Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1908-08-20
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y. aARINC Gould

Tamsiue is dead and her nuSDand,
Joseph Warrington, wants TO SELL
did not want Tamsine, but | wanted
Buncombe; at one time I could not
see how Buncombe was to be had
without Tamsine. Now the property
is to be sold, and it joins on to mine
as if it belonged to it. What Heaven
has joined together let not man put
asunder. 1t was wicked Witchcraft
stood in the way of my getting my
rightful own
How could it be your rightful own?
asked Ignatius; was Tamsine BoVey
your kinsWoman"
No, she was not, but she ought To
have been my wife, and so BuncomDe
have come to me. I seem as if !
could see into the book Of the Lords
ordinance that SO it was written.
There's some wonderful good soil Ill
Buncombe. But the Devil allured me
with his Eve, and / was beWitched by
| her beautiful eyes and little hands
against. Cursed be the day that shut
me out of Buncombe. Cursed be the
strange blood that ran as dividing
river between OwlacOmbe and Bun
combe, and cut asunder what ProVl-
dence ordained to be one. | tell you,
| he went on fercely, that so long as
! all that land remains another's ana
not mine, so long shall feel only gall,
and no pity nor love, for Eve, and all
who have issued from her-for all
who inherit her name and blood. /
curse-'his voice rose to a roar, and
his grey hair bristled like the fell OF
a wolf. I curse them all with
The pale man, Jordan, rushed at
him and thrust his hand over his
mouth
Curse not he said vehemently:
then in subdued tone, Listen to rea-
son, and you will feel pity and love
! for my little one who inherits the
name and blood of your Eve. l have
laid by money: | am in no want. 1t
shall be the portion of my little Eve,
and | will lend it you for seventeen
years. This day, the oath of June,
seventeen years hence, you shall re-
pay me the whole sum without inter
| est I am not Jew to lend on usury.
| shall want the money then for my
| his head for a mOment-'she shall not
be portionless. In the meantime take
and use the money, and when you
walk over the fields you have pur-
chased with it,-bIess the name
A flush came in the sallow face OF
Ezekiel Babb. He rose to his feet and
held out his hand.
| You will lend me the money, two
thousand pounds?'
I will lend you fifteen hundred
L will swear to repay the sum i'll
seventeen years. You shall have
mortgage
| On this day
This oath day of June, so help me
Cod!
A ray OF orange light, shifting
| through the window, was falling high
up the wall. The hands Of the men
met in the beam, and the reflection was
cast on their faces,-on the dark hard
| face of Ezekiel, on the white quivering
face of Ignatius.
And you bless said the latter, you
bless the name of Eve, and the blood
that follows it
I bless. Peace be to the restless
blood
CHAPTER II.
! On a wild and clustering evening,
seventeen years after the events re-
lated in the two preceding chapters.
two girls were out, in spite of the
fierce wind and gathering darkness, in
little gig that accommodated only
two, the body perched on very large
and elastic springs. At every jolt OF
the wheels the body bounced and
swayed in a manner likely to trouble
bad sailor. But the girls were used
to the motion of the vehicle, and to
the badness of the road. They drove
a very sober cob, who went at his lei
sure, picking his way, seeing ruts in
spite of the darkness.
The moor stretched in unbroke1
desolation far away on all sides but
one, where it dropped to the gorge OF
the lamar, but the presence of this
dividing valley could only be guessed,
not perceived by the crescent moon.
The distant Cornish moorland range
of Kingston and the dome of Kit Hill
seemed to belong 10 the tract over
which the girls were driving. These
girls were Barbara and Eve Jordan.
! They had been out on a visit to some
neighbors, if those can be called
|neighbors who lived at a distance of
/ five miles, and were divided from Nor
we'll by a range of desolate moor.
They had spent the day with their
friends, and were returning home
! later than they had intended.
/ l do not know what father would
say to our being abroad so late, and
in the dark, unattended said Eve.
were he at home. 1t is we'll he is
away
He would rebuke me, not you. said
Barbara.
of course he would; you are the
elder. and responsible.
But l yielded to your persuasion
! Yes, / like to enjoy myself when /
may. 1t is vastly dull at Morwell
Tell me. Bah. did l look well in my
/ figured dress?'
Charming, darling; you always are