Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-08-22

4 away from her in sudden moment.
! Bit when Marjorie had come tc. her
self again and the doctor had been
summoned to treat her for nervous
4 shock, she found her mother once
more the kindly and loved parent OF
4 old. Lady Poole had been frightened
at her own violence, and repented bit.
terly for what she had said. She tend.
ed and soothed the girl in the sweet
est and most motherly way. And with
out Disgusting from Marjorie the bit
Ter blow the girls decision was to her
she told her that she was prepared to
accept the inevitable, and to reorgan
lie all her ideas for the future.
And then had come the black mys
terry of Gerald's utter vanishing from
4 the world OF men and women.
4 Lady Poole had always been fond OF
Gerald Rathbone, and now, by curl
GUS contradiction of Nature, when she
4 had schooled herself to realize that ii
was on this man her daughters life
was conferred. the old lady was terri
i bly, and genuinely affected at Geralds
disappearance. No one could have
been more helpful or more sympathet.
| ic during those black hours, and she
gladly left Csrzon street for Brighton
+ In order that she might be alone with
her daughter, and endeavor to bring
her back in some measure to happi.
ness, to interest in life.
Soon after Marjorie had written her
letter to Sir William, Lady Poole had
received a reply from the scientist, en-.
closing q short note for her daughter.
1t had been a wonderful letter. The
writer said that he could not disguise
from himself that he had seen, or at
least suspected, the way things were
going. Terrible" he said, sas this
letter of your daughters has been to
4 me, 1t would yet Ill become me not to
receive it as man. L had hoped and
believed that a very happy life was in
store for me with Marjorie, and for
her with me. Then saw that it was
not to be, and Marjorie's letter comes
as no surprise, but as only the definite
and final end Of my dream. Dear Lady
Poole, do realize that, despite all this,
1t will always be my duty and my priv
ilege to be the friend of you and Of
your daughter II you and she will per-
NIT rae to be so. Ihaye told her SO
often how l love her, and L tell her so
even now. But love, as I understand
1t, should have the element OF self
sacrifice In It, II 1t is true love. / Will
therefore say no more about my per-
sonal feelings except In one way. Just
as my whole life would have been de-
voted to making your daughter happy,
SO l'sl Z now feel It my duty to devote N.Y.
self as well as can to making her
happy in another way. She has chosen
4 man no doubt more worthy to be
+ her husband than should ever be.
+ You will forgive a natural weakness
~ II. ! say no more on this point, but the
great fact Is that she has chosen.
Therefore. / say that my only wish is
for her lifelong happiness, and that all
my endeavors, such as they are, will
be still devoted to that end. Let them
be be happy, let them be together And
III can promote their happiness, even
though my own heart may be broken,
sbelteve me, dear Lady Poole, it is my
most feryent wish. 8
Will g:ou give Marjorie the en-
closed little note of farewell? - shall
not trouble her more, until perhaps
50 some day in the future we may still
&c friends, though fate and her decis-
lon have forbidden me to be anything
more TO her than just that.
Believe me, my dear Lady Poole.
n great sorrow and in sincere friend
ship,
William Gouldesbrough..
- the Hes had had gone to
Brighton, and while the press Of the
United Kingdom was; throbbing with
tsssiieii iiiie hundreds OF people
were endeayoring to solve the strange
II5n lll Of erald Rathboue.s disap-
peararace, the girl more pearly inter
5ested In At than any one else in the
world stayed quietly with her mother
&C the pleasant seaside town, and was
net molested by press or public.
Marjorie had become even IN these
few days q ghost af her former self.
he light had faded out Of her eyes,
they had ceased to appear transparent
and had become opaque, Her beauti-
fullysch He'd lips now dropped ia
athletic and habitnal pain, her pallor
4 was constant and unYarying. She
drank In the keen sea. breezes and
tlss brought no color to her cheeks;