Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-08-20
CHAPTER x. lcontinued.l

slx-penny magazine, and settled him
self into al.,cOrner of seccad-c!.ss
carriage. He could not afford to
travel firstsclass. IT was infra dig. for
& Mawgan to travel third. He made
an honest attempt to read. His eyes
wandered slowly down the printed
page, He even turned a leaf accession
ally, but in reality he read nothing.
His brain was In a tumnlt. It was
easy to assume an attitude of indif.
ference; easy to vow all sorts of he
roic things; but to be absolute mas
ter OF himself was quite another mat
ter.
He met his mother and sister with
O. bright and jaunty air, kissed them
both affectionately, declared that he
was glad to get home again, and that
he hated having to take journeys in
the winter
q suppose you have heard nothing
4 Of Marion West?' Esther inter-
rogated.
sMy dear Esther, he said laugh
lngly how was likely to hear any
thing Of her?''
ssof course, he can have heard
nothing of her. her mother inter
rupted n and why should he want to
hear anything Of herr.
want. to hear. IL he's Doesn't
{ Esther answered TO me her silence
Is quite unaccountab1
MI She may have written, Of course
was the answer; lit is no unusual
thing for letters to get lost and then
the subject was allowed to- drop for
the moment.
But after dinner, when Clement had
betaken himself to the library for his
evenings smoke. Esther left her
nAther and joined him.
.ook here. ciem,' she said. Il
don't understand you little. bit"
Q 2 ss he questioned, looking up
with smile,
B sOn the night Marion went away
you were quite anxious ahnnt her
sssShe went away in the morning, ]
believe
Don't be. silly. You know how the
teleg ram upset yon. and how you de-
clared that If any harm befeli3 her you
would blame yourself for not persuad-
ing her to write earlier
ssBut i am not aware that any harm
has befallen her"
..No doubt, Esther; but there are
thousands Of young people in similar.
/ circumstances
ss1sbat does not meet the case. Why
were YOU SO worried four or i've
nights ago, and why are you SO lndlf-
/ ferent to.da w
am not so Indifferent as you sug-
gest But what can we do? She Is
nothing to JUS. We did our duty 70
her, surely. She went away in pur.
suances Of the end she had in view. II
she does not choose to write to U.s.
vel - & and he shrugged his shout
ders signif icantly
Esther said llo more. she felt that
Her bro i,er had the best OF the argn-
ment, but her anxiety was not lessen sen
ed inaany degree it, had been We y
with Marion she felt sure she would
have written. lt was because 1t was
illSwith her that she kept silent.
on the morning but one following
Esther was the first down to break
fast The Old butler had Il already IS, sort;
VI ed the letters and laid them On the nc
table. Esther seized her letters the
first thing and glanced at the ad,
dresses; then, with a. little gasp, she
63 tore open one of them and began ts
81 read. AS she did SO her eyes dilated
consid erably and "a deep wave OF Grim
S son swept over her face. The letter
H n was from MI rion$ lest, and had no ad
dress save the word London" on the
top 81 the page ss.s
would like to say Dear Mis-:
d Nav q the letter began, but
feai emo rig BIT TO use such words
your brothers will have told You VIII,
am. and the. daughter Of the maj
who robbie lsos,r father must be hate
Hull our eyes. 4 diderot KNOW
then Il was sshe ltered under Your ROO
made the discovery after left. Ha
q YOU known think you would hay
been kind, for God made you gooe
Iad 81 known should have hid den m
aee Id sorrow and shame, hay
ached fo write to yoli, but feared 70
q wo,,ld not read lily letter hay
syante d tell you that 4 am not vi
grat Jul lie child Of Die o.
can ap 1preciat Is 4 ndness and wi
never forget II. am not asking *
lssi pt II aill On to perform
Ds simple dutt gu will not see n
sga III. III this great IS am wa
lowed Fiilp and lost It's roar IS In n
ear all write and It's voice IS iii
voice oi doom. How grateful 4 sha
be tlie struggie is aver! Ton,
ii and wing grati tnde, 8 lSss5 b
lssth ess cheeks Were almost death
li1ne she had finished u
latter adj heI, Yes we're full of tear
Ss,T l6nents she stood qui
iii sthe open lei - her han
lieiD, ol put
ii,st6 ~ ana hurried pstsI
Il AK Az Tine tn thiin
more sV Y.