The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-05-25
M a 6 G i e s II e a It

TO think, dear aunt, that my George
should be guilty of such dreadful
crime. So dear and good as l thought
himv'
We'll, darling. we must hope for the
best says Miss Lefty, soothingly. Il
can't help thinking there MIST be mis-
tabe somewhere can't think George
would really do anything wrong"
"You know, Maggie dear. suppose,
the lawyers have written to us?"
mo, auntie. dear-but | gave them
your address"
accused of. darling; aud neither your let
ter nor the lawyers throws any light
upon the subject. What has he done to
be taken up at all for?"
swell. auntie, dear, it seems that
George has been betting on horses, and
the horse he backed didn't win; and he
made out some bills, or something, and
put his employers name on them; and
and-they say he has committed for
gerry"
The faces of the Misses Henley grow
graver and darker as they hear this. 1t
is, indeed, terrible business
They cannot understand why George,
with his income, his elegant home and
beautiful wife, can want to gamble at
all; and then the disgrace of it, and,
altogether, there Is as much anger as
pity for his folly in their minds as they
retire for the night.
But they are very kind to the young
wife, and kiss her affectionately as they
bid her Good night" and tell her to
keep brave heart, and that everything
"may yet come right"
They breakfast early on the following
morning, and SILVER slightly as they look
out into the cheerless, bleak morning,
and contrast it with the bright, crisp air
of their country home!
II don't think Maggie need go with US,
Lefty. You see, we shall be able to hear
what are the best steps to be taken, and
it will only be painful for her to hear
all the Details
"Oh,. yes please, dear Aunt Eleanor,
/ would rather go; 1t is so dreadful at
home here by myself; and-and | should
like to ask if ! cannot go to see George"
And so the three drive off together,
and find that they are full hour before
even the clerks put in an appearance.
They wait patiently till they can see the
principal He is a keen, dark man, and
he looks steadily at them. He has pref
ty well mastered the case by the time
Miss Henley. prompted by poor Maggie,
has told her story.
do YOU think they will let him go
free. sir?' asks the young wife, eagerly.
The little. man is sadly tempted to
smile at this simple question, but he
looks up at the sweet face, lighted up
as is with a new ray of hope, and replies,
gravely enough, well. we must hope
for the best, my dear young lady. You
may depend upon this-that everything
that can be done shall be done, and no
stone shall be left unturned to secure
his acquittal."
He gets Miss Henley's signature to
the document he has prepared relative to
the costs Of the defense, and takes the
money she pays with bland sigh, and a
gentle shake of the head. And so, under
spectacle looking. midde-aged gentle
man, they drive to the prison.
They go in presently, and after some
delay, and few formalities. they are in
the presence of the prisoner. George
sees as through mist his trembling
wife, and the two motionless figures he
knows so we'll in the background.
He looks years older. they think. and
seems TO stoop in his gait. and shrink
from them in a manner painful to see.
Even now he is not alive to the misery
Of his position, and, in an distracted
sort Of manner, strokes his wife's face
with his hand, which to her seems to
have grown strangely thin and cold. and
murmurs something in tremulous voice,
and with half-averted head.
All the sternness of his maiden aunts
melts as they stand before him, and in
each heart there is not a shadow Of re-
proach, only the remembrance of the
boy each had loved so dearly, and spoke
of so proudly.
He kisses his wife fondly and tear
fully, and murmurs farewell to the
two ladies, and kisses them too in a me-
chanical and dreary fashion, then bids
them farewell, the last goodbye he shall
ever utter upon this earth to his maiden
aunts."