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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1909-12-23, Page 2ck to tJi1 aiI Loge At length, Mr. 'Talbot started on a tour of search in person. He began et Tune Cliffs and traced her to Wendover, but there the lost the clue, arae] never found it again. At the endof three 1=cern he re- appeared at Mr. Worth's office in Richmond. He had 'liven up the search in despair, and was: going to Italy to try and divert his thoughts from remorse that was OR, WAITING TIIROUOX'I WEARY cleranr,:,tg his mind, by studying the different schools of art at Itorne. lie took leave of Mr. 'Worth, and eribarkod:'by the heat out}rard bound eteamoe. Since that, eleven years had passed', during which There was; however, a 'secret Ishmael 1Yortli iw. i heard nettling known to Ishmael Worth regale Ifurther free, . Tillett Ile clic.] net YEARS. CHAPTERX.—(Oont'd) They (sailed hor mad. Ilor manic was harsaleas c "glx,'but they wore afraid of her, ]lead people were Very uncertain. Sometimes they broke out very dengoroualy, or fatally, and cut throats, and set houses on fire. And so they 'cast about for ,some moans of scouring this woman who told them that she was helped every day in hex work by her spirit Cl)1d, They dared not turn her out of doors now. She might come back some night and burn down the. house over their heads. Nor could they send hor to pri- eon, for she had committed no of- fence. So they oast about for some legal method of restraining her, and mean time they watched her very closely. They detected nothing in her, un- usual, except a tendency to sleep walking. They found that she of- ten arose in the night and accom- plished great feats of labor while in a state of somnambulency, but when taxed in the morning with her nightly Performances , she would firmly deny that she had ever . stir- red out of her bed, and as firmly maintain that her spirit child had done the work. On this ground they charged her with insanity, and lived in constant fear of her doing them some fatal injury, and they watched her day and night, and studied how they should rid themselves of her with safety. At length' it occurred to Carl Berger to write to the only person Marie Serafinne had ever referred to as a friend—named, Mr. Ismael Worth, of Richmond. Mr. Berger wrote a letter and posted it himself. The letter was answered by Is- The letter was answered by Ish- He came down to the farm and expressed much interest in the Marie Serafinne whom he had nev- er forgotten, but whom he always remembered as the most interest- ing client he had ever been called upon to defend. He told the Bergers nothing of her trial at Pine .Cliffs, but he called himself a. friend, and asked to see her. She was sent in to him. The meeting between Marie and the benefactor who had saved her life, was very affecting. Marie Serafinne wept and kissed his hands and would have kissed the soles of his shoes, if he would have permitted it. He asked her about herself,and she told him of her long wander- ings and of her finding a home at length at Witch Elms, of the hard work that had worn her almost to death until the last year, when her spirit child had helped her, adding in relation to this astounding infor- mation—"I know you will think I am crazy, Mr. Worth, for indeed I should have thought so, two years ago, of any one who should have told me such a thing of themselves, but indeed I am not crazy, Mr. Worth. And I know that my child is • now a maiden beautiful and strong, who lives . in the spirit world, but comes daily to help me with my hard work in this!" "Have you ever seen her 1" in- quired Mr. Worth, humoring her fancy. No neverseen butI have heard her ! h her sweet voice and felt her soft hand, and more than all, I have perceived her presence through some sense that I do not myself understand and cannot therefore describe," she answered firmly. 'shame' Worth did not dispute her words.. He fellinto deep thought, He was sufficientlyinter- esteti in Ibis case to consent tee' re- main twenty-four hours in the farm house to attend to it. • Later on the same evening, while Marie Serafinne was in the kitchen. preparing supper, he had an inter- view with Mr. and Mrs: Berger, in their common sitting -room. He told them that their young friend was probably a somnambulist who did riot understand her own case, a condition which would account rabienally for everything that was otherwise inexplicable in her ease; that het mind was certainly in an abnormal condition and that she required epocial medical treatment. He weuld recommend her removal to the "Good Samaritan Asylum for the tisanes," acid would himself 'trndettake to •persuade her to go. theft, where also, he wolilcl cheer- t. fully defray all the expenses of tier treatment. And thus it was arranged, through the benevolence of .Ishmael Worth, thttt poor Marie Serafinne entered es a first class patient the famous