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Highland Park Press, 4 Apr 1929, p. 25

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', trrohed time and tth is toit thetritrht 'overty may not be 1 during the next is in for a terrifie :-lel:qou~ 13 thé 5905511“ a we pussy Ave. and Road um . Wlull WK RLSON w, C0. _ iifWlimiro'ir-on f "ation further- -, DIC) tat: r cannot beatihe’ thought oturisting you up to any one. You will not think me very, very' tseltuh. I have only a few more months to live, and I know that you will not grudge that much_out of your ftsurerthat you will stay by me to the end. After.. wards, I have no wish save for your happiness,. and although I must con- fess-that I had hoped you might have. married one of the sons of our own country, still ll is you who must choose, and I owe you, or shall owe you soon, too mat 'tpietrt to press upon: you any desire of mine which is not at one with your wishes. But of that I. feel already assured, if he. he indeed the man to whom your love 18 givtm, - . strangely jealous of .him. I am a fbolish old man; Ofartrharita,.but all the love of, my heart is your, and I had 1retrun-'-aln,tost to look upon you ---in my thouithu---as my own child. come hear. the house' sit all; but, in- . deed, I, meant only to watch' from a safe distance; only,'as I crouched be- hind a shrgb atptarthe lawn, I saw her ‘face, and the sight drew me 9931!- er against my better judgment. T met your eyes, and'I knew that you were overcome with fright; but I feared to "linger fest' they might ask what ft N was that alarmed you, and scekior me. -Arnd although I fancy that! am alerisirtafrreeijsrtttiom,- ytt I would. ' run no risks. _ '. _ "l, too, had a great surprise, Mar- Grange. But I gharita. You will not wonder what i‘Jeral'lY'lS I wo Ltnean by tharwhen 'I tell you that' talk to me, and in the light which, streamed from the lips that all go? 1ineurtaihed window everything in it were letter the room was distinctly. visible to me. some means of Was I dreaming, child, or were you .et you know " indeed assenting to the embrace of Living here as I cheating whose_ arms _were surely .eNer, _ ' around you? W.im,'ruauud.-aurt, _ L“; _ '-t, “this {nick was turned to the wits. "My dear Une dow; but will you: laugh» at, me, I avttiserable,-ple wondgr, if I tell you -thht I felt, true that I love “Now you know the terrible trouble I am in. Last night he was telling me of his love, and assuring me of his "mother'., sanction arid approval, Ivhert.your face appeared at the win. dow.' Can you wonder at my start; and that) fainted? Can you wonder that ‘I aithere, after dt sleenless night, with eyes that are dim and a heart that'has become a stoma? r dreld to stir from the room. Mr position is horrible. I have tried my utmost to avoid him. to treat him with disdain, to' send him away from-me. I hove stocked my heart and clothed my Pf with frownsw in vain'. The bald tacti remains thit I love him.. Dim-you; nian who was standing by my side last night;' and it isttrue that he has asked me to marry him, But I have not told him so, and ’I have mot promised to matrrhim. V That is not all of my confession. Not only is he an Jiipgliphman, but) his name is-Lord Lumley St. Maitridepiirsa he "hr-v-utter son. A _ _ . C :‘I_ have thinker; a._ttyrttished cutting}. -fMt the autskirts ofihis v"iiiiiiriiriiiiaci- little more tttan a mile from Mallory Grange. But do not eome, to me Dearly]: I would love to haveiorr, talk to me, andhear fiom your J4is; lips that all goes well, yet at pfesent. it were retter1rlot. I wij dévise some meahs of communication. and .et you know of it shortly. I am living here as Mr; Angus: - Yours tiger, _ ' ' _ _ " _ "e 1 _ ' . ' i f ‘-9 despise me, uncle? Sometimes I feel You must surely have sustained that I deserve it; but I have suffered, a shock at my sudden and rash up. l'am suffering now. I am punished. pearance. Doubt2ess you wonder-at “150 not add your at!!!" er, my load! seeing. me here at all. I could Mt “Immediately you get thia, sit down keep away: I must have news. day and write to me. Write i0 mé just by day; almost hour by hour. It Is all_ what is in your heart. Your words that keeps me alive. I must be neat I shall set before me as my law. Do, t? feel that lam breathing the same not delay, and, it.pou blame, do not an as the woman. on whom a'long-de- fail to pity me. _-_ Yours ever un.. layed vengeance is about to fall, (tltt, .' "My dear 1hkte,---I 'ilit, Varculprit~ misyy'tbltip1eat)inir culprit, It is an Jihutliishrian-thi, H limbs were shaking with Weakness, " he half ,rose to greet her. Only. his eyes were still alight and burning. 