The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-06-05

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not afford to take you. Besides, you
will be a lot better of here; there are
a dozen places open to you"
Il shall fnd my way back to ole
Kentucky when you's gone" Dinah
sobbed. Ell die in my native Ian"
you will be able to make much
more money by remaining here" Mari
on said, encouraSingly. But Dinah
shook her head CONTEMPORARY, as
though money was Of no account with
her.
Marion scarcely slept a wink during
her last night at Odero. She felt ap-
palled ut the thought Of facing the
world alone. Hardship she did not
fear; change and sven poverty she had
been accustomed to. 1t was the lone
linsss and friendliness she shrank
from. Heretofore she had always her
father to lean upon. and though he
had been anything but an ideal parent,
still, he was strong and resourceful
II Of unfailing courage. Ways and
Means she had never considered; her
LIE had been shaped for her; her faith
or decided where they should live and
how long they should stay.
This waA true still in a ense. She
wa going away to England at his be-
hest, but she was going alone and
without his protestisn. Going to a
place she had never seen and to people
she had never heard Of till a week
ago, and she shuddered with misgiv-
inss at what she might find at the
end.
She had never been blind to her
fathers sins. His acquaintances in
the main had been men she could not
tolerate. What IL this MI. Mayhem
should be a man Of the same stamp?
What IL she had been committed to
the tender merctes OF q man without
moral sense or scruple?
Try a. she would she could not
that oppressed her. She was not sor-
ry to get away Soa 0dero. She had
never loved the place Or the people.
She had pinned for the reAnenents Of
Nfo-whch at m earlier time they
frequently possesssd-all the tine she
had been there. Nevertheless she
shrank from the terrible and unsx-
piered unknown that lay before her.
1t was . raw. gusty October morn
ing when she climbed int the dill
gence which travsrsed every other day
the dreary and uAcultivated spaces be-
tween odsro aad Beaver CITY. Quite
q crowd Of people cane to . her Of
aad say good by. Adam Black put a
small parcel into her hands. "A little
taken q goodwill" he explained,
from those who knew ysur father"
Dnah sat on a tree stump a little way
of and sobbed as though her heart
were broken.
There were only two other passen-
gers, and they rode or the outside.
The driver climbed to his seal with an
air Of great Importance. and after two
or three Aourishes of his long driving
whip he gave the signal. and the
horses started forward at a Sallop.
Marion leaned out of the window
and waved her hand to Dinah and the
rest; then sank back into her seat
and yielded herself up to the luxury
OF a "gesd cry" So began a journey
that was destined to end SO fatefully
less than three weeks later.
The steamship Nebraska sighted
land early in the afternoon. A little
after sunset she passed the Lands
End and proceeded cautiously up chan
mel. An hour later her engines were
working at half-speed and nearly
every oficer on board was on the look
out.
Marion West had been on deck near-
" ever STAGE the Cornish coast came
into sight. She had watched with
curious iatsrest tho rugged cliffs grow
more and mere distinct, thea fade
away into the darkness.
she was much more sorry than glad
that her long Journey was 80 nearly
at IN saA. Che had enjoyed the whole
OF h1r trip tom West to Mast. Monot-
e,ous ~ It had been In many re-
spects. there had not been lacking ell
omeats Of novelty which frightened
md gave Interest to the passing hours.
At Montreal and Quebec she had re-
newoA her acquaintance with the life
and movement of big cities and had
been able to make some very neces-
sary purchases. The Ave twenty-dol-
lar gold pieces which she found In
Adam Blacks parcel came In very
handy, and she enjoyed her shopping
expedition all the more in consequence
Of this addition to her small fortune.
Her first experience of the sea was
marred 1t the beginning by stormy
weather: but she quickly got used to
It. and after the first two days enjoyed
It Immensely.
The Atlantic ocean was quite q . '
elation to her. She had often read
about the "a, often pictured 1t In her
imagination. but the reality far out
distanced Ill her dreams. Its strength,
its immensely, its strange and passion
ate mAods. filled her with . kind OF
exaltatlon. She spent every possible
minute on deck, and v tired Of
watching its ~ceaseless rise and fall.
rhAro ware fewer than nifty passen-