Atyllea of the Good Samaritan. ing h poor protegee, t'xat ho did' even know if i?.r 'arts t was thee not cee'e to confide either to the living; and in f..c•t, from T elbot's Derese family or to Mario Serval -1e long silence, 14x. Worth rather in- ne herself. For ire could not tell' ;edited to the belief that he was the Borger family without 1>rin.;-xrC dead, t,i light and exposing ell Marie Ser" Sudh was the explanation that aiinne'e early sorrows and huinilai- Ishmael Worth gave to the physi- ations; and he could not tell .1 elan in charge of the asvlurp, at rie herself without inflicting upon the time of his placing Mario Sera- her bitter grief and regret. The fame under hie care but which ho sooret was this—thab her hueUand withheld from ;ti aiie herself, lest it had turned up, six mouths after ehould only bring her sorrow aizd her departure from Pine Cliffs, 1cgrct, nuntil he would, by ariting where ho heard with horror and to our consuls abroad, seek and find amazement of her trial for the some definite news of Talbot's fate., murder of her own infant child. Ho learned farther that though she CHAPTER XT, had been acquitted by the jury, she had been actually driven from."And this ell e," I enquired, as her native village by the force of the doctor .finished hisstory: Public reprobatiou ! He then sought "1'es ; for she remains t precisely far and wide news of his lost in the same state in which she was wife, but founndd none- when she entered the institution; He at length went to Richmond and her circumstances and pros to confer with the noble and hu- •pects are the same. mane counsel who had gratuitously , "Mr. Worth has written, T be - defended her. "]leve, to every American minister But Ishmael Worth was as much and every consul in Europe, Asia, shocked as was Talbot himself at and Afrien, without obtaining any hearing ofMarie's sit ht from Pine news the presentant whei eabouts of Cliffs. He could give ne informs- the artist Talbot. lie is seri] par - tion of the fugitive; but he offered suing' his, investigations, but with every assistance inhis power to- little hope of success. The last wards tracing her. heard of Talbot was, that he had Li the presence of the man strick- 'spent a winter, eleven years ago, en with grief and remorse, Ishmael in Rome, and had left in the spring Worth forbore to express the de- for a tour in Switzerland. -There testation he had. felt for the heart- all trace of him was lost." less desertion which had plunged "But she is happy," I said, with the poor young wife into such un- a sigh of relief. utterable horrors. "Yes; her hallucination makes And soon he felt glad of his for- her happy," he answered: bearance, when Talbot, in a voice It was after ten o'clock and T broken down by sorrow, explained got up and thanked Dr. Abbot for the reason of his apparent abandon- his story, and bade him good -night. ment of his wife. I looked in at the nursery, on He had left her, he said, in a fit my way to my room, to see what or boyish anger, because she refus- had kept my cousin Nellie away ed to leave her selfish and grasping from the drawing -room all the eve old grandam, to go with him to his ening. I found her still engaged own home in the city. with her teething baby, to whom But when he reached his home the doctor was lust administering' his short lived anger was succeed- some simple medicine. I .bade them ed by compunctions and grief, and good -night also, and went on to my he wrote an affectionate letter to room to go to bed and dream of Marie. But he never got an answer Marie Serafinne. to that letter, which of course was The next morning every trace :cif. never received by Marie Serafinne. the night -storm had disappeared. After waiting a week, he wrote a The sky was perfectly clear; the second letter; but before there was air keen and cold. was good Christmas weather; answer to that,It time to hope for an he received a letter from Leeds, in and Ohristmas was drawing near. England, summoning him to the I.joined the family at breakfast; death bed of his father .who was and after breakfast, at my own re - sinking' to the grave with a linger- quest, I was permitted to make a ing disease. He wrote a third let- visit to Marie Serafinne, attended ter, apprising his wife of the ne- by young Doctor Abbott. cessity of his sudden voyage, and We found Marie sitting by the promising to return and claim her window of her room, looking out as soon as he possibly could get over the wintry sea. away. She silently extended her hands He, went to England" and to the to us, and her face was so racli city of Leeds, where his father was ant with happiness, that the young a wealthy manufacturer. doctor exclaimed: He was detained there many "Why, Marie, you look as if you weeks in attendance on the death were delighted to see us." bed of his only surviving parent, "I am. I have had much good and even after having closed fila news." father's