Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-05-24
BY MARY j. HOLMES
CHAPTER l.

49, - ~ SAN'NiN wv NOul
face: Are you afraid of having it seem"
The person addressed WAS a pale. sick
ly looking child about nine years of age,
who on the deck of the vessel Minder-
mere. was gazing i%ntently coward the dis
. tant shore Of old England. fast rcccdins
from view. Near her a fine-looling hoy
OF fourteen was standing, trying in vain
to gain Il look ut the features shaded by
the ginsham bonnet.
AT the sound of his voice the little girl
started. and without turning her head,
replied, Nobody want to see me, l am
SO ugly and disagreeallc.'
Ugly. are you?' repeated the boy. lift
Ing her up and looking her fully in the
face. "Wcli. Won are not very hand
some, that's 4 fact. but | Wouldn't be sui
len about ii. Ugly people are always
smart, and perhaps yon are. Anyway,
1 ike Wide girls. sn JUS, let ne sit here
and get acqEsintel."
Mary Howard was certainly not very
handsome. Her features. though tolcra-
bly, regular, Were slmnll and thin. hey
complexion sallow. and her eyes. though
bright and expressive. seemed TOO large
for her face. She had Frequently been
toll thar she WIS homcly. and often when
alone had weep. and wondered why She.
too WIS not handsome like her sister
III ON whose cheek the ~softcst rose WAS
blooming. while l!cr rich brown hair fell
in Way masses about her white neck and
shoulders. Bur il ELLA was more bcali-
tifni than Mary, there was far less in
her character 20 admire. She knew that
she was pretty, anl this made her proud
and selfish. expecting attention from all.
ana growing silllen il it was withheld.
Mrs. Howard, the mother of these chill
drcn. had incurred the displeaSure of her
father. y wealthy Englishman. by mar
rying her music teacher. IIumbly at her
fathers feet she had knelt and sued for
pardon. but the old man was incXorable
and turned her from his house. Late in
life he had married Il youthful widow.
who, after the lapse of a few wears died,
leaving three little girls. Sarah. Ella and
Jane. two OF them his own, and one n
stepdaughter and q child of his wife's
first marriage. AS q last request Mrs.
Temple had asked that her baby Jane
should be given TO the care of her sister,
Mrs. Morris. who was on the eve of en-
barking for America. Sarah, too. was
adopted by her fathers brother. md thus
MIR. Temple was left alone with his cid
es; daughter. Ella. Occasionally he heard
from Jane, but time and distance gradu-
ally weakened the tie of parental affcc-
ton. which wound itself more closely
around Ella; and now, when she, too, left
him. aud worse than all, married a poor
music teacher. the old mans wrath knew
10 bounds.
But We'll see said he-"wc'll sec
how they get on. III use all my influence
against the dog, and when Miss ELIAS
right cold and hungry she'll be glad to
come back and leave him"
But he was mistaken. for though right
cold and hungry Ella oftcntimcs was. she
only chung the closer to her husband.
happy to share his fortune. whatever it
might be. Two years after her marriage.
hearing that her father WAS dangerously
i'll, she went To him. bur the forgiveness
she so ardently desired WAS never gained.
for the old mans reason was gone. Faith
fully she watched until the end. and then
when She heard read his will and knew
that his property was all bequcathed to
her sister in America. She brushed the
tears from her long eyelashes and Went
back to her humble home prepared to
meet the worst.
In course of time three children. Frank.
Mary and Fila. were added to their mum
Der. and though their presence brought
sunshine and eladncsS. it brought also
nm ;rcro.sa of +oi1 onl ,,,, yn,r ,fto,
rnor lIr Reveal s+r,s,rl,a an w.h;1o
a,ch a,v ,,t,n,s re,chnd hin, Of ,ho
plenty to be had in the land beyond the
son. ana, a., ios, vhon bo,,, s,or,aa Live
ant ba resolved ,n Nv his fortune IN ,Iae
r,r.fam.1 name az tho wnarv nm;a,.,n,
Thc nncessarr generations fo, ,hnir rnv.
o. ,.aro n,aaa .n,r ~ n]ass;i1n .n1
When ,ha Windrrnera loft tha h,rho,
of Iivernool thnF, stood u,o, hon. decl.
waving \ las. aaie,, TO The rcw Kind
friends who on shore wcrc biadine ,bon
ynSsmnea A''
A,mong tb,, nassens.r. was Coorr,
NJorelana whose narnn+s had d;.a SON,
months hefors. laayinr him and y larn,
sor,,nr 10 .bs .nardinnshin Of his rnclIs
waalthy n,erel,snt rns;,l;n1 i, pas,nn
1,bis mel Mr. s.l5en had wr;.tnn f.,
his nenhew 70 ioin him in Ama,;c, ,nd
n was far his nurnosn th,t Gaor~e b.J
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