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i- Auther of "A Penniless Orphan," "Gertrude's Marriage," 0
"tier Only Brother," Etc,, Etc,:
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already in the deepest slumber; a
perfume of mignonette was waft,
ed from a little garden, and
here and there a light shone in a
window. At the toll -house a t. the
end of the village the gate was shut;
• Hortense knockedwith the handle of
her long whip on the window. No
out) unswered. A fever of impatience
w as visible in every feature.
She suddenly turned round, trotted
back some distance, turned In a farm.
lane, and came back lute the turn-
pike beyond the toll -gate, where the
ditch at the side of the reed was
not too deep to cross. The light
curt was, however, nearly upset. The
servant muttered something between
his teeth; she did not. seem to notice
it. Lucie held on to the edge of the
seat with nil her might; she looked
pult• than ever, but not a word of
fear passed her lips. With a touch
of the whip Ilella sprung into a gal-
lop. which soon turned into a fast
trot, tigul at last at the end of the
road the towers of the town were
visible against the sky. A few min-
utes later the wagon was rattling
over the pavements of the quiet
• streets, and seopped before the only
inn of any importance in the place,
the Hotel of the Golden Trout. The
aromal was trembling and covered
with foam. Hortense had no eye for
the favorite she had always hitherto
so petted and eared for. A, waiter,
heti drunk with sleep, came out. of
1 e half -lighted gate-wuy, and the
'er rang the bell.
. Herr Weber, of Wottngclorf,
•
e.
I Or
IP-
st,
lame.'
' olding the reins drop-
` t het e- -neatly nor,
in a voice full
,ound and they retrac-
st-ay.
detente istaking the wrong
road. We ca'n never get to C--- • with
Ilene; it, is over - three miles," the
servant ventured to expostulate, as.
they turned to. the right in leaving
the town. She must have seen he
w tts right, for she turned the animal
heck. "She limes badly, madame."
It was so, indeed. "This ought not
to have happened," she muttered.
Slowly, as if it. teem a funeral, they
drove the two miles back in the cool
night air. By the time they arrived
at Wottersdori the gray light ,of
morni»g was over the. park and the
castle; the sparrows were chattering
in the chestnut -trees, and there 'was
moving about in the court -yard;
Damp and chilled from. the dew and
night air, they hastened into the
house. Hortense retired again to her
room, and Lucie ordered tett. She
then went, to her room :to put on a
w armer dress. Just then a paper
rustled in her pocket, and she recol-
lected, with 'a start of horror, the
sick old man in Hohenberg; but still.
she dared not tell Hortense. She.
wrote a dispatch, akking how he was
to-oay, saying. Herr • Weber was
awav, Hortense- not well, and she
had therefore postpoeed telling herd
and 'begging for news.
11110 then went to Ifortense's room
and sat. down gently by her. -
Feverish and exhausted, the young
Wile lay on the sofa. Frau Nein
looked in every now and then with
an anxious expressio.n.
Not a word was exchanged -be-
tween the two friends. As:the first
rays of the rising sun -streained. • in
the window, lIortense seized the.
girl's hand.
"Pray for me --I can not!" .
Lucie took down Hortense's little
black -velvet book of. prayers, in
which was a text for each. day in
the year. She °poled it 'at Septem-
ber Sth, "Be faithful unto .death."
Strangely enough, it was the text of
their marriage sermon.. The young
wife turned away,. her hands cover-
ing her face, fold remained motion-
less. An unnatural stillness was over
everything; the servants went _ about
on tiptoe, as if there were a death
in the house, In the dining -room
there was a subdued sound of plates
arid cups, and old Frau Nein put her
heed shyly in at the door.
"Fraulein, whet ever may happen;
do eat something, and make madame
on t, too. Man must cat and drink,:
however much he has to bear.":
Lucietook a few mouthfuls odtea;
Hortense refused. everything.' •
Who can say how such hours as
these pass? lt was morning — it
was noon. In the master's room
there wile the same picture, two -sil-
ent women with en agony of anxiety
weighing them down, Making them
feel ne if they were on the edge of a'•
previpice and the leest movement
might dislodge the little enrth on
w hich their feet rested, and dash
them down with itself. Occasional-
ly 1 fort (else would start.; it would
seem to her that she heard a. wagon.
At last Lucie sent Frau Nein, up to
the tower room, and the old womaa
stood there with her hand shading
her eyes from the dazzling September
sun, eind gnzed toward a little emi-
nence over which the turnpike pass
0(1, and where she could perhaps des-
cry her master's carriage. Good heat, -
ens! what a sad fate was hanging
over them! She did not believe the
story 1'1.01th-in Walter had told her;
she had lived too long in the world
end gone through too much. Pheas-
ant shooting! Yes, Yes, she knew
about I Mt; she had seen that kind'
of :looting; from fetich a hunt she
had once seen one of the sportsmen
bronght heck stiff nnd It had
been celled nn enheppg accident,
"god protect our master from such
an unhappy accident. That bad man
that Kostan!"
Al last something came over the
mountnins, end kept moving slowly
tower() thetn. Tiw old woman- had
ahem eyes; she thought she recognik-
ed horses end carriage, only it Mize
zied her thnt Johann drove so 01(11.0-
1 y, it. was not like hitn. She stood,
Find Slood. Yes, it W11.8 IV, sorrels,
Who looked thin It 1111 hungry, but
could go so fest. She herriod down,
the narrow steire, end Made signs
behind the northwest to Lucie with
n. myeterions manner. "Whrtt is „It?"
asked 1 1.01401SO, who felt Leyte hell
risen from her Ride, n deathly anxie-
ty Flowing itself on her fee"
"T think—flw rerriage." said Lid-
eie; nnd she, too, felt all the hlobd
rushing to Ix+ heert.
