The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-08-17

NO, George. I did not- beg your
pardon<~ and her WI eyes are not free
from a suspicion OF moisture.
He rushes to her, and she sees the
terrfble mistake she has made. She
cnnnot help II, but he Ia kissing her lips
and cheeks, and for a moment there is
theg greatest change in her; for In this lit
tle spoce, the whole of her life flashes
before her, and finishes at the dreury
lodgings.
Then he p4erds to her. and bfts her
remember tue past; the happy days at
Burnham, the loving d~allance tn their
Hlarrfcd 1--we the pleasant little home;
for Che sake Of the spinster aunts, Of all
tlLst she held most dear, to help him TO
get cut Of the country, and to come anil
joSn him.
Maggie. he Says, II know we shall
bare TO rough il for a few years-per
haps uunt the common necessaries OF
life; bat what is that compared to hap
piness? And I con work, though I I'm
rntAer weak now; I can work, Maggie
yes, yrs. I got through the earth to
come to you--ha, ha!'
He has been sane to this moment, but
thfs Is sheer madness, she thinks; and
she replies quietly and firmly, but tn a
terribly impressive voice, SHark va
George Teinplel I thought you were
dead, and / have formed other conrsec>
items, made other friends, love another,
TO whom | am about to be married.
mo, nor he shrieked; they told me
30, but they were mad-yes mad! You
cannot marry another-you, my wife,
II say that | am about to be married,
md can never be anything to you again.
II you cnre to go abroad, l might send
you some money through the people who
have been taking care OF yoo, but we
part tpnight forever"
no, 90, Maggie, my dazzling, you
would not be SO cruel!'
II wouldr!' she returns, sternfy. "Arfve
you have no right here! You are an es
capped convict and sooner than I would
submit to be annoyed by you, l would
send you back to prison to finish your
sentence! l thought you dead-yuu are
so to me forever and ever! So lever
| attempt 10 come near here again, or l
will take measures to send you back 70
jail! Ii you are wise, YOU will go TO
the hodge, and then l may SEND you
some money to SO abroad; but remember,
il ever you come here again, or inquire
after me-, I will put the police on your
track! Good night!'
Stay, Maggier' he pleads, ~Onty one
moment, and then I will never come 10
you again! IL only want one kiss
Maggier' be sobs. Don't be cruel to
me-
She ~ touched at this, gives him her
npe, and kisses him, too, her heart bid
ding a farewell, in that pressure to her
past life. Then George laughs, and is
mad once more.
Good nighty' she suys, giving him her
hand
"Good nightr' he returns, rnther va
cantly, clasping the other hand, too.
Then q blaze of light shows the couple,
standing just under the great branch of
the tree, inside the, summer house. The
mad fellow starts, and exclaims, The
ring! the rngr' and Maggie snatches
away her hand impatiently. The ring
the kind lady showed me when she put
me into the darkness, and then never
showed It me again! II was yours-it
was yours; and you helped to keep me
there-oh, merciful powers"
And then. for a moment. the unharryy
man looks down, with his breast beaving
tumuftuousiy.
Suppose 1t was-what them she
asks, impatlently. Il can stay here no
longer. Good night
She was at the entrance now, ~rurirer-
ting up her skirts ready to run across at
the next CLEAN. AT that moment, the
mans natural shrewdness and interli-
gence seemed to come back to him, and
he saw the part his wife had played in
his capture and Imprisonment.
IL was just as If a scroll with letters
81 fire had been unfolded before him, ON
which the terrible story was written; and
IL ever man was sane and sensible,
George Temple was just at this moment.
Overcome he certainly was, pierced to
the very heart. He saw Maggie's hand
in the treacherous capture and darksorne
prison; and he was so overwhelmed that
FIFE held nothing for him that was worth
the having. She was struggling with
him-row battling with him feroefy and
angrly.
Let ne go.' she said, through her
cienched teeth; IT hate yof--I hate yuuI
Let me guI"
NY C SIicus 1 WILL uOL HL yUQ ~
yDu are my wife, and / viii keep you
with me, and let him take you from
ne that dare!w
Then there was a short struggle, and
Georges heart had melted, and as he
released her, he looked up to the dark
heavens, and said. in a choking voice, IFS
there no justice on earth for man? Oh!
re. dread powers above, where are your
thunderboltsY'
The poor maniac raised his hand to the
sky, and, as If in answer to the awful
challenge, a blue zigzag Of flame flashed
through the dark heavens, followed by q
cracking, rnttliag roar, and then all was
dsrkDess and silence.
And thus the curtain came down with