The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-03-26
CHAPTER XVIII.

ESsxAtufe cxrsfenteuts heN ~faAa 1kaiHSi
the electors AZ . body rasklng her eyes
tlxxh. and her checks hara. until nasnre
Inserted herself through Art. hut nexr
morning ~esssr other memory held sway.
aud gave her = certain SUPPRESSED delight
which .Athol was tso raueh enGro~sed 10
| detect.
"I4ariila. would you mind pussinr n
few stitches in ms Stevev he asked,
h~~art-w~sry on the ssh5e<~ Vt the rr~vi.
Gus aay's excitement. II was sstsa msi ef
IL yesterday morning. bot yoa we're moi
| up WHEN | left"
~Taat ca another pair Trssosed la
cslls, sarv4~~sls
~T-sse sshvrs wans gssnadaar EVEN Hs,re
tAan sae~s ssa Yen promised TO do them.
hlg forget. ! esggss
yea shea}d tay y~earseit mxe-e sea
are area3sagly stingy, sEhel, snd she7eS
ne caaee ge - sa na~
4 tank thrre h. aNarr eause thxn ever
nop Ae said. wllassa; r~rseatssag the
nary8x. SaaIi | ted yssa Why
If yeu iikw, fog | have meas cord
| snonsrA ID gxsfuterac~ soars. whatever gt
nay t~.N
II aAfMA&1 10 FAeR ~S@fMk@AS k@A&8t Es &@fs
| er.s aeath. lxacilla- hs borrowed osae hua.
dF~a gssanss. which. by hiss private nseEao-
-aaax. | fancy WAS paid in the f~oiiowin g
meath The creditor sas an DID friend
at has ~ he would not ask fos r~ceips q
pss rsent. Tgst friend died. and his ex-
~rutavx ear upon me for the oae hun
dr~a Y.nanas. because they found the Ac.
know lssaguaens Of The loan In uay father 9
handwriting. and | lad no other rec~ips
10 show"
~Of cca-se yor dian', pay struck In
Laciila. IN hcr imp~suous Ignorance. i,
"a tee iaag ego for the iaw TO make you,
Still t~ls obliged 20 pay Ii was
. impossible for me to DO il then. so !
gave q note OF band ~prcnaisinr 10 pay
within Gre wears hoped ! should be q
PROSPEROUS man then. Now the debt IL
due. and I want 20 pay Il this month. Ii
wsgl h@ a great strain apso1 Us. dear. for
n tire. AnA se-and SO ! want you 10
msnd Ey gloves
~Dut-waFr a minute. said Lacilla,
cxasmia< np 10 her brother, and putting .
hand on each az his shoulders. Il have
news 10 ten ron. and Slightly different
s-arn yoar luguhrioas tadinss- Lnos here
Athol whst 80 yoR think old Dighy Sure
II Eaean my godfather. lei rae mention
HIM now with al respeGt-has done for
me- Tie has a4aae hIs will in NV favor
entirely. yoa. ron uaAy well start-and
| have IL acre"
~L1riga-nnnsense :"
Il have IL; In going 70 show il to
roo
Hhea. a few minutes afterward. she
pus n. sealed PACKET into his hands, he
locked at il SIS If without any compre
Asersson IN his care.
Have Won r-ad IT, he asked, AZ last.
"s0f course not Why should ! read IL.
hen be tod nae what it wasT
~Wka- did he say
HE said this" she answered, with
s4ow. unrtnaas emphasis, that bis mem
o~y began 10 fail him 8 little. SO BE- didn't
cars 10 truss /. even 50 far as keeping
charge Of his wlll, and Is / was the only
rersen concerned | had better have Il 70
ls,sk after. I was To lake care Of il.
grad whe2 he died ! was 10 let everybody
wsraou. 4 will. Bat afterward / was 10
cqen X 10 the presence Of yourself and the
Gsa7es10ns and-Rcnrke: because" Zone
speech Of old DigAy's L1rslla thought it
rs well 10 suppreSsD 'fbv then he, R0urke-
wczl3 he considered his heir. He said al
sAis yesterday while | was with him al
The Prorv. AtboL"
Il Do nos belieTe in H." said Athol,
and if / did ! would not like 70 take
the rSgass os smother, If / were VOC.
He said Eourke was ~galloping head.
long 10 the
How couid you listen - exclaimed DIR,
yere4 sngriay.
He made rae ~llsten,~ sighed Lucilla,
~snd-~and you are not > bit pleased. Oh
szucA obliged to me. after all"
-Even If that packet liz to make ron
rieh evensaaily. Laeilla, ii brings ne
henest 20 ron now. o know"
Ca. doesn't it, Was the laughing an.
der. You will see"
My dear" urged AthoL. with grave
sa-ssssness. don't let me see ron trade
ns,on il. As l hare told you of'ea De
! fore. ~nch q course would only tempt you
| srassas0usly into some irrensediable error
/, or evea perhaps disgrace. Iacilia. III
| dear. he warned OF this in tine.
What a l@cture.- she laughed, jannt
| lIy. well, at any rate. Athol. vou se.
| hDw silly in Is for ron to harass roar
self shout that Ealiry hundred pounds.
Besides that" be said ~grayely, New
isy has told rae that be did Boz care fol
sae 10 cccupy this cottage tyeyond iii.
/ present term lie seems 10 have nauseg
10 surr fn@ out for some time. Isut wee
fsrazy. ~hen | took up 40 nsany voter,
for Trenhafn. | knew that the de wal
cast. I-uh' | wish he had MOI Asas
that r.ov er In his hands"
1T won't matter presently" said Mis-
ysre. In her easy ~sethshness. but / bop
he won't turn IA out before Mr.. surisl
death. Athcl. ! think a London hons,
wculd be- best for us-don't yoa: Yol
ram ct an extensive arissocra,ir practice
and we can live IN style"
Il shall nos depend ur.n that will
Lsscalla." said Afbol. g~rrveIg. III il h
what yoa think / cali II an act of In
justice. ali the mDve gisrim- eonsiderin,
Rcurxes present position. But | fancy /
h not what ron think"
-Whas = canny fellow you are. Athol.
laughed his sister you will not IN 10,
anything beforehand. Well. I must en
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