Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-02-05

soono. 'N"iS she nad shed, but no
%. o nsl nad they rested upon the figure
Vi tne mar before her than she uttered
fear. pi'e' purity OF
II was captain Grant. He stood there
sioating upon her. The merest acc;den+
nau ied MN to the spot in time to hear
ner Sops, and for some little time he had
observed her from the bushes, finally an
preaching, unable to further keen b;s
peace. p "'
he saw the horror in her face, but II
uid not alarm him. His was a nature
soid and cruel, and the more resistance
ne net with the more determined he he-
came to accomplish his ultimate end.
Ihls girl seemed to defy him, and he
was most hrmly resolved that she should
De MS through fair means or foul. believ-
ing, as he did, that she was a great heir
ess. Perhaps he might have been inst
as obstinate had he learned of her faith
ers poverty, for Carol was a girl worth
winning.
|, carol" he said, subduing his voice. 81
have found you at last"
wen, sir, now that you have found
me, what then?'
You must return home with me, home
TO the father you left so heartlessly," he
replied.
1T was he who was heartless. he who
drove me from what has been my home.
Think you l would ever have gone but
for his cruelty? / promised him l would
never marry without his consent, but I
did not tell him he could choose my hus-
band for me. l know all, sir-how YOU
held a power over his head and forced
him to do this cruel deed, but that does
not entirely exonerate him. Why do you
ask me, Captain Grant"
Because would take you home again;
because | would have you for my wife.
In spite Of all l am ready to forgive you
and take you back again. You see how
love you, girl? You ran away with a
man of the world, a man your father had
no confidence in, and had refused admis-
sion to his house, but l am disposed to
be magnanimous and forget it all"
Indeed! well, no one asked you to be
so magnanimous, Captain Grant. 1 have
found a protector against whom even my
father could not prevail to give me up"
The Captain uttered a cry.
my soul! you are not marriedT' he
cried.
Married! I married? No, I did not
mean to imply that. Roger Darrell took
me to my mother when he carried me
away from the Terrace"
"Your mother! Why, girl, your moth.
er died many years ago, when all the rest
Of your family went" said the Captain.
$50 every one was made to believe,
but it was not so. My mother vas be-
lieved deceitful by her husband, who sent
her from him with curses that soon came
back to him, for there fell the terrible
blow that left him almost childless as
well as wifeless. My mother is living,
and on her heart I have found the peace
that was denied me elsewhere"
Come, come, this will never do; you
must go home with me. Girl, l have
sworn to make you my wife either by
fair means or foul. Mine you shall be
must be. Do you give in to the working
of fate?"
81 hardly know what you mean, Cap
tain Grant. My poor brain has received
so many blows Of late that l seem to be
in a species of daze the while; but if it is
your intention to push the dastardly acl
in which you were engaged on that night
when l was saved at the last minute from
your wolish power by the bravery of the
only true friend l had left, then 1 viii
tell you it can never be"
She spoke calmly, and in a manner tina
carried the conviction Of her frmness, bu'
the only result was to cause the usually
cool Captain to grow excited.
"Say not so, Carol. Do you not know
that YOUR fathers wishes are bound VI
in this affair? l hold a dreadful secre'
over his head, and, should I let it fall
be ia n ruined man, not financially, l d.
not mean that, but in the eyes Of the Law
he becomes a felon.'
"a felon! =.
eyes, a felon, a murderer
"Oh. what is this you are telling me
II cannot be; 1t cannot be. Captain
Grant. IL YOU had the heart Of a ma
Won would never prosecute a poor girl II
this way. You will drive me to despair,
she walled.
son the contrary, it is you who vii
drive me to despair. You have bewitch
ed me by your beauty until l would risl
torments to win you. Why not yield t
fote? Surely you can struggle but lit
flo longer. Come, give me a far an
swer, Carol" ,o,E..n
"Can you not be merciful, sir? My fath
or has never wronged you; why bring mn
into the matter? Why did you not Wo
me as other men might, and, II neavel
decreed that it should not De- accept ia
decree with f%ortitudeT .
BECAUSE he replied, with a sheer, "
,,w Tho game was too well decided whe'
T came and that only by some superhu
man agency could you be saved fror
throwing yourself away on that villain o
a Roger Darrell"
"Hush. sir, do not bring him into TN
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