The Morning herald., 1877-10-23

me-y0Sb nCSf1Dle, most unp2te1r0 WOMAN
fl4seASs H3fNsy aAAll ~ tAs Ant whdih'1
Will make toi know you - yon rightly aFej'
n 5'You will not do thati" MiStteSs Came
toFS sAaid diatl tltl ad xith hsr old, irQnica'
"aBy HsAv.u. 4 Win r' y sIaed Rosa,i.es. ear !,
!, neet1v ~ 'siJ1 yFGH 81 sAty .f .,,t go,
Hav1saa.' 1a' ~ %, will iilr not r. s.cl.imsd
A Augusta, stfsr Il you did, Aevss again
ttrepugh " your lite, should YOU behold
your child r." I', ,al Ja.nH.a ~ ~,
These words struck terribly home to thu
poor young ,mOthePG Heart; but Roaalie
Iwcnld net YET yield such threat her cous.
~ w0ud mot HdAte ator fal6il+ +no, no, she
would not dare Egb - n,Ysn ,N ., q
Ystit Vi. With 9,YNery5,, little slow ot oour-
age that Rosalia next said u4sa
"You have stolen my child; restore him
to me, or tremble for the punishment which
viii come to you from the laws which pres
emily 1 shall iuvokeP' H. r-R
'."I would say that You vera inad-that
knew nothing Of your child r smiled Au-
gust0. aaaH, GJ1s Il +. tuJp. .tE Siy,
"Yoh have confessed to me-" Rosalis
was commencing. y ,,s.n,A
eyes" interrupted hsr cousin ;stbetween
ourselves that confession was necessasy---
was TO- be Of service TO me-; It'd the world,
w1th whioh YOU threaten me, you would
have y to prove thatt ! !hAd stolen your child,
anq tnat would be - impossible to you as It
would seem improbable to Ill with whom
you might ACCUSE me ~, j.%l
Poos Rosaie ge:rroaned and wrung her
handsi not an atom of oourak be now was
Left to her, only dark and HOPELESS despair.
II would have you welded 10 Clarence
Hartley resumed Augusta, "As you
! have esid. Rosslie, ! must be your fathers
sole hsttess!'' ', ~.
"And 70 you may T" cried RoSalie, eager
y, "Gladly will I resign all RIGHT and title
TO any portion u my fathers fortune. Il you 81,
viii restore my Little Arthur 10 my arms
with him I would 60 forth, and toll, and
both.!"' XIII - Tn II ~ ~ " 7,,'-Y|
Mistress Camelford smiled again |; she
Wa thinking Of how imperfectly that which
Kosalie bad just proposed. would accom-.
phsh the vengeance that must be fully
gratided.
I'D am striving II enrich YOU, Rosalie. not
to make Of you q bsggar and an ,outcast ~
Augusta said. as If shs felt that her good
Intentions had been insulted.
."It ID for your good that I am acting. |
now !" Mistress Camelford next proceeded n
"and viii not suffer you longer to tride
with fate which would be most enyiable,
and which there are few won,sn who would !
not envy YOUR i ana, ., i, a,1 ;.G :, i
What hare, I done to you, Angasta1 ph,I
have pity on mer Rosalie, weeping and
meaning, cried. ,ia,AJ4 ~ ~
Again 4it' cold and cruel smile curled1
Mistress CameH6rdss thin and bloodless Lin.
r IT you would haze your boy restored to /
Jou." she said. listen to me. and be ready |
to obey" t-,J oHoDnl .. .dgJ s%@at
Pale and trembling. Rpsalise eassd on her
eIecutioner and awaited her doom. :, =, ~,
"You will never -again, except perhaps,
toyour own heart, breathe tA6 name Of ArbI
thur Gresham You Vii 81 lent, for allf
time, TO see your son only BY stealth
from him that ySu have been AL
ready awife. Are Istill i mother you win
wed with Clarence Hartley.Dg 1r .,.,o yt. l
.oh. infamy-iufamy!' exclaimed Ro- /
sale. ,.,.. ,,.., - ~
Or. have ..aid dira your littas sou
ls lost to you for evsr!" concluded MISTRESS
poi y II
With = shrek Of honor Rosalias e. Iclaasspssd| las pssd|
her hands to her head. and rushed from the
room. 49, u m
"she Is abopt 70 appeal 10 her Sitsthasrr,''fl'
Augusta said to, herself ~ Rosalie quilted
he apartment; and 90 great IN absurdity
Lid that appear to old Calnelfood's aamiabb ! J.,
widow, that now. when left alone, she fairly
aughed outright, ,,,...,ni,,l4 ,r an Ia
Rosalie did Ay to hsr. father, md ID Al.
yusta rightly had surmised. did appeal tsl
i'm; and greatly shocked was'the 'baronet
o learn that his daughters boy, his little
,randson. had been stolen from hef BY Mis- I
ssss CaneelfoPrd's r. el sgenrsy aad n promised
hat his niece should. be made instantly to
estore the child to- it's distracted. almost
leartbroksn mother. .tIys' ~
Rosaie quilted her father's presence
conforted;' 3 but, alas soon she '
vas to learn how cruelty Nlpsive the ray Of I :.
ope which had been. given to cheer hsr-I.
oon again it was obscursd. and her fate ~
,ade thus far darker than before, - - q
Rosaie had scarcely a moment Quilted
he baronst when Mistress CameHoM .ap-
earted before him. ~ ~ ! ,,...na0 T.,
Sir Jonas commenced AZ once, and With u !
rrpaness which for . long time he had not, v
Rinced, to upbraid his niece for hsving 4
ared to deprive Rosalis of her child, and to l. !,
'rnmand that'i IL should instantly Be given :.
ack to her. -ru, =. va =. j lu4. l,I y
Mistress Camelford hatly, even haughtilY | =
fused 10 obey the bsronst's desire, She a
a. acting, she said, to confer Ion RosalieI !,
'e utmost goed. and her uncle had prom, :. !.
cd to ID, aad not tp AYAft hsr il tie y
cps she might. find it. necessary to take q
wards the accomplishment Of i vesy Gen. %
ouS purpose. His daughter's child ;was Nj
it'll those who would taks good care al; i