St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-17

not gong to atfiict yOu with my troII.
PIE. ! am used to disappointment. Vet
there Is something i'll this case which
Is different from all my former expert
enccs. cannot shake off the interest
| feel i'll You. Granted that | am a
il crIzcd old woman. still would like
to leave my mark. good mark. upon
your fate. Do not he afraid to speak
freely To me. my child, They are harsh
to You in this house"
ihcy are not very kind"
~ on would wish to get out of their
power. and not marry Jacques"
81 VIII not marry Jacques Heaven
bless him -
Yet husband could protect You.
! "lheN are not going to kill me: and
| am able to bear my life"
| The little old English madame was
silent. reticctinga Il minute. and then he
gan again:
Il went ont this evening To calm my
heart Ill the cathedral. found it al
most deserted, and full OF solemn peace.
| prayed. and became resigned. Hav-
ing finished. | was resting myself. when
found the painter. Monsieur Lawrence.
standing beside me. He addressed me
it~ your friend. and we had some whiS-
pclcd conversation. He talked about
you. He loves y"u. You have rcpulS-
ed him. Is it possible that You are 50
hard -
"Madanr. | am not hard" gaspcd
slime. after Il pause.
81 can hciicvc it,
"MadHmc. before | knew Monsieur
Lawrence, had never loved ANYTHING:
now it seems as if Icould love the whole
world for his sake. He i To me all that
one lives for. lives hy. He is absolute
lN H> my life. | speak cXtravagantly.
madame but remember. at least. that
| did not wish To speak ut all
''ti" ON. urged the little lady.
"Ihcrc wa> Il time" said Stime. lean
ing on the sill. and gazing over rlaspcd
hands int" the starry outer dimnr>>.
IA time when nevcrthought of check
ing my love. seeing nothing in it that
WAS not beautiful and good. But WAS
forced t" change my mind. Madame.
will tell You about it. WAS sitting
one evening in the court ward at my
knitting. and the students were sup
ping at their cluh-ronm the blind WAS
down. the window open. | heard the
mems voices talking. but | was not
mindiug what they said. WAS think
ing of Monsieur Lawrence. of some
words that he had said to me. and of
the beautiful look that always came
into his eyes when hc saw me. He WAS
away that day. and | alway, allowed
my self Ia think most of him when he
WAS at Il distance: it seemed less bold.
somehow. than when hc WAS near
suddenly heard his name mentioned
III til" "IHh-rOom. and he became the
subject OF conversation nrunnp the sill
dents. They spoke of hi> noble char
artel and of his genius. and some one,
said. If he only keeps ont of harms
way. he has Il fin" career before him.
There was Il confusion of voices. and
10y and hy | learned that the chicfthing
he had To fear WAS marriage with Wu-
man ~ poor ;l> himself. Then my own
name wa> brought into the CONVERSE
tioII. and there WAS more confusion. till
Il voice said severely. That. indeed
W"uld hr his total ruin Madame. the
words came ont through the window to
me. and huzlcd about my head like tie
~ %mat> and then made their Way in
ward. and settled and burned their
way down to my heart. When came
up here that night sat down and
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