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She was well recommended, but site
.j... - been spoiled by flattery and felt iia
had
herself too lnuch above her position to by
prove a good attendant upon. a per- ev
baps too capricious mistress' whims, wl
At last, I grew weary of contending of
with her indolence aud impertinence, as
and discharged her.. She left, breath- ru
ing threats of vengeance, Which alas l
were not fulfilled, Before a month Y
had passed my precious baby had dis. lit
appeared, and we never have found
the slightest clue to her whereabouts, Ill
Although every effort has been made m
that unlimited means can demand.
Could 1 be sure that my darling Y.
was lying white and still in the peace- y
ful rest which must Como to,all of us n
after life's fitful fever is over, I should w
he content ; but to think of Ater alive, m
and in companionship of the class to m
which Zillah belongs—Ah I that is the n
chief sting 1 bi
Percy ha.l listened with breathless t
attention, 1iVith yout'h's impulsive li
haste he had rushed at . nice to the I►
conclusion that in his own knowledge e
rested ti ie happy endin of Mrs.
Altamonte's sad story. 1, even to
the appearance of the be,utiful quad- c
roon womtin in tho distally city where I
Morita lived, and in the resemblenee
which had so impressed ,)iim, proved h
her to be the stolen chil(f over ,whose
loss Mrs. Altamonte hat mourned so li
unavailingly. But befAe he had time
to unfold this strange apd marvellous a
conjection of circumat-Aces a servant I
came to the door. o
What is it, Atltoine? asked Alls. t
Altamonte.
A poor woman says she must see b
you. s
Must is a strong 'word, said the
lady, smilingly, but ow her in; 1
suppose it is the usua,;'plea for help. n
After a short inIt 1vaI ''a strange, uo
weird -looking fignre ppeared at the pi
doorway. Sh'e was tai and emaciated, 's
wit l) a face whose thin liect)e-tinted a'
cheeka told of the ravages of eon- t s
sumption. She. did not seem to be
conscious of Percy's presence, but
fixing her wild, . laturally bright
eyes, on Mrs...alltam rite's face, she t
sprang forward and. cast Herself an g
'her knees before her. ;l f
Ob, madame, on I pardon 1 c
my dreams are halt ti ed by "demons 0
who give me no rest. I have 'come to
you to drive them a y—to. exercise e
them.
With sudden stern, ese, Mrs. Alta. t
Monte rese to her fe
Unhappy woman, r you dare to
come to me for help's Where is o�roy,
child's
• Oh, madame, and the woman t
grovelled still at her feet, clutching
desperately at her garments, if you
cast rime out I an indeed lost 1
Tell me of my ittle Nita. .Render
dp your account f her. Then ask for
torgiveness. As ou .have treated her,
gven so shall our punishment be
meted out to yot�
That is what mean to do—to take
you to tier. AH in my wicked hate I
had ment to kill er, but site smiled in
my face with he innocent eyes and 1
had not the hen to do. it. She is as
fine a lady as y „ rself and as hand-
some as one of .tile angles of Heaven.
Come, I will ta,kcl?, you to her. We
will go upon the tinge of steam and.
find her. Then iify tortured soul tw91
.be at peace and Illwill lie down and
o die. They call your child Morna
e May, the kind a j< rich. ones who took
Ilei in, t.
e At this name1'erey could control .
hlweelf ;to He came suddenly
e lotigefl.
t forward. f
I The woman says truly, he said. 1
know IvIorna 1Vli q, and she is as the
y I
sunshine to all lie love her. Site is
adopted parents. Let her -sun herself
You shall never regret it,my darling
tel the happille.ss whiell evidently filled
mother, said Percy heartily,
•
her innocent young heart, She wntild
You have made me strong to learn
"-^ - -
not be the one to oast. a cloud over
my fate, Good bye. When I se, .1 oil
FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1,822. it.
