The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-05-29

49, nam = Ma11y nse6 " "a. Re ~
me- been ssnt TO the asylum. @ Maody
fsred. but By way 81 relieving Flora had
hrrn taken ~ Farmer Gre~n's. where hs
waA - houac&irk aud disseminated that II
Guys i~nsfisatios be was suffered 10 re-.
ftirn to the cottage. crying Hike Z little
child whe1 The old familiar spot was
saAchsd. kisinx his armchair. she coos
ssose. the fnnsx. Mn. Noah. and Flora.
aa1 stnidIs offering - kiss tbs Lord Cor.
crnsf himsrlf ~ he persisted Ia calling
Gay. who declined she honor.
Cuy hak passed through several ssstes
~ mind dprtnw fhe interval In which ws
hare sxen ~ little 81 him. Fuvions u
ons timr. and reckless ~ to consequences
he Aad determined to break with Lucy
and marry Maddy. In spite OF everybody
th~n. ~ ! sense Of honor came over him.
be resolved to fsrget Maddy. X possible,
and marry Lucy ~ onre II vas In this
taN Seod. and while roaming evsr the
western csunfry. whittier after his ban
Ishmenf b.. had gone. that he wrote .
Lucy 4 strange kind a letter. saying hs
had waited for her long e7oush. and,
sick Or veil. ~ should claim her the com
Ing AUTUMN. To tails letter lucy had re-
spondea quickly. swe~tiy ~rsprovins Guy
for his impnsi~nce. softly limiting that
latterly be had been quite ~ rulpable ~
herself In the matter Of dcferring their
union and appointing thr wedding day
for December. After this was settled
Guy felt better. though the old sore spot
In his heart. where Msddy Clyde ha6
heen- was very sore still, and sometimes
II required all his powers Of s~elf-contrca
to keep from writing to Lucy and asking
to be reseased from an engagement 10 lrk-
some as his had become. Neglecsing to
answer Agnes letters when he first LETT
home. ssse did not know where he was un-
I'll a short time before. when she wrote
apprising him OF srandpa's death and
Maddy's severe Illness. This brought
him. while Maddy's involuntary outbnrss
when she met him la the graveyard.
changed the whole current OF his inten-
sions. fe. what woald come. Maddy
CLYDE should be his wife. and as such he
watched over her. nursing her back to
life, and By his manner edecfually xilenc-
ing all remark. % that the ~ncighbors
whispered among themselves Mad
dy's prospects were. and. ~ was quite
natural, were a little more attentive to
the future lady Of Aikenside. Poor Mad
DIV II WIS a terrible trial which await
her. bur /. must BE- met. and % with pray
ers and tears she fortified herself 70
meet Il. while Guy. the devoted lover.
hung over her. never guessing Of all that
was RAISING in her mind. or how. whea
he was Out OF sight. .he lips he had long
"a 40 mitch Ia kiss. but never had sincs
that day in the graveyard. quivered with
anguish as they askss; for strength to do
tight. Oh, how Maddy did love the man
she must give up. AID how often went up
the waiiing cry, Help me. Father. to do
my duty, and give pIe. too, a greater IN
clination 10 do it than I now possess"
Maddy's heart did fail her sometimes
and she might have yielded to the tsmpta-
ton. but for Lucy's letter, full OF eager
a~n,icipations o. the happy time when
she and Guy should never part again
..Somefimes." she wrote, there comes
ever NJ : dark forehoding Of cvil-a feaR
that | shall miss the cup now within my
reach but I pray the bad feeling away.
l am sureShere is no living being who viii
come between rs to break my heart. and
an | know God doeth all things well, !
trust Him wholly. and cease to doubt"
1t was we'll the letter came when II
did, m 1t helped Mnddy to meet the hour
she 10 much dreaded. and which came
at last on an afternoon when Mrs. Noah
had roue 10 Aikenside. and Flora had
gone on an errand TO a neighbours, two
miles away, thus leaving Guy free to tell
his story, the old. old story. yet always
new TO him who tells it and her who lis
scns-Story which. as Guy told it. sitting
by Maddv's side. with her hands In his,
thrilled her through and through. making
the sweat drops start oft around her lips
Nod underneath her hair-story which
made Guy himself pant n~ervously and
tremble like a leaf 10 earnestly he told
IL: how long he had loved her. OF the pic
ture withheld. the jealousy he felt earh
time the doctor named her. the selfish JOY
be experienced when he heard the doctor
~as refused told OF his growing dissatis-
faction with his 6 agement, his frequent
rrsolyes to break Ii. his final decision.
which that scene in the graveyard had
reversed, and then asked II she would not
b. his no< doubtfuliy. but confidently.
eoyerly. o. II sure OF her
Ito be cautinued.)