Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-10
that It gave her a pang Is think that

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I that It It gave her a pang 70 think that
the life must soon fade out of it. The
girl upon the couch was finely formed
| and rather long of limb; heavy masses
Of, hAtr fell here and there about the
1 pAloM; wide blue seyesi With noseon'
wcYnY hess in theft gaze& lbked INTO
I hers They were appealing eyes
seeming to ask of life some better fateI
or ending than this.
.,.. Has she, been i'll long?" asked theI
/ Woman, -+abTnptfssa. ss@t's
t. "a long time-or so it seems" said
1 the. ola man; r think; if she had onlyi
lived a little longer-only a little longs
er--think what it would have meant!s
| Dreams or me all the day and all the
! night-no one. to stop memo one to-
refuse ME because 4 had no money, /
! She was to have been rich"
IA st looks like it," said the womans
4 with a, little laugh. 'tYou could dream8
anything, old man, 4 should think"
st'.This was no dream!" he exclaimed
eagerly "It's TOD Tate now; but It'll
would have happened. See here
he went across the room, reached up
to a shelf above the couch, and took
| down an old leather wallet-''it's all,
/ heEes every word of it, Over in that.
Ensfand Shall never see again is a;
great place waiting for her; it was
| her mothers. Only now, when it is
too late, they are asking for her-ad-
|: vertising for her, Look. here it isl"
T.. He pointeds with one Sinking hand
Ito All old, discolored newspaper sheet
Che had pulledfout of the wallet. Look
ling it idly enough, the woman read
lEwhat was printed: W.
Il ESQ Reward-Yar d-TThis re-
Eward will be paid to any one giving
information as to the whereabouts of
liza young, lady of this name. Supposed
ito have been born abroad about TWEEN
| ity-onee9 years ago, and. to have been
| given the name OF Grace. Is believed
to have Travelled with her father in
many parts of the world; last heard of
in America, Address, Messrs. Stock
C Erling, Solicitors, Chancery Lane,
London"
is, that the girl?" asked the WON
an, nodding her head towards the
couch and speaking with some inter
est s5S
"Yes-my daughter said the old
man. Here's a letter." he added,
pulling a sheet of paper out of the
wallet and holding it up. Followed
me for nearly, "a year; only came to me
by accident: Someone dead-I forget
who it is; my memory is not what it.
Sand She was, to have had every,
thing-every penny Too late, now
too late!ss' 80, - ..
| ..But .youT44--her s.father--can claim
it?'.. suggested the woman:
"No---they won't look at;me. 1t was
for the girl-and only the girl, They
said 4 dragged her mother down and.
ruined her; they want the girl for the
mothers sake. Too late-always too
late with me! ~ j. -. III
She took the paper from his nerve
less fingers and read what, was, writ
ten. 1t was stiff and formal enough;
simply stated chat the, writer's, as so
licftors to the late John Hawley, Of
Hawley Park, in the county of Surrey,
had at last succeeded, in accordance,
with the instructions Of their deceased
client, in discovering an address; that
they were writing to inform Mr.. David
YarWood that the property of the late
John Hawley was left, under certain
conditions, to- his grand daughter, if
alive; If not claimed within certain
time by her it would pass to others,
her death being. pTesdpposed.
She'll die -and never know it,
never know that she might have given
her poor diifather back his dreams
again: Har d- very hardt !, It's all,
heres--he tapped the wallet as he.
spoke-"all the papers thateshow it's
true. Old rs-documents-all so
much waste paper now. And she'd
have wanted the papers, too, to show
them who she was; they've never
seen her; never set.seyes on her, any
| of them" i. < Il 60 = Il: II " 9
England! The. dear England of my
| mothert can see the shady lanes
! the flowers and .trees-thel white cot
| tages. My mothers England"
! /, Tie cry had com e. from. the couch;
| 1T had died away again in mere
murmur Of incoherent words. The
| woman. was lingering the wallet and
| looking idly from the figure on the
caiich to- the other figure. blythe table.
There came a-quick thud of horses
boots outsider she sprang for the door.
| The old. man made a movement after
her:
! They've come to fetch her; they've
fome, with their hands full of gold, to
buy me what want and take her
back again. They're at the door." he
gasped.
| / Stay where you are: It's some one
for me" she said, and went out to
face the man who was impatiently
calling to her
Why must you keep me waiting at
such moment as this?" he gasped.
| SBefore heaven, ran almost into the
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