Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-03-24

Cartwright asked
mo. l reckon it's better. Nobody
has come down since the day before
yestiddy. Thar's the doctor comm.
He kin tell ye.''
A bearded man OF middle age was
approaching them in the saddle
L am Peter Cartwright--the
preacher sent Of God to comfort the
sick and bury the dead" said Sam
sons companion.
I'VE welcome you. but if you stop
here you will have to stay until the
epidemic is over.
THAT l am prepared TO do
Then | shall take You where you
can find entertainment, such as it is"
First, this man wishes TO speak TO
Miss Kelso, the nurse said Cart
wright. 'He is a friend of hers"
"You can see her but only at dis
tance," the doctor answered. II must
keep you at least twenty feet away
from her. Come with me-"
They proceeded TO the stricken
house. The doctor entered and pres
emily BIN came out. Her eyes filed
with tears and for moment she could
not speak.
''Why didn't YOU let me know OF
your troubles:' Samson asked,
early last summer | wrote Il long
letter 70 yeu," she answered.
1T didn't reach me. One day in
June the stage was robbed OF its mail
down in Tazewell county. Your letter
was probably on that stage
"Harry's death was the last blow
came out here 20 get away from my
neutrality-suspicious. to die. | didn't
care
Harry Is not dead said Samson.
Her right hand touched her fore
head; her lips fell apart; her eyes
took on look OF tragic earnestness.
Not dead y she whispered.
He is alive and we'll"
BIN staggered toward him and fell
TO her knees and lay crouched upon
the ground, in the dusky twilight,
shaking and choked with sobs, and
with tears streaming from her eyes
but she was almost as silent as the
shadow OF the coming night She
looked like one searching in the dust
for something very precious. The
strong heart OF Samson was touched
by the sorrowful look of her so that
he could not speak.
Soon he was able 10 sag in q low,
trembling voice:
I'm every letter he tells Of his love
for you, That article in the paper
was cruel mistake
After a little silence BIN rose from
the ground. She stood, for a moment,
wiping her eyes. Her form straight
ened and was presently erect. Her
soul resented the Injustice she had
suffered. There was a wonderful and
touching dignity in her voice and
manner when she asked: "Why didn't
he write TO Ife?''
He must have written TO you
Sadly, calmly. thOughtfully, she
spoke as she stood looking off at the
fading glow in the west:
TT is terrible how things can work
together to break the heart and will
Of a woman. Write 10 Harry and tell
him that he must not come to see me
again. ! have promised to marry an
other man."
Il hope it isn't Davis" said Samson.
III is Davis
honest"
but he has been wonderfully kind
to us. Without his help we couldn't
have lived. We couldn't even have
given my father a decent burial"
Has he been out here to see you?"
NO"
"And he won't come. That man
knows how to keep out OF danger:
don't believe you'll marry him"
why"
Because / intend to be a father to
you and pay all your debts" said
Samson.
The doctor called from the door OF
the cabin.
BIN said: God bless you and
Harry as she turned away to take
up her task again
That night both of them began, as
they say, TO put two and two together
While he rode on in the growing dusk
the keen intellect Of Samson saw o
convincing sequence Of circumstances
the theft OF the mail sack, the false
account Of Harry's death, the failure
OF his letters to reach their destina
ton, and the fact that BIN had &C
cepted money from Davis in time of
need. A strong suspicion OF foul play
grew upon him and he began TO con-
slider what he could do in the matter.
Having forded a creek he caught