Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1900-04-05

"Then take me With you, papa!s she
cried, eagerly. ''Oh, if can brighten
your life, soOthe your SORROWS, take me
with you; and, far away from here, in
some happier land, we can live I'M
known and unnoticed, blessed in each
others love, satisfied in each others
company, seeking nothing else. papa
nothing, nothing else. Life is too short
to waste in endless warfare, in endless
struggles. Dear papa, let us choose 1T
last, safety and peace!'
rs it my child who speaks?" was the
stern rejoinder-''my Sybil, whose
heart and soul have striven to mould
into a counterpart of my own? Or has
the soft wind Of luxury made change
ling of the only being 1 have left to
love? 1t would he my fate-my dark,
evil fate-to lose even my child! Go
from me, then, if you will; choose your
own way; separate your cause from
mine; live in safety and peace with the
pampered children of fortune; but be
child of mine no more! My ways are
ways of struggle. and darkness, and
peril, but | have followed them only to
lead you into the light. l can travel
them alone, for the past will have it's
may have lost it's hopes. Go. Leave
me, Sybil; you shall want for nothing.
Lawless and homeless though your
father be, he can provide for you amply
and generously. Take your own way.
There!'-he pointed ND the steep hill,
on whose summit rose the stately crest
OF Give Towers-''there, through peril,
privation, death if need be, lies mine!!"
fnt fn% FL, IN,
tones of quivering pain. what cruel
words are these? You are the only be-
ing on earth who dare-dare to love
you, whose wrongs have been my
wrongs, whose sorrows have been my
SORROWS, whose life has been my lifeI
Take me to your heart f;rtherE OH, let
no shadow or suspicion cast me out Of
that one sure resting placer Take me
to your heart, for. in sorrow or in glad
ness, [ am your child-your SNbil-
yours, only yours.'
"Mlne-onfy miner he repeated, clasp.
ing her in his strong arms. "Mine-on-
ly mine! Remember that, Sybil. Mine,
until honorably and proudly, in your
own name and from your own fireside.
L can give you to another, noble and
worthy enough to claim the daughter
of Basil Give. Until our work is done.
our purpose gained, you are mine-only
mine! And now to business, dear; for
my own time is; short I must be far
from here before the dawn. Tell me
all you have learned while in my ene-
mys house. You have done we'll and
wisely, so far. You have gained en-
trance into the foeman's camp. You
have not woman's wit unless all the
weak spots in the Notifications are
known to you. Tell me all-all! Surely
my dead fathers curse falls in some
way upon the sunlit pathway Of Robert
Give? Surely the shadow is not all
all mine?"
And the dark eyes flashed with a vim
dictive fire, as Basil Give drew his
daughter to seat on the base of the
monument beside him, and listened ca
gerly for her words.
For more than an hour they con-
versed together in low, agitated tones;
and when at length they arose, SYPHILIS
face Wore white. wan expression of
despair that would have touched any
heart not scathed by the smouldering
fires of a long cherished hate.
Go back to them, child,'' said Bash
Give. as Lis tall form lowered up in
the shadow of the granite monument.
You must go back to them! 1t is not
the time to falter and shrink now. Go
back to Robert Gives threshold. and
curse the bread he eats, the air he
breathes, with the presence Of the in
nocent being he has so cruelty
wronged! If you have kept your eyes
shut and your ears closed, hitherto, let
them be alert and vigilant now. I
have striven, fairly, openly, to gain
justice at his hands. 1 have tried by
threats and violence to wrest it from
him. Now we must meet him with his
own weapons-falsehood and frauo.
We must steal our rights, since we may
not win them. Here, above my faith
er's ashes, I renew the oath taken five
and-twenty years ago! Hate, undying
hate, against the man that has
wronged me and mine! Hate that shall
live in my blood as long as drop Of it
flows in living veins! Hate that shall
burn forever and forever, until
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