ITortense tried . to else, but her
strength fatted her; she remalited We-
t leg, w r head t u idled t owe rd. the
door. '1)11' dark -blue %sod -round her
nevi: roee mid fell with ber raPid
breathing as -she graspee with- both
hands the • unit or 1.1,, sofa: - The
wheels crunelied the gravelof the
road, and then all was etal: After,
- awhile steps eanie up the Oath's.
The young wife wason her feet in
it monient and rushed to the door;
site beard hisvoice outside.
••Only a slight .aceident, ing good
Frau Nein; nothing more. Where is
mt. Wire?"
pOrtfe:%lS Closed quickly. be-
hind.; Lucie WI she hastened. through •
the dining -room into lier ro010. She
heard a cry, half sob, half delight,
of "Waldemar! Old Waldemar!'' such
Et cry as could only oontd from
heart that ha(j. looked atdeath_ and
suddenly .sees happy life before it.
• — •
CHAPTER. XXXI. •
•
She stoo(1. 0 moment bewildered in
1 her cozy rose -Colored room; then .
bolted the door behind, her. It ha(1
ended ilo they all had proptiesied•—
liertense had turnedfrom her. Whet
should she. do? She began ta :take
her (lbws ou1. of the drawers and.
her. dresses from -the dvartirobes, and
; threw them • over a chair. They
could be eent after her --only let her
go as soon es possible. • ,
"Pratilein, 111/1Y -I disturb yOu?".
called Frau gt•lie doctor .wants
some old linen." • - . • -
:Ale stood 111.0011de. n...dnotnent, .
then came out. with -the. keys..
- "d'on, kitow, Eratt, Nein, Where it
is. ,
ou look deeadful,'" criecr the
elttavdddlat, gagiously..
and take a. little rest. • Von know ••
the master has hada shot • -th '
firm, .not daegerotis,but painful „dg, -
an unfortentt
ate ecideiit while, shoot- ;
ing yes, Of -totiree.' One may' :
(1101114 Clod that this 'pheasant elmod• •
ing' has had 110 100)51) eimeegiieneeS.''
As.she said 'these. lest ••words• sba
wits at the Kid ofdthedorrider• and...
- isappeared _throtigh . a' 'doer,
Lueie kept -thinking• and thinking
as she collected 'what. 'Netts necessartt
for a journeY, braided her•hair.,,,- gold;
Washed her face -With cold. Water.'
She- fel t ite• cold • a ncl Ind i iferen t .tts '
soineth ing . 11, With in her:
.should Ede go to George—fit leest:
:for the peekeut? . •
.. .
If 'Ito Nvoithl nohe
r111 S11140 hr in, then
sIle had t1. Schbol friend lie'the vlttigj-
dim had lately., totirried.. •Would.:
give her it• home focda .fMv •days., •
Frap..Nein brotight .bctele. the -keys,
Lucie pot theta .to the. basket; (lid up
1 he • account books, and t oold t he
Ile house nionak. elid had front the
drawer; ' then she sealed herself. at ,
'the desk to. write. a few lines to
• Hortense. The train. that she antis t
take did ,not go -until evening: site
would walk . to the station.; : t wa.s •
only Obouglialf an hoar's:walk. It
woeld he '.infooeSi e• t
leave. •Ilesides, 111,00•et reedy 11.,fte4.,-
210031; nobody_ had asked.for her tad •
this thee. She..init•her thinge in.:
oroer. Otily,:her •water-prinif; • her'
,
• little. hand -Nig,. ihni• her Umbrella
were ready to' take..with.:.Ide".•" Tilen
she seated hertatIdifIly at .the.triadOW
nrid gazect-witli•burning eyes at. the
splaShiag water Lubbling mi1 . of the -
upturned ntophore • held. by .the. (Mei
with the 'droning expression littindietd•
In the midst 'of tlie'grolip ef hytholts,..•
Al, last; it ..d.as lime to go.
$he went- to the glass, and •• -.des •
putting - on -when
(Vetted behindher-died tlie 'saw in tl.e
mirror IroidenSe's,feety her eyes iditid
open -with surpritte. • :
gWbat are yoti doing, Lucie?'' and',
her eyes wandered ever the' IttLie
preparation for a, journey. ; . • .
The girl turned. ,. • . • :
'I am going, as f promised yo'.''
"Lucie!" cried, the: yoUng
voice full of pain, dlets'a word t:itok-
en in despair hurt you so deeply that
yen Coming forgive it?" And burstbur
1)1) 41 teat's she threw her mails round
the girl's neck. didtatv'with we"
13(31)1 love you eo tench! 'I, was evazy
when.I thought lie ..130(1. •thrned -front
1130, I know it 'pow so well:since tinge, !
1 11 00111111.111110.1 1. I
-,„ . I
iast fen. hours, since last night „. t
I have never Icist ,my place in hitt'
heart,. 'Forgive ine, and 1t. 1110 atone
for what I 'have .donci."'. , . •
"No, Hortense; it, iS bid ter 501 bet-
ter that We 11.11 00 Ill end this 'quickly."
•
•,1. Wm not:. Do not reindse .111e,
Lucie; I have so much for yoa ti)
forgive ..• Do not be so terribly
herd," 'She. drew the girl down 00
the little sofa.. • "-I Will entreat yOur
perdon for everything now mat here;
I will not sPare myself anything!
I have taugli t. you tot be diseent en fed
n• tit the 'modest lot yott had thence.
dragginkyou. &Mut the world, and
prevented you from 'doing .yeur duty
to your dying. sister. Vergive me,
/mete, Revel, )(pew till noW,what
love mut peace ineant:". She press -
NI the tnilti little hand humbly to her
mouth and looked tip with streaming
• : "IforgiVe lee, and 0110W
we have made up everything by stay-
ing with lts,"
'I have nothing to forgive, lIor-
tense; do not nhame • me by. making
me out tt creature entirely Without
will of nly Own, I Was not a child,
aud for what did' and
where r Sailed , alone
am to blame, And let me
thank you, too," she continned, (18
Iforteilse wanted • to speak; "you
11000 taught me to know inuth thet
is beautiful and grand; the remeth-
become of it and of yott .tvilI aIwaYs
make me happy. Let me go, Hor-
tense. 1 will—X must!"
