Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-03-02

" f''Ns Nun tAstt IbN
clous itle packet iii his hands. and lie
vii! say. You will marry me. ma cl,crc,
or will make public these letters DO
Non see? Till then enjoy your life and
your liberty as much rs you desire. Only
yo'i viii not venture tn marry-bccause L
have these lcttcrs."
You will prevent my marrying." said
Helen. family.
Mails. ccrtainmcnt that I should. DO
So" SUPPOSE amy man would rare 10 he
Nour husband after he had read that last
iettSi-ilic fifth, you know
NJ. d-Arllet waited Il rcw minutes.
Watching li"r: then. as She did not raise
her head from the cushions OF the car
rage. where she had buried! it, tho
frrncliiian pulled the check string OF
tho carriage.
In another minute he was gone. :,nl
Helen. hoping that the darkness had
concealed the traces of her agitation
from the s%"rvant's pryin@ eyes. MIS- driy-
en- on. moro dead than ;iivc, 10 her
ara:nlfaticr's house.
CHAPTER VI.
-A''oGt live miles from 1synnsl.n Hall.
rs The crow flies. across ti" fields, stood.
'si tire ho;sr AGENTS would have dcScrih-
ed ii. I'll large aud c,ininoIious modern
nia;!sion. stand;l. in about eighty acres
ot wcll-timhcre.i park land
Here had been an old house oncc nj
Sha'innalic. old ard picturesque and IN
t"n~f"rtnblc: but when tie property had
hccn purchased by the present owu"r--
MI. Andrew Millcr-ar,cr he had been
returned as Conservative member for
the county. the old house was swcp
away. and Il modern mansion. more suit
I'd &" tho requirements of his family,
arose i'll its place.
Where MIR. Miller had original; come
from melody exactly knew. 1t was yrn-
orally supposed that liz had migrated
carly III life from northern and manii-
Featuring districts. where his fa:ir: had
amas>.d Il largo fortune. In spite. how
ever. of his wealth. ii is doubtful whrtl-
ar ic would over have achieved The ,liGi-
cult taslS "f being returned for 50 rXcl1-
Sivr and ari>tocratic IL county as Mead
oWsi,ir, had h. not I,adc II most prudent
aud ,%c!ilir marria@e. He had married
one "f the Miss EStcrworths. of I.uttcr-
ton.
The i~.>tcrw"rtEs M" tho very oldest
and best Of the old country families.
Therefore. when Andrew Miller married
Caroline ES.crwcrih there WAS at once
an end ri all hesitation as ,u how he
w:S Ia N" treated among them. Mead
"wsiiirc might wonder at Miss Cniuiinc's
taste. hit ii kept the wonder to itself,
aud held nut the right iian! of fellowship
to Andrew Miller Then and ever. after
ward.
One aficrnoon-it is about :, week later
tia" THAI s"ircr mt Walpoir Lodge. mrY-
stoned in II previous chaptcr-Mrs. Miller
and her eldest daughter arc sitting tn
grtin"r III III" large drawing roonn al
Si,ilonakc. Beatrice is twenty. GUY
l. only clc"cn months older. and Edwin
is ~ Year youii%rr-lley are both nj OK
ford: next comes Geraldine. who is still
IN the sclon! room: then Ernest and
Charley. the Elton boys: and lastly. Ted
tH and Ralph. who arr. n! Il famous pro
parttory school.
OF III! this large family it is Beatrice.
the eldest daughter. WHO causes hri.
mother The most anxiety. Beatrice is
like hcr mother-a plain hut clever look
ing girl. with the dark swart features;
and c~aloring of ike E>tcrwo.tls. who arc.
moi 81 handsome race. That Beatrice is
I" marry is Il matter of course. and Mrs.
Miller has we'll determined that the mar
ri:gc is to he II good one. and that iier.
daughter is tn strengthen her fathers,
position iii Mcniowshiir by !; union with
one or other Of its leading families. New.
when Mrs. Miller came 10 pass The mar
ria.cible men oil Meadow,horlm uui.pl.
review. there was no such eligible bach
"lor among then; all al; Sir John Kyi;.s-
ton ui iNynaston Hail.
Ii WAS on him. therefore. That nor.
hopes with regard Ia Beatrice were fixed.
Fortune hitherto had seemed 10 smile
%favorably ulon hcr. Beatrice had had
one season i'll town. during which she
had met Sir JOHN frequently. and he had,
contrary In his usual custom. asked her.
10 dance several times when he had met
her at balls. Mrs. Miller said To her
self thai Sir John. not being Il very
young man. did not set much store upon
mere personal heaut..: that he probably
valued mental qualities in !, woman more
Hhigllly than III" transient glitter of hca,l-
tN: and that Bcatrice'S good sense and
sharp. sl,rcwd conversation had cvi,ient-
iy made IL Favorable impression UPON
him.
Sic never WIS mere mistaken in her
life. sir John did like Miss Miller. he
found lirr unconventional and amusing:
hllt his only object in distinguishing her
10y his attentions had been to pay II nee
cssary compliment To the new NJ. l'.'s
daughter. II duty which he would have
fulfilled equally had She been stupid as
well IN plain.
The mother and daughter were settling
together the prcliminarics of Al weeks
Festivities which Mrs. Miller has decided
shall be held at S%lia!onake this winter.
The house is To he filed. and there are
10 br 81 series Of dinner parties, cmlmi-
i:;it:n. in Il ball.
The Iiaylcys. the Wcston-;. the For
"sters. aud two daughters. l SUPPOSE"
reads Mrs. Miller, aloud, from the list in
her hand. Amy more for the second
dinner party. Beatrice:"
Are You not going TO ask the Dam
trees. Mothcr:"
"Oh, dear me, another parson. Bea-
trice. l really don't think we can: l
have got three already. They shall have
Il card for the hall"
"You will ask that handsome girl who
lives with them. won't .you?'
"Eot t1lr Sliy.itNSt Occociou far 1ln;nu