Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-02
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E2--S ter came before Ben
Greenway arrived in Spanish Town.
he had had a hard time to get there,
having but little money and no friends
10 help him; but he had a strong heart
and an earnest, and so he was bound
to get there at last; and, although
Kate saw no visitors, she saw him. She
was not dressed in mourning; she
could not wear black for herself.
She greeted the Scotchman with
earnestness; he was friend out of the
old past, but she gave him no chance
to speak first
"Ben," she exclaimed, "have you q
message for me?"
mo message" he replied, "but haze
somethin' on my heart wish to say to
ye. I haze toiled an laboured an haze
striven wi mony obstacles to get to
We an to say it."
She looked at him, with her brows
knit, wondering if she should allow
him to speak; then, with the words
scarcely audible between her tightly
closed lips, she said: ben, what
is it?'
1T is this, an no more nor less"
replied the Scotchman: The was never
fit to be your father, an it is not fit
now for We to remember him as your
father. l was faithful to him to the
vera last, but there was no truth IN
him. It is an abomination an wick
edness for ye to remember him as your
father!"
Kate spoke no word, nor did she shed
a tear.
1T was my hearts desire We SHOULD
know it," said the Scotchman, an
came mony weary league to tell ye
So"
Ben" said she, II think / have
known it for long time, but would
not suffer myself to believe it; but
now, having heard your words, l am
sure of it,
:Uncle," said she an hour afterw ard,
II have no father, and l never had
one"
to his breast, and peace began to rise
in his soul. No greater blessing can
come to really good people than the
absolute disappearance of the wicked.
And the wickedness which had 50
long Swallowed and stained me life of
Kate Bonnet was now removed from it.
1t was hard to get away from the
oh %0 wi off ho cto h,1f
she was a brave girl and she did it.
In this work of her life-a work
which if not accomplished would make
that life not worth the iving-Kate
was much helped by Dickory; and he
helped her by not saying word about
it or ever allowing himself, when in
her presence, to remember that there
had been a shadow or stain. Aud if
he thought of it at all when by him.
self, his only feeling was one of thank
fulness that what had happened had
given her to him.
Even the Governor frightened. He
had striven hard to keep from Kate the
news which had come to him from
Charles Town, suppressing it in the
hope that it might reach her more
gradually and with less terrible effect
than if he told it, but now that ne
knew that she knew it the blessings
which are shed abroad by the disap-
pearance of the wicked affected him
also, and he frightened. There were
no functions for Kate, but she bright
ened, striving with all her soul to have
this so, for her own sake as well as
that of others. AS for Mr.. Delaplaine,
Dame Charter, and Dickory, they
frightened without any trouble at all,
the disappearance of the wicked having
such a direct and forcible effect upon
them.
Dickory Charter, who matured in a
fashion which made everybody forget
that Kate Bonnet was eleven months
his senior, entered into business with
Mr.. Delaplaine, and Jamaica became
the home of this happy family, whose
welfare was founded, as on a rock,
upon the disappearance of the wicked.
ITO Be Continued