' "The master begs that the ladies
will 00/110 11) him," said a servant
at the door.
Lucie took up her gloVes, She
looked at Hortense. "Come," she
said, "X want to thank your hus-
band, too."
Ite lay on the nota in his Motu,
1118 nrin bound up. A little table
with a enrage of watee, flomp brok.
Ott leo, and all the little neee88arleo
needed at such time; stood bestde
'him, Itorttiese wall«.d up to him In
silence, and- kneeling down by 'him
said, in a. nobbing voice:
"She Will go, Waldemar; she will
not forgive me,"
With a grave look he had stretch.
out his hand with a paper 10 it
to 1)10 girt,
"Rea, Vraulein Walter;
gram has just .come."
lawie shuddered,
011, heavens! I had not the coar-
ago to sPettk of it yesterdnY• nave
you news? ITow is the baron?"
lIortenoe looked inquiringly front
One to the •other.
"Your grandfather ia ill; it lo not
dangerous; he has had a :slight
.streke," lto eXplainsd„ as he smooth-
ed tenderly her pale .cheeks. "And
now he wants to beg Lucie from
you. Mademoiselle implores her to
come; she eau not stand it any long-
er alone with the vld itian, though
he is. not Much worse than usual,"
and turning to the girl, he said:
"Will you do this, 1 0010?" '
She stood and looked out of the
whitlow with tired eyes. It was,
utter- an, a matter of sigh perfect
indifferenee to her Where she 'should
stele' her days. A inomenterg
thought of Adler. passed through her
Mind, Rut what had she TiOW to do
with hint?
"Oh, yes, willingly, If 1 can be of
Mae," she Said,
•. "Lucie, stay here," sobbed Hor-
tense. "Lucie, I 'entreat you."
She lookedatt, the youeg wife, who
was -still kneeling by her husband,
clinging to his Unhurt arm, What
vas there dor her to do here? -.She
shook her head softly.
' "Let me go; .11 is—" . , -•
dIfyoo would rather stay here,
Lucie," he began, cordially, "belie -de
tit you will always be a, welcome
nienther of the family. - Granditepa
can surely find another conipenion.",
•'No, no! I thank t•ou; • 1 Witi go
•to Ilehenberg." •
"I do not know but what I ought
to scold you," he said, in a grave,.
kind tone. ."Elow you did. frighten
:Poor little wife. But i•must for, -
give you, Lucie, for but .for • thin
- fright I Might aot. have known yet
1tOW.Ill11011 loyed Me." , • .
elle:took-his orferect:•hand, • • ,
"I mild not do. otherwise," • she
se id:. and ft deep blush. Mantled her
cheeke. d"lottrewell, herr 'Weber; get
well' as 0000 .0.8 possible, 'Tortoise,
I most ge neW, - • -
"What, walk?" Ile cried, "No, ire --
deed! Please •ring, Hortense."
• The yeimg•wife walked witIl. hest-
-titling steps to•the, bell,, then follow-
ed Lucio into .her 'room.
"1 ,hs'l 1 haved.been so had -ego
'very, very :bad,": she whispered.. .
Vorteese? See, I could stay
here. •Ism have invited Inc most
- cordially. That I gels my own do-
ingt: , • She . swalloweci.
down. her tears .with a geeat edert..'
things—will You send them' Ord
ter nie?' .1)0 n.ot • get ill, .11orlens0;
yOu leok- so white. If yeti ever heed
THE CLINTON,114WS-RWIORD
the tele-
1110-'41; Might b6=y0p..laloW,
come:. can yoadorgive oie that .I ---
It Was Only the Ngieh to b..e of use
toSLoINIaa
... 11.eadi.:IpartlY• .
cl-ni00.- the
stairs; tile carriage Wee at the door
-rest Ito se , 0110 soh 10.11. haddbrotigh t
here 'here, :liorteitde• Said no more;
she, "-had te 111.48:,Ifer. lips .,together
tightly that the,seevantS -should not
hear hee soba. . . , . _
'I *'titi reke gond care •of yoer
grandlather,",• Said -
Mg. dent et the , carriage. .lo.
I lortense '•10 it 11 her .. :White lace,'
Once again thog •instssed latieth
Mouth,: eltAlied hands, -thee the lung.
ses'.startetl,. and the* Carriage
throtigh the .clark. • •• .
Hortense turned,: fled upstairs, and
Wept upon her husband's, wick as if
she would; •ntorer ceatte- ilwL how
sweet to wedP .d.:dort'dw .1011031
0110 iti; sere of. possessingda great
happiness:
. .
Lucie did • not weep am. she Ives'
earried :on'. through -Ow darkening
erehino. There was. ilot in tile 43
usirld •a• single...heart, yowl: she
.could- -seep-7,-11CA 00e.,
•
•latele• :arrived at. liohenberg. the!
"'next- morning. ••• A light:: autiotinal.
mist It.ttng over the' ..landocepe,..ven-'
ing the towers and hon -ties . of the
(0401), , Pita . had -no heart -boa t
.when the train stoptied ht. the:tit tie'
-atation. as she •had..had . that 'other
gime when. ,she 'thought nhe Wits juts,*
-teeing to -the butipiness of. her• life,
nor ,Yeithe. peinfti 1 feeling- she had
her • second arrival there: •She
510011 .getetmidtired at the door • Of
tr,o carriage,' and.htinded.,Pider; 'Who.
• greet ed ••her • ts'itIia friendly '19(115, her:
Ibttill traveling beg. -They.lad -tele-.
ga vitt:led froni • Wo tt ersdoef'•that she;
was coming, ••That.,fat gra.s home and
:Ont„-landaii.stopped hefote-the' stag
dticin;..She 'got 11 and drove throtigh
the .Streets 141 the stitInees,.of,•the
•. early :Moyne-lg. . • -• ••.
