The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-03-01

tear might Be true; tortured By the
prospect Of . houseless family TO feed,
sod outraged in every maidecly feel
ing. Lisstrs still ventured . lAst
plea.
Dear. dear M. Rodin." che said,
'only consent to wait sill mother geis
well-till We can look about us: ard
] will surrender oil claim to the hand
Of Louis. il that
But farmer Rodin did not allow her
to conclude the sentence. Seiz,ug his
cane. he Numbered forth, black With
passion:
"Out 81 my house. you heeear.
You talk OF surrenderine my con! /
would cut my son Cd withOut . sou il
ever he looked At you sgain." And
as the stfrighted girl. who momentsri-
~ expected to b. struck, hurried
forth, still sobbing. he followed her.
and, standing on the steps. c,isd after
her, "never let me zee your face in the
village again. II | end you about
Tomorrow, and there's and balance
still due me, I'll have your mother in
Jail before mon; 50 take good advice
and te %. oil Of you"
Poor Lisette FASTENED down the
garden walk, sobbing till her whole
frame shook. Mechanically che pur.
sued her way. for her apron was ii
her ewes to check her tears. and %
she did not zee that right befors her
stood . Well-knovn form. Just within
the gate. A minute. however. and
she Was in the arms Of Louis.
"What sils my pretty Lisette :" he
cried, weeping. and here? There
is SINE mystery in oil this OF which
know nothing. heard Of yosr
fathers death in Paris. dear one, and
knowing that you would need the con-
ISOLATION os affection nov. il ever. I LETT
oil and fastened hither. But the loss
VI . parent cannot explain these tears
aud the angry words l heard but now
from my father. All! . suspiciou
crosses me. Ny parent has been
cruel to you. ami be has been telling
you that he withdraWs his consent.
But fear not, sweet Lisette. will be
your true love still"
At last the poor girl found words
to speak. for heretofore she hal only
been able to cling helplessly to Louis
and sob afresh.
"No, no" she cried. leaning On hes
lovers shoulder. sit is not ihat-or,
not ali that. You must think Of me
no more. We are poor nov, very
poor" and a. che spoke she moved
away from her lover. ~ II he DO longer
belonged to her. and looking him in
the lace steadily. bu, Oh how mourn.
fully. continued. land your father il
going to turn % into the street be.
cause We cannot pay our rent. You
cannot marry . besgar, Louis. and ]
am one nov. So farewell-ior-
ever"
She spoke the last word with diff
Guilty, making % effort to pass I.oui,
as she uttered it, and gain the high.
way. But his arms we're around hel
ina m"ment. and pressed he's
closer to his heart than ever.
Now, may God forget me IL de.
.ert thee. Lisette, from this honr out.
Your worde annoyed me for . mo.
ment, for even /. Who know my
fathers miserliness % we'll, did no,
believe he could b 80 cruel. But
will not curse him. for be is my pa.
rent still. Yet bis home can b my
home 30 longer. NV lot 10 thine
i,enceforth. and while / have hands
q labor We shall not want, dear one.
l have money With me, earned in
Paris. and instead Of buying new furni-
ture for us as We intended. little wife, v
he said cheerfully. 1t shall purchase
back the old. And then, with thy
mother. and thy brothers and sisters,
now mine also, we will b happy in
spite OF the past. Cheer up. there.
fore, and smile again - Of old"
But suddenly Q shrek vas heard
from the house. which srrsseed the de-
parting steps ut Louis. Again and
again the shrek rent the air, and i'm
mediatsly the servant Of farmer Rod
in. the sole female occupant Of the
house. appeard ct the door. crying
cot that her master was dying.
Instantly everything wss forgotten
By both Louis and Lieetie except the
peril Of the old man. simultaneously
they turned. aud entered the dwell
ing. There, on the flor entirely
senseless. lay Farmer Rdio. the VIC
tim Of . stroks Of spoplexy.
To send for the village surgeon in
order to have . vein opened. and,
when this proved Intellectual, n sum-
mon the priest was bot the work Of .
few moments. All, however. was in
vain. The miser never recovered his
before the Gun vent
down Louis was without . surviving
parent. and the undisputed heir OF
what vas. to him. vast wealth.
The rage Of the cruel landlord, il
was evident, had brought On the 6t,
and thus his own viekedness bad been
the cause Of his death. Everybody
the stroke Of spoplexy, in
deed. - . visitation IT Providence.
The marriage Of Louis and Lisette
iook place, in due season. to the great
Joy Of the village. The felicity Of
which the happy couple had hoped for
wss fully realized.
Lisetts Wss often hesrs: to cay that
II last che discerned the purpose Of
Providence in having visited upon her
little family death and poverty. lit
va to prove 70 me the strength Of
Louis love" she would add. (which.
Dut for these sorr0ws. ] should never
have known for what il Wsa"
Bob Toombs and hts Bress Band.