The Morning herald., 1877-10-23
time. you had rrenders,1 such an event~-
rte" And TOR all time 4, exclaimed Rosalia

time, you had+rendersu such an event, !,
|rta'" And AZ l. for all tims ~ exclaimed Rosalis
very decidedly. " GTjrnJ' 90 -" :
! lt"Why 20, since you are now 4 xx,dowp p
Augusta pss said. very quietly. ~ 5' " y,o,,I :,
! Z ,"1t was not az, widow, that Mr.. Hartls,
sought me long since; it is not as widow
that At he now honors me with his prefer. |.
ence, y urged Rosaie. 1'' ,f, 1'7 - ~,
nj"liowever that may be, no matter,' cool
y cdDti,lded Mistress Ca1nelfordI "yo1, mus,
becoRie the wife Of Clarence Haitlsy.n "a
Il shall never again become the wife b
any man" Rosaie with great earuestness
. sYAHt; sYAHt; SlAe all Of love which my heart could
eyer Know, now lies entombed with hin
who first evoked it," l','Q .'2ot
, To which Augusta replied, BY repeating repeat
and in the same cold manner, that which
she had Just before pronounced: l
You must become, the wife ot Clarence
Hartley'' ~ '''''' nL ~, "a 'g0q
d o"You insult nae, Augusta, (" Rosalie, indig-
= nalntly crled, "aHd viii appeal to my faith
er TO protect me from you.'' :, b go, .
"You would but waste your time and
words, !" SAID Mistress Camelfofd. with .
mocking slnile. ''f'i' = " ~, ','s. Nv
And Resale believed as Mistress Camel
ford had slid. ls,, S'fgi.. - .'o -
There is no help for you," pursued Au-
gusta, with calculated cruelty; t'you must
forget Arthur Gresham"
Never !-Oh! never!" Rosaie, weeping.
interbostd.' ''''''..' .''' '' r4u - ~,
q HWell remember him then, as much as
you please, sneered Augusta, "but whether
ne be forgotten Or remembered by you, will
little affect the destiny which I--yes, T.
have catved out for your future and. as I
have already twice repeated to you--you
must become the wife Of Clarence Hartley. y
q would die Grst!" Rosalie exclaimed. :,
Mistress Camelford chuckied aerisively,
and then, without another word, she turned
from Rosale, and in her usual majestic
manner, sailed from the room. a u
"Oh! terrible woman - Rosalie mentally
exclaimed; "but formidable as she is, ran
the poor girls thoughts-"she will be pow
erlcss in this, to bend me to her Wish. Let
her kill me; better that-oh! far better,
than those, second nlptials to which so
she would force mel"
, And Rosale believed that she fully COM
pretended why her cousin was endeavoring
to compel her to a second marriage. "She
is striving to secure for herself my fathers
entire fortune" Rosalie said, to herself.
And that was true, but was not, as she inn
lgined, the whole truth, was but tile least
portion Of it.
Eyes, sooner would I die,' Rosalie re-
'''ated; and then, rememb bering, Shuddered
81 the words she had twice spoken. ns
What have I said l-my little Arthur
come what may, l must live II will live!
and suffer all that may befan, for his
lear sake !" r,,s,,. IA '..,.
She turned into an adjoining room, that
he might comfort her tortured heart by |
'azing on her little son. She few to tho |
OF in which, a while before she had left !
i'm sleeping-but, he was not thete-the
ot was empty. ..I.,.,, ,,,. yt .,o ..
At that very moment, the ehild's nurse
'''Where is little Arthur what have you |
one with him2" Rosalie eagerly and ex-
itedly demanded. IL, 81 ao-"I &c.," |
The nurse was as astounded almost az
er mistress. q She had, she said, seen the
hid soundly sleeping III his cot, scarcely a
linute before. 49," g., .n,
Like lightning flashed the terrible truth
q Rosaie's BRAN! 49,, ~
Madly she few through passages that
'emed to her as they would never end
ong the cold, stone corridors, down mar
wv, winding stairs, till she had reached her
'usin's most private apartment, into which
le wildly dashed. -. o.
Augusta was seated there, book before
t, which to all appearance she had been
'ietly reading but Rosalie saw nothing,
,lcl Tor nothing Of that-her eyes few I
pidly round the room with the hope that '
le might be in time to recover her child
e was almost crazed, or she would not
I'VE thought to find him there. = ----- L
'Arthur--my darling boy where is hep
hat have you done with him p'' rayed Ro-
lie then stood, with eyes staring wildly, {
ID painting and gasping like a stag at bay,
Waiting her cousins answer.
Mistress Cam elford rose slowly and stead 1
, from her chair, and with not feature /
fled Of her, most evil face, said, very
lmly and quietly: ri .a... lis
You will see him again, Rosaie, when '
u have become the wife Of Clarence l
not till then, do what you Q
ay"I =
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,4.." CHAPTER TX. l..
.J. MOTHERS DEVOTION. ~. IL l.