• The 'Fran *Counselor. Adler. was 'jest
• Shaklee" .cluster -out of Cleat indow,;
:andretognized, With. surpriee, the
welldknodn pale. .fece, in •the. -car-
rittge. • • - • .•, .
"There, new," • she" Mena:bled- to
, lie,reelft . "end 1101.1.' She lo herd agstin," -
gegvg,,1*(1•1:tapk. with it look 'of atte••
• Make Me UMW visit tO the Oleg man,
Et slight ilgtire in black disappeared
behind the portiere of the opposite
door. Ire looked, after her without -
recognizing her.
"Doctor, there are still angels in
the world, A. little one has come to•
take care. of Me. I ant no thankfelt
Poor child! A poor pleasure to take
eare of a intAf-dead fellow,"
Adler's face ha n gloomy express
Edon. "How do you' feel?" he then
aaked, seating hinIself in his usual
manner, and beginning his examina-
tion of his Patient.
Lucie stood in her -old roOtri and
looked about her. Nothing WilS
al-
terod. There was the quiet little
garden beneath the' Windows; the
yellow silk ettrtahls of her bed en.n.,
opy seemed to be in exactly the s0m0
.folcis • as before. On the bureau,
however, stood a bonquet of dahlias
and asters, and a few late roses.
that seemed crowded among thern,
APParentlY _mademoiselle liadput
thena there.
A feeling of utter • weariness came
over her after her two sleepless
nights; she lay down on the bed and
Id ll in a heavy sleep. But it did not
refresh her as it generally did after
any great fatigue. • She woke up feel-
ing exhausted,' dried her 'clatap fore-
head, and began the daily task she
had set .herself. She was soon :en-
grossed in -her now duties; they were
not too Much .10k her,•but they re-,
(mired endless patience, especially by
the. ei014 man, .whose speech she atone
could enderstand rightly. -And' now
the aro. followed each oter in a
dull uoiformity; each 1101.10 Feeineci
exactly like the Other;: her life ran
on like a woutu.t-up clock, -It is
hard when a young life longs for
sleep to be, able to forget the
day which . only brings. it 1vor11
and sadness, whet' it wakes in the
inorning only:O.:take up again the
hurden 01 gloom; end looks out upon
the golden. sunshine With eyes as
dull as if looking into a gray sky.
. "Another days—would it were over!
ltlitit shall / de in the world? What
do I live for?". •• ••
Each morning Lucie stood :befere
the glass and Wound her tight braids
into1.1.knot, and each morning she
Went down to the old baron • and
' asked how 'he. had slept, -and • then
read the -Papers to .hifn. And each
meriting 'mademoiselle Would sign
to her. to come into her -room, and
would then talk to her and retail ev-
ery little occurrence -•in- the torn,
And hi the afternoon. they sat'o•Ppo-
pi te 'each. other in the -large, coot
dining-rdoM,-. and lPeter brought .the
soup, to which .• Lucie- helped,and
'then the roast Which she carved, .Ev•-
:ery afternoon the carriage was at
thedoor at the same Ilene,. and the •
ladies drove far .exactly 'en inter and•
holf by .the clock-.--alWaye • • the.
snipe way out tet t,lict • WasSeethor.
Madetndiselle never,- •went in. any.
other direction;' oh _that side there'
.Was no ,railroadd to Pose., • ; and to.
.cross the track ..idwass. loaded :her •
deerVinis. • The' fat gray."..horee . lam*
. exactly the oprit to- turii-he always'
; hituself 'without the slightest
• hint, from the ceitchmanand he
. trotted home at a- little: quicker pace
than 'he had. come . away trent it..
. Then came tife.inoSt dreaded.,time of
,A11,thetime was..01one,lipstairs.•
• itt ,her room. - Lucie WealdSit there:.
hours at a time. without- ,intiving.
•The little hands that used 'CO be • so •
misy by; her iverk-table new lay .tit-
. .
gd. inher • lap: her -eyes •looked out at
• the.quiet little garchet; but without
seeing anything dtgometintes she
brought •up sopie. books: trtting. to
-rend herself into forgetfulness;. but
she seemed unfortunate•in.her choice-
• —everything. that .read seemed
depress bor.... :81)0 togkoa ..airer •
'Manfredtd.• Lunt thechill despoil'
the hero. had given; her it ...sleepiess'.
eight,. Another-- time she had. taken
• up -Chapitese'.e poems, and sonic Ver -
bit•
. see gthent hroaglit beiore.her •the'
. piettire of a modest itttle house•berted•
ing in dthe evenieggatinfight, -se- that
Peradis0,. that she had lost, 1OSt. for- .
ever. through, her 'Own.. Malt, She
threw the book on 'the table and dam
'ont bite the. :garden; .trying to Pula -
ter her painful- thoughts.' •.
. .
• • She found,.lereeifstanding. again
•.1.1:d the garden .-wall.' anct-noticed list-.
tainches-..of, purple grill/PSI
that:. peepingoVerdthe..
.from the •neighbOrIng• garden. .Tbely..
swegtod,and :nodded 'to .'her•in the
. we• not istiftW 3011.'(0(1 -blonde _maid,
doled: rte.. they •Weald •OttY, "Shall
•. en? -Did you not, .only last year sit
.• 'the bench 111 our • arboo ..With•yotir •
loVer? Then we could"not seo. over
t-hedt%11, gt`e onlY 14110W...the- little,.
