Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13
CHAPTER XVIII.
Luetfer, Son of the Morning.

The months that followed upon Hates
clandestine marriage were not happy ones.
There seemed some evil power upon my
dear girl. She was not herself either in
the house, nor yet long happy out Of IL.
And then there were such constant con-
cealments and endeavors to hide their
meetings that / was more than once at
my Wits end, and wished heartily that l
had never meddled in other folks business,
but, as the old folks say, had let them
gang their ain gate"
Yet at this time / do believe that Mr..
Rupert was minded to do that which was
right, so far as he knew It. And when
the time appeared ripe for the telling Of
his father (Which happened in a very few
months)-John being in a fair way to finish
his course and be indicted into his living
and other circumstance CONFERENCE.-The.
Rupert Glendonwyn, without much pres
sure, agreed to reveal all to Mr.. Glendon-
wyn.
AS may be anticipated, It was I who
brought the matter to a head. For 1 had
gone to the trysting place at the mauso-
leum with Kate the night before and wrung
the promise from him at the point Of the
bayonet. In these days It was only by
threatening to go straight to my father
bnhL L COulu Keep y nOIu upon rate ana
her husband. So all the next day l was in
q great taking at school. anxious to get
home and hear how the Laird Of Castle
Cover had taken the news Of his sons
new relationship. Once over the bridge on
my way home, l hurried fast along the road
and was not more than half way when,
at the turn OF the wood, l met Kate hasten
ing toward the river with a face like death
for Wilderness.
ran to my sister and caught her by
the arm. but she scarce minded me. NUT
tering all the while to herself. HE wishes
to get rid Of me--he does not love me
any more!"
So I did what I could-speaking hard
and sharp to her, and making her turn
and come back with me-which, after q
moments struggle, the poor girl did will
ingly enough. It was, indeed, wonderful
TO see how she who before had been SO
brave and gay was broken dow in mind In
q few m~onths-though not in body, for
she seemed to grow more ethereally beauti-
full every day.
1t was not the first night Of her trouble
that l could get from Kate what Mr.. Ru-
pert had said, and, indeed, even then 1t
was only the threat Of my father going
straight up to Castle Cover would make
A0A vi Ah0s ~ - ~ NHO Aeao AdA NA0
saving of US ESQ far, that is. as things
were saved) that Kate. after she had lost
faith in all else. believed that I. her sister,
would do the thing l said. Moreover, how
God favored and strengthened me for all
these trials, who had never faced a sorrow
of my own in my life. appears more and
more wonderful to me.
So far as l could learn what Rupert
had really said (for every word had to
be drawn from Kate as with a corkscrew),
It was to the effect that his father would
never. under any circumstances, acknowl-
edge the marriage. He would fight 1t to
the end. Matters were as bad as they
could be. n seemed. Rupert was ruined
II It were known that Kate was his wife.
His father would disinherit ~him-would not
give him a penny. Not only Mr.. Rupert
would be q bankrupt, but Gregory also.
Worse than all, both Of them. for some
thing they had put their hands to In con-
nection with trust money. might ind them
selves In prison on a serious charge.
This last It was that set my poor girl
TO the widest talk OF killing herself in
order that she might never "be a drag
and curse upon Rupert" She had only
brought him sorrow $50 she said over and
over again., while he had given her ali
the happiness she had ever known She
was his. and he might make a stepping
stone Of her body so that he would be
happy. She lived only for him-and so on
and so on TIL It gave me a headache to
listen to her-besides making me cross. I
love John we'll and well enough. but l
know what is good for a man to be told and
the less a man hears OF such talk the bet
ter. He will grow to believe II in time, and
from believing 1t is but a step to trading