The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-06-11
brown bands rlenehed ierceiy at the IL

| t0lefah'a thought.
Evidently feeling that the crisis OF bis
sssa tisleree had rome. be spoke quickly,
as though, choking hack any naiszlyinzs
1T va only yesterday that the idea Of .
| nes solution dawre4 upon me. Your
| answer decides fl. VIII yoa marry ua~
~ soon as we land. and come 20 Orwell
and represent my five years Rifef
Throughout the last half-hour Miss
Thorne could not but see these words at
The end Of the conversation All the.
sa me. they stgrfek beer lake a h3ow and
a deep, painful aasa Of shame burned
her face.
-As a shaisifant' won1ang As the moth
cir ~ the dead child? 1t " impossible"
she said. her voice sharp with pain.
Stewart watched her closely, bat SPOKE
with apparently unabated courage.
Please think IL over a little bit before
ron decide. Surely. the place and posi-
ton might be- worth sotae sacrifice Oh
your part"
But not snch a sacrifice a. that. Tied
to a man | have known for q week, and
who only Processes 20 nse nas to further
ais plans. Attempting an inpos
nsbfiity In playing a part for which az
utterly untitled. before the daily SCRUTINY
Of q hostile woman! Naat do ] know
OF how a 'habisant' woman would feel or
act In such q position! How could ]
pretend for d moment to feel a ugathers
grleffs. Again the flush Of excitement
was lost in the painful ware OF crimson.
THE whole thing would be exploited ~ 2
week. she finished decisively.
For a moment Afr. Stewart looked as
though he might, ON bis side. wax
wrafhfui then. controlling b~imsetf. he
spoke persnasively. Il never could have
entertained 80 far-feiched an idea for s
moment. If | had not seen how resointe
and self-reiiant you were-if ! had mo-
known how without family ties and hope
full prospects yon are
sff there are diticnlties 10 playing
such q part at OrkweiI. are there no diff
iieuIties ahead OF you In the Paris life.
And surely. you oyer-rate these diltcui-
ties. You say you cannot play the parf
OK 4 hahitant. You forget that they ar,
totally ignorant Of bow suca . pars
should be played. You are half Frenca.
> you told me. Well. that fact supplies
the necessary exotic element in her e5es
She won't expect you 10 be what yos
can guess that poor soul 10 have been.
Ii Is not as though IL were Tor long II
IL only to give hrr time 10 feel that tn
| game Is up. and that she had letter
clear out and for me TO get the viii
made, and then the difficulties are over.
.And then what becomes OF me- she
asked wsfh a hard contempt. TO which he
responded graveiy
.~Tasegl you are the honorea wife of the
heir mistress Of my fathers house 1t
~ something to consider" There was .
pause. then he vent on in a ~gentler
voice. AS for being tied is me, l can
only say that | should eudcavor 10 repay
my indebtedness 70 you by a loyal con.
~sideration that l make no claim OF any
kind upon sou save OF a d .gensive and
| offensive alliance. For the rest. yos
| must know that If I had not admired and
| respected yoa. l should hardly have been
willing to place my future so entirely IL
| Jour hands.
Don't you think that, considering a!
this. you might promise TO think II
over."
II don't know. I don't know" Mis-
| Thorne murmured feehly. AL nj one
| there seemed something very forlSrn an
| girIish about her The lips that has
bern 70 firmly set were tremulo0s. an
the grey eyes bright with tears.
A sudden kindly smile heightened tn
| intensity OF Mr.. Stewards face.
Don't he 30 frightened Of me-" h.
urged gently. .'On my honor, you car
trust use. SareIy there are many wors,
a~nosives In marriage taan loyal comrade
ship on both ssass.
~Isnf l have tired ynu n now Jus
prosnise me that vs. snay talk IL owe
again. and | viii 90 away and leave 20,
In peace"
Miss Thorne was by way Of being raih
er strong minded. ar leastt she tried 4
think 80 herself, often feeling the MOS
femsuincYweakmsss when sine had best per
xuaded others Of her stons-heartedness.
Hut now every prefenee at ~stoicisr
suddenly abandoned her. and left her {,
gasp ont heiplessly. .Oh. yes, l promiss
Only. please 70 away noss."
AZ Mr.. Stewart walked of to the othc
euI oil the deck. sac sat with claspc
hands, staring at the endless changiu
curve Of the dark waves, and fhinkin
how very simple il would be TO wal
over the railing. wait until that sid
dipped low 10 meet the rising curve, an
slip over. In a moment she would be /
the white. chnrnias wake Of the steam
cir. and then. Bur no, that We're ran
cowardice. and there was that In he
blood which made eowaroiee an impoxs
bility. While youth and strength las
ID. she would fight on--when that wen
then let all the rest 90 too.
~ CHAPTER ~.
II The hours Of Christmas day rolled o.
r bringing, the world over. to lonely hear
1 the Retrospective ranxs that no amour
OF sco1ing can wholly choke down.
Brighton Paris. Nice are the meal
sought by the prosperous. who have ne
III TO smother such memories. A novel
the IRE, with a masculine pipe or
= feminine cup Of tea. supply q secon
4 class train to the land OF fo~rgetfulnes
The third Is often in investment Of {
s available rash or family valuabses in I
coholic oblivion. bur there are hou
l, Of darkness when all such attempts
le cheat the inner self fail. HoufU W
le the spirit must stand and face its ov
shattered past. it's desolatc future-hon