Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-01-02

sula Sewell. with all her life opening
out before her with what seemed the
brightest promise, had met Nugen,
I%eathwood in Bristol. After that u
had Leen an old story. with scarcely
even tie dignity of a new setting. rms
mantle better to deceive h
had taken the name that wss at tina
time most prominently In his thoughts
that OF Gilbert Rickerby. The woman
for her part, had loved him, as only
such a passionate creature could love
had believed all he had sail and all me-
PROMISES. Only when 1t was TOO iats
did she realize that she had sacfllceo
all that a woman should hold most dear
TO a man who Was worthless n whose
promises were mere empty words. Ihen
the supposed Gilbert Rickerby had gone
away. leaving Ursula Sewe!l to mourn
over the wreck of all her hopes and TO
pear her shame atcne. From that time
although her love for the man never
changed and never abated, there grew
up in her mind a fierce resentment
against the man and a strong resolve TO
fine him. That she succeeded In DONG
this has already been told; but her pc
sition now seemed worse even tina be-
fore, s#
Nugen Letthwood refused to have
ANYTHING to do with her. She could
never find him alone; If she wanted to
speak with him, he always arranged
| that old Cornelius should be present.
She kept to her own room as much as
possible, and scarcely touched the food
Cornelius brought to her.
"Gels-gels-gels!" he snarled. one
| ,~,,r,;pn 90 ha Snt a fra " 6Dnwn on the
| table. Can't think what they was born
into he world 2or-I can't. The best of
men loses their 'eads over 'em. l Won
der 'ow long you mean to stop 'ere?"
Il shall stop here just as long as it
suits me to do so,' h reformed. I'm
not likely to be influenced in my COM
ings and goings by our opinion"
"Ay--I daresay not" was the reply.
"But III ave you know that Mr.. Cor
nelius Viewers as a word to say about
most things in this 'ouse. An you amt
the only gel in it; don't forget that"
She faced round upon him with blaz-
ing eyes. what do you mean? How
dare you-!"
aha: / thought that would stir you
up a little, my GEL" she said, ~chuckling.
Its only luck, my dear, merely luck
a matter of n so down, t'other come
up; you've gone down, and t'other
gel as come up. Wy don't Yer take 1t
sensible-like. an go about yer bust
ness? Wen I was a young Teller i was
a rare gay dog, l promise you many
a time We loved and rode away-or
walked away--it's all the same thing.
Ola gay dog I was!"
If Mr.. Viewers had ever been "a gay
dog" as he suggested, it must have
been such a very long time before that
he might well have left the remem-
brance of it buried among forgotten
things. Certainly, he looked anything
but a gay dog then, as he went shutting
out of the room, wagging his wicked
old head from side to side, and grim
grinning maliciously.
But his words had had an effect on
Ursula-had stabbed afresh the wound
which ranked at all times so bitterly.
She walked the room, after the old nan
had gone, like a Gagged wild beast-mut-
tering to herself and twisting her
hands ruthlessly in the bosom of her
dress. as though she would have torn
her heart out.
"I won't stand It! / won't stay here
another hour. In the same house with
that baby-faced girl,' Then another
mood seized her, and she stopped. pom
dering deeply. yet why should i go?
If any woman has the right to be here
surely, / am the one. Mono: that
would be madness-to go away and
leave the field to her. I daresay he
thinks that he will shake me off some
how he won't-ITl swear he
WON'T"
She knew that Olive Mallory had beer
i'll; but the thought of that woke nc
tenderness in her; she knew that, tc
all intents and purposes, the girl wa:
alone and unprotected in that house
even that did not move her. She coult
not get beyond the thought that this
girl was her rival: that but for her
Nugent Lethwood might have kept tina
old promise of his ana atoned for hi!
treachery. Certainly, she knew moth,
ing definite about the girl being there
or for what purpose she had original!
come; her jealousy was merely in
~stinctive, and had been fed by the sar
castle and sneering remarks of old Cor
nelius.
She had only seen the girl once, wheI
Olive had been brought back into tina
inhabited part of the house by Jemim;
--brough back in a h~alf-fainting con
dition, n muttering strange things
she had seen only. for her torment, tina
the girl was very beautiful. IN now
after what Cornelius had said, a des
perate desire TO see the girl came upol
her. She wanted to knew what thiI
rival of hers was doing. and where sh,
was, and who was with her. She fel
she could not rest: she must know al
that was being done.
She waited until long after nightfall
when there would be less chance Of en-
countering anyone about the house
and then set off in search of the roon
where the girl lay.
Save for those two rooms wherein
lights shone at night. the house was al
ways in darkness; no CLEAN from ga
jet or lamp dispelled the shadows IL
the long and gloomy passages. Ursul;
Sewell remembered, however, the par
of the house towards which she ha
seen the girl taken; she set out for Ii
creeping along az quietly as possible
n listening intently for ar ~hanc.
our which might suggest "