Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1910-05-03
For a w oman S Sake


Kathleen wended her way to Lady
Gorton's houdoir, and without waiting
to knock pushed open the door and
sank down on the nearest chair.
MY dearest child. what is the mat
ter?" exclaimed her ladysh!p. Have
you had bad news?"
Enid. l must go home now, this az
ternoon."
But why, Kathleen? You must first
tell me what has happened, then | VIII
do my best to help you"
Dear" whispered the girl, kneeling
at her friends feet, Lord Clifford has
proposed to me, and I-I-love him.
But why say no when you admit
you love him?"
"Have you forgotten why must be
different from other girls? Why, 1t
would not be quite right for me to
share an honorable mans name"
Eyes, dear. had"
I'D almost forgotten 1t, too" said
the girl, sadly, while I've been here
with YOU, Enid. Oh, Enid! you can
never be grateful enough that no alb
stacle stood in the way Of your marry
ing Dick"
why not leave the old life behind
and make your home with Dick and
myself? You know we shall be de-
lighted to have you
Il know, and l thank you thou
sand times, but he will be free in about
three months time, and must keep
home for him to come to. You see,
Enid.she is my father after all. | love
him still. and his disgrace is mine.
How could l. the daughter of a con-
vict, expect happiness
Three months had slipped by and the
day had arrived on which Kathleen's
father would be free. BY curious CO.
Incidence a letter had arrived for him
A few days previously marked private,
the first that had come since his con-
yiction. How many times during these
DAYS did Kathleen wonder what that
envelope contained? Was ii some sx-
PLANTATION of the mystery she felt sure
surrounded her father?
Kathleen hardly recognized her faith
err in the prematurely old man she met
at the prison gates 1t was not until
they arrived home and he felt he-
arms around him that his eomposure
gave way, and burying his face in hts
hands his frame shook with heart
rending sohs.
Father. father" pleaded the girl
softly, try to realize. dear, that you e
free; that you're to stay with me al
ways: that I'm to look after you. Speak
to me. dear. just one little word Of
love after all the weary months"
"Rathleea, my darling" said the
man. brokenly, this is the hardest
punishment I've had to bear. God
knows I've endured hell the last three
years, but your love. my child, ovar-
comes me"
Surely you did not think | should
turn from you. l only know you are
the victim OF fate"
Il did you the greatest wrong OF all
child, in pleading guilty to the charge.
l ought 10 have thought then what IL
would mean to you; but I put some
o1e before you. and that thought has
been the hardest part 10 bear"
Father. father. do you really mean
that you're innocent? Then why-why
did yo> not say sou
'sBecause-oh. cannot tell you"
perhaps this letter wiz explain
things" said the girl. putting It into
his hand.
With feverish haste he tore open the
envelope and without word read the
contents When he had finished Ae
put the letter into Kathleen's hand and
asked her TO read IL, TOO. The only
fact she seemed to grasp was that hes
father had borne the punishment for
some one else's crime. But whyg
Handing the letter back she said. i