The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-06-18

"IlI urged vou 100 much. and pray
eti and begged of YOU as it is in my /
heart toDray. YOU might think cared I
about YOUR fortune: hut do not.
am sure YOU dO not. she repIir4.
My darling" he said. drawing icI ,,, /
nearer 10 him. "rou trust me: ~"
shall see that your trust Is io' III Will
viii YOU he my wife. hatc: ~
The answer this zine must nave
satisfied him. for he kissed the Ups on
which il tremp!cd. murmurmG WORDS
that we're Sweci est music to Aathcrlne'
II Sha!! work for yOu. Kate. ne
said-..nly Kate. the bonnieSt Kate IN
{ ChristynGom. | will not ask you to
marry me until have made 4 position
worthy of your fathers daughter: !
have led d useless life: but it shall
he useless no more. | will work
for YOU. Men shall never say | married
an heiress for her money. Kate, your
sweet love has made man OF me. 10
morrow will he ChriStmaS-day, and III
the morning | shall so 10 your father
and tell him. viii ne give you to me,
Kate 7
- hope So" she replied quietly. He
would do anything 10 ma kc me nappy.
That was why Sir Jasper sat on
Christmas morning as the gay bells
we're ringing. with Saddened eyes ana
darkcning face. While the great heart
of the world beat high with Joy.
Lord Wvnleigh had waited upon him
to make his formal request for his
daughter's hand. Sir Jasper listened
l:inGIy-he mad a great liking for the
gallant. handsome Young lover.
What am to say toyou. Wynlelsh;;
NY daughter has many sultors. l
should like her to marry the one she
loves best
That is myself. Sir Jasper" he re-
piled proudly.
Sir Jasper smiled.
You think so. Well, there is one
remark l must make. So Tar as re-
cards worldly goods you are certain
not the most eligible lover: :,
Never mind that, Sir Jasper, sale
Lord Wvn!eigh. Il know It and an
Going TO remedy it. DO not imagine
that | am saving to you. Give me youl
daughter now at once-my hands are
empty. but she will ill them. 1t is moi
shat. | say. Give me the hope OF one
CAV calling Katherine my wife. and,
will set to work at once. l will make
such name that l shall not be asham
ed to ask her to share it. l!lyou say
Yes. Sir JaSper?'
You speak bravely. You are SURE
nv daughter loves YOU"
Kate says So" the young man re
piled. land she never speaks ia lSely:.
Then I give my consent" said 81
JASPER. But Katherine is too youn'
to marry yet. She must wait ayearo
two. The child is but just seventeen
Come back in too year time, to CLAIM
her. if in the meantime you have MAD
position for yourself. | do not car
that YOU should make money, but | q
care for the other"
Il will do it, Sir Jasper" he replleoC
land YOU will help me. shall stud
: under vou-help me with your intlr
ence. There is a borough vacant now
Help me to place my foot on the flrs
rung of the ladder, and I will neve
cease until I reach the top
Long after LordWynleigh had left hlr
!, Sir Jasper sat silent and motlonIes:
! listening to the sound ofthe Joy bells
r listening to the music and laughtc
which filled the old Chace. What wa
|. he to do? When the sanguine youn
lover left him. dark and bitter thought
: came to him. lie was an Engilshmal
, with a hatred Of all fraud and deceit
What could he do? He could never a
low Lord Wynleigh to marry Kate III
! der the impression that she was helreS
to the grand domain of Queens Chac
! and HurStwoOd. She was not so
reality. AL his broad lands belonge
+ bv right to his elder child. the beaut
' FIJI dark-eyed Veronica. Before Lor
Wvnleigh married Kate he must kno'
! the truth. Sir Jasper rose from n
seat.
f Il am a brave man, and a stron
: man he said: but l would rattle
5 face death than tell my story now.
1t seemed so far away to the mlddl'
: aged statesman. the story OF hlSyouth-
the mad love that had altered n
5 whole life. 1t would be PROCLAMATION t
: him to hear Giul:a's name mentione
now. He could imagine the sneers, tn
comments that would follow. The Oh
' position journals would be sure to &C
hold of it, and hold up. to public rid
I cule the one treasured poem OF h
heart. He could not bear it. Com
! what might. he would, he must kee
his secret vet little longer: and in til
5 meantime he would have his will pr
< pared-a will in which the truth Shoul
be told. and Queens Chace. with a
2 the broad lands round HurstWood give
to his daughter Veronica. At the sam
: time he would put all the papers tha
went to prove her identity into on
[ packet, and give them to her. VIII.
because her mother was dead, ShouI
, he rob her Of her birthright? Whs
, could he do to atone to her for her Ion
, cherries youth, her cold, joyless lif.
He could not defraud Glulia'S child.
! he could have divided tie inheritance
: all would have been well. but that We
impossible. In the Brandon famll,
> where there was no male heir. the eli
! est daughter succeeded to the baron,
). to the title and estates: and there ha
r been several bar0nesscS. Therefor
! the inheritance must 60 20 his eide:
o daughter. That WAS Veronica
e What would those proud Valdorain'
: the proudest people in England-sa
|. to him when they heard that kath
= rine was not not his heiress after al
e Katherine BrandOn'S name was know
t all over England. Sir Jasper was at
d loss. His sense Of justice and his 10y
e of right, his love and his pride, h
Y honesty and his sensitive reserve we.
:, all at war. There was but one glea
y of comfort. The marriage betwee
I Lord Wynleigh and Katherine wou
not take place yet. Some unforesee
# combination Of circumstances migl
i take place before then.
a 1T is not quite the kind Of marriaE
S that | expected for katherine., So
t Lady Brandon when her husband SCI
e for her to tell her. Still shall NAL
: no opposition-there is a chance,
). you know"
: What chance?" asked Sir Jasper.
:, They tell me that the young ma
I ~ % ri hYlf I