The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-06
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CHAPTER x.

tempinff0n cf the fading Ore khe waited
WAiie Mildred pacsd ~ and down Tho
rocm II : tempest of passionate feeling,
an& then ehe maSd, ~ven more quietly than
- had spoken before.
MY dear Mildred, I have given yeu
nv AdsIe~. eon~&ciruticusty. II sou refuse
~ b. guided b. the wisdom Of one who II
FouR senior BIZ q quarter Of a crntury. the
e~eussousncss Of your obssinaey mast be
upou roar own brad. Gully know that
4 | had : ms ~ good ~ George Cves-
void for my husband~~~wish d iIttie catch
In her vcir~ that sounded almost lite a
soh~-"it would take 4 great deal more
chan snsYisxoa 10 part me from him"
Mar | axk what your plans are for
~ future. Miidredf" said Miss FanxSct
II n~sd hardly tell you thar | shall be
p5eAs~d to have here ~ long "a you
0ss 10 star . but l should like 10 know
yous scheme II ,ifc-An the event Of
your persastencs il q separation from
your husband"
II hare made NJ definite plan. Aunt
aAail spsnd the autumn In some auie,
W~ater -plare n Germany. and perhaps 81
- Italy for the Winter"
WHY to Italy,
1T Ii the dream cf my life Il - that
csuntry. and my husband always refused
= tAke Ne there
For some gsod reason. no doubt"
II believe he had ! dread Of the fever.
kn0w Of ~ other reason"
-Yoa ars prompt 10 take advantage Of
youf Independence"
OTA2- $3.50 A-.A - H. - eLws
k1nA 0ed help Ne. Ny undergraduates ID
: eersy privilege. But il any country
esuld kelp - to forget my sorrcws. that
spnatry would be Italy"
~And after the winter? DO ron mean
= 1vs abroad aItoeefherf'
= 6cnst know what I maj do. ! have
tbeaShts Il catering 4 sisterbood BY and
by.~
well. yoa must fotlev ycur own
course. Mildred. I can say no more than
I havs aid already. II you make mp your
tsrhcods al ov<r England. and there is
plenty 81 god WORK to b. done. Perhaps
after I'll Ii h the best life. and that those
ars happiest who shut their minds against
earthly affections"
.As ron hare done. amt" aid Mil.
dred. with respect. II know how full OF
rod works yenr life has been--
II have tried to do my duty according
= ~ iigAts," answered the spinster
gSavsay.
TAs NEXT day wa cold and stormy.
Autumn with = foretasts Of winter. Mli-
Arsd went to the morning service with
~ aunt. In the bright new Gothic
church which Min Fausset's liberality
Nd helped 70 create: . picturesque temple
win clustered column and richly ~aoriatcd
capitals. diapered roof. and e~ncaustie
pavement. and over all things the glow
u m~any-coiored lights from painted win
6owA Mi@ Fanssst spent the morning
n visiting anon the poor. She had q
iarrs district ont IN the London road. in
Z paft q Brighton at which the fashion
ahls BYightoaian hardly knoweth the TX
iDkaca.
11ildred ri In tn back drawing room
III The morning. pretending to read. She
eook volume after volume ont Of the book
0sA. turned over the laysa& sr nat star
ing at . pare for = quarter Of IN hour a:
= time. In hopeless vacuity OF mind. Shs
ND brooded upon hsr trouble until her
train seemed benumbed. and nothing was
1T Of that sharp sorrow but . dull ach'
~ pain.
After lanchsoa ~ rent out for n soil
9nry waik On the cliR road that lead,
eastward It wal Z relief TO find herself
alons upon that barren down, With thu
gfeat stormy - In front OF her and thu
busy world left behind
IL was growing dusk when she wen
back - Lewss Crescent, , she wen
9saisht - hsr room and dressed for din
~ before soiag to the drawing room. Sh,
entered tn inner room. Her aunt wa.
net there. and there vas only ono larg,
rsedins hnp burning On ! table near th,
11e. TIE front drawing room was I,
shadow. she went toward the piano. in
tending 10 play to herself In the twilight
bat - shs mOved siowly in the direction
- To instrument . strong hand played
The hands that played those chord
were the hands Of master. II wa
hardly : surprise to Mildred when a tai
9gurs rose from the piano. and Cesa
CasteIlani stood beforv her In the dir
light His hat and gloves were upon TIL
piano. - IL he had Just entered the room
MY dear Mrs. Grrswoid. how delight
t1l d 6nd ron here! l came TO max
: hfe call upoa your auns--she In Away
i~nduieent 10 my Bohemian indifference /
s3iQu<tte-4nd had not the least idea tina
should see you"
II did not know that you and my aun
were fri<nds."
-Noy" Interestingly. THAT Is yer
~. Tor re are quite old friends. Mis-
Faun<t was all goodness to me when
was N Idle undergraduate"
Yet when you came to Enderhy yo
brought m Introduction from Mrs Ton
kison. Surely my aunt would hare bee
. better person--
mo doubt bur IL II just like rae /
ItAke the first sponsor who canse to han.
When an in London | half lise at Mr.,
Tomkison's. and | Rad heard her raw
shout you until became fsverishly an,
bus % make your acquaintance. ouxi
perhaps TO have referred 10 Miss Pause
for mv crcdentials~-huf l knew Mr.
Tomkison would exavgerate my virtue
and ignore rnr errors"
Mildred went hack 10 the inner room
and seated herself BY the reading lam
Caxelisni followed her. and placed hin
Aelf - a. r&h~~ ~tNn - The sr.nu cafa~