..gerden over there. • Why •are'yeti '1
dhere„ ,and. no alooe?" •• -.•• •• f
And then she. went.,66 ait•hurriedig
; as if it, mere:fel- it -ad mm
Wager; 1)40(1 1110111-
ory brovight bit011 everydword,•every
look as she had sat 'there" with him;
.a.nd the presentapenied to say . to
:her, "ft .is all agetd.tinother, waits
'for .111M there." • 14. •wati fright ful to
• think she had losthimthrough her
• own .fault, and. that 1)01.0(1.0( 1,1)10 '•to
•• forget her, 'and so :soon :•-•g•• that Was.
.••to ler the hardest OP 011. yet'
8.11.0.h(14 /10 right to teproaelr WM, no
• ..
lecleedt • • • .• • • • ••
I
t •votly by liim. reatileg the papers
or talking to itim, or listening to
him as he would tell anecdotes, of
his aetive life, in the broken matinee
caused by his illness, lie told her of
things that had happened before
her time. She learnedfrom
thein that 'there Wed always
troub1e. aud sorrow in the world,
and that they had .the hardest. lot
toou.,iblettlarulltylo soliered through their
Mademoiselle and Lucie dined alone
10 the large dining-rooM. Those
were painful silent. meals; why speak.
of them? Except Dr.• Adler, no
stranger mute to t•he house; and he•
had istelarkably little tinw, .and
no news. The old -Major vole Scheak
had been ill for several weeks. And
When once mademoiselle had been to
see Fraulein Dettchen, and Was tel-
ling abotit it on her return, Lucie
changed color at the mere mention,
aed kept her head down for fear she
would, a,da, "So the engagement is
announeed.'''
She ifiloW she must hear it same
day, 0.041 she had confusect feelings
as to what -would happett. to her if
she did; i1 seemed to her she should
not 130 able to liVeany longer,
•They were sitting at dinner one
gloomy November :day; outside the
clouds were dark .and heavy" a few
large snow-filakes were tumbling
down in -the air, and lay like stars
against the window -panes. .The hittI
Freneh woman evenspoke but little
to -clay; - the -leg of mutton, Which
Peter Was sc!rving with green. beans,
-took her whole. ettention. • They
were, in her opinion, almost as go -0d
as these at iler home in her beauti
ful• France.
' At 'last , she wiped her mouth, laid.
he'1:;.nePielc!.11Wityou 7400
-ttl- 1%)avt
4nd fanskle?d4
1.te
Will...volt -take coffee with me? I °X -
Peet a, visitor." . • •
The _girl's eyeecame bark from
• •far • corner .and 'fastened. them-
selves -with astonishment on the ol41-
. ladt"s•gotind face: " •
"A visitor?"•„•.
dyes; why. not? Yee- see, Lucie,
really had ..-to ingite Pratt1e-1n
Dettehem she is always asking me
to soniething-ceiree, c1(15e, or. 11313100-
0.110, I. and'a tittle nervous; entre
nous,. :always a little before this
• evenement, hut; What can •I do? At
• first', Indeed,.I. wanted to. invite her•
for the eveningto tea With the do.
-tor—pf Course then I Should not
..hava troubled you; but jest think, •
-he .declined, andshethe.•.German
littliep are odd, 'at "least thiO'kind—
site would rather she said,' come to
a sociable. c.up cif coffee. She • does
pot. like• to go out bit- evening,.
• 'elm said; She, cap not stand ft. • wen,
was there yesterday, and invited
her fer te4.1ay,:,and site has • accept..
-ell, but -regrettedat.the same time
that she contd. not .stay long, . •fpr
ahe 111)4(1 to 4,k) to'.her•sister-hdlady's
. to ' see 'ErableinT Santa 'in•.her
• enct.then anust. go home:. as
•her nephew: too ISgoing de the ball.
•1 believe 5011143 (11131) •has itS aunlyer-'
-sexy. bitil::•.011, Wed, that will:suit nie,
• verg,. Well. Will .y(iti cOnie, little. One.
0.b,, you • win be doing inc a :great
favor, " • and .0e • 1 gicht. hesitated. and
Netts ejlent, addedt•'1 know
'Out/MR ' 'DO .1:4 ploased;'
she' nevelt saga.' attyt hit* bIlt n hat is
nice alient
.1 incle .1131t1 -.nt seen -theddjully
Indy sitice•that: lust morning In the
Mother-in-law's hobse,. and a .lougg
•ing seized her to see that loving.face
11A.'a4In'
.allwihl illtow. ma," she paid,.
• • •..
. half againet her. will come."
"Charinanti Very dwell,: at lour
o'cleek. . I bvil1 take. a . nap Until
then d -feet fright:Sung. - • •
Tri: fact .nutdeothoiselle•hid 0)0 0.1.031
behind.. •.Iter .n1111111) little handd. AS
• Peter brought in the dessert, •Ine.
•-stend • id otid-Cd: her filverite-pild-;
..•
' :She50.01' only- a3lp1es7 and. emne :
of tee'•eleall the,.cookdalwayS-
" kept•a tro hex for -suclgoccasions,
She imperceptibly shrugged ler 0110311-
( P20, and: reaching out her hued- to
Lacie• in passing ettid„ !tAti •reyoir,"
:and tripped out ef the room, •
dltecie had taken a letter from, the •
s011/1111L11. 10(1.0Hort onset 'but.
she .couldber:ininu to:
voile 11 at egcg• ,s,t11; kOas .huVing ane
•
her rtleSt dtigs-; • As, she had
.heen.!, Sitting- • 1)101. the.
1titrotga . beditide and' 1111 had ..been:
centildninhig • - of egestial _exlitinetiond'
•3tr:. Adler Itad come: le without, :Ita
being Possible fer.iwe'tO 'eOcepe, • Ife
had to • her, looked - itt• her for
•inotnent, and thert ult•erlY
.her 31 l'0001)(10, had occupied hinutell
with Itis-patientd..A. feeling that, had
of dellartee In it had Made
her • *keep her 111 144)0 for W few' Minutes
ear .the. letrords a rie-ch ai r ; but "Ny 11 en -
he. after a • few questiOns..aboot the.
