Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-11-07
CHAPTER XIII.
WHICH TELLS MORE OF COMMON
PLACE INCIDENTS.


The Matchbox fell out of Louisa's
able was the mystery of Luke's silence
He knew that "Uncle Rad" was guilty.
There lay the awful difficulty!
Uncle Rad has been father, mother.
brother, sister to us all! Bless him.
that was Luke's feeling with regard to
Uncle Rad. -
The un-understandable was so simple
after ALL
Louisa went back to the sitting
room. The two men We're sitting.
smoking in silence. Colonel Harris. too.
understood the mystery at last. His
loyalty was crowned with the halo of
Justification.
Luke de Mountford had actually been
arrested for the murder Of the Clap
ford bricklayer. The police the next
day applied for a remand and then
Luke was brought quietly before the
magistrate and equally quietly dis
missed.
He was free to go and see Uncle
Rad.
Louisa did not see him the whole of
that day, for he sat by the bedside of
the sick man whose strange and per-
terbed spirit was slowly sinking to rest.
Uncle Rad was at peace, for he held the
hand and looked into the face OF the
mar on whom he had lavished the
storehouse Of an affection that had
known no bounds.
The two men understood each other
perfectly. He who had committed a
crime, and he who vas ready to bear
its burden, both had done their share
for another's sake.
1t was only after the magnificent OBJ
sequies of the Earl Of Radcliffe that
the truth about the murder OF tho
~bricklaver's son was made known to
the public at large.
For Louisa's sake, too. 1t had to be.
But. "a hours before the publication
OF h confession in the newspapers.
Luke n Louisa had been quietly mar
lried by special license. and had gone
abroad.
Once more we must think Of them AZ
the commonplace, conventional man
and ONE of the world, who outward
.ly behaved just like thousands Of Eng
lish men and women Of their class be-
have.
When they came back from their
honeymoon-which lasted one year
after that-there was not q trace In
them. In thetr appearance, their man.
ner. their mode OF life. Of the terrible
tragedy which had threatened to an
initiate honor, life and love.
ALL! those English!" murmured the
foreign c1Cellc1Cle0, VINO 8k0Ce0 the
English court, they have no heart,
no sentiment! Lord and Lady Rad
clyffe! They behave just an II he had
never been accused Of murder! AZ II
his uncle had never been the awful
criminal that he was! They are hypo-
critics. these English. and they have no
|heart!"
Convention was once more the mas
ter! Its giant hands held the strings
which made b puppets dance.
But at times his grip would relax,
when Luke and Louisa were all alone,
no prying eyes to watch. no Indifferent
gaxe to g tho unburdening OF their
hearts: Then Luke would lie at
Loutsa's feet. for his love was wor-
ship. ana his passion uncontrolled. His
arms would encircle the perfect form
that he loved with such intensity. thaf
1t times The happiness OF loving IN
IN II an exquisite sense Of pain. The
eragedy Of the past WAS never quits
absent from them then; the ehost ~ 2
ereae crime and the shadow oe & I'm
greater roounc1a41oo threw q myetic
halo Over thslea love for each cttec
Ana ct those tlnoo-ltko Poaop ~
vtanooocA-lhey rcd no more.
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