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Exeter Advocate, 1909-12-16, Page 2ha to Lile aiid Love ; OR, WAITING THROUGH WEARY YEARS. Il CHAPTER X.—(Cont'd) They called her mad. Her mania • was harmless enough, but they were afraid of her. Mad people were very uncertain. Sometimes they brol.o out very dangerously, or fatally, and cut throats, and set houses on fire. And so they cast about for some means of securing this wotnan who told them that she was helped every day in her work h% her spirit child. 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 her to pri- son, for she had committed no of- fence. So they cast 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 :Air - 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- 'fhe letter was answered by Ish- Ho 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. Ile told the Bergers nothing of her trial at Pine Cliffs, hut he called himself n friend. and asked to tree her. She was sent iii to hila. The meeting between Marie and the benefactor who had saved her life, was very affecting. Mari, 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- rtiation--"i know you will think i am crazy, Mr. Worth, for indeed l should have thought so. two years ago. of any one who should'have tel 1 me such a thing of themseh-cs, but indeed I ani not crazy, Mr. Worth. And I know that any child ii now a maiden benutiful and sf r•eng, who lives in the spirit v.orld, hut comes daily to help me t• ith my hard work in this!" "Have you ever seen her l" in- quired Mr. \forth, humoring her fancy. "No. never seen her hut 1 have Beard her sweet voice and felt her .oft hand. and more than all, I have perceived her presence through Tonne sense that 1 do not thyself understand and cannot therefore describe," she answered firrnit•. !shame] Worth did not dispute her words. Ile fell into deep thought. He was suffrcientl• inter- ested in this cage to consent to re- main twenty-four hours in (he farin house to attend to it. Later on the sante evening. while Marie Serafinne was in the kitchen preparitlg supper, he had an inter - %spur toith 31 r. and Mrs. Berger. in their (oilmen sitting -froom. ile told thew that their young friend way probably a s.'iunaruhttlist who aid not understand her own case, a ('onrliti.tn which would accetntt. rationally for everything that was otherwise itiexplicalde in her case: that her mind was certainly in an abnormal condition and that she required special medical treatment. Ile would recommend her removal to the "(food Samaritan :layiunt for the Insane." and would himself ,ntdertake to persuade her to go there, where also, he would cheer- fully defray All the expense' of ucr t rent merit. And thus it w -as arranged through the benevolence of Ishmael Werth. that peer Marie Serafinne entered 0.4 a fir't elasA patient the fatuous 11.4 hull of the Good Samaritan. There was, however, a secret known to Ishmael Worth, regard- ing his poor protegee, that he did not care to confide either to the Berger family or to Marie Serafin- ne herself. For he could not tell the Berger family without bringing t.► light and exposing all Marie Ser- afinne's early sorrows and humili- ations; and he could nut tell Ma- rie herself without inflicting upon her bitter grief and regret. The secret was this—that her husband had turned up, six months after her departure from Pine Cliffs, where he heard with horror and amazement of her trial for the murder of her own infant child. He learned farther that though she had been acquitted by the jury, she had been actually driven from her native village by the force of public reprobation! He then sought far and wide for news of his lost wife, but found none. He at length went to Richmond to confer with the noble and hu- mane counsel who had gratuitously defended her. But Ishmael Worth was as much shocked are was Talbot himself at hearing of Marie's (light from Pine Cliffs. He could give no informa- tion of the fugitive; but he offered every assistance in his power to- wards tracing her. In the presence of the man strick- en with grief and remorse, Ishmael Worth forbore to express the de- testation he had felt for the heart- less desertion which had plunged the poor young wife into such un- utterable horrors. And soon he felt glad of his for- bearance, when Talbot, in a voice broken down by sorrow, explained the reason of his apparent abandon- ment of his wife. He had left her, he said, in a fit of boyish anger, because she refus- ed to leave her selfish and grasping old grandam, to go with hint to his own home in the city. But when he reached his hone his short lived anger was succeed- ed by compunctions and grief, and he wrote an affectionate letter to Marie. But he never got an answer to that letter, which of course was never received by Marie Serafinne. After waiting a week, he wrote a second letter; but before there was time to hope for an answer to that, he received a letter from Leeds, in England, suninining him to the death bed of his father, who was sinking to the grave with a linger- ing disease. He wrote a third let- ter, apprising his wife of the ne- cessity of his sudden voyage, and promising to return and claim her as soon as he possibly could get away. He went to England and to the city of Leeds, where his father was a wealthy manufacturer. He was detained there many weeks in attendance en the death bed of his only surviving parent, and even after having closed his father's eyes and laid Iii. holy in the grave, he was detained many (:reeks longer in settling up the vast e. trite to which lie was the sole heir. He had no taste for the business a: whieh his father had made n for- tune, so he sold it out to a good company, and with the proceeds of the sale he returned to this country a very wealthy nian, to invest his money and to claim his wife. The dreadful news of her trial for infanticide met and nearly killed him. In leaving her, he had not had the faintest suspicion that she %vas likely to become a mother. How overwhelming then was the horrible infnrniation that •.he had borne a child. and had been tried for its