Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-10-31

asked her bitterly. He IL young and
handsome. He has all his life before
him, and he lis not likely to want to
throw it away. He will make a brave
fight for his own life, but, Molly, he
won't give his life for yourVas
would do"
Molly was silent, but her hand closed
tighter over Winford's arm.
81 am old, / know" continued Win
ford, land ugly and unintereSting, and
| cannot expect you to care TOR me SO
much as for younger man. But l do
want ITO say word about Vivian,
Molly, because it Is possible you know
just possible-that you may be saved
from the wreck and that I may not,
and then you will have nobody to ad-
wise you az your old qua rdian used
do"
You are not DID," said Molly, quick
ly. "And, there is no particular need
for you ito warn me against Vivian"
Perhaps not, but one is temped to
do unnecessary things Sometimes
said Winford, grdmly. eff you arc
saved, Molly, you will be prize, you
know, because l have lett you all my
money, and there is good deal of It
more than anybody knows-so l want
you to be careful"
Il won't live ifzyou die" she cried,
with q sudden note of passion in her
voice.
Don't say that, my child. The mat
ter II probably not dn your hands. IL
s more than likely that none of US
will ever see band again, but there Is
Just this, if you do escape, you must
be on your guard against men who
want to marry you for your money.
Do YOU understand ,"
'T shah marry nobody" er'1 Nt~'',-.
But the winds and the waves roared 50
loudly Tia, $50. 49,. 49,. So -
Winford's ear.
This is my warning df you escape"
said the man. "But I am more con
cerned about what l want to say l.
nelther of us escapes. If we meet in
another world, you know, 1 think it
would be more 8 isfacto-v II d
told you the truth now, for | suppose
YOU will know it then. Your father
md l were friends, as you havealways
heard, and that was why took charge
of his child when he died out there in
Australia. Everyone thought that I
was "a most devoted friend to hi i, but
there was something which ,body
knows. Molly, and which l n:v.r in.
tended even you TO know. cheated
your father, robbed him. practically
l killed him; for broke his heart;
and that is what it seems to me you
ought to know"
Her eyes were fixed upon his face.
and the genItleneHS in them did not
waver In the very least. He felt COM
PEELED to go on. to say even more cut
ting things about himself.
81 cannot explain everything just
now, dear, burt you must take my
words about it. 1t was something
about a mine. ] knew the worth of il,
and he did not. ! bought it from him
for IAN old song. and made my fortune,
while he lived and died destitute. He
never reprpa ched me- but ! saw tina:
he knew the truth before he died, and
I never told him, Molly, 1 never asked
him to forgive mel"
"But he would have forgiven you"
said Molly.
Perhaps he would. He was good
man. 1t was for his sake that l took
you, and did my best for you; but 1
have always felt that every penny of
what l have made belonged to you by
rights. although he had died of want
heart break. and fever, away in the
scrub. with nobody to give him help.
ing hand. That was my fault, you
know"
And you have sorrowed for that
all these years" said Molly. ct was
not worth while. Don't you know he
forgives you now?"
eff you forgive me-" the man said,
Il think can believe that your father
would. And the worst of it was" he
went on, 'tthat I was not content TO
make the child happy, and to give
her as many of the good things of this
world as | could, but I was idiot
enough to grow fond of her-to Love
her-to feel that my only chance of
happiness in this life was lost becaus
she could not care for me. l never
meant you to know, Molly I should
have given you to another. if he had
been a man worthy of you. without
protest, but here-it seems to me that
l must tell you ALL"
Then she turned to him with a cry
of Joy, and hid her face upon his
breast. "Roger, Roger" she said. 81
shall die happy nov, nor no one in the
adv the world could be to me what you
have been, and in life or death we be-
long to each other you and T."
The quartermaster passed them Eve
minutes afterwards, holding on 10
ropes and climbing over shattered bull
war:ks with the agility of Gait, bat
with a curious expression upon hds
weather-beaten face.
There you are, sir, and the young
lady, too" he said. And thank Ged
we're saved. The tides going DOWN.
The New York Sun prints the fol-
lowing iucident which carries tts Len.