The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-06-11
CHAPTER il Confined

FUlcr grew rather e80kF, auH
- paused for a saonsenf. With . sus
I'm impulse. Miss Thorue Ieant over ar
fghfIy touched his arm.
ssThask yea he said. abruptly, and
cher. recovering himself, went on
THE priest came from she nearest ~es.
&l4Fnent 10 bury the poor LITTLE chap With
eli dos farm. He had ehristsned HIN
vixen ~ ras born. 10 that there was no
difEeuity about that
Besides the funeral. he did another
pfisstiy 5ob--shat of frightening the poor
nasher intro FITS with tAe announcement
thas the eflId's death w&s due 70 her sin,
snd Win threats u esernai birthstone 70
lciIow.
I'D having accomplished that nice piece
~ WORK. be Ieft ~ 50 she contenspla
tion on that lItfle white cross cn ,fe bill
leek opposite the house. and with all
H. flaming terriers Of purxatory rampant
Ae4ween Ms
.LncklIy for ne. harvest sinpe was com
1ng on, and I wax TOO busy BY day. and
TOO tired BY night to thjnA-bnt without
fhfukinx. there wA. aIways the lafenf
1newIedse that the purpose ! had worked
~ IN gone.
The harvest vas oser. and thr FRS
winter days were ~ gloomy inside A.
4eut. The poor xonsan was crushed b,
prSesely terrors, and had once Or twice
hroken oaf that she must 20 and ask tae
nuns to rake her into sh. convent, to end
heY dayn there. and make her repentance.
and pray for the chiidss soul. Poor thing,
believe that what mind she had never
fulfy recovered the shock of the child's
Aeofh4
IT waa on this state Of Affairs. with
~ long winter ahead Of IA. that there
cam ! telegram from Orkwe!l with news
" nv bsofher's desth-sIIoms, come home
- once. Bring yonr family it endesI
With. at ard chnekIed over 1t. Ii
1eensed such N ifony " fate. And then
htesscd Cod that my boy was dead.
md that thar woman could not brand
Ain with Z cruel nanoe
II might have felt some grief for my
errthef's death. IL be had ever been any.
thinE 10 me mve i buxtear Of rexpecta-
biiity keid over my errias head
~Aii at once d great longing for my old
t6enfity came over mr.. To 70 back ard
o. nv Grsf- my real self again. and les
ali these hard s~n years Of c~aseless toll
fAde into ! dream. To 60 back 10 . life
~ ease and pleasure. and assured place.
To wear decent clothes and sit az 4 de-
cenf tabse once more. Then I looked at
11nfhIIde. c~rDxching by the stove, looking
nNore squar-Iikc with eyeYy fresh tear
9s4 she'd
II could GRE her no place La that new
lid. had bought my Ie~s<n aud knes
sisat NJ race must be saved from her.
haf cOud I desert bert III she had shown
4 ai9n q ciinxins 10 me. ! am not sure
III that esen then ! might have sent
kack u0fd that / belonged to the new
Ill. ard won,d have set to work to make
nyx<ff ! place il my new country.
s+But the fates willed II otherwise.
While this csassIess problem was haunt
~ ~ through the days round. + anss
q N twtiixht 70 find the priest In pps
ounnion-veFy much In possession, too. for
- uaa abont 70 carry MathiIde Oh with
Hfm- kAe had her few worldly goods al
ssesdy done up In . bundle. and though
- wspt and walled was quite deter.
anined - d.
80 I did my best 10 ct the business
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