The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-05-03

you to indulge me in a little retrospect
ton. You are doubtless ware that at
one time l was engaged to Miss Mar
garet Harrison?"
Such was the rumor, sir"
ut was correct. | loved her deeply,
fondly, with my whole soul-just as l
love her still-in spite of it ALL"
MIR. Trevlyn," said Castrani. with
cold reproof in his voice. you have a
wife"
Il am aware of it, but the fact does
not change my feelings. / have tried
to kill all regard for Margaret Harri-
son. but it is impossible. l can control
1t, but | cannot make it die. My wife
knows 1t ALL told her ~freely-and
knowing it, she was willing to bear my
name. For some reason, unknown to
me. unexplained by Margaret, she cast
me off. | had seen her only the day
before the fatal note reached me-had
held her in NY arms and felt her kiss
upon my lips" He stopped, controlling
his emotion. and went on r%esolutely.
The neXt day l received q letter from
her. a brief, cold, almost s%cornful let
ter. She renowned me utterly-she
would never meet me again but as a
stranger. She need make no explana-
ton, she said. My own conscience
would tell me why she could no longer
be anything to me. AS If | had commit
ted some crime. | should have sought
her. from one end of the earth to the
other, and won from her an eXplana-
ton of her rejection. had 1t not been
for the force of circumstances, which
revealed to me that she left for the
North, in the early eXpress-with YOU
or equivalent to hat. She entered the
lain at the same time, and you were
nth in the same car. This fact, cou-
oiei with your well-known devotion to
her. and her remuneration Of me, salts
fled me that she had fled from me, to
the arms of-another lover"
"Nillain!' cried Castrani, starting
from his chair. his face scarlet with in
d%ignation. IF it were not a disgrace to
use violence upon a guest, l would
thrash you soundly! You loved Mar
garet Harrison, and yet believed that
damnable falsehood of her. Out upon
| such love! She is, and was, as pure as
the angels, Yes, you say truly, l was
devoted to her. | would have given my
life. yea. my souls salvation. for her
love! gu she never cared for me. I
never enticed her to do evil would
not, if ! could, and l could not, If I
would! Who repeated this vile SIAN
der? Show him to me, and by heaven,
his blood shall wipe out the STAIN"
All T%revlyn's pride and passion left
MIN. His face lost it's rigid ~tenseness.
trani's insults, he told him Margaret
was pure. He put out his hands and
grasped those of his companion.
90. sir" he said, Il thank you'll
thank you! You have made me as
happy as it is now possible for MT to
become, 1t is like going back to heaven
after a long absence, to know that she
was pure that I was not deceived In
her. o, Margie! Margie! my wronged
Margie! God forgive me for indulging
such a thought of YOU"
Castrani's hard face softened a little,
as he witnessed the utter abandon
ment of the proud nan before him.
You may we'll ask God to forgive
YOU he said. You deserve the
depths of perdition for h%arboring in
your heart a thought against the pur-
ity Of that woman. Archer Trevlyn,
had she loved me as she did you, ]
would have cut off my right hand be-
fore l would have entertained a sus-
picion of sin in her! 1t Is true she
went North on the same train as l did
out l did not know it until the jour
ney was ended. Previous to that time
l had not seen her for more than q
fortnight, and l did not know she was
near me, until in Boston my attention
was attracted by a crowd of 'roughs
gathered around a lady and a grey
hound. The lady had lost her port.
monnaie, and the crowd made some
insulting remarks which l took the
liberty of resenting, and when I saw
the lady's face, to my amazement ]
recognized Margaret Harrison!"