The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1875-05-13
MAUD's REVENGE.

.sYou see, = he said, 'sthis may be our
last afternoon together
Hearing this she looked up into his
face with her beautiful blue eyes.
'.What do you mean q she said.
Elm going away" he answered, sand
YOU know how it is In the world. Peo-
pile Just meet as they do In stage
coach, like each other, part, and go by
different paths to different places Pro
baby we shall never meet again.
She made TO answer. Something that
did not seem to be her heart, it was so
cold and heavy, beat against her breast
and choked her. This man had been
making love for three months-an age
in the life of girl Of sixteen. She had
every reason to believe that he desired
her for a wife. He had taught her to
love him, and now he was cody taking
his adieu; but what could she do?
Nothing but stife every appearance of
emotion, and bear the blow in silence as
best she might. In love woman has no
rights that can be asserted. We all
know that we'll enough. She may have
her own l,,.,eso, F7riIuI7o oo1ne otaJ her
right to vote, but in those matters that
touch her most deeply. she is by
the law of cpstom-by the COM
nand of her own pride alsC-the veriest
slave.
And So" said he, 81 thought we
might see our pretty river bank once
more
Aud she got back her voice.
81 hope it is not so damp as it was
yeasterday,'' she said ssThanks II,
not take your arm; [ must lift my dress
and hold my parasol, you know.9
'.She don't mind it as much as [
thought she would" he said to HIM
self
ssIf were only dead" she moaned in
wardly. eff / were only dead"
And then they took their walk, and
chatted, and he escorted her to her
cottage door, bowed to the old aunt at
the window, shook hands and fastened
away
Paul Redlaw had gone out of Maud
Hermans life. Well for her it would
have been had he gone from her heart
also; but she had loved him so much,
trusted him so well; the blow was more
than she could bear. Next day she was
very Ill, and for long time she fingered
at deaths door, The blinds of the lit
tie house were closed. The old woman
went about on tip-toe, with tears In her
eyes. The doctors carriage stopped at
the gate twice every day, and in all the
village it was breathed that she was
dying. But youth is very powerful.
The girl grew well again, and with her
very recovery great good fortune fell
upon her.
Some far off relative, dying, made her
his heiress, and the poor young creature
who had had much ado to find herself in
simple muslins and neat delaines, was
nov able to wear royal velvet and dia
monds If she chose.
Her health was still delicate, and
travel was recommended. Why should
she not travel if she chose ?-money
need not be thought of now. The old
aunt was sufficient protection, and the
two together crossed the Channel, lin
cering long On the Continent, and re-
turned after a five years absence, to es-
tabhsh themselves in London, where
circle of fashionable friends soon sprung
up about them.
Money makes a mighty difference IN
people's lives. Probably Maud would
never have known she WAS beautiful if
she had remained poor; but she knew it
now. The lips o. fatterers told her OF
I.er charms. Lovers were at her feel.
She could marry when she would, but
she had no heart to give any one. Love
died within her heart In that long Ill