Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-07-13
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around theEn. bending the tal ctarys-
antletnpIns, stlrrsEsg the GyaIEE ieaTea
Ia sweet fresh wind tisaB was - @aurr-
ous sts paltn. There was a. IIssasauC
broodlng sense ~ rest anE q f1esh-
ness
''This Is almost as gpsa as Il hitll'ard
table said HIldrsd lapEaEagsys Int
the eari SHOOK his head
1T nay bs for xpu; hr EsI1fHie15s -5ut
81 is MT for me-
"Leed caraxen,r SAID EZiGrea, -
thought has just struck Eus W.e have
beeD marrisG-hpw l9IzEE-staee the
third Of August. and Il Is pOw October;
and 30 you kupw that you have never
ofcS addressed ING 10y name Ny
school fellows used 10 cal 1ae Icela
nay father calls fae TIIIareG+ Yea
have 50 c3utriraa as usEes IA Elve me-
any naIne At aA 1ou d. nnt Ky
Lady Gararer E3lEneL NvIce' U-
anything pf tbs kind ZpEr De H
~ cannot 1elI, he reEfiiea RfaaaE5r-
THE question 3-aa ~eEIGaIEty FEZE]ea
! him Il sgll not DO n uGa4sL L2cr
Garareu, e II aunpys rsn- las
and then there was sEeaeE 3ssrv@
them, hraEsp pusy by she sguEAlns u@
The Wind.
Lord cararea she SAD viii mn
he fery angry w1rn NE Il J aas Euu 6
question:
a9asus;t knowing wiss
| question nay be I pce4aE -AEs-
taIndy nqt
rds question lass esosssfe3 Aae ~s-
tnus.A: i has ss= ae ase tzg sah
] hare ssonde--s-s ng1s ns6 z-s
| question rnat I faf4n0r anxws- asze
thar ] fael Is the key ss s
Briefly, il IN tAis- WIS Old ysu z1earr
nae. Lord Garavens
WHY ID i marry yosg~ he sehpea
In establishment
II ask you rhe question. she wslt
on, because ! hare watched you and
studsed you. and i am convinced 81
last that you did NOT marry nss to
lore"
Love he erzsa. Tay. what has
| that TO do with itzF
II thought she continued. that
| you had married me hassarse Yan Lnred
me- I knew that o were cold. IN
| demonstfative, that yoa had DO sym
| pathy, little kindness: bns I be4sred
| implicitly that you married me for
| love-
II had never seen you'll SAW ron
only once he said ia astonishraent.
II know, 1 remember. Sill. I reneat
what ! have said - you: II-sanesed
~ am quite ashamed 10 tell you rae
truth. but ! viii do SOL f.ne1ed that
| you lad seen me somewhere and had
HHaH<a ms.
lie laughed but the laugh sas not
pleasant to hear,
Ibid you really think thaty be
asked musjngIy. Poor child" Then
he turned to her with sudden brisk
ness. .Do you really mean to tell me,
on your word Of honor, that you do not
know why / married your
She raised her fair, proud face 10
his, II assure you most soleu,iy that
| do not. 1t IS the greatest puzzle /
have ever had
sDid your father tell you that LII
loved your
mo" she replied, fil0ughtfuIiy, .hs
did aess. Indeed. BIC assured Ins thai
ioya wss not needfnl for happiness.
He eysr said You loved me. He said
You wanted 70 marry me. That II was
a grand position, In which ! should be
snpremeiy happy. That II ! consent.
ed his highest ambition would be
gratiied"
Lord cRrnyen murmured some ter
ribls words between his closed HIPS.
tsThen ne never told you why this
marriage was forced upon meT,
NF0reedf" she Intercepted, gently.
Perhaps the sudden paling Of her
lovely face startled him. or the sharp
culver OF pain in her voice touched
him.
"He-youx f~ather--neyer told you
that no insisted on the mnrriage2 He
never told you that he made II my only
refuge from him-my only hopa-my
only alierDsttvaY
mo, he never told me that
',Then | Will tell You now. He com
PEELED me n marry you-and I begin
to perceive that he has sacrificed you
ne well ms myself"
"Sacrifeed us?" she repeated. you
cannot mean the word"
II do mean It, both for myself and
you no replied. II will tell you,
Lady Caraven, II ID right that You
| should know the truth. ! have been
a spendthrift and a prodigal. l have
sqnnndered a large fortune. and was
| deeply In debt l owed your father
the sum OF sixty thousand pounds--I
had m~0rtgaged Ravensmcrc to him. l
was also deeply In debt to others, I
had literally come to my last shiil-
ing; disgrace. ruin, poverty and shame
were all before me. Your father had
tho management Of my affairs, and.
when ! asked him what l was to do,
he told me that he had two hundred
thousand pounds and q daughter"
"A low cry came from her lips, and
shc covered her face with her hands.
He saw her draw her silvery shawl
round her shoulders and shudder as
though she. were seized with violent
cold,
II feel now" he said, that 1t was
a cruel thing 10 do. You are young.
ana your whole life Ia blightcd. At
frst l thought and believed that Won
nndArstnni yer. syess.-
an meecenary and ambitious as your
father-that you were as ready az
ne Ia givc yourself and your money
- n~nhauwa tor my ttfla. thOuvhf