Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-15

not love which held her to his side and that in
all her life she had never been 10 happy as now
that she was free.
Doctor Pomeroy watched her. AT first he was
very gallant, but at last began to be reserved
and cold. A feeling which he dared not cherish
was growing in his heart, and 1t alarmed him.
81 dare not love her, he milttered to himself
| ~ am bound"
Then, for the first time, he felt how heavy
were the the letters he had forged for himself.
| She noticed the change. She tried to beguile
| him to forget the grief that WAS evidently wear
ing on him and at last, in a fit of desperation,
| he told her all.
81 am q married man !" lie said, impetuonsly
| 81 love yon, and am not free to love-"
| She reooiled but bade him tell her all.
| at was cruel, unkind of her to bind you 30, ="
she said.
sNo, no he calculated. " She saved lne-she
blessed me-and / shall always respect her but
never did my bonds hurt me until met Won.
| Now shall be miserable forever
',You may meet her."
.'Impossible /"
I" lIut-possible," she said with sorrowful
look. 81 know your Ellen T.atour. She lives,
and must giyo yon mp
"Tou know her ~
"Yes. Tomorrow will introduce You to her
| She is anxious to see YOU she knows you are
| here. and-she believed You loved me, and won
| dered If you were as upright as she had always
| thought you to be.
| He bowed his face in his lIauds, and Mrs
| Sydenham left him.
| lHt nOnr Hhu COUle WHICH He lluu HoDeN 1OI
| in bygone days-he was to learn whom he we'd
| debut it gave him no pleasure now.
| At an early hour the next day, servant told
| him that Miss l.atour awaited Inn in her private
| paror, and he was nshered into II strange room.
| He scarcely lifted his eyes as he entered, but,
| when he did, they fell upon Mrs Sydenham.
' i am Ellen Latour, she said simply. "Tllat
is my real name. though never anticipated re-
| vealing the truth to you"
" Ellen Latour2 My wife,
:" Listen to my story before you blame me, :"
| she said. ''The man whom you saw die my
| stepfather. He married my mother when was
| but five years old, and sister Ada baby. My
| mother was weakly and she died few years
later leaving all our fathers property in that
| mans hands. He was our sole guardian, to hold
our property under his own control until we
married or became of age He placed me i'll the
Secret Heart, and kept me there until | was siX
teen and then he took me ont, and proposed to
marry me to friend of his. ] rebelled. One
| night heard conversation between them, and
found that he was selling me for twenty thous-
and dollars, that being the sum that was to be
paid down to him, ont of my property, tile mo-
ment Turner became my husband. / was
shocked. | had no friends to go to. 1 was to-
tally at a loss what to do. He did not allow
me to go into society | made no
acquaintance, and instead OF allowing me to
stay in my mothers house lie kept me
travelling around the country. AT last pro-
posed to compromise. L told my stepfatll-
er to take me to America, and when returned
home would marry his friend. He complied,
and got my maid with one Of the servants
IN the hotel, and by chance she told her your
history, MS her sister worked for your mother.
just before 1 started from England, an uncle
of my mother had died, and left me fifty thous-
and dollars III my OWE right, which my step
father could not touch | had it transfer ed
to New York, and determined to leave with it,
Hearing of you, adopted the plan of getting
you to marry me. When we returned to En-
gland, and my stepfather commanded me to
fulfil my promise, showed him my marriage
certificate. He swore, but he saw his case was
lost | had outwtted him. / did not leave him,
to protect my sister Ada from similar fate.
/ never expected to meet you'; | intended to
have you sue me for a divorce soon he
should die, and it would not endanger my safe-
ty"
''But that intention will never be carried into
effect" Doctor Pomeroy exclaimed. 'tNou
will he mine forever Ellen Z"
.'Yours forever y she answered.
And when they went to see his mother there
were no three happier people to be found in the
whole of the world.
Years have passed since. and Ada finds
homo with her sister, who never repents that
she was saved from fate worse than death by
strategy.