The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-09-12

TO seek her parents, and to go immediatel,
never again would she willingly set eyas :.
him who had so wronged her and them w.,
ping a large shawl round her, and with no Inaa
gage OF money except what was in her purse
sne h ,Si5 sne lodgings she was in, and in orde
70 hinuer pursuit, said she was going for.
i Waik; they We're staying at a German wafer
4 mig place, and it was easy to find means =,
zen it. iaking railway ticket to Cologne
! she entered that city q few hours Afterwards
anu immediately, went on board a sfeamboa,
gong TO rotterdam, whence she sailed for I'm o.
s aha, ana theu on again by train to Scotland
TO look once more on the face of those yvha,r
she mad loved though she forsook the,,, tn
nesar wGras OF pardon and pity from them, had
possession of her, and she was fyinp from 4
terrible recollection, while .atirne of lsod :, w.
IN; mihd deadened the sense of montai. miserv.
linus she reached the homo of her chiIdhood.
S 9uS sue eould not enter or even knock at the
ooor, ana lnquiring from a passer-by If sfiInf
was Dr. Grayiie's house, she learned thafsit
had been, but the doctor had been t3et n trr
n 1. months past. Stunned, motioniess she
stood She felt she had killed her father, she
could not now enter that house-its very wallE
would condemn her disohedience : Meeia,,;
cary. she found her way TO the station return
cd to. Edinburgh, aud with d last efiost of
strength wrote TO her mother, and, az we lave
seen, was immediately joined by that faithff,i
slspa s9a loving hs9Ft RSeg Mrs. GrazllA
But'the shock of learning her fathers death.
her reniorse and misery, all contributed to
with shattered system-a harmless but con-
frtned imbeei1e. A lady lodging in the house
advised Mrs. Graylie to reside in France aud
recommended village in Normandy where the
air was invigornting, rent and food VERY cheau
ana there poor Lizzie's story would be utterly
unknown. Upon consideration Mrs. Graylie
acted upon this advice, and she had been re-
siding there for six years at the time of Nine
de MesLne's accident. 1t was to her humble
abode Gas being country woman of hers)
though indeed 1T was one of the best in the
hnf 1Ffnr.a
urged her to tell Glare her daughters and hcfr
own sad history.
A week after this time Mrs. Marstoh and
Agnes arrived at Chateau dc Mesme. They
Beatrice Treyis's wedding, but they had
brought with them portraits of the betrothetl
pair. Mrs. Graylie and Lizzie had come over,
at Clare's invitation to make them known to
her mother md sjsEcr. After n family dinner
Mrs. Marston showed some English photo
graphs to the twog uests Lizzie looked indif-
ferentiy upon them; not Mrs. Grayiie. She
gazed hXediy at Bcveriey's, aud bursting iBto
tears, said, THAT is the villainr' Fortunately
Lizzie had wandered OF to the garden, and
Mrs. Marston was able quietly to inquire into
the cause of this strange emotion. Mrs Gray
lie repeated that that was the face of him who
had wronged them, and she persisted,
Mrs. Marston Thought it would be wgH for her
and Mrs. Graylie to go to England and make
everything known to Mrs and Mr.. BeIIingtoh,
for Beatrice must be saved; and if it were
possible TO provo poor Liszie's marriage, if
mast be done. No time was to be lest, as the
wedding was to take place in ten days time.
Arrived in. London, after n short rest Mrs.
Marston, concealinR her own face uDdcT q thick
veil, took Mrs. Grayffc to tire Park, where she
thought most likely Beverly would be about
six O'clock, and she was not wrong. Leaning
over the ratings he stood conversing with
acquaintance on horseback, and poor Mrs.
GrRylic was able fully to identify him. Almost
them they drove home, and having urged her
30 retire to bed immediately, and seen her toll
erably quiet Mrs. biafsfon wentato Mr.. Bellipg-
ton, and, asking for q private interview, told
him her tale.
Incredulons ut first, he gradually admitted
the posi- bfiity of it's TRUTH and it was arranged
that he should question Beverly that evening,
and, if Dissatisfied. forbid, for the present ut
least, all Interviews with Beatrice. Mrs.
Marston then left, promising to call next
morning and hear the result OF Mr.. Bellington's
inquiries. She called accordingly, and learned
that beverly had owned that.at such date
lie had been i'll Germany with female com
Bcilington, who had been Informed by her
husband Of the matter, suggested ADVERTISING
offering reward for any information CON
corning marriage said to have taken place iP
Edinburgh in the year 1850, under such and
such circumstances. MIR. Bellington consulted
his lawyer, and thiss uggestion was Immediate
fy acted upon. Meantime Beatrice had been told
that some unexpected legal matters had to be
settled, and until they were tho marriage could
not take place. Beatrice felt sure that there
was como terrible mistake, some lawyers
tnllacy. Why ask her not to see her promised
husband but SHE consented because she felt
he would come out honorably from all trials,
and she would not now stoop TO plead foFfhin-
or herself. - E.srt
The advertisement was answered the next
day by man of bfOated and dsspated ap-
pearance. He said he could give some infot-
nation, but he must first have PROMISE that
no harm should como to any one concerned.
This was readily promised. The man theu
owned that he himself, being iTl5great distress
at the time, and his circumstances being iuOwu
To Beverly, who had assumed the name of
Smith, having fed from his creditors into
Scotland, he tempted him by the bride Of fifty