murder, and that she had fled from her native village, pursued by the reprobation of the whole corn- n:ttinty 1 '' ice here. 31r. \forth," he laid, in conclusion—"If you blame nie without measure. for all the woe my carelessness has caused, you will do right. Bat. if you think me now remorseless, look at my (lair. room. 1 ant twenty-three years ol(l. »hen In the corridor outside -se nut 1 came hack from the old country. i)r. Hamilton, who was hurrying i had not a gray hair in my head. toward us in considerable agita- Look at it now:" t inn. His hair was, indt•.l. half gray, "Have you seen Marie Serafinne and his face was that of a care- this morning :'" he hastily inquired. worn, grief bowed, middle aged "We hate just left her," answer - man: ed Ilr. Abbott. "I pity you from the bottom of ''How is she my heart. But we mu -i net lose our "Not quite so well this morning. time in idle regret t. \\ e must try A little excited. Thinks she has to find your nice, ' said ishmnael .had n fresh t.•mnutnication front Worth earnestly. her child." And they did t, . 1e find her. "Ah' nit: 1 am anrry :o hear They achertioel w icl.'Iy. offering that ' cepeeialty just now. The fact large rewards f.•r any ,information is. Mr. \Worth is de n• stairs, and respetting her. But Marie Sera- with him a stranger, who has come finite. buried in the lonely farm at see Marie Serafinne." ii'Ham, among the mountains '.f the '•,�'ltop'" said 1, breathlessly: "a northwest corner (,f Virginia. where stranger to see Marie St rafinne? ne traveller ever called and no tion dent mean to say that he is newspaper tact came. could not be -. he is ft and by adieitisrrnent. , '•Her missing husband ? Yes, �At length. Mr. Talbot started en a tour of search iu person. He began at Pine ('tiffs and traced her to 1\ enelnver, but there he lost the clue, and never found it again. At the end of three years he re- appeared at Mr. \Worth's office in Richmond. He had given up the search in despair, and was going t ) Italy ter try and divert his thoughts from remorse that was deranging his mind, by studying the different schools of art at Rouse. He took leave of Mr. Worth, and embarked by the next outward bound steamer. Since that, eleven years had passed, during which Ishmael Worth had heard nothing further from Talbot. He did not even knew H the artist was then living; and in fact. from Talbot's long silence. Mr. Worth rather in- clined to the belief that he was dead. Such was the explanation that Ishmael Worth gave to the physi- cian in charge of the asylum, at the time of his placing Marie Sera- finne under his care; but which he withheld from Marie herself, lest it should only bring her sorrow and regret, until he would, by writing to our consuls abroad, seek and find some definite news of Talbot's fate. CHAPTER XI. "And. this is all?" I inquired, as the doctor finished his story, "Yes; for she remains precisely in the same state in which she was when she entered the institution; and her circumstances and pros- pects are the sante. "Mr. Worth has written, I be- lieve, to every American minister and every consul in Europe, Asia, and Africa, without obtaining any news of the present whereabouts of the artist Talbot. He is still pnr- suing his investigations, but with little hope of success. The last heard of Talbot was, that he had spent a winter, eleven years ago, in Rona . and had left in the spring for a tour in Switzerland. There all trace of hits was lost." "But she is happy," 1 said, with a sigh of relief. "Yes; her hallucination makes her happy," he answered. It was after ten o'clock and I got up anis thanked I)r. Abbot for his story, and bade him good -night. 1 looked in at the nursery; on my way to my room, to see what had kept my cousin Nellie away from the drawing -room all the ev- ening. I found her still engaged with her teething baby, to whom the doctor was just administering some simple medicine. I bade them good -night also, and went on to my room to go to bed and dream of Marie Serafinne. The next morning every trace of the night -storm had disappeared. The sky was perfectly dear; the air keen and cold. It was good Christmas weather; and Christmas was drawing near. I joined the family at breakfast ; and after breakfast, at my own re- quest, I was permitted to 'flake a visit to Marie Serafinne, attended by young Doctor Abbott. We found Marie sitting by the ti indow of her room, looking out over the wintry sea. She silently extended her hands to us, and her face was so radi- ant with happiness, that the young doctor exclaimed: "Why. Marie, you look as if you were delighted to sec 118." "1 am. 1 have had much good news." "Ali! indeed! What news have you had, Mn rie, and who brought it to your inquired the doctor, humoring her, as if she had been a baby. Marie Serafrnne's voice sank to at low tone, as she answered: "My child brought ale the news. Before I was well awake this morn- ing, I heard her sweet voice close t) my ear. She said to me, '1)o you know you will be married soon I. I do.' " "So you are to be married, Ma - rid? It must be to rue, then, for I am the only young man who ever corner to see you. Are you going to mnrry rue, Marie'!" inquired the young doctor. She looked at him in grace sur- prise for a minute, and then an- swered. gently. "No, Ur. Abbott ; of course not. 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Worth and the stranger in conver- sotion with my cousin, Eleanor. Mr. Worth I had seen before, and se I greeted hint as an old ac- quaintance. He introduced his companion, Mr. Talbot. And I curtsied to a tall spare, grey-haired roan really but thirty- 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 1)r. Hamilton invited fir. Talbeet t„ walk up stairs with him, and they left the room together. Mr. Worth remained with us. So none of 118 saw the meeting between the long -severed husband and Wife. But we afterwards heard something about it. We heard that 1)r. Hamilton had left Mr. 'Talbot a;, the door of his wife's room, and that the artist had entere.l that room alone. 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