made wonder
| fui impression on me, and ] have
thought of him hundred times after
all you told me of his struggle to bet
ter his condition and educate himself.
l don't think | ever saw finer speci-
men of physical manhood; he had SUI
perb face. Were you abiding to him?"
Then in low voice full of agitation
Evelyn explained.
For several minutes after the girl
had finished the old lady remained
silent, then she asked gently, cautious
ly, as if she were treading on ground
upon which she had not been invited:
DO you realize what all this means,
dear Evelyn"
II realize that Mr.. Fanshaw is a
friend of mine, and that Capt. Wrinkle
has tried to humiliate him in public"
Il did not mean exactly that" the
widow corrected, quickly. ut is your
own danger that am thinking about"
MY danger?" Evelyn emphasized the
| first word.
Eyes. you see it is difficult for a young
girl to be wholly in sympathy with
such noble, suffering character as this
Mr.. Fanshaw without running risk
of becoming dangerously interested.
Young girls are prone TO care for what
is withheld from them, and you may
not be an exception to the rule. You
ought to keep the fact always before
you that nothing but. disaster could
come from an alliance with one SO far
beneath you, at least in point of birth;
you see what I mean"
Evelyn drew herself up stiffly.
You need have no fears in that d.
rection," she ayerred. 1--WE have Meth
er of us thought of that"
But" gently persisted the old lady,
you may not even now know your own
| heart, l am afraid you could not have
been SO fierce just now had the captain
been talking about any other man."
II don't like to think for n moment,
Mrs. Lancaster, that Mr.. Fanshaw is
beneath us in any respect"
"Ah," interrupted the older woman,
that is still another proof of your
| peril; you even want to feel that he is
your equal, when, my poor child, all
that You may know him to be mentally,
morally or otherwise cannot make him
SO. Remember your fathers pride-the
high standing Of your family. 1t would
break his heart, Evelyn"
What would break his hearth" burst
petulantly from the girls lips.
ut would break his heart to refuse
you anything. and yet he could not
consent to your marrying into such
family as Mr.. Fanshaw's." Z
EVelyn's face was very white, and in
the moonlight 1t looked CHASTITY.
II have never dreamt Of such
thing" she said, quite truthfully. II
have thought only Of his happiness-I
have only prayed that he might tri-
umph over all the obstacles in his way
to success and happiness
The negro quarter, consisting of
village of about thirty log cabins, lay on
the left of the mansion, and from its
intricate, lanelike streets came three
mulatto musicians, carrying guitar,
mandolin and mouth organ. They
paused at the steps and began play
ing. This caused the card players, who
were evidently tired of their game, to
rise and como out on the veranda, the
colonel last Of all, clapping his fat
hands in unison with the music.
Mrs. Lancaster spoke quickly, as II
she feared the others might come down
to where she and Evelyn sat.
II fondly hope Mr.. Fanshaw will sue
coed. He may become a great man in
time, but he ought not to be hampered
by anything, and know of no greater
hindrance to young man than for him
to love some one above his station.
Therefore, dear, you must be very care
full; you must not allow him to fall in
love with YOU"
I'm love with me?" the words were
spoken scarcely louder than whisper,
and then Mrs. Lancaster felt shudder
pass through the figure In her arms.
Evelyn was thinking of look she had
seen in Ronald Fanshaw's eyes as they
sat alone that morning.
AT this juncture the couple saw Capt.
Wrinkle sauntering down the veranda
towards them.