The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-12-01
1t was not long before Marie heard of
the misfortunes which had come, one
after the other, to the Adams family. Of
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the misfortunes which had come, one
after the other, to the Adams family. OF
the fathers failure end death, and of the
sons noble and unselfish exertions to
keep his mother and sister in the comforts
to which they have been used.
s'Allan," said Mrs. Adams to her son,
as he came home one afternoon, ''our
place has been sold at last
The old lady, greatly changed from the
worldly, purse proud woman of former
days, burst into tears as she went on
''The lawyer sent me the notice to-day.
Oh, my son, it will be sorrowful day
that will see us leave the dear old home. y
At the sight of his mothers and sisters
tears cloud darkened Allan's blue eyes.
1t was hard indeed that they should
have to think of leaving the place in
which their lives had been spent so many
years.
But he had no comfort to offer, for he
knew that it was inevitable.
The gong of the factory in which he
was employed sounded its call to work,
and dropping hasty kiss upon his weep
ing mothers brow, Allan strode away
AS he walked along be passed the famil-
lar gate which led to the deserted
grounds of the house where his never
forgotten Marie had lived. Obeying an
uncomfortable impulse, he pushed it
open and went in.
Some one was seated upon the rustic
bench beneath the old oak tree.
Allan could hardly believe his eyes;
surely that wealth of dark, curling hair
could belong to no other than Marie
She turned and saw him, and a wave of
color fitted over her face, then receded
to leave it paler than before.
With cry of "Marie! my own lost
Marie!" Allan sprang to her side.
Marie shrank back. He grasped her
hands.
"Marie, tell me why you left me with
out one word, in that cruel manner? Tell
me that I was not wrong when thought
it must be compulsion and not your own
free will that caused you to treat me
thus?'
"Your mother told me of your engage
ment to Miss Ward" Marie repried to
his eager words, 'and when l waited for
you, intending to ask you if it were true,
you never came, and I thought it was
because you were ashamed to see me-
Then when my father told me he was
going to France, L was glad to CO."
'And you believed that was betroth-
ed to another and deceiving you? While
you awaited me, l WINS lying stricken
with sudden fever, unable to leave the
he-se- IoouvoIou, anu came ouIy TO
find that you had gone, no one could fell
where, leaving me no word. l see it all.
My mother wished me to marry Miss
Ward. She did not know how far things
had gone between us, and thought to
break off our intimacy in its beginning" !"
As Marie heard, charming color came
back 70 her cheeks.
"Allan," she whispered, sit is not too
late for happiness now. If you still love
me-"
The rest of the sentence was merged
in the rapturous kisses Allan pressed
upon her lips.
When Mrs. Adams learned that the
wealthy foreigner who had purchased
their place and the once poor Marie De
We're were one and the same person, her
surprise may be imagined. ThoughMarie
could not forget her former treachery,
she determined in her heart to let by
cones be bygones.
Disposing Of her estates in France, the
last of the De Veres returned to England
and there in that noble land, the land in
which her fair young mother sleeps be-
meath the daisied sod, Marie lives with
the husband of her choice, from whom
fate came so near parting her.