The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-05-04

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the carriage. back to- the stable, saying
she had concluded not to come over here
Mother thought she was in her room. But
she was not even in the house. | came
back to see il anybody here knew any
thing about her."
Anything of who? Who is missing?
What has happened, Dicky' asked
Squire Douglas, coming forward.
MY sister Myra is missing, Squire.
We don't know what has happened yet"
said Dick; and in few wor1s told all he
knew, asking il any one there could tell
where she was.
II am sure cannot" said Vance; shut
I do knew, and so do others present, cir
cumstances which may throw light on the
affair. Shall we retire to the library"
NO" said Dick: I'VE are all friends
here; il you know anything, out with it
right now! Tell your story, quick,
Vance. Ii it Is more OF that mans work,
| will" He closed his, teeth hard in
an effort to control his rage. and Vance
said, with hand on his arm:
Gently, Dick! There is room for APP
prehension, but all may yet be well. I'm
Gle, please send Sam and Lima Leslie
here; they may add links which l can
not"
Sam and Lima were brought in, and.
amid tears, sobs and EXPLANATIONS Of
grief, anger and pity, Vance told the
story of their suspicious, and Florence
added her testimony. Sam could add lit
tie. But Lima, weeping and sobbing,
took from her bosom little folded pa
per, and confessed that when she went
home that day Myra had given it to her
| and babe her find chance to hand it to
Louis lie Dru after the ceremony was
over.
lance took the paper, glanced over it,
and uttered an exclamation as he passed
| it to Dick, who took it with shaking fin
gers. Poor Dick tried to read it-then
threw 1t back. MY brain whirls, l
cannot see! Read it, Vance, read it
outv'
Every soul stood breathless, while
Vance read the note aloud. 1t ran thus:
Farewell, Louis, my beloved! You
won my heart, only to break it! know
now that your promises were all lies, and
you never meant to marry me. / do not
| upbraid you, but life is too dreary with
| out you. l cannot bear it. Farewell,
DTOtHeT, no
waters are cool, and there is rest be-
meath them. l have sung my death song,
| and l go to join the poor Indian girl
who died, like poor Myra, for false
lover. Farewell, forever
''She has jumped the falis!'' groaned
Squire Douglas, while means and sobs
| resounded through the room.
Dick staggered and fell to the floor
like log. Vance rushed to raise him,
while Marcia and Florence, almost in
Mysteries. flew to Nettie, who had tainted
| upon the sofa.
No one slept at the Hall or at River
View that ill-starred night. Most of the
wedding guests at once departed. A
band was formed to search the river for
poor Myra, and another to carry the
news should any discovery be made.
Before noon the next day they bore
her pretty, lifeless body, still decked in
its gala robes, into her sorrow-stricken
home. Poor, innocent, unfortunate
Myra!
Not alone did they bear her. No ven
geance was left for father or brother to
| take. Retribution, swift and stern, had
descended upon the evil-doer.
With the train which carried poor
Myra's light form came another. leading
lame and riderless horse, and bearing
the cold. drowned body OF Louis lie Dru.
The party searching for Myra had found
| the horse which he had ridden from the
| Hall. lame. drenched and bruised. upon
| the river hnnk, not far from the falls
Guided by that discovery. they searched
again and found under the bridge the
drowned body of Louis, only few yards
from the spot where poor Myra was
drawn out. Her destroyer had died with
| her.
| Whether he did the deed purposely or
not could never be known. 1t was most
| likely that, after leaving the Hall in
| such deep disgrace, galloping madly to-
ward Frankfort, he had, in the intense
| darkness, missed the bridge, and dashed
directly into the stream to meet his aw-
full fate.
7 The children of the Hall took no bridal
trip, preferring, under the sad circum-
stances, to remain with the cid, Squire
Nettie, and the bereaved friends at Riv-
er View.
Though their wedding had been mark
| ed by such disaster, it was followed by a
peaceful and happy life, undarkened by
cloud.
They still live Nat the old Hall and
| Squire Douglas grows young again as he
romps with their merry children. Nettie
lie Dru and her boy inherited Louis
wealth, which was still quite fortune
in spite Of his extravaganza. At the
earnest entreaty of her friends Nettie re-
manned in Kentucky. and for three years
made her home at the Hall.
Then she was married asa.a, TO our
old friend Dick, who divides his Tina be-
tween admiring his beloved wife and
| spelling her boy, who does not inherit
one trait of his fathers excepting his
wonderful beauty.