The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-10-30

nmA vaguely. aM farsnx = ~ceu0 -
before NE bus still could nn1erstan1
the drift ~ hcr Thoughts. She may nye
nurscd these vague suspicious rntil ~
seemed 10 her like positive facts and -
her death bal. her brain enfeebled BY III.
ness, she may have made direct assertions
mon no other ground than those long.
cherished suspicious and the silent jeAL
osixirs of years. do NOT think, Mildrs4s
you ought 10 take any decisive step upoo
the evidence Of yonr mothers Jealousy"
MY mother spoke with conviction. She
must hare known somethfng-she must
hase had some proof. But even Il u
were possible she could have spoken %
positively without any other ground than
jealous feeling, there are other facts that
cry aloud 10 me. evidences to which !
dare not shut my eyes. Fay must have
belonged 10 some one, aunt pairsued NH
tlred, with growing earnesFness, claspins
her hands upon Miss Fsasset's arm -
they sat side By side in the gathering
darkness. There must have been SONS
reason--and n strong one-~for her pres
e,,ce IN our house. Ny father was not a
tnan to ACT upon caprice. ! never remem-
ber ans foolish or frivolous act Of his =
all tho years Of my giriiiood. lie was Z
mar Of thought and purpose he did no.n-
Ing without n motive. lie would not
have charged himself with the care o.
that poor girl unless he had consideres
it his duty to protect her
Perhaps not"
II am sure not. Then comes the ques
ton. who was she IL she was not my
fathers daushtery lie had no near reia-
lions. ne had no bosom friend hat ever
hea nd ONO friend % dear that he would
deem II his duty TO adopt hat friends
orphan child. There is no other clue 70
the mystery that | can imagine. Gan YOU
! aunt. suggest any other solution
.No, Mildred, ! cannot. J.
.If there were no other evidence Win
in mv knowledge. my fathers manner
alone would have given me a cru 10 nl'
secret. lie so studiously evaded my In
auiries about Fay-there was sncn a SCI.
lied melancholy in his manner "hen ~
spoke Of her. Ia
..paor John, he had a heart OF goid,
Mildred. There never was a truef "aa
than your father. BE sure OF that' cons
what may
II have never doubted that
There was a pause OF some minutes
aftar this. The two women sat In siiencs
,ookinc at the fire, which had burned re.
| and hollow since Franz had last atten"
| cd ia Il. Mildred sat with her head lean
ing against her aunt's shoulder, her nah.
! clasping her aunt's hand. Miss fausse'
sat as erect M a dart, looking steadily a.
the fire. her lips compressed and resolnse
| the image OF unfaltering purpose.
And now. Mildred" she began at las.
| in those measured accents which Mif
| dred remembered in her chIldhood as az
| association of awe, take an old m
| advice, and profit by an old woman eA
perience of life il you can. Put TINS sus
| n;eion Of yours on one side-forget IT al
II II had never been. and go back % your
good and faithful husband. ms susp"
| cion Of yours is but a suspicion az NOS.
founded on the jealous fancy OF enc q
| the most f~anciful women | ever knew
| Whv should George Greswold's lie On
made desolate because your mother wa
a bundle of nerves. Forget all you nav
ever thought about that orphan girl, ant
go back 10 your duty A. a wife. !.
Aunt. you astound. you horrify me !.
exclaimed Mildred. "Can you put DUR
to a husband before duty to God! Hav'
I not sworn to honor Him with all m!
heart. with all my strength ana am
TO WELD TO the weak counsel OF my heart
which would put my love Of the creature
above nv honor OF the Creator! Woult
Won counsel me to persist in an unhoi!
union-you whose life has been given vi
to the service Of God-you who have pu
His service far above all earthly anec
tons you who have shown yourself >
strong can you counsel me to be s.
weak and to let my love-my fond tru'
love for my dear one-conquer my knows
edge Of the right? Who II m.
darlinc's death may not have been Too
judgment upon iniquity--God's Juds
ment~
she had burst into sudden tears at tn
mention Of her husbands name. with al
that tenderness his image evolved; pu
at that word judgment she topped 40
ruptiy with a half hysterical cry. as
vision of the past flashed into her mind
Ito be ~eontinued.)