again 1 shall betither the happiest or
But Feicy must lie removed at once lite
most miserable of tnen,
I THE TWQ H iWI✓i S,
out of elle lnlluenee of her attractions,
Morita had not been reared in i,�iior-
If the had been a poor girl without
ante of Ler Fupposed parentage, and
it l4lrs, 1i10utague, can }oft tell me
the drawback of a cloud upon her
when Percy came to her with the story,
I3e riatxle of the lady W110 is se,
birth, Mrs. Wyndhwm 1vould not have
of his love, she refused him gently, but
,yotin;;
elusively engrossing lily son. P«ray's felt
ao much about it ; for Percy was
firmly, saying site should never nearly,
ib.tentioll this evening ?
rich enough to marry a penniless wife
Her resolution was immovableXiough
The suave hostess turned her eyes if
lie chose. But his bride and tier
when Percy's mother came in person
lxltlingly in lite direction indicated
daughter-in-law must come tit least of
to plead for Ler ami, cite was very
pot then whispered iiehind her
an honorable race. It wits Ito wonder
much moved. Putting her tender
that
during the rpin,fdnder of the even-
young artlia al'ollnd her neck, Morns
yes , that is Nliss Morita May. She iug
Mrs, Wyndllarn s mind was filled
kissed her again and again.
raa educated at the ,same boarding
with uneasy forbodings its slip saw
It will be a...4weet thought to ine
ohool: with nay Clara, and is leer dear
Percy so constantly hovering near Nisg •
all through my life, she said, that
friend, She is a very sweet girl
`_lay,
Percy's , mother .i is as noble as be is
'at
pool is, I believe, .quite an heiress.
The long promised trip to Europe.
himself. It is because I love Ihim with
t tllorna May I 51here had Mrs.
should be delayed uo longer They
all my beam that,I refuse him.It is
.,
rvidhatn heard this name, which
would go at once.
not that I wast born pour, but—
Oemed so familiar, and yet was owned
But, to her dismay, she found the
but—
y a stranger? The puzzle lasted but
mischief wag already Hone.
An irresistable lburst of tears con.
moment, Into her iniadfike a flash
The next morning Percy came int) eluded
her sentence.
f fight came two pictures frow out of
her room with a bunch of violets in
I know Moilla,kid Mrs. Wyndham,
he, past, and she knew who this girl
his hated. Huldinrythem tip suliliu;ly
o
her own voice broken with Pfnotion,
vas, beside whose purple black tresses lie
said :
and knowing all I ry' ould be proud to
rent the yellow head of her own Percy
What will you ;.;ive me for my claim
you for my daughter.
,lid who was evidently whispering into
$ewers ?
° Morns put out her hands in a slid -
for ear, some of thosF pleasant trifles
Anythiug� my boy may ask for,
den appeal,
Don't, she said, ? I cannot bear
vhich count for so little to an uninter.
answered Alrs, Wyndam, ill the same
.sted party, rut which from a luver's lialit
toile. it
1 If I should yield I should be
fps -often for the time being outweigh,
'Chen mother, ' and Perev grew recreant
to the teachings of my own
a the listener's- mind, the fate of
suddenly earnest, 1 ask for your conscience.
It cannot --must not
lotions.
These were the pictures :
blessing upon my precious hope of
winning the girl I love. You have
be
tri all of sympathy too deep for words,
In,a distant inland city, some eleven
always wished for a daughter, and i the
elder woman folded the sobbing
dears'ago, a large and aristocratic
have chosen one for you ; that is, if
girl in her arms. Then she kissed her
ludience were assembled at an area-
sh0 will have me, tenderly,
saying:
the
ieur entettaininent. given to raise
Mrs. Wyndam grew very pale.
to
May God, who tvinpers wind
the shorn lamb, make you happy
money for charitable purposes F young
She knew .that Percy's feelings ran so
I
and 'content in the way You think it
eiiild stood upon the platform as the
deepandstrong that when they had
.urtain, was 'raised, looking out. at
onba'cut a channel for themspives it
your duty to tread.
ahem wistfully from her large, dark
would be like diverting; the resistless
The'next moment Morns was alone.
lyes. 'Then a piaster hand struck a
torrent of Niagara to tri to turn them
sew plaintiff chords to prelude the in
another direction, anti lie was such
Prominent' among !the notables in
long;, which burst f;ori leer pretty WE
a dutiful, loving Fon, how could 51110 go
Washington society�duri>Tg the follow-
Vip, as much ease as its ibusfcal notes
against his wishes?
lug winter, were a Cgban gentleman
;brill, frons the throat of all untaught
Percy went on eagerly* not waitin;;
named AlamontR .and hila beautiful
'crest bird, and even more sweetness .
for an answer.
wife. Their entertainments eclipsed
a its rich melody.
