Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-03-22

! taken her into his house If 1t had not
been so small and already over
| crowded.
The head of the family wrote her a
! short note from a German watering.
place, saying hat he was in such a
wretched state of health that he could
not come TO England except at the
risk Of his life, and that it would
probably not be long before he joined
her father in the realms above"
"Ain't It dreadful, sir?" said the
landlady to the doctor. They don't
seem 10 have heart among 'em!'
He shook his head He had seen
similar cases.
u am afraid that Miss Lisle is not
very well off" he said IF she had
been an heiress, her relatives would
have focked round her, full of sym
pathy and offers Of assistance. II Is
the way Of the world, Mrs. Brown. |
fear Miss Lisle will feel the negect
and cold-heartedness very keenly. We
must do all we can for her"
Yes, sir, that we will said the
woman, with moist eyes. "As to feel
ing II. | don't think Miss Lisle feels
anything at present; and since the
| funeral she has seemed like one dazed
and cut of her mind, as you may say
/ could scarcely move her to see
about her mourning. And 1t makes
ones heart ache to go into the room
and see her sitting there in her plain
! black dess- she would have it so
simple and no Grape, though ! told
! her Grape was always worn for
| father-sitting there, and just looking
| before her, as If she were too weak
and overcome even to think. It's my
| opinion, sir, that she scarcely realizes
what has hapepned to her yet Since
! the day he died she hasn't shed a
tear. And sue a sweet, pretty soul as
she is. and so grateful for the littlest
thing one does for her, But, there;
she was always the incest young lady
that | ever took in--always. And II
her relatives is TOO proud or too heart
less to look after her, why, she shan
want for a friend while Martha Brown
have got a shilling!"
The landlady's graphic description
Of Leale's condition was fairly
truthful one. Day after day Leslie
sat with her hands folded listlessly in
the lap Of her black dress, her eyes
fixed on the trees in the square, her
sorrow too great for thought
If she had overheard the landlady
and the doctor discussing her future,
she woupld have listened with perfect
Indifference What did it matter what
became Of her, or whether she lived,
or went to join the poor, weak soul
whom she had loved and cherished.
and yct--ah, what bitterness was IN
the thought, deceived? IT she had
not listened TO Yorke's proposal, had
not consented to his plan OF bringing
her TO London, her father might be
alive now. 1t was true that the doc
tor had assured her that the weak
ness of the heart, which had been the
immediate cause of death, had been
latent for some time, that her father
had been a doomed and sentenced
man for years past, and that any
shock would have been sufficient to
cause his death; but even this assur-
ance scarcely soltened the poienancy
of her remorse.
1t was of her father and her loss
she thought during the days I'M
mediately following her bereavement,
and il might almost be said that she
had forgotten OYrke and her great
love for him-almost, but not quite
II was lying In the center OF her heart
buried for time under the load OF
anguish and sorrow; but 1t needed
only a sight Of him, only the sound OF
his nome, to arise like a giant and
lcassert all It's old influence over her
After while she began to recover
sufficiently to be able to think, to
realize her position, and to look
vaguely and ndifferently toward the
future.
The doctor and the secretary of the
great man had gone into Leslie Isles
1tlHlfS, ana NIStNNtlth lllh' hipH' ~
his small income had died with him.
and that what remained amounted TO
only few pounds yeat-~not enough
by itself, to keep body and soul TO
gether. There was little money IN
hand. but the largest part of that
sum consisted of the fifty pounds paid
Nv MIR. Temple for the picture he
had bought, and Leslie. directly she
was able to think, resolved that she
would return the money, though 1t,
and II only, should stand between her
| and starvation,
| There was something else, also, that
she must retun--the diamond pend
ant which Horlie had given her, That
| too. must 80 back She could nor
summon up sufficient courage to take
1t from its hiding place as vet; and,
indeed, she did not know where TO
send It, unless he addressed Il to the