The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1881-05-13

for ali the past injustice and neglect she
has endured ina youthful life Of iowlI-
meas and obscurity. And now, Mr..
Fortescue, IL IL TO break these facts TO
INV darling girl, preparatory to her meet
inc her parents this evening, That | have
made this confession to you, and request
vonr good Offices. ! know the service
sss al YOU il both o delicate and q diff
cult once. How will my beloved Julia
bear TO hear that the being she has ever
regarded as the tenderest OF mothers, has
no claim save in her love TO that holy
name; that q comparative stranger will
bepceforth assume that sacred character,
and call on her for all her affection, her
devotion. Alasl can tell by my own
heart how painful, how trying will be
the reyelation--but see her entering
the garden-gate; she comes, let me away
the struggle would be more than i
have firmness to bear she will seek me
here-will lind you. You will tell her
all. Mr.. Fortescue. You will support
her, will encourage her. You will tell
the niece. daughter what she owes TO the
aunt-mother, and what will be expected
OF her by those who come to claim her |;
what should be her love for me, and
what will be her duty to them.
Here, almO,t choking with emotion,
Mrs. Amsrton, for so we shall continue
TO call her, hurried GU. Of the little Ii
brary. julia soon atterward entered.
The mission with which we had been
entrusted did indeed prove as Mrs.
Amerfon had predicted, q difficult and
painful one. II fact 10 in some cases,
stranger than fiction, 1t had this advan-
tage: many circumstances OCCUR In fact
which mock the power OF fiction to
describe; 90 1t was In this instance.-
| We feel yourselves totally unable to
paint the touching scene that ensued.
Language can give no idea OF the vary
ing emotions OF JHlia as We proceeded
| to make her acquainted with the story
Of her birth--her surprise, her anguish,
her redoubled. affection for Mrs. Amer
ton--fain would she have remained In.
credulous; but when ct last the fatal
truth flashed too strongly upon her con-
viction to doubt IT longer, and a. . signal
previously agreed upon, the aun'-mother
and niece daughter rushed into each
others arms, the sobbing girl, ~ she
wildly exclaimed:
"Itis too late to tell me now that you
are not my mother; the mother you
speak Of shall have my duty, but can
never love her as I do youl-sunk with
q wild shrek senseleSs on the moor.
He must be dull indeed who cannot
picture to himself what followed. Fits
roy and Lady Ponsonby duly arrived In
the evening. The introduction to Juha
was. affecting even to tears. All the ten.
dernesss lavisbed upon her awakened
only subdued regard. Only the suisse
auent noble clearing Of the fame of her
aunt-mother could reconcile her to the
change, which under any other circum-
stances, would have appeared both bril-
liant and hattering.
IlIntroduced Into high life, j ulia, IN Que
course became the happy consort OF one
of the first peers OF the realm. But,
though always duteous and even affec-
tomato to Lady Ponsonby, never for an
instant has the more than daughterly
love been weakened which sac ever
manifested for the noble conduct OF ne:
aunt-mother-a love that was returned
till death. through every scene, through
every change.