Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-12-12

can marry my snow white lass.
A sudden joy kindIed the pale
face and looked out of the wide
eyes.
'Oh, father, did be ask you for me.
| Then Heaven be praised. | read his
10 ks and acts Alright. oh, said
she, sinking down upon her knees
and catching her fathers horny hand
and kissing it, I had lost my faith
in human nature and you have given
it back. Bless you for if. Oh, faith
or, if hat face could tel! false story,
then the angels themselves would be
untrue.
Calm yourself, Marion, interrupt
ed her father. sternly. Did you not
hear me? It's all at an end. You
cannot be his bride. 1t would be
like the mating Of the crow and the
dove
| care not, 50 he loves me, mur-
INJURED Marion, softly. Hear my
vow, she added, suddenly and again
she sank upon her knees and raised
her pure, child like, but resolute face
to his, will never ,narrv Louis De
Mornav without yo1r consent; but !
will love him my life long and die a
maid for his sake if | cannot b, his
WIFE,
1t was too late to check her. The
VOW hal been taken and would be
KEPT The strict old father himself
would not have dared to ask her to
break it.
Matters went on about the same at
the farm. Several years passed by,
daring which Louis WAS constantly
changing his location, as indeed, it
was necessary for him to ID to give
personal supervision to his various
estates.
Daring this periol Of unmil ,ted
prosperity to the wealthy yonug
Land owner, farmer MeGregor had
been gradually but surely going
down in the world. A succession Of
bad crops, disease among his fine
Durhams, until scarcely a poor half
dozen rpm,ined Of his large herd and
a murrain which proved fatal to the
sheep, left him at last in a very
s>rnightened condition.
Still lie had managed to get his
rent money together. The pay day
vas near and the farmer had put the
hardly earned money in a leathern
wallet preparatory to a start.
'Wrll, wifi, he said, with a sl9h,
here's pay for the last year. It's
main doubtful, thonsh, where the
next will come frotn.
Keep up, Duncan was her cheer.
full answer. It's all for the best
though one cannot always ken
why.
So he started away to the laird $
country seat o, hI1 stout cob, without
a weapon Of defense for 1t WAS a
peaceful country and he had no fear
OF molesta,ion.
But hi: onrney WAS not ha,f over
when in some lonely woods through
which the road ran, an escaped con
Wet seized hit opportunity and struck:
him senseess from his horse, ritled his
pockets and mounting, rode rapidly
away wilE his plumber.
After half an hour later he was
found by the ga nekeeper Of an ad-
Joining estate and taken at once 10
the big house and cared for The
master was away, but the house
keeper was kind and efficient and
under her god Offices he soon came
to consciousness but not t) the abll-
ity to help himself. One blow had
fallen on his shoulder and it proved
to be dislocated. There was no al
ternative but to remain, perhaps for
weeks. So the good woman sent for
Marion to come to her father, having
by jrdicious questioning ascertained
that she was the light of bis old eyes
next to the good wife who of course,
could not be spared from the home
duties.
Marion came, much to her fathers
delight. The day after the young
proprietor arrived also. The house
keeper told him at once OF his strange
r,o.t, ,n1 ha ba Of aupI IN aSanre