Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-05-28


ably upon her rousseau and wept be-
cause her lover came not ... ..~ |
The fiery beauty carried the slrua-
ton with high hand More than one
gallant Spanish dandy assisted Senior |
Guerrero in escorting William An
thony out of town. And from that /
hour the younger man was swept for |
ward by an amorous exchantment so |
adroitly exercised, so imperious, that
had his heart not acquiesced he could |
hardly have escaped standing at the
altar in his brothers place and taking
to wife the WOMAN who was to have
been his sister-in-1aw- The spell she
wove was deep and lasting He loved
her, endured her hasty temper, for
gave the love she still bore his brother
Though she called it hate), and died
a heart-broken man when, two years
later, the birth of their child cost her
life The last written word of the
young husband was plea to his broth
er for forgiveness and request that
Lolita's child, Gideon Ingram Anthony,
might find I second father in his uncle
But William Anthony, melancholy,
resentfu1, was wandering over the I'M
peopled wastes of Alta California,
vain1y seeking relief from a sore
heart. And Gideon's grandfather, not
trying very hard, 1t is suspected, failed
to trace the baby's uncle. Letters from
New England found him, however;
told him that the faithful woman of his
early love was slowly fading away.
Consciencs-stricken. he fastened back.
married her, tried devotedly and with
health. but buried her one year after
their only child was born"
oh, my poor, poor mother." Esther
| moaned No wonder you are so sad"
| She drew the locket from beneath her
| dress and gazed a moment on the pic
| tured face Alfred's ring still hung on
| the chain, and she pressed it to her
/ lips before hiding it again Like
| mother, like child" she whispered
| scornfuI1y. Both foolish." With a
/ sigh she took up the paper and read
/ on:
| Then came frem Suffers Fort the cry
| of Gold. gold. that peopled California
| and swept away forever the dreamy.
| pastoral days of hidaIgo, fandango and
I league-long ranches under Mexican
| rule. William Anthony came west
| with the first rush, found and claimed
his nephew, mined, traded and grew
enormously wealthy; though he lived
/ arr IN ra
| as compelled
"On the bleak side of Washoe
mountain he built palace, the Won
| der of the decade; sent for his daush-
ter, and reared the two children IN
an isolated luxury that was the source
of many Ala6di1-Iike tales But failure
came, removal, wandering; and the
Anthonys were lost to the world that
had known them Later the father
was killed by Indians and the chill
dren, by this time man and WOMAN
grown, drifted, unknown and unknown
ing, into the needless stream Of hu
manity.
The sequel proves that William
Anthony never forgave his brother:
for the boy grew up as a dependent
called only Gideon Ingram, and never
knowing his right to his uncle's name
Senior Guerrero died some years ago
willing his estate to his grandson ane
providing for a search for him YET
it is probable he would have remained
undiscovered had not the agents pur
chasing right of way for the Southern
Pacific Railroad company needed his
signature. His identity was dlscov
cred some time ago, but his story i:
| now for the first time made public"
Here followed the Interviews
I My cousin. Oh, he's my cousin!
| Like an open book Esther read man,
things that had puzzled her-her ia
theirs contradictions his gloom, hi
| reserves; Gideon, tender, cruel, con
slant, vengeful; a passion, fame
conquering, yet ever defeated Poo
Gideon!
Esther dreamed over the strang
tale till she was reminded of he
team, waiting as she had ordered, ant
restless. I'll drive at once" she said
and hastily prepared, eager for tn
/ out-of-doors, for motion
She was taking up the reins when ;
card was brought her GIdeon's- Sh
started back and would not touch II
till penciIed words caught her eye
Stella, have wronged you, but
| you have read the morning paper yo
know how your father wronged me
Blood makes us cousins I must Sc
you a moment, must a little atone
How could she see him? Yet sh
must Childhood memories, the II
Justice he had suffered, his sorroWs
all pleaded for him Yet not in th
narrow cIoseness OF ROOM 1t wouI
: be easier out In the open, away fror
her oWn house
: Tell him I'm driving, she said t
the maid ASK him to step to th
front door
Esther drove around the house
: find him standing. bareheaded, ON rh
graveIed road He was haggard an
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