Thrice Wedded, but Only Once a Wife — page 29: what you’re looking at

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20 THRICH WEDDED, She stooped and picked up the paper she had dropped, and then entered the house. - With a long drawn sigh and a quivering lip he turned to obey her, and entering his buggy, drove rapidly toward home, fearing, he knew not what, but his heart was heavy within - his bosom. CHAPTER ITI. ‘THE FUTURE WILL SHOW.” While Robert is gone* for his father we will return to Squire Moulton’s mansion. It was a large and elegant building, unique in its archi- tecture and adornments, and furnished with the most ex- quisite taste. It was a home of exceeding beauty, but, with all its eostliness and splendor, it was a dreary and lonely home, for its master lived alone, with only his servants for companions. No loving smile from a tender and affection- — ate wife greeted him when he came; no watchful eyes or listening ears waited to catch the shadow of his form, or the sound of his footsteps; no prattling voices made the lofty rooms ring with their joy and merriment, or sang out the glad word ‘‘papa’’ at his approach. No, it was a dreary life of lonely splendor. I said he lived alone; but not alone all of the time, for his nephew, Ralph Moulton, a youth of seventeen, made his uncle’s mansion his home, and was always there to spend his holidays. ‘he squire had brought him home when he came from abroad, and when the boy was very young, merely saying he was his nephew and would always remain with _He gave him every advantage, which, to the lad’s credit | be it said, he eagerly improved, and he was now preparing for college. He was a clever, active youth, very attractive in form and feature, and when nothing went wrong was pleasant and agreeable. But when in a passion -he displayed the — same sinister emotions that moved his uncle. He was sel- _ fish and crnel at heart, aiming only to gratify his own de- _ sires and passions. in spite of all opposition. Report said _ that he was to inherit the squire’s property, indeed he had ~ been brought to believe so himself, and the world bowed =«~=comicbooks.com_