Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-06-09

90 long. - i 10 now. And yOu-d0 you
remember what you said = he ASKED, soft
y. Only tell me you have not changed,
and will"
HHush !" she interrupted. I'll loved
YOU. and you were free, i would net marry
you. Do you remember another thing
sid 2"
. About your namei You are not 90.
Ing 10 sacrlhce your life and hsppiness to
this chimericsl hobby What does =
name masterf"
II an going to sacri6ce everything for
It." she sid, firmly, the hard look coming
back 70 her face. kDOv this much: /
have right to the Monlford name"
"The Aontfoyd nsmei" he interrupted,
In astonishment, half suspicious that
dwelling on the matter 80 intcntly had
ayes. even the Montford name, incred.
ible as II looks TO you. Whist else could
have kept me there. exposed 70 misunder-
standings and indignities. save the one
hope and purpose q my life, 70 discover
my righttul psrentage, ana obtain my own
righttul name, do you Think"
"But Is IL possibles" he asked, eagerly.
ell thought SO; hoped 20 until TO-
y
ing little, shut shall take II, think.
But YOU must not betray me Promise
me that you will not tell tdsm-your father
and mother"
II don't think ought" he said, hest
latingly. 40 Viola, give up this insane
scheme and come home to us. Your Old
place il waiting for you-come
"Do you wish 10 drive me awayf /
tell you, you must keep my secret! And
do not call NE -that-that name. am
still Stella Blake until lam Viola Mont
ford. will never bear any other name
until have that openly and lawfully. O.,
why did Briefly betray me TO your she
cried, sadly.
ale did not, Stella,"-he said the name
unwillingly. He does not suspect that
I have discovered his secret Let me tell
you how 1t all happened. You remember
that first time that came TO MontfOrd
House with Blanches Perhaps you no.
&iced that was affected strangelyY
al don't know" she stammered, .
painful blush dyeing her cheek Ut the re.
membrancc OF her own struggle for com
posure before him
II thought you noticed II and was OF
Tended, but upon my soul could not help
IL. The resemblance To Viola struck me
or rather a resemblance TO an ideal
which had grown up In my mind OF what
she might be--so strongly that could not
control myself. do not think thought
Of It's being, by any possibility, the girl
we hid lost aud mourncd AZ dead 80 long,
but the face haunted me, and after time
tbs possibility dawned almost impercepti-
bly, ia my heart that II might be her. II
was more m impression than Q belief,
however, until that afternoon, four days
ago, when overlook you coming out OF
the city | made two discoveries that At
ternoon, though think had been vague
Iy conscious OF them both for long time
One Of them kaow had" he added,
with glance that told more than his most
passionate words had done
II left you with the resolution Of visit
ing this Briefly and forcing the truth
from him. But after re ing him changed
my mind, and took another course. l
hired fellow living near there, telling
hibsa that had reason To believe that the
girl was still living who purported to be
buried'under the cross Briefly had put
up, to assis, me in making an examina
ton, which resulted la finding only q
block Of wood carefully wrapped Ia
piece Of tattered cloth, In the coffin. We
Iepfuccu IL Us We uhu Iouuu ~, ubu To-
placed the earth about IL as carefully ~
possible, covering II well with dead leaves.
paid the man fifty dollars for the Job,
and his promise 10 hold his tongue, which
am not positive about his doing. 10
not remember a. slept wink the three
nights was away, and today, AZ drew
near yea, and the confirmation or disap-
poin,ment Of my hopes, believe have
been hardly sane. And now am 80 be-
wildcred, there In % much that needs ex.
PLANTATION, the whole thing seems SO wild
aud Improbable, that almost believe /
am Ia some sort of delirium. You Ger.
taiuly will not refuse to tell me something
OF the history Of these past years You
will not deny me THAR" he asked, plead
ingly.
II will tell you all IL you will pledge
yourself to utter and perfect secrecy, and
never sllude TO IT in any way In the III.
dure, after to-day" she replied, quickly.
There was no other way, for she was
1lm, and 30 he promised, making only
one mental reservation" vix II BY any
chance she ever was his wife, he would
tell his father and mother; that would be
simply just. But such possibility SEEM
ed very unlikely, just then, though he was
by no means inclined to give up without
q good struggle with fate.
10 I'M CONTINUED,