-0h, mother, she is :the dearest,
all others- Everything ryas on a
The second scene was. 'in her own
sweetest eirl iii the world, and I leant
princely scale, � although feir.Tfgnoved
iome, which was then situated in that
you to help me %yin her. 1
from arrogant display. Though the
iame• city. Percy, at the titue it lad
Then she does not know of your
brilliant scenes woved the hoatess,e.ver
4 eight, had led the tiny songstress
feeling toward her 2
affable•+and gracious_, .though with an
into her, bourdoir.
No. I waited to ask your advice
indescribstble sa'a less. looking out of
see, mamma, he said, , it's Morns.
before I risked my happini-swupon the, .her
lustrtous, dark eyes,which interest
She .can make music on the pretty;,. ,chance
of her accepting me., She has
ed the beholder even mors than the
sold keys, and I brought liar in to play
a faculty of kedpin.g rno from saying
magnificent. beauty sof ;her. face and
for you.
anything decisive, ;and y� t .I have an ((form
it'was whiseied • ,about that
She had risen hastily with an im-
idea that she is not lndffferent to pie. l
her early life had b,ten shadowed by
pulse to send Percy to his governess,
Oh, mother, help me in -this, and I
some mysterious nffiiction.
ynd to tell the:chil'd to Ro home, when,
will—
Percy olid life mother ,were spend-
'in
s, look went straight to leer heart from
Love your darling and forget your
ingr the winter FWashingtion .and
Ghe lustritius, pleading eyes which had
mother. A son's) a- son till L•e gets I
from the first were very .ouch drawn
so touched her as she had listened to
him a wife, the old adage runs, inter-,
towards. bits. Altamonth. The
Ger song but a few evenings before.
ruined Mrs. Wyndham.
1:grew
attraction) was mutual, a>id they soon
at her
Thinking to herself, it -can do no
But yon don't believe it, da you
to be welcome guest$
arm ; they are but children, she
mother ?
stately mansion, Once yielding to an
ielded to her impulse ,, and taking
No, Percy, and as she said it she
impulse, Percy said to Mrs., Ala,
no of Morna's tiny handA led her into
smiled fondly into the auimated,boyish
monte
alta drawing room and lifted liar upon
face. I do not. Now about the
I can scarcely lreep my eyes from
the piano stool, saying kindly :
young lady. Who is she, and what do
your face, it is so much like that of a
. I shall be glad to hear you, my
you know about tier? If it is Miss
very dear friend of mine.
rtear.
May of whom you speak, I think you '
The ladies dark eyes were resting
From this time lllorna had been
can learn more from me that I can
upon him with an xpression of inter-
'ercy's favorite playmate during the
from you.
est and he continue
remainder of their stay 'in the place.
Tell me, then, all you can about j
Site is .younger t fan yon—a mer e
But when, in a year's ti ue, they had
her, for you have guegsed right.
girl, but at her awe you must hav e
removed to their present Home, the
Then iters. `liyndhain told Percy
I been her very self Byer again. Site i s
of the child had: faded almost
what 'she had heard in former days by
I enough like. you to", be your daughter
_memory
entirely out of her iniad until thus
her rightful protectors, ane of her
, A cloud of sorrow Came into the fin e
k suddenly revived by seeing her a favor-
adoption by, tile Maynards, notwitlt-
eyes of the liztener:
Ay pretty Nita w6uld have been a
ed Pat, at Mrs, Aloft tague'a Musicle.
standing the% cloud upon tier birth,
of seventeen, had she been spare d
After a moment's silence Elie turned
He listened qt,. tly and gravely until
girl
Again )old asked 11Irs: Montague:
..-
she had concluded. Igien lie sald,with
to me. Have I ever s; oken of her t
Do, you know who Hiss May is ?
a dignity which surprised..and impres.
you ? of my only gild, and of tit
way in w111Ch ahs was taltell frb ,n
,And when she was answered, Yea ,
t sed life mother :
cruel
ilio ? I see I have notby the surpris
she is Lite adopted daughter of the
Maynards, aIvery rich ,and: somewhat
Morita is a genilewbman to the
very core and I am Sure that as pure
in your face avid thong&l it is it them
e'eceiitrfe old couple-, with It generosity
blood fluwa in her veins a'' in my own.