-old gentleman's health ; bep•a a • te
slieak ettgeriy, /11)011 501110 Ordinance
-passed ono. thou •tiootto ,to
dosermit .sont.e. proiecit ••ceiteernitur the'
n0,..„11(1l: W1E1'1;11 1(.(1 11 fly 0t1 the' C111%-
;
tele w It h her cloth. "Useless thing!
wifet (foes. Nvant Frau
Ilort 0050' has prOttabit' found Mil by
this -Lime died 0 -burden. she.' hits.
taken .31p041 herself and Ian;
'with 1.1tio friendship," * •
At the -door of the Meerfehlt •lionse
stood mademoiselle. with.. outstretch-
ed arms, •
"Oh, miels bonhetir, Lueit.C.' .5110
cried. • •, nflocl bless you! •It wan
absolutentent. impossible to stand it
any •Ionger here."
Hie pressed the slight term 'to her.
and •earesningly led the girt to 'her
room, .She 'At areely let her . ((peak;
the whole history of the •bnroiCs suf.
fering•s. the dreadful shock ',Alien they
lona .hint unconscious. his Ills of .
rege n•hen he could not melte.
self miderstood!--all was pont... sin
11 ceMieless street), into Lucien> ear,
While she wit I) (at 1, • tile 14143 51 appe-
tite sat before the steaming cogee,
and held her ham:Wert:bid 10 i;iur
throbbing temples, -
"The night fOlirileY, 1110 petite. Oh,
yrs, of eourse that one a head-
ache. Prow is *liortense? oh, 1 can
.0 Imagine flow heart -broken . she
10 . 1 your tenting 11.11,0,4-, 1:0 not
scold me tor begging- Yoe to come.
to US tot a sister of charity, to be
att angel of comfort 44 us. You
have such it way with you, so gentle
tied sweet, and I AM 00 &WI:Ward;
I ran not turn and beret, and stoop
down. Come—the baron is waiting
for you most intnatiently."
ramie went' acrosS to tilt old gen-
tleinen; he was lying in Ai, movable
arm-rhair.
"tattle, tny child," he said, buns-,
tinetly,' "will you stay with us? X
have become an old cripple. Thank
you, Tatele;" he dreW her lutnd to
his line in a courteous manner.
"Thankful," be :stammered, "thank,,
ful to the gravel"
She seated herself by him mid 'told
hilw about Hortense—how happy
she was, and Of her beautiful home;
about her husband, and how devoted
he was to her,
flue Mini it splendid man,"
said the old baron, and a'ray a
hiopiness show,out of hIs eyes.
As -I/r, Adler entered tho room
; And' still it 'was anger and.pain-to-
gether that made her spring up atul
dart front the old 'DUMPS sidewhen
nlict.heard bis steps in the half. And
then again she ,would spend hours
picturing to her ,self how she would
beg for frirgivehees, arid he wopld
'put out his hand to her and se*,
"CO, us forget it ail; Lucie. I lave••
You as much as ever." Then Abe
would scold • herself and 'try' to 'emit-
: fort her poor heart with pride,. and.
try to lustily herself; but it was sci
Weak and. batteredhatl beertill'e so
Small and intinble • that that ,old way
of keeping up a heart • that, was full,
of sorrow And regret would not, ii.erve
her any longer.,
nortense wrote '.often; theywere
ehert, unfinished letterfn alwitys beg-
gieg . for forgivetiess, and eakieg
abOtit the condition ot the patient,
11 v%.1;.01ttetidWproltrefronlniatat (nhei otri. ItAtei;(:attdt
-through the ordinary.lines ncareful,
• y concealed happiness would steal..
Why not, 13ortentat coaress it
openly to her? Ind she fear te
her, the lonely ono? Ali, she knew
so wen What a dazzling roy or light
had mede RS entry Into Wottersdorn
' Might God protect,. it! She felt her-
self doubly poor after such letters, In
the whole wide world there was no-
thing More 'for her to fix her long-
.ing thoughts upon in hope or Secret
happiness.
CHAPTER .XX
September patieed stid and still,
then OctOber was ("Ver. November
, came, •The fires hut'ned in the porce-
lain stoves, anti the dining -room was
so dark that one ot the lights in the
chandelier had to he lighted for din-
ner. Atacientoiselle put lier feet 111.3011
the fender and wore a red 41)10 v1 bt
which she wrapped herself like ad
tsriebaronlnlatl:rarely left, his bed;
1.04441 always void. Lucie. sat ;IAA
, building of an hospital, she rose
.elowly and walked out. .She could.
still hear; stiy; "And ,Will net
reSt , until I have . peeved, to them
that 1110441)01 offered to theni by the
town An the moo1 unhealthy in, '. the
Whele district.'"••' • •' '
"It Is .all .over," she gent to her..
. sot, . .
• Again to -day , "All is. testi'''. •and'
• she shuddered as ,ehe recalled ; his
cool, incliftet•eitt look. She took' OP
her shawl,. .•that was lettiging • over
the , arm, 'of the chair, UIt&L went, hp'.
•atairs ,again; She had fpr the Ino.
taunt hothing. Mor13 c10 clown here;
the (ild baron' always. rented • Until
five o'clock. • • . •
Rut upstairs;teo, she had *nothing
to do, indeed hardly anything in the
whelp World; she was so,superllu;
outt-nsrt entirely superflaims. She
sat' by the stove in 'the twilight On
a -wooden chest that llortense had
had made from a Renaissance model,
and that. had been left heee because
it did not suit tho roceco stale •of
Wottersdorf,, and as she sat 4)03 80.400
gloomy thoughts coursed through
,her, brain.
