Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-01-19
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I \$WNOsNM By CHARLOTTE M BRAEME
CHAPTER vII.-tcontinued.,
By CHARLOTTE M. BRAEME

.uls nOriu ~, MISS mhllett, ne began
Your father loves you, and takes every
care OF you. You must therefore beal
TINS In mind, and not be hard on the fail
ings OF others who have not had youl
privileges. My wife-poor girll-had nc
mother when | first met her. and was
totally dependent on her father for so
ciety. Ii was bad training for young
woman, for her father was good-natur-
ed, careless fellow, always avoiding re.
sponsibility as long as was possible. and
"hen at last compelled to show authority.
making up by exaggerated harshness for
his previous neglect.
MY wife was a high-spirited girl and
could not submit TO the alternate fits of
indulgence and tyranny. She was about
seventeen when | first met her. and her
ihtners treatment was becoming unbear-
hDle- became desperately sorry for
"sr ana suggested the only means in my
power 10 help her, which was to make
ner my Wlfe. IL was a foolish proceed
,ns, 4 know, but | was young then, and
nau not begun to look at life seriously
or l should have asked myself how her
position would be bettered by being tied
Tor HE to a helpless, penniless fellow. as
was then. Well, we were married
privately. Of course-and for a few
weeks thought we loved each other very
dearly; then she had another fearful
quarrel with her father and begged me
10 take her away to a home of her own.
= was earning beggarly pittance at that
time. l explained my position to her
anu hu'ised her to wait until | had OBJ
.alneo certain appointment, of which
! was almost sure. She lost her temper,
poor enid, and vowed she's never
come near me again. The very next day
was telegraphed for to England. /
wrote to her, asking her to be patient for
awhile, telling her that | would work
naru and get permanent post now that
.nere was necessity to work, and prom !
ising to come back shortly to take her
from the cruelty to which she had TO sub |
nit ''''
-On my arrival in England I found |
that an almost unknown uncle had left |
me property amounting to nearly three |
thousand pounds a year. You can inn |
aglne how glad | was for my Door girls
sake l made up my mind to SUNRISE
her and personally communicate the 0ood
news, so did not write | got tbrough |
the usual legal formalities as ouiclxlv nc
possible, and rushed back to Rome-onlv
70 md them gonel Some told me thev
nau gone TO one place, some to another
until was utterly at a loss what to do
however traced them, after a months
search, 10 Naples, and then il WAS only
20 ma that her father had died a few
Jays previously and that she had disaD-
peared no one knew whittier
Il did not know any of her neonla
30 l was compelled to search single
handed. For six months went nm ana
Town like restless spirit In search of
peace. At last | found her-or rather
her grave-for she had died: she bod
lied in convent, where she had baen
.eaehing English. BY the help of SER
1ant l obtained permission to see her
rave Ihere was plain stone with her
name only, and the date of her death
'hieh took place some few weeks nrior
o my visit Poor child | cannot con-
'ey to you how great a blow il was 70
me- and my grief was not lessened hv
ne fact that she had died at enmitv /
With me-" s""i''y
we must hope she forgave Won al '
hough you did not see her." Ethel said i
uietly. '"'' il
Polling did not answer. and tbera ,vos
Hence Tor time. 1t was relief whom II
Or. Mallett spoke. C
She must have been of A most urfor s
living disposition to resent vour nov.
rty SO bitterly, and to nurse her batrad a
4 her dying moments"
i don't think she did that-indaad a
no chances are that, in her Door littIe o
'ay' she was looking for-me as anxious s.
as was Tor her. IL was one of those o
range fatalities that human foresight 81
GEMS utterly unable to prevent" o.
lie rose aned shook himself. as IL wish.
II to put away the memories that had al
'owded upon him while speaking of the n
ng-silent past.
You will think me no end of n horo m
IT annoying you with all this history. m
ut, If you can imagine the relief n hss d.
zen to me to speak of it, and Won have vi
ny human kindness In your hearts vo,
Ill forgive me for the iniliction' prt re
y poor sketches7 l have III Yor ~. CT
me down and spend a long dav with hi
Q on Sunday. What do you saw. Miss Sc
allettY' NAiss
Ethel looked perplexed. She had hon., q,
;ainst hope that Jack would retrr, r ~ ",
y Sunday since his departure ana ,,on.
rough torment OF expectation as the to
" wore on. This had taken nlaco eae n.
Q last three Sundays; but she Won. - or sh
ping Her father, recognizing tbe d,S
lily in which Ethel found herself CAM 4;
the rescue. -,
IF Ethel can arrange matters n shau e.
as you wish. l can't say more. fnr 90
Is not my affair. but hers" -'- 50
THANK you very much"
Ten minutes later the captain stood ga
one at the gate, watching the dog cat IN
sappear down the road. ~''' ch
80 It's Hths's 'affair.'v he said
Ven, l hope they'll come and hrin~ ID
thefs affair with them. l shan hs of
tier able to judge Of my own chance as
ter l have seen my rival"
CHAPTER VIII. 7.
IL was day or two afts< Ekh.p In