The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1907-01-31
CHApTER XVII.

and Miss Mary, and they had mutually |
agreed to part.
Never, perhaps, was canon so as
founded, never did one feel more out
ragged, and never was one In greater |
passion, though he controlled 1t.
what was the causeY he demanded |
''Ihe precise cause, he and Miss Mary |
Dynevor had agreed to keep to them
selves" was the answer of the baronet.
alt was sufficient to say thar they were
both fully convinced union between
them would not conduce to their happi- |
ness. and they had come to the conclu-
sion not to carry it out"
81 will know the truth" foamed the
cannon. "Why do you partT'
Differences" gasped Mary, who had
taken her cue from Sir Everard. Moth
ing that can particularly explain. We
found that marriage between US would
not lead to happiness, and we parted"
won't you speak out?" cried he,
bringing down his clerical shoe upon the
carpet.
THAT is all have to say" she an
swered, dropping her head.
every WELL" cried DIR. Dynevor, as he
quilted the room and shut himself into
his study. This gave Miss Dynevor and
the girls an opportunity of inquiring on
thcir own account, Question after ques-
fion they poured out on the unhappy
Mary, but they Sd not succeed in get
ting from her any solution to the mys-
tery which, Of course, bore an Ill appear
ance.
IL very much fear it is a case of jilt-
Ing" groaned Aunt Ann. IF the days of
dueling were not past, one Of your broth
ers ought to go out and shoot Eyerard
Wilmot Dishonorable craven. Your
father may enter an action against him."
The possibility Of concealment was all
over now, as Mary saw; and she dragged
herself in fear and sickness to her fathers
presence. is it true that you have done
it7 she gasped and the subdean was at
no loss to understand her meaning.
"It soon will be true. The man shall
be held up spectacle to the world
s.Oh, papa, you must undo it, you must
undo it! Do not lose moment. 1t was
mot Sir Eyerard who broke off the en-
gagement; it was l."
The subdean stared at her through his
great ugly spectacles, for he had been
reading letter whefi she interrupted him.
She laid her a<ns upon the back chair,
and seemed to lean her weight upon it
he saw that she was trembling. "The
truth papa, Is that / refused Sir Ever
ard so that IL an action might be brought
ON either side it would be on his. He
came home to marry me; but LIQUID
not marry him. and he was so kind as to
let 1t appear to you that 1t was as much
his fault as mine"
s'You broke it off? OF your own ac-
cord Your reason? You do not stir
from my presence till you have given it
20 me-
Papa she breathed, bending her face
down upon the arm Of the chair, "I--I
liked some one else better than Sir Ever
ard"
"You liked" The canon stopped
fndigkation and astonishment overmaster-
ed him.
"Who is it?'' he demanded, in an awful
tone.
She did not answer. What he could
ssee Of her face looked as crimson as his
own sometimes was. "Who is 1t, ask?'
he repeated and shrink and shiver as she
would, there was no evading that reso-
lutte question.
Charles Baumgarten."
A curt letter, couched in the haughti-
est of terms, reached Charles Baumgar-
tens chambers in Pump Court, from DIR.
Dynevor, forbidding him all further inter-
course with the Dynevor family.
Il know the old boy can do the thing
In style when he brings his mind to it,
but this is super-extra, Charley" remark
ed Richard Dynevor, who chanced to call
soon after the missive was delivered.
-'Cheer up, lad; things may take turn"
And few weeks passed on. Mary
Dynevor was not dying, no one said that
but every one did say that she was vast
ing away. The subdean, naughty, cold
and implacable, would not see il; Miss
Dynevor had begun to speak of il COM
plainingly; Regina and Grace grieved. |
She had a touch of low fever, and seemed |
unable to struggle out of 1t.
Mary chiefly lay upon the sofa; she |
was too weak to sit up throughout the |
day. Smarting under the displeasure Of |
her father, Obliged to submit to the quer-
ulous remarks of her aunt, who rarely |
ceased 10 grumbe at the rupture of so |
desirable a marriage, suffering In a less |
degree from the covert reproaches Of her |
sisters, who felt it as grievance upon |
chem. Mary had a sad time of it. AS to |
Charles Baumgarten, he had gone on cir
cult, and seemed to be done with for
ever. Even Richard never heard from
or Of him.
1T Is of no use, madam, my coming |
here day after day to see the patient. |
somewhat testify explained DIR. Lamb, the |
family physician, one day to Miss Dyne-
vor. 'The disorder is on the mind some
trouble, bsiieve, Is weighing upon her.
If ii cannot be set at rest, can do no
good"
Miss Dynevor, now very uneasy, sat