eyes and laid his body in "Ah 1 indeed I What, news have the grave, he was detained many you had, Marie, and who brought, weeks longer in settling up the vast it to you 1" inquired the doctor, estate to which he was the sole humoring her, as if she had been a heir. baby. He had ao taste for the business Marie Serafinne's voice sank to at which Inc father had made a for a low tone, as she answered: tune, so he sold it out to a good "My child brought me the news. company, and with the proceeds of Before I was well awake this morn - the sale he returned to this Country ing, I heard her sweet voice close a very' wealthy man, to invest his to my ear. She said to me, 'Do money and to claim his wife. you know you will be married The dreadful news of her trial for soon 4 I do. ' infanticide met and nearly killed "So you are to be married, Ma - him. In leaving her, he had . not rie'1 It must be . to nee, then, for had the faintest suspicion that she I am the only young man who ever was likely to become a mother. How comes to see you. Are you going overwhelming then was the horrible to marry me, Marie 1" inquired the information that she had borne a young doctor. child, and had been tried for its She looked at him in grave sur - murder, and that she had iled from prise for a minute, and then an - her native village, pursued by the severed, gently. reprobation of the whole com "No, Dr. Abbott; of Course not. muinty1 There is only one in the world I "See here, Mr. Worth," he said, can possibly marry, and that one in conclusion—"If you blame me is not you. without measure, for all the woe "I am very sorry," said the young my carelessness has caused, you man, laughing good-humoredly, as. will do right. But, if you think me he arose to attend ane from the now remorseless, look at my hair., room. I am twenty-three years old. when In the corridor outside we met I came back from the old country Dr. Hamilton, who was hurrying I had not a gray hair in my head..toward us in considerable agita- Look at le now!" tion. His hair was, indeed, half gray, "Have you seen Marie Serafinne and his face was that of a caro- this morning 1" he hastily inquired.' worn, grief -bowed,' middle-aged Cd "We�have just left her," answer - man tt "I pity you from the bottom of "Flow is she]" ;by heart. But we must not lose our "Not quite so well this morning. time in idle regrets. We must tty A little excited. Thinks she has to find your wife," said Ishmael flied a fresh Communication from Worth earnestly, her child."' And they did try to find her; "Ah 1 eh! I am sorry to hear They advertised widely, offering that.1 especially just now. The fact large cowards for any information is, Mr. North is down -stairs, and respecting her. But Marie Sera- with him a stranger, Who has sone finne,'butied it the lonely farm to see Marie' Serafinne." hoose among the mountains of the "Stop l" said I, breathlessly; "a northwest corner of Virginia, where stranger to see Marie Seraftnno 1 no traveller aver (elicit and no You don't mean to say that ho is "]ler miezieg hush:Mil Yes, • , The no:*t day Mr. Talbot remota 1 hoognax if Q a few ' hundred 5aVi3d and iwF-mw5 to grow raster than they will by ca pee dt g � .•`for sta�a'�:s�;a;;ae;r�t is selection of a tedium at �, or 4 1-21-2p�:c cent., the s matter. a- serious - Soi e of the accepted investments are these-- ,r R1lanioipai 'i)oliozltul•ee, paying v''., to 6pcicent. Corporation Bonds, paying from ua toYa per cent. Bank hares, paying from 4t to 5% 1e Steama:d Electric Railroad Sae1paypaying'from ,e t; per ca nt. manufacturing and Industrut Stocks, payingS per cent up. Bonds •vs. Industrial Stocks Some Record Breakers: s been. flee I ndU.sst}ill Stooks have niway Bonds bear only a a3$e'�tc',4.1 1`�,w I. ,.. e5t arxone•y e3i'ILei'9. Among the �3d rate -of interest' 4iglli Y®€i!' big encs are: Standard Oil,1iVestci'n Lin€ora do not increase Telegraph, Bell Telephone, Singer Sewing in:' value. andat theend of a Machine and Westinghouse' Air "Brake. En rriber of years return are too lire t© reap the bene. stated Y Yoe these •t record 1 g the �� in p��� money investing . i41�.� ,raves airilyfit .. �e31Leda, breakers," but you can participatep. Industrial Stocks always yield zo `Toronto's Taxicabs—a' new in- 7 per cent. or over, with extra du.,trsal which after six months' open- as the business prospers, anon has proven that it can pay, be. dividends , the business ginning January, 1910, a dividend of increasing in value as . grows, and after a term of years can 1 i per cent: per annum, or �s be sold for more than the'. original per cent quarterly, and.is constantly in-vestment.Increasing in value. A Good Bud �" Taxicab Stock is a good buy at $6.00 per share, par value $5.00, and we ate -rise its purchase: Ask for our illustrated booklet on Taricaba; and full particulars regarding this stock. 