The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-01-01
The Fatal Three
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XIII.

aotony TOR Mildred. The ouiy evrnt of
imgxwSanee Was the Arrival Of Pamela
ffAnsame. wto vas escorted IN Brighton
by Lady I~svhinvar herself, and who had
been ~nxagei ser tAree seeks to Malcolm
Stuart.
Isaassla ard Lady Lrhinsar we're noa
Or very easy sersns. Pamela had stayed
Ia Paris wkgh Lady I<cAinsar. and A
ennsiderahle rarf ss hsr trosssaaH had
be~n chosen In the M~fesiers IT f~ashEonmhIe
Partisan A~gvsstnaksss. TIE nsare hum
Awuna fors I0n OF the brides ~raifaent was
10 be ~otainssa at Brighton. where Pa
ns~la waS In sgsssaa a week or twe with
her snas hsfore sAe w.nt TO London 10
Hay wlsA the Mauntferis, who bad taken
q hxsass In GsssT~nor Gardens, from
wharh Pamela was to h# married.
IL was . hard protiem to decide where
th. hcssey s.rsn Should be spent. hat Ia was
Gnaigy decided that me best place was
TIE ifexsk. tae rleeraae residence of the
brides aunt. ~ the papers put IL.
Msidrsd repaired Ut cnes TO The Hook.
b pot everything in readiness Tor the
reception Of tar young people. The task
was tn her a pleasant nns. for she do
lighted At tbs iiea Of revisgfIng . spot she
u soediy loved. Her duties were light.
tor Mrs. Dawson. the ~hoasekecp~r. who
bad u ruled over both Mr.. Fausxet's
housrw. was now caretaker at The Hook.
and everything was In appie.pse order. A
day shsnid hare safscrd 10 put oil in
readiness: bu, still Mildred fingered from
day to day. It'll nearly a week bad sped.
One sfternoon-sasr last Of the old home
she Was packing away the articles that
bad belonged to her father and mother,
when she ca me upon . nest Of piseoaholcs
era mnsed with letters Curiosity prompted
Der II glance at them, and She Mw that
they wHe written by her aunt.
The Ersf letter was from Milan, fall Of
enthusiasm about the Cathedral and the
C~onservaiosre. full Of schemes Tor work.
ch< wax praesscing six hours = day. and
takine nine lessons d week-four for
Diano. two for singing. faree for harmony
ehs was Ia high spiriss and delighted with
her life.
Il should practice eight hours q day,
N Mrs. HoImby would let me-" she wrote,
shut she won't. She says II would BE-
too mach for mr. heaish--
In the next letter the writer said.
Your kind suggestion ahsou; the opera
house has heen followed. and We hare
taken seats as La Scala for two nights
Z week. Signer Casteliani's opera II de-
ligAsfal. He canse 10 see Mrs. Holmby-
wire. by the way. II a vary tiresosne chap
sron-lass week. and he is . very charm
Ing man"
There were more letters, and Castei-
sanss same appeared often IN relation to
bis oreras. Tie lsters grew somewhat
srrtfal In ,one. and thgre repeated com
pIaints of Mrs. Hoinsby. There were In
3ieations of itful s-plrits~-now enfhnsi-
axra. now depression.
After this there was an interval. The
next letter was dated SIX months later.
II was on a different kind Of pap~r, and
u was written from Svien. on the Lake
Of Genera
II know tlsat you hare been kind to ne.
brothers woild bare been under the same
miserable circugsss ances-hns nothing you
can DO can make me anything else than
what | have made myseif-sbe most
stretched Of creatures. You tell me to for
get my misery. Forret--now No. I
have no visa to leave this place. I should
b neither better nor happier anywhere
else. 1t il very quiet here. There are
90 visitors left now In the nesyhborhood.
There il mo one to wonder who I am.
Or wig I am living alone here In my
tiny silla."
This letter Was dated October. The
next was written Ia November from the
same address
"No. mr. dear John. your fears are un-
founded: I hare nor been I'M. I wish I
bad been-sfA INTO death. I have been
too wresshed 10 wrste-that 10 oil. Yon
ask me what | mean to do With ny life
when my dark days are over. I mean to
Try to forget shc past, IL I can. Your
suggestion of a future home In soms Quiet
village 10 kindly meant, I know. but I
shnd1ef Il the idea Of sach I life. Ts
pass N 4 widow--to hare to answer awk-
9~rd questions from doctor or clergyman
would remind me Of my degradation
%. should live like . galley slave.
Who drsgs his caaIs ~ every STEP"
4 light began 10 dawn on Mildred. That
suggestion Of I secluded life could mean
snly one thing. The girl who wrots that
ietter Was abcnt to become ! mother.
White o. marhIs and with hnnds that
sr~rnbled ccnvnlsiseIy ~ they held the
letser. Mildred Greswoad read on, hur-
dedly, eagerly. breashlcssly. to tina last
iin& Of the last iette<.~ The third letter
from Evian was dated in January:
4 have been very III. but I am now
able 10 90 ont Of doors The child shrises
wonderfuIiy. l am told but there II 10 b
d change Of nsrses, a. there must be-
Tor his woman here must los sight OF
her charge and Of me when I leave this
paace-tAs change can not b. made too
soon.
III Boulogne II really the best place
|you can think OF. your plan would be to
0ec< me. with the nurse, 1t Dijon, where
we can take the rail.
NO. ny dear John. there b 10 relent-
|tng. no awakening Of maternal lore. I
am prepared 10 make any sacrifice that
can sscure the happiness ot the chiId. 1
will glAdly deyote half my fortune to her
maintenance and her future establishment
h life, II she shonld grow up and marry.
NJ prayer r. that from the hour ! see the
child transferred to the new nnrse al
Diion. ] shall never look upon ~ face
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