The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-11-27
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mAfsTf1R XVI.
Lady fnrbinyay kissed Mildred a. ran
lby. kstf did not .are for commonplace
tr6ubfes ssse could not symfathize WITH
stupid family anarreI# Or shoriness II
money, ~ aDy Of the vulgar trivial -
ai'puf which penple worry their friends:
Tut = romantic sorrow. A TRAGEDY with
A tpfnh Df mystery 10 IT. waw full ~ IN
terest for her. And then. Mildred was 4
: graceful sufferer. to, byster.eal or tire
some In amy way.
- win do anything in tho world that
l ran for you she said.
"Wil y0u ief me bring my husbands
niece 10 ss@ your asked Mildred. "she
Inns 4 dull time with me, Poor girl. and :
think son would like her"
'Sha shall eon,e to ma this evening,
u she has nothing bettar 10 do said
Lady tsefintsr, Il am fond Of young
re1tle. aud sill Ito my best To au,,se her.
! viii sef,i my carriage for her at half.
ttaai s~useft.@
Mildred explained liar responsibilities
with regard Ia Pamela and the Young
lady. position, with its substantial Mt.
traction for the adgcninrer ia sear cb IL a
Rife4 9he had deemed il her duty 10 cou.
side thus much In Indy Ine1,invaf. lest
'iateliatl should change his tactics, and
ti.taur Pamela with addresses which
niiaht he only loo readily accepted.
Size lrft the As NJ the little inn where
the holiday people 20 Ia eat bouillnbaisss
81, sundays aud fcte days. bat which
ets silent and solitary to day. md then
walked slew i along the winding road.
lfHsl iftw fus tina liant IA. Nfs,.J, ifs.a .i.a.
WAS p~rettier and more rustic. after an
almost English fashion, than any spot shs
had seen since shn loft Indcrby. Villas
and cottages were scattered in A tlesul.
tory way upon different levels. under the
shelter Vt PERCEPTIONS cliffs aud on every
hi OF rising ground and IN every hollow
there were orange aud lemon groves. with
here and there a peach or a cherry In
full bloom. and here aud there a vivid
patch Of flowers. and here and there A
wah covered with the glowing purple OF
the Rnurainvilliers. Great caronha trees
rose tall and dark amid all this bright.
nrss, and through every opening In the
foliage the changefnl color Of the Medit.
ertanean shone in tho distance.
Mildred went slowly along the dusty |
road. hooking AT all the villas. lingering
here and there at n garden gate. and |
asking any intelligent looking person who
,assed TO direct her 10 the Bout au
Monde. IL WAS not till she had made the
inquiry half a dozen times that she oh
tanned any information but at last she
mot with A bright faced market woman.
tramrine heme with empty baskets after
4 long morning AT Nice. and white with
the dust OF the hillside.
lie Doat DIN Monies But that was
the Wills where the poor young English |
lady lived whose husband threw her over |
the cliff" saia the woman chccrily. The
proprietor changed the name Of the house
next season, FOR fear people should fancy
IL was haunted IL the story got about. Ii
in called Montsieuri now"
The woman had all the southern kind
liness and ~c'scrits To abligo. bat when
The lady aropFNei half a dozen francs into
her broad brown hand she almost sank
10 the earth Ia a rapture Of gratitude.
Madame SHALL see the house from gar
net to CELLAR Il she wishes she exclaimed
u know fhe ela woman in charge She
is as deaf ss one 81 th.Se stones yonder..
G~ajn4lng ~ a hlocS az hh8c-gray stone
" tAg 16sRR@ tHe Tong ram grass GfAl the
shelving ground between the road and
the seq that IL madame will permit I
will show her The house. Madame is per
hsYs Interested Ia the story OF that poor
lady who was murdered"
Why GO yoa say that she was rnn.~
eerefE" asked Mildred Indignantly. "You
osnaas know" !
Mos IS as Thought that the English
nam pushed his Wife over inc cliT. Tyaev
ald not llve happily together. Their cook
was a ecasin Of mine, = young womsn who
went regularly 10 confession. aud would
rsog have spceea falsely Fer aa the world.
and she told ne there was srea; unhar~
rsaess AcaNeea them. The wife VAS often
ia tears the husband was often angry"
Rat h. vas never ankina. Yoar cousin
Fan>s know fAag he was never nnkind."
Mas, nay csuSin lies ia the same
burial ground yonaeF with the poor LADY,
answered the woman. pointing 70 the
white crest of the hia ahove Nillafranche.
whege tho soldiers were bring drilled IN
the saSs1 Asarrask yard naaer the clana-
hess bane. she il nc more here 10 tell
the Story. Bet na, Sae did not say The
husband was anklnd be was grave snd
sad b. was not happy. Tears tears and
reprsaches~ sad words from her, day at
ter dRy and from hsm sslence and Sleon-s
Ito he conslnGea1