"T have become -rettllY bad," she,
said half aloud to herself. "Aline
one of those tiatnres that. unhappi-
ness ituttitters. Well, if 1 ant to be
gOod I must be better treated, I do,
not believe 1 can ever love any ono
again. I do not seem capable et any
good feelings." •
She began to think of all who had
been deer to her. Ilortiitise? • What
was she to her now? The tired old
man beloW? lie Witg a; Wolin -out
rope that still held her little boat
• safe harbor &fore it Was driven
out into the waves and storm ot
life. Ilut this still, smooth water
oppressed 'her more dreadfully thatt
the storm which awaited her with-
out. George? She shrugged her
shoulders. George Was glad to be
ridof this burden; what was: the sis-
ter of his dead.wife to him? Ile had
net the slightest interest in her; that
lie had proved plainly, abundantly.
He had never even asked after her,
I looked the Vrk-
tabbe for hercrochet, Work, then
-smoothed her hair ,ith her little
tortnisa-sliell mut; she stoodbo the
glasei but did not leek in it. As she
.0he was in the act of going, down
she thought of Ilortensent letter. She
drew it with a quick movement out
of her pocket, stepped op to the win-
dow, and began to read.
"14y dear little Lucie,—You are
more and more miserly with your
/Otters, and do not give Me a Single
loving, cordial word. X am feeling
anxious. You may be ill, or yon
may not like being .there, now that,
gremdpapa, is better again. But you
kaow how welcome you will be here
at any time; and tben—I ant telling
tales out of school—we bed another
plan for you, Waldemar thinks you
would just putt ,his mother, oral
might have very happy life with
her as a petted, adopted daughter.
This idea has made me very haimy.
You know, Lucie, how I suffer at
the thought of You not lu'ing JIMMY -
"1 belive, too, Lucie, that mamma,
would pro'vide for you after her
death; for if the Webers once love
they never change, they are seat
true, faithful people. iiave• I al-
ready told you that Waldemar has
een t papa to .1 tungary to an estate
that belongs to my mother-in-law?
lie is to be a sort of inspeotor there.
May he only stay there. I can not
deny that I am worried a,bout 11110;
but Waldemar says papa, knows this
is his test • eliance, Another piece of
news, Lucie., Can you guess what,
my husband's .birthday gift to tne
Was? •
"You would never guess. Ile haii
bought back Dillendorit He surprised
me with the deed,. whieh he put in
a bunch Of rone.s. You kuow,
I do not often erY, but I sobbed on
his neck for very happiness. All,
Lucie, let me speak,out for once, let
Inc put it on paper that I have found
the best husband in the world.
"I pray God every day. that . you
mity have the same Itappiness, Do
you look with surprise at the Spoto
on the paper? Lucie, they are tears
of joy, --forgive me that I give way
BO. I•heve. a request •1‘,0 make of
:;yeti. In my bedroom. in: the. vinird-
robe, on the lowest'slielf, is a little
trunk 1111880-1 loather. 1.1 contains
the first little. clothes' I wore. Mann,
ina Made thein for Me herself, I
want. to have them. Do you guess,
Lucie? Alt; you cart not. thiak hoW
happy we are!. Farewell. hone
1•Ve shall see each other 4.0bristmas,
Waldemar has promised Inc the. jour-
ney. . How glad shall '
"I ndot close. ' •Wo, expect-. geests•
this evening, So lave ali sorts of
things to do. • Waldeniar seeds a,
greeting, as 'does your
'• • ."1-fortense." •
, • Lucie crushed the 'Pallor her
hand. . She laid her head against the
Wind:Ow-ponce and loctked out.. The
Inst rays. Of daylight lay ever the
little garden, .the .snonn-fiakes Were
tumblitig Softly •glowe,. a.' flock of
rooks ilete, back -with Iiintrse cries -to
.their netits• in t•Int. Watch-toWert
.• , • • • .. g
girl's -.veins; . tg•beirgar • feel
As he loaks, from ,the. windy
Street, inte a' .d.Vaeni,• comfortable
rotind Cho no, :he might' have So.ofe
-other sonI•te lieng.er 0.011 suffer with
'•1111.0; She was: alone,• quite alone!' .•
• -With • :these bit•tet...• thorighist she "
:Vont The' lathe - waii • .
.not•yet., lighted • "in -inademotstale's,
- •
from :the .son -sounded • Tante
Thetielion's familiar Vbicis•
":Ves; Sister -in -/ate: thinks•they
understand 'each_ Other: he•i`a so, re-
SerVed and so ',a6sOrbeci. in his nre-
fesSion, We do not kneW .certainly;
•••'bittdthis evening ", .•,
• :She •stoPped:. it seemed to.her' that •
. she heard a faint erg', ••• • • . '
- "What was-.1.1att?" she .aSked.: :
."Alid• it is - Lucie," sounded
_the 'voice of the .Prelich woman, "I
, , .
ditto Mecca fiiiit9 given .-.119P,e.i.1 •
.Q1. seeing. you:- - •Ile cl0 ••
. dark - here; :-.Fratileia. „Adler . did :... 'net .•
Want the lamps et.•. .„- ,.•. • .
' ooci-eve leg" d. e gen tl ewe--
• reande'voice, fled Liteit.t, hod .
(.10111p.-oyer•to the,. table, hilt 'Iter hand
nIttOpecl., nitow are nett; Lawrie?"
'fi`haok You,. .Vern . '
- .'a • • ,lifeless ' tone,
'She -sat. clown by Tante Alettelten,
:arid looked -out of •the wtraloW.: .and.
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•
REVIEW OF THE WAR.
A brief glance at the chief events
:since hostilities' commerteed up to
the present, 18 given in the following
cht•onologival history:
101111.
10--Kruger'a ultimatuni.
Oct.
Beitish.
Oct.. 1 2-11(aws invade Natal.
Oct, 113-11ritish fall beck on Lady,
smith; '
Oet, 5-liullee clesPatched. to seat.
-of war. • • . •
. •
Oct. 20--81ege•of begtin.
• .()et•. 01 Lady:ninth begun.
