, 1874-04-18

fs y .,e,h et in ,, :s sss hEo %d you yo9
accuaatlona aRainBt hor husband, but Mother
dig elo admit tlicm eha wns simply silellt
, Which, might moan one thing Or ano.bor: q ~ Y9u
Morninvllio ls not Ii sronllty most dovotod
sspouao, or tlat tho froaehory was not entirely
Holeno'st who was 1rnt Induced BY, ambition to
anor1ilco hor regard for YOU, and then BY tn9t
admitting tho error into .hich you lad fa1lcn:"
"And you can beloyo this, monsieur" craod
tho Young nan, who had liatoned esuroiied /;
"you can bolleyo tlls Of Holono, who is"
| "Wtlo 1a a WOMAN,
,mnolthor ,more or loss" dryly intorPoscd III.
Rogue. "Anl woman! 1Iowovor, did not
| M say believed 1t. I n1oro1y showed you tint
there there WAS no cauao Why. reasonable being
not being reasonable in Tho ordinary understands
! ing of the word, do mol say to YOU Have Tho
not dlst!trb tho privacy ot tls admirable house.
hold. On tho contrary, toll you tl,at wlatever
Ing III: do Moratnviile; tho instinct which led you
to mo did not deooiYo YOU. It was noccssnry
! TINT should first know precisely tho torrns on
| which you stood with Mno. do hlorainVillo. I
| niEablo prudence in hor relation with you;
nothor's daughter will not DO wholly hclp-
1oss 90 long as I live" And the sigh
whol escaped NJ Rogue might havo ~ sonewhat
pointmcnt TINT had made him tn sensible luna-
| tic." "IpropoHo to lose no limo In unmas1ting
this mysterious husband; If 10 provo an angel,
80 much tho bottor for his wifo; IL devil, 80
much tho worse, possibly, for htmaolf' =.
"We shall 60 at once. thon, to snnromy :"
| crod tho young man eagerly.
"pardon mo-" .rojolnod ii. Rogue with polite
| decision, IL shall 60 at onco, but
| HfrALL 90 ALONE.
As for you, yon will betako yourself abao1utely
whero you will, only not to: sanremy.' noaoct
| that, II thoro DO anything underhand, our ap-
| ralnyillo Oh his guard"
son Of THE viow, aud suffered Lis companion to
! depart alone.
ii: Rogue, who had not eoen Ho1ono alnco her
/ marriage. waa deeply shocked. despite tho
in hor. White, weak. nervous. she was tho
merost ghost. Of her former self. She neyor
| stirred now from the room to which, By degrees
hor world Ind narrowed, mud, looking At hor her
old frieni began to four that aho wonld indeed
! rcsting-place Of all. But what was nu1iss with
! hcr? /? IL. Roque's questioning got ittlo enough
/ satisfaction from tho physician, who dsoonrsod
| ut as gront length as hts listenor's impatlenco
stsppoa Ta1p afo of lis 1s has of eaod p:91a te
amounted to this: That Mmo. do Morainvloa
| illness WAS worry Hcr1onB tint ho cond not de-
toct any Huticiont forit mud that its origin
| appeared to bo nervous or
| MENTAL RATHER THAN BODILY;
| oil Of Which left II. Rogue about as wise aa he
had boon before.
Failing with tho physician, ho trlod tho patlont
noxt, but for some timo to little bottor purpose.
did % uof follow this lead vory roadily. Had Ills
union glyon her ali tho adyantagos sho antiol-
| patca ? he asked. 'Sho had no complaint to
! mako. And they loved each othor as much as
over? As for tlat. naturally they were no longer
| in thoi. honcymoon-wit,l faint smile. Finally,
sho vas perfectly happy? With impatient sar-
| caBm. Had Papa hoque'R experience then taught
| him TINT this was d perfectly happy world?
''Aul so," said II. 1loqno binntiy, ...,yon aro
gonME M to another as f1 o. yo9
| beating about tho buah: you arc aware that you
| aro seriously ill7"
Ycs, allo WIS quiet awaro of it.
"And that thoro ia nothing on earth to mako
| YOU so? 2"
Again Holeno was Bilont, !:
"Mental disoaso," pursued II. Rogue, bout
| on rousing hcr, "mentat dfHeaao n1eana imagl-
| nary disease. Child! how daro you robolliously
disconcert the designs Of Providence, and go to
honvon before it is ready for your"
II nm not rebellious." answered Helene,
missing tho ludioroua silo .of this
apostropho In the earneatnesa with which it wns
pnt III hnow-yos," aho ropeatel moaningly.
II knop thet It is the design T OF Providence to
| sand will you have tho 1fnlnoss to toll me-
| how you can possibly know that?"
| Sho did not reply, and ho was continuing With
an onorgotic romonstranco, whom oil at once shn
| turned toward him her lvorEe1 face, whose
deadly paloncsa startled him into SILENCE, and
leaning forward to laY hor cold littlo hand on
| Ills. told him in q trembling whisper that ahe
had boon repeatedly warned Of approaching
| doath byn ....- ....
| MIDNIGHT SPECTRE At Her DEDs1pE.
| NJ. Ro1uo stared ircrednlous as he lstoned
tl1on laughed at her, acoldod. reasoned, rc-
preached her superstition for putting faith In
dreams.
cidodly, t.for It appears wllon'I am wide awake,
and oven talking with my maid."
"Your maid and docs she 500 1t too, this
mysterious vlsltant :"
"suoh things aro visible only to those to whom
they aro Hont, ~ sle answered in d low voice.
"Nonso,,soI thcre is DR.. 1laynal, you aeo, did
not oven think 1t worth while to montion 1t tc
me-wl,ich, however, ho might havo done" con.
cluded NJ. Rogue in uutterod aside.
Holono hositated. II have mover told him,
| aho eaa at last.
"Extromoly wronel How can you expect
your physician to cure you II you don't confldc
| Ia him Z"
II do not expect it-ana-and do dread the
means he might doom necessary for . cure. !
villo, aud ho looted at mo SO strangely. On,
pnpa Rogue |" ahe cried pitoously, 81 saw it Ii
Ills face-
lie THOUGHT ME MADl
Oh I atnll t1io soon enough-I do not mind TIM
but to Aio there, shut up among those wretch
cd, horrible creatnreat" and d long, shudderinI
7'nut; mp lenr child" said N. Roqne soothing
ly, "yoa cannot fear that your husband woult
aond you from him thus7"