Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-07-18

But Kate Martins mind was
enough. although she kept silence Du
ing those few minutes her 9
speedily reviewed the sad and uds'S
| story OF her brother Roberts NE
The events which had made him the
wreck he was had happened an "a
twenty wears before. and Kate Vas
about fifteen at The time: but she re-
meraHcred zach circumstance NlNiu'S,
Robert Grayson had ~passionateis
loved 2 beautiful young girl VINO "a
been placed in his charge as Na'' 80
h should come OF age or marry az
there had been a time when ne hdu
thought himself justified IN osiI-NHis
that Leorora Kent loved him In return
Always a shy and sensitive man. u
was slow in bringing himself 10 a p"e
tive declaration of his love: but ne let
assured that she understood ana eve"
! encouraged it.
she lived in the household as one OF
the family. for his mother was 'he'
/ alive and his Young sister was al ho"'e,
and Mrs. Grayson and Kate had shared
his thought in regard 10 Miss hehIs
| feelings toward him. But all dcuol aha
ell hone on the subject cam 10 q VIC
lent end.
pn,,in r~a--c- Gaze home from col
! ,a-o Lao3ora saw and adored him.
but he IVES ccldly iadi%a-e2t 10 the
pa ssIon size took no T2i-S 10 co@c@ai
That Philip not c~,y cared rothlAs
for the girl but vas even bored
annoyed by her loving lc"Ss 2na tender
cir, v.s aviFcr, 10 every one except
Robert.
Jealous. Re chose 10 believe
that his brother had wilfulliy Won the
o;rI away from him. only 1 trifie with
her and amus4 himself with her nope
less attachment. Philips prctestations
and dsnials were alike useless. Robert
was firm in his opinion II nnaIIy per.
sua6eG IeonOra 10 the same way OF
thinking.
The bitter anguish Of an
attachment. combined with mortincd,
ton at being. as she believed. ght
and laughed at. vas more than IN.
vain and o~ver-sensitive girl could pear.
II broke her heart, and one day she
was found lying dead in her room. a
scrap Of paper crushed in her coid
hand. on which was scrawled a last
farewell TO Philip Grayson.
After her death IL was shown that
she had left every dollar OF her little
fortune 70 the man she had so reckless
~ and hopelessly loved. And on that
humble foundation Philip had reared
the colossal wealth OF which ne was
now the eny:ed Dossessor.
Robert Grays brooded over his bitter
disappointment. and the young g>Is
sad death until his reason became az
fected. and his uEfounded fancy hat
Phillip had wantonly won and then
thrown away the heart OF L"onora
Kent. became a fixed delusion. Finally.
arute mania was developed. and fot
several years the unfortunate gentle
man was the inmate of a lunatic asy-
um.
AT the end of fifteen years he was
discharged cured: but in less than sin
months is became evident that he was
a hopeless nonomaniac. Quite rational
in every other way. his decisions re
garding Leonora and Philip were worse
than before.
He did not believe that she was dead
now. having conceived a fancy that she
still lived. but was. in some terrible
way. IL Philips power, who refused 20
marry her. although pledged 10 do so.
and well aware that it was the only
means OF restoring her TO happiness
and the esteem of her friends.
OF course Philip Grayson saw the ne
cessity of having his brother once more
placed under proper restraint; but he
now found himself opposed in this in
tention by his sister.
Mrs. Martin. who had recently been
left a widow. declared that she could
not endure the grief and shame Of hav-
ing her brother again incarcerated in
an insane asylum. especially as he was
quite sane except on the n subject.
while in every other way he was docile
as a child and wholly under her influ-
ence.
This matter was finally arranged by
Philip making his sister a handsome al
lowance for the support of herself and
family, with a separate sum for the ex-
peases of Robert.
The united sums V her such an in
come as she had never before possessed
and for two or three years Mrs. Mar
tin was almost content.
At the end of that time. her brothers
fortune still increasing. and her own
income becowing smaller In COMPARE
son with greater expenses. she became
disconnected, wished for more, often
asked for extra sums, and always got
them.
Finally her ambitious desire fixed it
self on Philips entire fortune for her
self and children: for, like other feline
creatures, this cold and cruel
was "A devoted mother.
The more her thoughts dwelt upon
the subject, the more certain she felt
that she and her children ought to be
n were TO be Philip Grayson's heirs.
She was right, too. for Philip had al
ready made a will in favor OF his sister
and her family; and II is more than
probable that the will would have re-
manned unchanged to the day of his
death had he not fallen in owe and de-
termined to take a wife.
liz was this reelection which added the
last touch OF bitterness to Mrs. Mar
tins feelings; for she had ferreted out
the facts about the will, and knew how
the greater part of his property had
been devised previous TO the unlucky
hour when Philip saw and loved Clar-
ice Mowbray.
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