Oct. 80-Doe1s •eapture sortie party .
• et 870 at Ladysinith. • .• ' '
.„ Get. 817-11ritioh victorY at Elands-
' 1ffNagotve.: .6;talioers Abell lIaleking:
• .
g Nov,' 26 -Battle of Mockler
• Pee. 10-Gatitere lett 1,060 . Mend
-at atinOrtgonleild , • :• •
• Dec:- 11 -General ' WauchoPe
at Spviontein; ••• 'd • .
•
'WOULD ARBITRATE:
spee..17 Seftleinrist of Coal •••trike stes ne
desetz. or . ilrenftteut lloivAeveit'a
, -1.exisrs-fo Plitt,: • '
New y'erk, 1utje fn. -Speedy Settle- •
nietit of the an th rac I t e coal- 86' i k e
may be 'theoitteonie if conference's
now going on in Washington between
President ltoosevelt and . fdenator
Hanna,to which. Carroll D.•Wrightd
the Conititissioffer 'or Italioe, •1)0
'made 11. pat ty upon .his return front..
assachusttts, in response to a sum-
mons from the 'White noes(' • • •
• The "President. liite 'received inforin-
,ation that Alta railroads controlled -
..hy .1, Pierpotit' Morgan' are disposed •
'to meet tile .atrikers half Way,' but
:that they aredeterred by tht 'Van-
deelnit interests iit the. Delaware and
lIttdsen end latekawnnna,• •who op-
pose all concessions.
I.nven t)0 -five thousand mi ne.rs are
now on :strike bit 111(1 bituminous nettle
.of Virginia and West Virginia. Riot. i
frig occurred at Keystone,: in thd •
latter State, .Sittarday, In witieli a,
Mine boss was kilitd, • , • •
Gains Were ltiade by the anthracite
Irtinern in Pennsylvania. • .
At the end of the fourth 'week Of
the anthracite the losses nee estintat.
pd as follows; Loss to miners in
wages, 55,185,000; loss to operators
in price of• Coal :(norinel), 810,408,-
000; loss to business Men 141. the coal
region, $8,200,000; loss to employes
other than ntittern, 81,206.'000; esti.
region to businesn interests,
nutted gonad! loss °Mania Af,o(onont,I.
000; tcital, 821,000,000,
. . .Oft. 1 OM 114414 MI fi
ritliltingtp11, W. V, atill6 0. -Ad.
'rives front varioes pointo aleng. the
Norfolk and Western Railroad Sat-
urday ftre 10 111e effeet that almost.
evol'Y Soft coal mine along the line.is
tied urt, (he generallY obeying
the st,'Ike order. Something like tea-.
thoustital men are o..t in that field.
•
'3 51,11114' f
Will<08-110rre, .JuttriPINkeite, Plerpont
Morgan was hong 141 efilgy site of
the streets or Mouth Wilkts-Ilitei
11 crowd of men end inn,0 SitittrXilty
morning. The day marked thn end
of the foitrth week of the strike, and
1103 111 10014 Mid their entployet•s are
farther apart than ever.
liaosOit "WO 31h
Ili0111reil1, .1 une 6.-1'110rva1d flan»
stn, the murderer of little Frit 1111-
14,ttl lit Weottnottilt, must ea, late hi.
Crilile upon the scaffold on Fritlat•
mottling of next wcelc.
• • 6.61.1.1.11
Frost is reported to have done eon-
sideralile damage in Hamilton and
London districts.
dif Tugela, Diller •
defeated with 1e50 'of 1;00e: men and
eleven g11e8, • .
Dee. I 5,-Lotil. Itoberts ordered to
. ,
Dec, -tn-Lortl Roberts taken cont. •
mend .01..1150,0.00 inen,
. • • f.1111/.
Jan, 25-S.p1ort;1op abandoned by
'Feb: 1.5-FlIdtch relictves HiMbeig
:March, Id-Illoeinfonlein. stag
to. Ilobeids. • • '
27-jo'ttbei.t. dies.
1114 18 -Relief • of . llTateking,
.114110 5-P1'etori4 surrenders.
J . Prinsloo. sur
dors' 3,318 mot, • ' , • , •
8f:ipn127
: 1 711.-,IfIfi'ix.1
v41".f,fiei
l.tf.flcIli(lielitxe..d..K. rog
81(er
. takes.. emit -nand
Dec: 1 2-.LI.,ord Ifulierta start,
'E1
Ig1
"(1',
. • • •• •
Feb. 13-111odderfontein coaptured by
Deers. • . . " • ' • •,;
Feb.. 6-30,000. eel n f oreements. leaVe
• •
Fitglanti. . .
• April 1 0--Neirotiatiens.'for peace by
45(n)I1111)ay: nri,,4)1ttoi.tuar's supply .trait'
ealliTtafyff.ff2(10-bypell;(0u?e7,•clestrCys' SeVenth
Yeomanry. • •
,Iie 12-200 Vleterie, Rifle
ms cap-
tured. .
June :20-Seliallt.burger and Steyn,
• insue procjanattleu. • . ••
Aug. t flamer issuce ,preclania. •
ticsitii,potf • ilta7liscilli,illigntitits.
"etfgteitl.re("1-,' ItItutittl
oviy, acoalpnepanies
Nov, '1 -II/415ml loses twenty -
officers anti 211 tnen.
ie
loY, Wes aseatilted and 01,1).(el by two
men late Saturday afttrimon, and
istylelleleiti,`(10.11, and he
'Harlots, a fernier •tut1 Berke -
tout destroys his commingl,
ilutitsv i Ile .1' 11110 P..,..-jrcont
by Delarey's forces. •
("opted by lloces, •
March at -Canadian., repulse attack
May 31--ileers surrender.
April 1 1--Inmee tenet; reported ac -
March 8-11elarey eaptures Mc.thuert
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.1411011 ahits111.1etndls.Tew,Tettibervei:
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