The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1920-07-09


found out how undesirable man Lord
Kew was and broke the engagement
so dear to her grandmothers heart.
When Give heard that the engage
ment was over between Kew and Ethel
he set out in haste for London. l was
installed as cOnfidant, and to me Give
said: "Mrs. Mackenzie bOthers me so
l hardly know where to turn, and poor
little Rosey is made to write me q
note about something twice day.
Oh Pen! I'm up another tree nOw!"
Give met his cousin Ethel Mt a party
or two in the ensuing weeks Of the
season. and ut one of their meetings
Ethel told him that her grandmother
would not receive him. 1t was then
that Give thought Ethel worldly, al
though much Of her attitude was due
TO the keen and unrelenting Lady
| Kew. The colonel and James Bennie
during all this time put their two fond
heads together. and Mrs. Mackenzie
| flat,ered both Of them and Give as
we'll.
Meanwhile the Lady Clara was not
/
and spirit had been crushed out of the
girl, consigned to cruel usage. lone
/ lineSS and to bitter recollectionS of the
past. Jack BelSiZe, now Lord High
gate, could stand the strain no longer
and took Lady Clara away from her
| bullying but cowar{lly husband. The
elopement of Clara opened E,hel's eyes
to the misery Of loveless marriages,
and the mamma of her new love. the
/ Marquis of Farintosh, already dis
tressed over the unpleasant no,oriety
of the proposed Newcome alliance, re-
ceiyed Il letter from Ethel which set
| her son free.
Ethel then turned to the lonely,
motherless children Of her brother
! Barnes. and found comfort in devoting
herself to them. Give married his
/ RoSey, and his father determined to
become a member ef parliament in
place 0f Sir Barnes. One night the
| colonel returning from his electioneer-
ing, met Give. candle in hand. As each
SAW the others face, II WAS so very
| sad and worn and pale. that Colonel
Nrwcome with quite the tenderness Of
old days. cried God bless me. my boy.
how i'll YOU look. Come aud warm
Yourself, Cliyy!''
II have seen ghost. father" elite
said. the ghost of my youth. father,
the ghost of my happiness. and the
best Gays of my life. l saw Ethel to-
day."
1n1 yy' tnl1 yn
. me 50, You have the dearest little
wife at home. a dear little wife and
! child"
"lou had wife: but that doesn't
rrevcn, other--oIher thoughts. DO you
know YOU never spoke twice in your
life about my mother? You didn't care
for her."
III did my duty by her" inter.
posed the colonel.
Il know, but your heart was with
the other. SO is mine. It's fatal, It
runs in the family, father
The shares of the Bundelcund Bank.
ing company. in which the colonel had
made his fortune, now declined stead
lily. and at last the crash came, wiping
out all the colonel's money and with
it all Ro>ey's fortune. The impover-
ishcd NeWcomes settled down first at
Boulogue, and then in London, the
colonel weary, feeble, white haired.
Mrs. Mackenzie n perfect termagant,
Rosey pale and ailing, and little Tom.
my. the baby comfort and a care to
the hard-worked Give.
he,
under the same roof with Mrs. Mac
konzic. found Il home with the Grey
Friars and here saw him.
When the colonel's misfortuneS were
at their worst Ethel. in reading an old
book. found a letter from the coloners
stepfnther between the covers 1t was
memorandum of q proposed beQuest
to Give. Ethel at once determined to
carry out this intended beGuest, and
so she and | hastened to Gives home
but not even good news could soften
Mrs. Mackenzie's evil temper That
was Il sad and wretched night, in
which Mrs. Mackenzie stormed until
the poor delicate Rosey fell into the
fever to which She owed her death.
We soon repaired to the Grey Friars
where we found that the colonel was
in his last Illness. He talked loudly,
he gave the word Of command. spoke
HlnduS1anee as If To his men. Then
he spoke words in French rapidly.
seiz'ng a hand that was near him. and
crying. ''touiours, toujours! !" Ethel
and Give and the nurse were in the
room with him. The old man talked
on rapidly for aWilc: then again he
would sigh and be still: once more ]
heard him say, hurriedly. "Take care
of him when I'm in Inda:" and then
with heart-ren,ling voice he called
for the love of his youth "Leonore,
Leon"re" The patients voice sank
into faint mur!nurs: only moan now
and then announced that he was not
asleep.
At the usual evening hour the chanel