The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-08-05
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iSEE SSoD4GSA4s SISTER RETURNS
Erie s&us@ep@& ~ New gSS& by III
/ s teRook express SNsS evening, IN
! fewer OF sBNisS HaS aTSasSe3 with de
| Spsir. s1e HAD had s soAS afternoon Il
which 70 Sh9aS aS@T the situation, TA
Sesy AsS saSeS possession OF A3aa tina
Mars would ao3 De as SfA%taNte as b
lisa SerodN hoped, }ge so8ssS himself
GrNigEhSS 81 is sT@a considering ta'
rasr& charm, the attractive GlSSc&iin'
BY ~ JoAa PsSsoG, IL was not 6it'
f3c5I}& Q Chat ae WAS able 10 picture
Mary as something mere thSs Sse Slim
lNebp7a eyed SiTa ne bSS condemned, IL
{hiS 1r5tR&rS EsgrarasSeA 10 a state 81
e@eTaSs SD5n9&SGSlSs-st was Rot DIFF
HcagS I repeat for nSsa 20 understand
iA6w She might have fallen In love with
she S&flopE II was hard 70 believe, OF
SSpTsa. Ja7at STE was $ woman and q
w0rsaa with s mind q her own. She
hsG sSwaNs beer = littie girl to him.
Somehow he Aa& folt that she always
waa3S De- There was = distinct shock
st tAc awakening, Why, she was I'll
SIS Sscas sister was III
Joan Bright was nearing IS. and he
naS Thought .. her IS a N for
sae years OF more She had been his
sweeShaaVt-his real sweetheart for
sees 4 seemed 10 him, She had known
what II was 10 love and be loved since
the days when her frocks came down
q har shoe tops, And she a known,
5asUncuvs1y, from the first, how to
Il was the woman in her, just as 1t
A85 been the man in him. Then. why
zaS MaVy2
B@t Jack Payson. Why had fate
lei him across his sisters path? Why
SAoGld he have been the one?
G2G OF all this, however, grew the
sober reflection that he had not dis
credited Payson until his uncle's let
1H- apprised him of the fact hat he
ASd looked upon the ex-teller as a
much abused hero in whose footsteps
]: were 8 credit and an honor to tread.
Secretly. With all Corinth, in those 9TH
81 days, he had rejoiced in the vindi-
cation Of Jack Payson.
But h a was before his uncle's
vague Indictment had been sustained
by personal observation. With his own
syes he had discovered the bar sin
lister. h man vas marked. He could
not change his spots. There was no
question in Eric's mind as to the real
truth. He had been born in sin and
Adam Carr was father to him.
No small amount Of bitterness was
added to his cup before he lest Corinth.
His uncle, with more cruelty than he
Intended, had compared Eric in his
present position to himself under SIM
liar conditions many years before.
1t Is working around in a circle,
Eric" he said, while they were dis
the best means of inducing
Mary to return to the house on the
hill. You stand just where I did 26
ago. The situation is Identical.
Then 1t was | who suffered the loss Of
a sister, now 1t is you. Mary will have
her way, Just as her mother did be-
her. She will not be turned back.
Il 1 failed in my day, what chance
have you in yours? All, my boy, we are
you and I. Time Is prov
ing us to be alike in every respect,
eVen to our heartaches and disappoint-
n the gate keepers cottage, had grim
y said. in reply to the young mans
bitter lament: You can't regulate the
1eart beats of a young M Eric.
They either beat for you or against
and they'll beat in spite of you.
That's why men sometimes have such
|. hard time getting rid Of women
blame your sister for falling in love
With Jack? Now, take your Aunt
2ena's case. She had brothers, a cou-
lie Of 'em. Fine chaps and good
portsmen. What do you suppose they
aid when they heard she was going
o marry q narrow m1nQed Miss NanCy
Ike Horace Blagden? Why, they sim
,ly roared like a couple Of wounded
ions. But did it do them any good?
70, sir. She had set her heart on mar
yfng him, and hat settled 1t. I've
wondered what kind of a woman
he might have been If she'd married
me OF those scamps Of New Workers
our uncle holds SO cheaply. She
have been hobnobbing with the
and Vanderbi1ts at this very
But she was bound to have
Horace. No, my boy, there's no ac-
for taste when a woman's
leart is concerned, especially If it's
Payson went to New York with Eric,
Tut they saw nothing of each other
a single. unfriendly glance at the
depot.
The next morning Eric presented
himself at Mrs. Hendricks. He knew
he lady by reputation, as one knows
f people whose names are to be seen
n the society columns of the great
newspapers and periodicals. He could
lot help wondering how Jack Payson,
sailing masters son, came to know
he rather exclusive Mrs. Kendrick.
Mary's first words, after their mu-
ual embraces and her own hysteric
nifles Of Joy, were these:
Nov, Eric, you are not to scold me.
can't bear 1t"
Whereupon she proceeded to cry
.ery heartily to his sad %undoing.
CONTINUED next week.l