0 Adelaide and -Victoria Sts ,�i 7-0ROZVTO A S rereeteverereaelea SITQC�. - Shock is i;he term onxployed in a' surgery to dcsignato the state of physical 01x(1 m08101,401.5 3011ta1 de;?r011100 which follows a 803050 1ninny as :orae" dieturbing emotion of the ind. . The condition consists esseintia1- ly fu a 0 an;l 01 ecluiliarium in 1110 ciroul...t.czi,,the art:ries losing their Lone, as v eone.t .,once of vchloh the' great 1. ,..,, of the blood aecenm- lates ie the veins, especially tee large blood-30550ls of the abdomen. The brain apd other vital organs are deprived of the necessary bioorl supply, and are thereby rendore incapable of performing their ime Portant functions properly. Shriek may exist in any degree") and thesymptoms will vary accord- ingly, from the pallor and slight. faintness which one may feel mo- mentarily in mating a misstep, or when startled, as by a loud clap: of thunder, or the receipt of bad news, all the'wa7 up to sudden stop- page of the heart, and death. In shook of average intensity, Inch as follows a severe injury, the 'face is pallid; the pulse is weak and rapid, the skin is cool and often. covered with a clammy perspira- tion, the muscular system is relax- ed,; the sufferer is ,nauseated and: sometimes vomits, and the mental faculties and sensibilities are be- numbed so that no pain is felt, even. though bones rosy be broken and flesh torn. Not orly is the surface,' cool or cold but the actual tem- perature of the body, ne measured, by the thermometer;, is lowered, sometimes to the extent of twee or three degrees. rees. When shock depends upon a vine,. lent mental emotion; such as fear- er earor the receipt of sudden bad news r or upon a severe injury, as that re- ceived in a railroad accident or ween shot, the 'symptoms appear suddenly ; but when it follows a surgical operation, its appearance, may be delayed several hours. Its. degree depends not only upon the: severity of the injury, but likewis3. upon the seat of it. A blow on the abdomen will cause more severe shock than a much worse injury to, an extremity, or even to the head. Treatment of shock calls for the services of a physician, for it con- sists in the administration of pow- erful remedies to restore the tone, in the relaxed blood -vessels, and often the injection of salt solution but something can be done while awaiting the- physician. that is just exactly who he is. But I must see Marie Serafinne myself before I can permit her to be ex- cited by such a visit," answered the doctor, as he went past us, and en- tered Marc'siroom. We waited anxiously in the corri- dor for his return. • — At the end of ten minutes he came out with a look of astonishment on Ms face. "Would you believe it1 She was prepared for this visit! She receiv- ed me smilingly, bold me she know' what I had come to announce, that her child had told her about it! So. you see I had nothing to do but to ask her when she would receive Itir. 'Talbot. She answered, with delight, that she would receive him now !" "And are you going to take hire up to her morel' rather anxiously inquired Dr. Abbott. "Yes, immediately," answered the elder physician, as he preced- ed us clown stairs. We all went into the drawing - room toget'her,- where we found Mr. Worth and the stranger in conver- sation withmy cousin, Eleanor, Mr. Worth I had seen before, and so I greeted him as an old ac- THE END. quaintance.. He introduced his. companion; Mr. Talbot. • It is surprising . how slowly a And I curtsied to a tall spare, watch can run. in church. I T tM Pink Eye. SpIzoo0c, Shipping Favor -Catarrhal rover Sure cure and positive preventive, no matter how horse, at any sae are infected or "expose]." Liquid, giyee onthetonguci acts on the Blood and: Glands, Expels the pei!onou0 germsfrom the body. Cures Distemper in Dazs and Sheep and Cholera In Poultry, Larseat li,estorlr remedy. Cures La Grippe among human beings rind Is a due Kidney remedy. 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But if. that belief is a proof of in- sanity, there are about half a mil- lion of lunatics at large, holding seances, exhibiting signs and won- ders, and calling themselves `Mod- ern Spiritualists. really bet thirty- seven hin - -haired many grey-haired seven years of age, but looking fif- ty, and very unlike the raven - haired, ,dark: -eyed young Adonis, of fourteen years ago, who had fascin- ated the little beauty of ,Cliff Cot- tage nearly to her destruction. We had scarcely exchanged the usual words of greeting when Dr. Hamilton invited Mr. Talbot to walk up stairs with him, and they' left the room together. Mr. Worth remained' with us. So none of us saw the meeting between the long -severed husband and wife. But we afterwards heard something about it, We heard that Dr. Hamilton had left Mr, Talbot at the door of his wife's room, and that the artist had entered that room alone. She was expecting liiln, and she received him with calrn delight. 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