I rarely touch upon, l feel sure tha
sympathy will be kc fully miner.
of often found, she forbore to en.
Mother. you are above succ prejudices
her for
your
will once more tell the ttad story of m
sten her with (leiter would have
are you not? You will Id, f,
. e y
blighted hopes, �l
e'tl ft elinlce, bit of acandill to the
my sake?
t� der-lI
firs
riig years ago, t -in the fir
f' gossip-lov'itig' Community) :he story of
I elle rtrtuors i:'urtent ltbout rile parent•
btrs.Wyndharn was a earted
ould trot real' >A the
woman and she t �,
%
fresllnease1of m bride iia )Hess,
freshnessp
hn
a1Za of this girl when a wtie bit of a
,'
intense pleading In Percy s,eyes.
rased In ]iusb�
a p and to tit
y
'
,`�ahild, Report Hite saiu that a vary
Igor Sour sake, my son,�bo said at
last, I But, -Par if our
Stag"s.
Our stay was prolonged' some tw
`,iieautifilh quatlronu wotflan had. beet,
will. oh, ,
y
father had only live I eon,
y and during that titer illy Nit
in tho npi hborhoocl +carr to a
gl carrynig
ttgl babe itt her runts, The next
,poor
have been spared this terrib r aeon-
Was born. Among my ser ,ants was
as
sig aha had disafpealed 'as
Illbilk- I hill +�nlyw it wear etptln
CIUadYofltt woman„, pom4asing' th
wonderful type' of Beauty botnet 03
"ally tea ltho had route, land mohair
%a �t'bw y ire +vwrong in me to ivo my
score lid desoeudanttt of a Xat7 raft-
” wad lot tits door of h'er
li'Ghtts' tfii
. ..... ....,... ,._
'.'' '. i 4
..ur�r .. ... �.f..s.,..-....-.rr...ir,i h.. . ^,
an angel I ,
I As Zillah hac"1 said, the wings of
e steam could hardly bear them swiftly
enough to Uarna's home..
If was a Happy meeting between
A. mother and daughter and tho good
a old couple Wbe, had adopted the desow
a lata little waif when left a wailing
baby at their door, ,shared in her joy
®s tit finding herself the owner of ttu tin=
e, sulliod fialdtet,
One file g, not long after Mortem
d found her mother, Elle was seated
her side, recalling some of the
eats of her short life• -•a. story to
rich Mrs. Altmonte was never weary
listeuiug. Suddenly it question was,
lied which split the toll tale blood
ailing into tF.o iiirl's face.
lilorna, why do you never speak of
quoPercy 1�'yndhaln 2 Do you dis-
c
;e him ?
Dislike hire l Oh, mamma I and the
ushing face hid itself upon her
other's breast,
He i)as received permission from,
our father and from me to call upon
yo this morning, This is his ring
ow. Go to him, my daughter, and
hatever may be the answer you will
ate to the question lie will ask,it will
pet with our approval. He is a
no youth, and I have always envied
a mother such a soil.
As Morna stood at the door her
Bart throbbed so violently that she
Ila to pause awhile to gain courage to
liter, '.Chen she went softly in.
Percy came eagerly forward.
Morna, lie said, eagerly, I have
co to ask the same question again.
Is
4.
it still no ?
One look into the downcast face and
e was answered.
The next moment she was fold to
is fAithful heart.
All hour ►iter l�'lorna tapped for
dmittance to her mother's boudoir.
n answer to her low comp in she
pened the door and motioned Percy
o enter drat.
Alarnma, she said, softly, I have
roughs you the son you have coveted
o long. ,
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