The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-10

marriage. ! don t like this affair. II
i is unworthy of yGu." esex z
/ haunt, / nstst know this girl She
has. a sad look, ] fancy; yet her voice is
clear and sweet, and her smile enrap-
turing. even whea only talking to her
body-guard. | must and will know
her, aEIs ID aQpeae
| At this moment tie door-ben pealed
long and loud. -Righting himself on
the sofa, the young man looked expect
ant, while Madame Karlski exhibited
some Impotence ut the interruption.
| At the opening of the door there en-
tered tall female figure, yelled in
heavy crepe. Advancing to the centre
of the room she threw back the pail
like covering, and fixed a pair of pierre
had risen to meet her.
s'Eloisei YouP' exclaimed Madame
Karlski, sinking back in her chair.
ttYes-Ir' responded the stranger;
'.you did not expect me. But may rs
well be seated, since have come to ask
you few questions. What have you
done with my brother and his child 90
Sand can you still harp on that SUBJ
ject, Eloise Pietroff ? Have you fol-
lowed me here to prosecute me e'' re-
turned the other with a fash of kindred
anger. s.You know was not RESPONSE
BILE for your brothers. fate"
mot responsible ~ interrupted the
other yehemently. ibid not beg You
on my Bonded knees to keep him in
England? You could have done it. But
fatal ambition made you lead him back
into danger. You knew / loved him
better than anything on earth r. and
the voice rose to a shrek in its wild
excitement.
BE calm, for Heavens sake, Eloise
You could not have loved him better
than Ibis wife. Who could foresee
disaster when SO bright future seemed
to open to him? | could not deter him
from returning to Russia. Have not
sulferedp And his child-our child
our lovely precious Rosalie! Forced to
flee like thief in the night. there was
no alternative but to leave her.. / con-
fidedl her TO your uncle; surely she
could not be in better hands,
'.And where is she nowp Have you
entirely abandoned her to strangers?"
'.Eioise. / will not submit 10 such in
justice. Do not dare to speak to me
like that. You and all this great city
must know, if you have read my printed
appeals, that / am almost heart broken
because of her fate. Uric Potowski
was suspected of Nihilism and arrested
By the same power that put my hus-
band. to death. He managed to escape,
and afterwards fed with his wife, but
my child was ere this sent out to me Ill
an emigrant ship. Hunted as / was,
could not earlier reclaim her. She had
scarcely landed ere size mysteriously
disappeared. / have used every effort
L. \ L., f, +Iaf
My own life has nearly been the forfeit
to the suspense that consumes me-
Here Courtnay Lenox, who had been
watching the stranger with curious in
terest, approached Ter and said:
Excuse me, madam; perhaps the
disappearance of this young girl is no
secret to YOU. l am sure / saw you at
Castle Garden on the day when !
watched SO eagerly for her arrival
'.By what right do You question or
suspect me. young manP Vino are
you?'
My nephew. Eloise-Courtnay Len
OK. He is now my only protector.
Without him I should be entirely alone.
But do you know-ean you tell me OF
my child?" 2
81 can," said the other, in cold,
passionless tone. sit is for this am
here. She is with me. She appealed
to me within the hour of her arrival,
all unconscious of my relationship, and
[ instantly resolved to make her my
own if she would come. To this end /
have disregarded all newspaper no
tees. ~ '.la5l
land could you thus carry out your
cruel reveuge9'' exclaimed the now
painfully agitated mother. Take me
to herr cannot longer live without
her 81
Yes" was the cold reply; 81 meant
to have made her mine. | xvas child
less. ha,l, Trunks to you, no one else
to live for. had wealth, aud this
lovely child was my idolized brothers.
very image. ! taught her to love me.
When she pleaded 10 be taken to you
promised that in one year she should
Sc, k you if she thenfeit willing to leave
me. The time has come. | have failed
in this as in all else. She loves me,
but she pines for you, the mother she
hardly remembers, and | have brought
her. / now wash my hands of her
and of YOU"
With stately tread she left the room,
and opening the street door. made a
sign to some one in the waiting ear
riage. Courtnay would have followed,
but an exclamation from his aunt, who
had rushed to. the window. showed him
that she was falling. He supported
her to chair as youthful figure
glided in and sprang into the almost
unconscious mothers arms. As the
two met in this fond embrace. Court
hay hurried past them to detain the
stern visitor, but she had driven away,
and, closing the door, he re-eutered tho
drawing just as Rosalie had drawn
O seat beside her mother, whom she
caressed increasingly.
One glance at the girl transfixed the
young man. Looking up, rosy glow
overspread the fair face. and an invol-
untary smile of recognition or remem-
brance illumined the perfect features.
With one irrepressIble bound Court
nay threw himself down before her, and
raising both small white hands to his
flushed face, cried:
"Oh, Resale! was it you. my below
edp''
Startled from her trance of happiness,
Madame KarIski exclaimed:
lis it so? Is it my Rosalie whom
you lover Thank God for this bless
ing! / do not deserve it." Then to
the blushing, bewildered girl she said:
Look up, my darling. Bid this dear
boy be happy-this new cousin whom
Providence has, / trust, destined to be
still more to you"
my dear aunt" said the now ration
oil lover, lido not frighten our treasure.
was overcome by the wonderful reve-