Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-04-19

1--WE will take trip to Europe, moth g.
err" he said. "It will do yeu more good
than you can imagine"
A great many gentle hearts felt pang
to see the "good DOCTOR leave, although
their endeavors to catch him had been in
vain. He felt no preference for any of
the opposite sex. He had recovered from
his disappointment, and he ceased to re-
mem Der he was a married man, or to
think kindly of the unknown woman who
had so radically changed his life.
They travelled leisurely through tho
tour they had marked out before they
started, and one night found them in a
French village.
About the middle of the night the doc
tor was awakened by some one tapping
at his door, and calling for him to come
out. He did so, and found the landlord
who told him in broken English, that one
OF his countrymen had just fallen down
stairs in fit, and seeing that he was reg
istered as an NJ. d. they called him up.
He went into an elegantly furnished
room, where a man, some fifty years of
age, was lying in dying condition. A
young lady sat near the bed faning him.
The doctor hastily examined the patient,
and found that it was impossible for him
to live; but he day passed and still an
other, before he drew his last breath. He
never recovered consciousness.
The lady told DR.. Pomeroy that he
was her father. HIS name was Eugene
Sydenham, he was native of England, i,
and she would like TO have him buried
where he died. They were travelling for
the benefit of his health, she went on to
explain and he was widower Her only
remaining relatives was young sister,
who was being educated in the Convent
of :he Sacred Heart in Paris.
After her father was buried, Miss Sy-
denham WENT Paris under the care of
the doctor and his mothe". They took
apartments in the same hotel, and not a
day passed bu: the young girl spent a
portion of it with Mrs. Pomeroy. The
old lady grew warmly attached to her,
and talked doefnlly to her son about the
time " hen they should be separated.
The young girl told her new friends in
confidence thst she did not regret her
fathers death because he had tried to
wrong her deeply. 1t was not love which
held her to his side, and she had never
been so happy AS now that she was free.
Doctor Pomeroy watched her. At first
he was very gallant but ut last he began
to be reserved and cold. A feeling he
dared not cherish was growing in his
heart, and it alarmed him.
81 dare not love her," he muttered to
himself. Il am bound"
Then, for the first time he felt how
heavy were the fetters he had forged for
himself She notice the change. She
tried to beguile him to forget the grief
that was evidently wearing him out; and
at last, in fit of desperation, he told her
all.
II am married man |" he cried inn
petuously. II love you; and am not free
to love !"
She recoiled, but bade him tell her
all.
1T was cruel, unkind of her to blind
you So" she said.
mo, no T. he cried. "She saved me
blessed me-and l shall always respect
her but never lid my bonds hurt me until
| met you. l shall be miserable forever
nown
"You may meet her."
"Impo. ible."
NAY, quite possible" she said, with
sorrowlu look. l know your Ellen
Latour. She lives, and l must give you
up"
"You know herr"
"Y es; to morrow will introduce you
to her. She is anxious to see you; she
knows you are hers, and wondered if you
were as uprightas she had always thought
you to be-"
lie bowed his face in his hands, and
NJ iss Sydenham left him.
The houI had come which he had hop
ed for IN by gone days he was to learn
whom he had welded but it gave him
no pleasure now.
Atan early hour the next day, a ser
want told him that Miss Latour awaited
him in her private parlor, and he was
ushered into strange room. He hardly
lifted his eyes as he entered, but when he
did they fell upon Miss Sydenhsm.
IL am Ellen LatolIr," she said "That
is my real name, though / never antici-
pated revealing the truth to you. Listen
to my story before you blame me-" she
said, The man whom you saw die
was my steptather. He married my
mother when l was but five years cid, ,
and sister Ada baby. My mother died
few years later, leaving all our fathers
property in that mans hands. He was
oar sole guardian, to hold our property
under bis control until we were married
or became Of age. He placed me in the
Sacred Heart, until l was sixteen, and
then he took me TO a friend of his. / re-
beled. One night overheard a conver-
satIon between them, and found that he
was selling me for twenty thousand doll
lars, that being the sum that was paid
down to him out OF my property. the mo-
ment Turner became my husband 1
was Mortified. / had no friends to go to.
was totally At a loss what to do. He
did not allow me to go into society. /
made M acquaintances, and, instead of
allowing me to stay in my mothers house,
he kept me travelling around the country.
At Last ] proposed TO compromise. 1
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