The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-04-15

TEn s1Aox ROBE.
by WILKIK COLLINS.

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BY wILKIk COLLINS. 80 ''''
AUTHOR OF
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(" Breadr' cried the voice; "Pn
hungry. Bread breadi'' r-fi
The daughter started to her feet.
"Think of his betaying us ct this
momentl" she exclaimed, Indignantly.
The mother rose in silence, aud opened
q cupboard. Its position was opposite
to the place in which Stella was sitting,
She saw two,or three knives and forks,
some cups and saucers and plates, and
folded tablecloth. Nothing else sp-
peared ON the shelves; not even the
stray crust of bread for which the poor
woman had been looking. /" Go, my
dear. and quiet your brother" !" she said,
and closed the cupboArdldoor again u
patiently ss ever. .esssa4 .-np s4'--,r.i r.
Blanche left them. Stslla opened
her pocketbook - the door closed. g. !. 4 p
"Fof Gods sake, take somethingi''
she cried. ~ offer il With the sincsfsst
respect-I offsr it ~ loant', ~ III Il ~, is
Madame Msrillao gently signed "a
0tella 10 close the pockstbook again.
''Fhat kind heart OF yours must not
be distressed about trifles." hhe said.
The baker will trust us until We get
the money for our work, and my daueh-
ter knows it. "H you can tell me
nothing else, my dear, will you tell me
your Christian paner IL Is painful to
me to speak to you quite as stran-
ger" .-rri.a lir.ess 81.
Stella at once complied with the
request. Madame Marillso smiled a.
she repeated the name. ~. -.,'ia ia 3 :
''There is almost another tie between
us, she said. "We have your name in
France--it speaks with . familiar sonnd
to me in this strange place. Dear Miss
Stella, when my poor boy startled you
by that cry for food, he recAlled to me
the saddest Of all my anxieties. When
] think of him, should be tempted, II
my better sense did not restrain me -
Mol mol put back the pocketbook.
am incapable Of the shameless Audacity
Of borrowing sum of money which ]
could never repay. Let me tell you
what my trouble is and you win under
stand that / am in earnest. / had two
sons, Miss Stella. Ths elder The most
lovabIe. the most aflsetionste Of my
children-vas killed n . duel" i = =
The sudden disclosurs drew cry d
sympathy from Stella, which she W.
not mistress enough OF herself to sup
press. Now, for the first time, she nm
derstood the remorse that tortured
Romayne, - she had not understood Il
when Lady Loring had told her the
terrible story Of the duel. Attributine
the effect produced on her to the sensi.
tive nature Of . young woman. Madame
Marillac innocently added TO Stella,
distress by making excuses. : l.aIlif 4.
"Iam sorry 70 have frightened you,
my dear she aAid. SIN your happy
country such dreadful death as my
sons is unknown.ys am obliged C
mention it, or you might not understand
what I have still TO say. Perhaps Asd
better not 60 onS's g.l seal isi...fal .
Stella reused herself. Yes. Yes r
she answered, eagerly. spray 60 oni'
"My son In the next foom," thu
widow resumed, IN only fourteen
years old. II has pleAsed God sorely 4
afiict . harmless ersaturs. He hes mo-
been in his right mind since -since thu
miserable day when he followed th,
duelists and saw his brothers. death
Oh. you are turning pale Hov
thoughtless, how cruel Of mot Iough
TO have remembered that such horror
as these have never ovesshadovsd you
happy life !" '' 'i.-s fs'.1il Hlh 9 (
Struggling to recover her ssli-oon
troll, Stella tried to reassurs Madam,
MArillac BY gesturs. She had hear
ths voice which haunted Bomsyns--th'
conviction Of II shook her with super
stiious tsrroE] fsom hsAd 70 fooG No
the worus that naa piesdsd hnngs
and called for bread. but those oths
words "Asaassin.j aAsAssin, vhsss ~
you T-rang in her ears. She sntrsatsi
Madame Aarillsc 70 break the unsn
durable interval Of silence. The widow
calm voios had . soothing inaisns
which she was eager 70 fssl. go %.
shs repeated. sppy % oni- a a.
~ ought not TO lay I'll The blame Q
my boy's afliotion On The dusl.s = sAi'
Madans MAillac. "In childhood, HI
mind never grew With bis bodily growth
His brothers death. may. have onl
hurried the resuH vhioh vas noonar a