Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-03-24

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EhOcH, calmly. SHe Will nave forgot
ten by the morning"
"She will have remembered-every-
thing" cried the other. What a fate
is mine, to have been cheated like this
by death-and b yyou! / thought 1t
was all done with-all ended; / begin
to understand now what I've done"
What have you done?" asked
Enoch Flame.
Il wanted my dreams again so
much; | could not live without them"
faltered Yarwood. "And a woman
came in out OF the darkness-and she
had money-and | had nothing. AT
least, I had no money" he whined.
But you had something the woman
craved-eh? asked the other. What
was it?"
Papers - valuable papers that
should show who my daughter was,
and should point the way to a great
fortune for her. ! thought she was
dying-I did-indeed, l did-and that
the papers were of no value. This
woman came and offered me money
money to buy my dreams again-in e.
change for the papers. IL let her
have them"
And the child knew of this fortune
knew that it was hers?" asked the
old man.
1--WE had talked about it-just before
she was ILL.,"
And you sold it all-for something
that should fill your head with fancies
and palsy your limbs?' said Flame,
bitterly. And now she asks for that
which is hers-and it's gone. Who
was the woman"
81 don't know. She was a stranger
and she came in out of the night
and went again-taking the papers.
1--we forgotten so many things: v e
If she told me her name, I shouldn't
remember what 1t was"
'"The child must be told" said the
old man. I'VE must wait until she is
stronger and then she must be told.
Not a word now; it would e%ndanger
her life. Let her believe that every
thing is right-that the papers are
there: she must be told presently"
David Yarwood pleaded in vain;
Enoch blame was firm in his deter
mination. Twice the wretched man
tried to get away, and twice the nan
who had saved his daughters life
brought him sternly back. And at last
the day came when Enoch Flame set
his back to the door of the house and
nodded sternly to Yarwood that he
must tell his tale.
"Your father has something to tell
you, my child" said the old man. "You
will be brave, you will listen to all he
has to say. You have been brought
back to life-and | believe not in vain.
Hear what your father has to say"
Yarwood began his story haltingly.
He pleaded that he was a poor, lonely
creature; that he had been broken
hearted at the thought Of losing his
child; that he had gone for consola-
ton to the drug that had served him
so often before. He told of that night
when he had thought that she lay dy-
ing; told of the coming of the m
to the house: Of his temptation--and
his fall.
"All that was yours, Grace. is gone;
there isn't a scrap of paper anywhere
which shall prove who you are; and
who would believe me? l was born
under an unlucky star; your fortune
is gone-and IL wish / was gone,
too"
He broke down and wept some very
sincere tears; for in this saner mo-
ment he, too. had had a vision of some
better life in that far-off England he
had almost forgotten. For some time
the girl lay quiet. saying nothing;
when at last she broke the silence in
the room her words were calm enough
and there was no hint Of blame In
them.
"You gave away all that was mine
Ito a stranger-for a little money"
she said. Il thought, when my eyes
first opened again on Goes blessed
sunlight, that / had come back to a
new life: but the new life wasn't for
me. All that l hoped for-all that I'd
dreamed a~bout-had been bartered
away. Don't think l blame you; this
has only been the last of many things
that | look back upon with different
eyes, father. But,"--she raised her.
self. with astonishing vigor, on the
couch, and looked nxedly at the cring-
ing man before her-"this Is not the
end for me. Life held out Q prize for
me: you have snatched 1t away. But.
so truly as 1t is mine. 50 surely will
I have 1t again."
But what viii you dot" asked both
men at once
I'm that England I have not seen, q
great place waits for me: they cali u
Hswiey Park. In the county of Surrey.
I win go to England; I viii take what
IL mine"
"But the papers-you can do moth
ing without the papers.s exclaimed
Yarwood. staring At her.
r will lnd . way" she said Il
was not brought back from death for
nothing: ! Am 20 strong now that I
can grasp HE with both handsome
for myself and one for you." she add
ed. with Z bitter smile, a. she looked
at her father. "and no one shall take
what - mine from me-"
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