The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-10-16
he Fatal Three
MISS y. \. BRADDo1
cHApTrR v.~-fcontlnnea.,

tnfnn and wingsrea hi Nienua. where Mr..
Crossword gave hitaseH M TO study. aud
where neither ise nor bis wife took any
part la the rayrtaes Of she capital Here
they lived until tie spring aud then. eteu
in the depths of bis gloom, a yearning
came upon George tsysswasd to see the
hnnac Of hiss race, the manor which b. bad
lsved as IN II were u nsinx thlns.
Mildred. 30 yos think ssa could bear
10 isn in the old horne sgain n b. asaed hi.
wife suaasnly, orc morning AT breakfast.
II could hear anything better than the
iife WE lead hrre.. she answered. ker eyes
6Ilsnr with tears.
We ~ils ~ back sAcn-ses, evsn ii Ii
II only to look ufson our daughters
crave"
sevhy Manner Within 4 r~k after saaf con.
serSasi0n.
IL was sumner again, the riIc. full
blown summer Of msd.July. The awful
anniversary az their bereavement had
fass~d In silence and prayer. All things
as Enderhy locked a. they had looked
Ia the years that we're gone. except the
fAcr& of the Servants. whieh we're for
the rnost rart strange. What ehange OF
the household made a great change in
tie life OF people 50 conservative AZ
tsenrxe Crossword and his wife; and the
old heme seemed 20 mach the icss like
hesDe hevapse Of that change. The Squire
81 Enderf,y felt that hts popularity was
fcsSrnsd In the village for which he had
sioae 50 much. Ills severe dealing with
the offenders had pleased nobody. MOI even
he sufferers from the epidemic. whose
esses be had avenged. lie had shown
asnsself inaplacabie. and there were many
sho said he bad been unjust.
George Ereswoid felt the change from
friendly csadness IN cold ~eiviiity. He
vnid see the altered expression in All
those familiar faces. Tac eaiy sign OF
affection was from Mrs. Rainbow. stand
inr AT her cottage gate in decent black.
with sankcn checks worn pale by many
lears. She burst ont crying ar sight Of
Mildred Greswoid. aud clasged her hand
In ! feryor Of sympathy.
Oh, 10 think of sonr sweet Young lady.
ma am that ron should lose her. as |
lost nay Polly. :" she solhxd and then
iwo women wept tosether-sissers ia az
Fiction.
You don't shink we are to blame. do
ron. Mrs. Rainbow" Mildred said gent.
iy.
ne. no. indeed. Ea'am We ai know
1t Was Gods viii. We must kiss the
rod"
One day the door was opened iy The
Few ~foosHssn. who annosnred Mr.. Cas-
feiiani.~
Mrs Crossword rose from the piano TO
sss herself fare 70 face with a man
whose countenaase had a pleasing express
sion.
lie Was tail ard slim. well dressed in
a suhdued metropolitan style: and be had
an sir Of distinction and elegance which
would have marked him anywhere SIS a
creature apart from the common herd.
IL was not an English manner There
~ax a supple grace in his movements
which suggested q Southern origin. There
was Z pleading look in the full brown
eres which suggested an emotional tenn
pera menf.
AN Italian. no doubt thought Mil
dred. taking this Southern graeefulness
IN conjunction with the Southern name.
She wondered on what pretense this
stranger had called. and what could be
his motive for coming.
Mrs Greswold. | have TO apologize
humbiy for presenting myself witllou,
having 6rst sent credentials and waited
Tor your permission to call" be said. in
very perfect English. with only the slight
est Milsnese accent and then he. handed
Airs t;rexwold an uaseaiei letter. which
he had taken from his breast pocket.
She glanced at it hastily. not a little
embarrassed By the situation The letter
Was from an intimate friend. an amateur
litseratesr, who wrote graceful sonnets
and gave pleasant parties.
II need not excuse myself. my dear
friend, for making Mr.. Casieiiani known
TO you in the iiesh. a. l have No doubt
he 10 already familiar TO you in the spirit.
lie ID the anonymous author of .Nepen-
the the book that almost every one has
been reading and quite every one has been
talking about this season. Only the few
can understand II, but you are of these
few, and | feel assured your decpes, TEL
inss have been stirred by that most ex-
cepfionai work. How delicious it must
be with you among green lanes and Eng
lish meadows. We are just rushing OF to
! land Of extinct volcanoes for my poor
husbands annual cure.
DIANA TOMkINSON."
PRAY sit down. said Mildred. ~ she
finished her gushing friends note, .my
husband will be- In presently hope in
lime 10 see you"
Pardon me ii, In all b .nility. say
II ID you l Was especially anxious 10 see.
70 know. il il were Observation-Disclosures
= h will be also to know Mr.. Greenwood"
-Tour name is among my earliest rec-
elections" pursued Casteliani. MY
mother wa educated at a convent al Roe
hampton. and she Was very fond Of Eng
And and English people. The irst jour
ney can distinctly remember Was 4
journey to London. which occurred when
was ten years old l remember my
father aud mother talking about Mr..
Fansset. She had known him when she
was a little girl. He used to stay in her
fathers house when he came TO Lyons
on business. She would like to have seen
him and his wife and daughter. for old
tines sake: but she had been told that
his wife was a lady of rank"
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