The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-10-14
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You are 9 grand fellow, Gerald Nav
field. You have saved me twice, and have
returned good for evil. IF I could undo
the past, heaven knows that would. i
am going up the country to get work of
some sort; / only got of with money
enough to pay my my passage OUT
Ten months later Gerald received from
the doctor Of hospital at Ballarat, the
certificate Of the death of Paul Gossett,
MORALLY injured By fall of the roof In
one of the mines there. He had lived a
few days, had said who he was, and had
written to his wife. He had ordered that
the certificate Of his death and his let
ter to his wife might be forwarded to
Mr.. Mayfeld, who would, he was sure,
see that they were sent to his widow.
For another ten months Gerald Nav
field worked on at Melbourne, and then,
having been relieved BY his Junior part
mel, he sailed for England. Maud was,
he knew, living at Brighton, where abe
was supporting herself by giving music
lessons, having firmly declined to touch
the money anonymously paid to her &C
count.
Then he went down and peremptorlly
took possession Of her. Maud was deter
mined upon resistance, for she had
schooled herself to believe that it would
be wrong for her to marry again. She
acknowledged freely to herself that she
loved Gerald Mayfeld. She had heard
| from her husband how Gerald had saved
him from arrest; she telt sure it was Ger
aid who would have provided for her;
she never doubted that he would come
back and claim her; but she had assured
herself, over and over again, that she
would never allow the stigma Of her
name to attach to him, hard though it
might be to refuse him.. But when he
came in and straightway took her in his
arms end held her there; when he stopped
her lips when she tried to speak shout
disgrace, and wiped away her tears as
they fell, there was nothing for her to do
but to yield, and even to allow him, in
his masterful way, to settle that, as the
marriage would be perfectly quiet, there
was no reason in the world why it should
be delayed beyond a month, at the out
side.
''You foolish Gerald she said to him,
later in the evening, ayou are always IN
extremes; you lost me five years ago be-
cause you we're so timid that you would
not stand up for yourself; and now you
have become perfect tyrant, and won't
allow me to have ever so little bit Of
my own way
''You shall have all your own way,
darling, when you are once my wife, he
said; shut till then mean to be mas
ter; so your oest plan IS to hurry on your
preparations as last as you can, in order
to free yourself from my tyranny. And
there is one thing, Maud, if you don't
object: should like to spend part, at
least, of our honeymoon at Ifracombe.
Another year you shall travel all over
the Continent, if you like; but if it is
: not painful to you, I should like IRA
combe now. OF course we will not 80
to the hotel, but get into some quiet
lodging, and ramble on The rocks as we
used to do.''
i eyes, should like IT," Maud said
ssand we will agree to believe that we
were only there few weeks ago,and that
this five years has been a bad dream, new
er to be talked about or thought of will
ingly again.