The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-03-10

Esther sat drawing.
MY Dearest said be. 81 know you
love me: | have come to ask you if you
will trust me-"
When told you loved you. had
from tia. moment answering uus, in
you
Then in few days you can be mine
Mother he continued, turning to Nine
Bernier, 6" have told you that my moth
sr, my family, with the pr,juiices of their
cast, would oppose ny marriage with Is,
thel-"
"Yes, hnt i; seems as if man Of TWEEN
| ty fonr might marry whom he pleased"
said Mme. Berner, :. az least in England
| know he NAV at twen,y-oae."
Exactly. that is what was going to
say. Here Esther cannot be my wife for
| a whole year, aud then net without vo-
eat oppositioa. Noa, mother, We will
go to England all three of Us /; there, in
Your own free country, she c&n become
my wife"
ITO be sure" cried Nine Beraiar, who
| had still at the bottom Of her heart an
tnplisb-womans contempt fer every thing
| French
g. But why no. wait year ~ said Es-
ther.
"Ah -! Esther. think YOU are little
coquet,e," said the count. pretending it
would be all the same to you, just to be
coaxed darling, If were to wait year
the opposition, if not the prohibltion
would be the sams"
When they find you are married, why
all opposition will be useless y exclaimed
| Nine. Beruier. Al declare | think the
plan capital one; come, Esther, don't
look So grave
F." Happiness is grave, mother, and to he
Evrard's wife is the wish, the happiness OF
my life
Then you consen.!' exclaimed Ev-
rard
81 DO" said Esther.
One month after Esther had uttered
ihese ID, she spoke them again.
She was standing before the altar of a
little church in The outskirts Of London,
and Evraid SO ID beside har Her moth
er. all tears, remembering her own we'd
ding, gazed fondy on her, and solemn
The TWO thus uuited ill death should part
them.
fsther and iZvrard turned from the al
tar; the bride looked up with smile at
her husband but his cheek was pale, and
Me hand which clasped hers trenbied
Esther blnshed, and drew nearer to him ;
was not lie deep emotion the proof Of how
deeply he loved her?
Mme. Dernier had wiped her tears
away, and banished the thoughts Of the
past; she clasped her daughter to her
heart. playfuIiy calling her Nine. Ia CoIu-
Jesse.
Soon they-thjs quiet little bridal par
" Of three-were III the little cottage
where Mime Bernier and Esther had re-
>i'ied since they had peen in England, and
where now she was goiug to leave her
son and daughter for few brief days be-
fore they should join her in Paris.
She has left them alone now, and has
gone to forward her preparations. Ev-
rard, for the first time alone with his wife,
falls at her feet, and LAYING his head on
her lap. brfst iuto lond hy~,rrcal sobs,
y
have not told ne has happened
Nothing, dearest, It Is jee, JOY Moth
ing can pant us now.
Atrhat moment the door opened. and a
gentleman whom neither recognized en-
tered the room.
You have mistaken the house prohab-
w. SAID Esther, speaking III English,
which Eyrard spoke impvrfectly.'
No. replied tie gentlemen, speaking
in French, and turning 10 Eyrard, ] have
not mistaken the house, and know ;hal
stand in The presence OF the Count de
Monbnison.
a DO not know YOU sad l,vtard
wherefore do you intrude here?"
10 right a great wrong. Nay, bear
me. By chance saw YOU IN Paris il
was as the CIoix de Berry, YOU may not
remember me, but then | asked your
name, to day chance broueh, me to tina,
little church wher, you stood beside the
altar ~ith this lady"
Well, sir"
Pure as her white robes, her eyes full
CT earuestness and trust, there arose for
her deep interest in my heat. ! once
had a daughter, not as beautiful, but as
pure and innocent, and | pitied this poor
Young girl
Evrard rushed toward him, but the
stranger held him back, and calmly turned
to Est her
My Child" said he, are YOU aware
that the ceremony that has just been per-
termed is null aud void, against all the
avs Of France!
Again EVrard struggled, bu: the stran
GER held Llm In stIong and resoiutt
grasp.
Pale and still stood Esther; he- hand.
clasped together, listening as though hft
were in the words she heard.
Yes madame" he exclaimed. you are
not bis wife, not more his wife thar wher
you left the house this morning. Madame
70 marriage contracted 10 England is valid
unless sanctioned and ratified by the
French authorities here.
Esther turned slowly round from tht
speaker aud stood in front Of the count.
Evrard,' said she, did You know this
when but jnst now We stood befoie the al.
tar
lie did-he must have known it"
Let him speak" said Esther lis