'Seve for them he might'have been a corpse. . _ V _ , (Something. of the old passionate pity swept through her as she stood there, but its Bereenears had died “my. Her heart leaped no longer in quick response to the fire in those still un- dimmeb eyes. She- had been a girl then," a girl with all the fierce un- trained nature of her hoeher’s race; naming a woman now.. a sad-faced, e 4 Mu! vaoman. He was quirk to "t the change. . Sun she- iid.nin answer. Sitenttr sh: knelt. gown by the side of his ")uayraiitaf- You have come at last. It is dime, then. Sarthat it is "done!" . _ ' _ She 'stood. quite. still, in the humble red-tiled sitting-room. and'looked " hint with a great compassion shining out" of her dark, clear eves. Hepeas .e".'mattnorrt - trriarhadonr,--amfHiii f “Farewell. my child. [shall send you. no more notes. .Write or come 161% the moment 'the- deed-ls dine! Come to me,,if you can; I would heir .ynur (mm-lips telt'me the news, yet 110 ANLfif geepog/hesitpiig, hexmeath. E apd1pyt, _ C _ L. di M. .“One word more, ‘child._ Do not'for a moment imagine that I blame. you for" what, has happened. Old man though I am, I ton know sthnething of the marvels and-the vagaries of this' siinte love. . Will cairHiave little; to do, with its course. if who have suf- fered so deeply, Maiarharita, can and do sympathize and feel for-sou." PRE ..'.'NarirTiiii'tCtuicr.,jiivis 'teiiifiriid your letter, and t have pondered over it. 'You_ are young to have such a sorrow, yet rdo"not doubt but that you will not as, becomes your lace. You can never "think ld marriage with this many you a Marioni,. he a St. Mau- ticer-Xet I grieve that vou have let such a feeling Isteal_into your heart. 'Pluck it.out, Margharita, I. charge' you; pluck it out bythe roots) Think I!“ ICtritpyiprgr done to me.-or,‘.if ion do, think of the riot its a min and your uncle, but as Count Leonardi dirlorioni,rthe head of my. fainily. the head of your family. We hive been 'the' victims, but. the day of our "vytgedmfe is at, hand. Thére is' no life withoyt its forri1ws,i1tihi! In the days to come; happiness will teach you to forget this one. ' changed; _ TV...‘ w" nu; luau- "Immediately "you get this, sit down and write td me. Write in mit just what is in your heart. Your words r, shill set before me as_my law. Do, not delay, and, if_,you blame, do not fail to pity me. 4 Yours ever un- PART IV IlHarghaiita." He q stooped down and kissed her forehead, with told, dry lips., T _ " knew that you "would be here soon," he said. “My letters reached you safely ?" . '. _ ' T "Yes." . ". _ . t She" T0tuddered at the. gathering strength in his tone, and the Jieree light which had swept into hfis face; "'rt " done," child. Say "that it is dong!” . . _ . - CNA." _ . .- . q T . Something in hex-sad tone and sub.. dlied' miiiirisii HikWiii.iyirmriTriYe in note of feat. in his heart. He leaned ror,. _ Continued on following page -", ' MATERIAL . Black 'o1r--Mantire MtrtstAr----liilvergreenar,' an. W. "PeltaJt,Ett.ti. tog his withered. deli- cate hllid. in Ben. A EEK? TiriFT of white Mutinthiuiood.on a fable by the window," and the air was faint with their perfume. --T- T "'rtunooi Il,"' ihe gait! EMMY- 'H Was frightened on my way here..and had to run. There was fire last night at the tymstie asylum at Frittog, and. some of the htad people have escaped. I saw one of them in the distance, and -the' keepers after. him. .They wanted tne.to _do, back. hut Livould come." _ . -- V LAWN and GARDEN _ Highland Park, Illinois . l Btarrr- Phone H. P. 2872 . new AND mun]: Sonic real value-i in- rebuilt from_Six Dollars and up "JUMBO: SQUABS'“ ' ORDERS TAKEN ‘m' ADVANCE . SINGER tgi.iifff,C,- l Dtrri1eu, 'Ill.. el. J3eertleld 363 Prone Highfand Park 878-Y-2 “HIGHMOORSQUAB , . FARM IREDALE Humour WAREHOUSES HOUSEHOLD GOODS PHONE’H. P. 181 . 182 MOVING STORAGE SEWING ' MACHINES PACKING _._H. ML'HLKE Thanks. April 4, 192: of LLOYD SHIPPING "Milt human withered. deli- "iFRraTTirtiT'cir on a fable by air was him

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