The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-05-22

NJ = uma&, s11g1ne y ~ ~ sa0
~ lsvs& - vN4 a1A wAteA tAiD nigAs
pisassd hin GpsciAily. bscasa ~ vstcs
Wiki ang cMn was - plaintisa - fall
~ wps. HoaA ~ nsves - - sieep. oe
~ hand which bs3d hszs . Asnly relax
Is koldf Never, h Mansa 10 Naddy,
who 1T and aaas. wAile tAs nighe-hsrd On
: disfAat tsee. a~akeesd ~ he low spag.
uttered = responsive poee. and the hours
rrrpt on IA midsight- Human nature
could endure No more. and when the crasy
man aid 70 ksr. Now sing of Him Who
did On Calvary" Maddy's anxxer was !
Easping cry ~ she fell ~fAintins on the
pillOw.
III vas 1nly 4 nervous headache. she
aid "a the frightened Flora. who came
u uncis Jos~ph's cali. and h~ip<d her
yoang mistress up 70 t~d. She would b.
better In the morning., and she would
rather h. alone"
80 Flora left her there. but went oftrA
hseathlns sound that Aaddy wss sierp-
Ing at last
Il can't - him. Flora" Maddy aiA.
wh~u the latter came up with the mes
ase that Mr.. Reninsson was there with
bic buggy. and ask~d IL . link nde would
NOT DO her good. II can't - him. but
tve hin thiA" and she placed In FIora's
hand The nots. baptized with % many
tsAss and prayem. and the contents Of
~~kf~k - Ss.~ frptas~-u~s - k~v hoe
u ths neishhors. the inquisitivs. e~nvious,
rseddi@ume ~nsighbora. who bad dared to
tail Of him. or 10 breathe . suspicious
word against Maddy Clyde. He would
-. he would make them sorry for II:
they should take back eyery word. and
they should beg lladdy's ~forsivenea for
The pain tAey had caused
All tAis. and much more. Guy thought.
q with Naddy's note in his hand. hs
waikad up and down the sitting rosm. rag
Ing lke q yoang lion, and Threatening
vengeance upon everybody. He must ~
her; b would sce her: and % for the
ssxt half-hour Flora was The bearer Of
written messages to and from Maddy's
room messages 81 Earnest entreafy on the
~ hand. and Of firm denial on tie other.
~ last Maddy wrote:
III you care for me il the leas. or for
respect, leave me-. and do not come
again until ] send for you. I'm not
inseusible to your kindness. feel Il
al but the world Ia nearer right than
ron suppose. II does not look we'll for
you to come here 20 much. and I prefer
that you should not. Justice - Lucy. ~
Quires that yo0 stay away"
That ended Il. That reused up Guys
pride. and writing back:
'You shall b. obeyed. Good-by," he
sprang into his buggy. and Maddy, listen.
inx. with head and heart f~hrobbing alika,
heard him a be drove f~uriously away.
Those were long. drea1 days which
followed, and but for her grandfather's
increasing feebleness Maddy would almost
have died. Anxiety for him, however.
kept her from dwelling too much upon
herself, but the excitement and the care
wore upon her sadly, rohhing her eye Of
it, luster and her cheek Of its remaining
bloom, making even Mrs. Noah cry when
she came one day with Jessie to zee how
they were getting on.
14A0Oy 0o8 Bt01 " - oSts
time csied softly o. her bosom, while
lasS. NoaAsa tears h&pt cumpany With
hers. Not q word was said Of Guy, ex-
crp< when Jessie told her he was in Bos-
ton, and Il was stupid at home without
him.
With more than her ordinary discretion.
Flora kept to herself what had passed
when Guy was last there. 30 Mrs. Noah
knew nothing except what he had told
her, and what she read in Maddy's white.
suffering face. This last was enough to
excite ell her pity. and she treated the
young girl with the most motherly kind
ness. staying all night, and herself tax
ing care Of grandpa, who was now too i'll
to cit up There seemed TO be no disease
preying upon him, nothing save old age,
and the loss Of one who for more than
forty years had shared all his JOY and
sorrow. He could not live without her.
and one night, three weeks after Guys
dismissal. be nid to Mxddy. y she was
about 70 leave him
sit with me. darling, for . little while.
II you are not too tired. Your grand
mother seems near me tonight. and %
does Alice, your mother. Maybe III be
with them before another day. l hope ]
may II God IL willing, and there's nscA
I would say to you."
Ito be cpntinued.)