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Daisy's family, he made me fully understand, and for any good his money did me, I was as poor after the marriage as before. Then he must needs lose all he had in that foolish way, and when I found that Daisy was not exceedingly in love with married life, it was natural that, as her father, I should take advantage of the laws of the State in which I live, especially as Tom is growing rich so fast. On the whole, I have done

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in his heart. I say us, for Julia Hamilton has been with me all through the dreadful days and nights when I watched to see Guy's life go out and know I was left alone. She was with me when I was getting ready for Daisy and w

o much, but not from any love, for my heart was full of bitterness that night when I turned her from the door out into the rain. I shall never tell Guy that-never, lest he should soften toward her, and I would not have her here again for all the world contains. And yet I did like her, and wa

ire kindled in the parlor and in Daisy's room, for I remembered how she used to crouch on the rug before the grate and watch the blaze floating up the chimney with all the eagerness of a child. Then, although it hurt me sorely, I went to Simpson, who bought our carriag

within when I heard the sound of wheels stopping at the door and went to meet my brother. But only my brother. The

?" I asked, as he staggered against

his room, made him lie down, and brought him a glass of wine, and then, when he was strong enough to tell it, listened to

moment. How long I slept I never knew, but it must have been an hour or more, for the last thing I remember was hearing the whistle of the Western train and the sighing of the wind, which sounded like rain, and when I awoke the rain was falling heavily and the clock was striking twelve, which was an hour after the train was due. It was very quiet in the room, and darker than usual, for some

t Julia.

ich angered me and made me lose my self-command. Starting to my feet, I confronted her where she sat in my chair, by G

eat stress on the name, "why are y

so," she replied, mistaking my meaning altogether, "but there was no conveyance a

urance, and without stopping to think what I was doing, I seized her arm, a

your work, the result of your wickedness, and yet you presume to come here into his v

only know Daisy put her hands to her h

rstand it all, or wh

uy can possibly be harmed by your presence. Go back to the depot and ta

" she said, with a shudder, as a heavy peal shoo

azy with mad excitement, an

I said. "You can go from here as wel

t from a place where it has been permitted to play. As that will not understand my scats and gestures, so she did not seem to comp

t I came for, and you will tell Guy. He gave me ten thousand dollars when we first were married; settled it on me, they called it, and father was one of the trustees and kept th

itatingly, while a faint flush sh

t Aunt Merriman in Detroit. Then I took the paper-the settlement, you know, from the box where father kept it and put it in my pocket; here it is-see," and she drew out a document and held it toward me while she continued: "I started for Detroit under the care of a friend who stopped a few miles the other side, so you see I wa

the document in two, and then across again,

that-you know-and that I did not care for money only as father taught me I must have it, and that I a

t me angry, though I was beginning to soften a little with this unexpected phase of her character, and

train," she said, moving toward the door. "G

hen I came to myself, and, hearing the wind and rain, and

o alone. Miss Hamilton will watc

ve minutes Julia, who always slept in her dressing-gown so as to be ready for any emergency, was sitting by Guy, and I was out in the d

e dumb creature's head, and in her voice there

that disfiguring garb, and then we went on our way, the young creature clinging close to me as peal after peal of thunder rolled over our heads, and gleams of lightning lit up the

impulse to add: "If he does, you will have th

lad then, when Daisy, alarmed perhaps by somethin

tter than anyone I ever saw; like him now as well as I ever did, but I do not want to be his wife, nor anybo

grasped my hand nervously

going to die you will let me know in time to see h

in the darkness, and felt a remorseful pang when I saw the little figure go alone into the ca

e ever be able to hear about it and know what it meant. There was a telegram for me the next evening, dated at Detroit, and bearing simply the words, "Arrived safely," and that was all I heard of Daisy. No one in town knew

strong hope that I am not to be left alone, and I thank Heaven for that hope, and feel as if I were at pe

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elt from something he said that he was beginning to feel some interest in the life so kindly given back to him. Still he will never be just the same. The blow stunned him too completely for him to recover quite his old hopeful, happy manne

It could not have been a dream. Is she here, o

Not that her tearing up that paper will make any difference about the money. She cannot give it to him, he says, until she is of age, neither does he wish it at all, and he would not take it from her; but he is glad to see her disposition in the ma

t? She is so delicate, you know.

ver so unworthy. I cannot comprehend it. And why shoul

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it best to leave for a time till the storm blows over, and so they will go to South America, where there is a cousin Tom, who is growing rich very fast. I cannot help certain thoughts coming into my mind any more than I