Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-11-05

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that she was free.
DIR. Pomeroy watched her. AT first
he was very gallant, but at last he be-
gan to be reserved and cold. A feeling
he dared not cherish was growing in
his heart, and it alarmed him greatly.
II dare not love her," he muttered
to himself. "I am bound"
Then, for the first time, he felt how
heavily were the fetters he had forged
,1.or himself. She noticed the change.
She tried to beguile him to forget the
grief that was evidently wearing on him
and at last, in a fit of desperation, he
told her all.
81 am a married man I" be said, i'm
petuously. II love you and yet I am
not free to love |"
She recoiled, but bade him tell her
all.
sit was cruel, unkind of her to bind
you so," she said.
"No, no! he calculated. "She saved
me-she blessed me-and 1 shall always
respect her, but never did my bonds
hurt me until met you. Now I shall
| be miserable forever"
"You may meet her.
"Improbablel'
"But possible she eaid, with a sor-
rowful look. 81 know your Ellen La
tour. She lives, and 1 must give you
| up"
"You know her?"
eyes; tomorrow I will introduce
you to her. She is anxious to see you ;
she knows you are here, and she be-
lieved you loved me, and wondered if
you were as upright as she had always
thought you to be-"
He bowed his face in his hands, and
Miss Sydenbam left him. The hour
had come which he had hoped for in
bygone days-he was to learn whom he
had welded; but it gave him no pleas
ure now.
| At an early hour the servant told him
that Miss Latour awaited him in he,
Private Sparlor, and he was ushered into
strange room. He scarcely lifted his
eyes as he entered, but when he did,
they fell upon Miss Sydenham.
II am Ellen Latour," she said, sim
ply. "That is my real name, though I
never anticipated revealing the truth to
you. Listen to my story before you
blame me-" she said.
"The man whom you saw die was my
step-father. He married my mother
when I was but five years old, and sis.
ter Ada baby. My mother was weak
ly, and she died few years later, leav-
ing all our fathers property in that
mans hands. He was our sole guar
dian, to hold our property under his
control until we were married or be-
came of age. He placed me in the Sa-
cred Heart, and kept me there until I
was sixteen, and then he took me out,
and proposed to marry me to friend of
his. I rebelled. One night 1 heard q
conversation between them, and found
that he was selling me for twenty thou
sand dollars, that was to be paid down
to him out of my prope rty the moment
Turner became my husband. I was
shocked. I had no friends to go to, and
was totally at a loss what to do. He
did not allow me to go into society; 1
made no acquaintances, and instead of
allowing me to stay in my mothers
house, he kept me travelling about the
country.
cat last proposed to compromise.
I told my step-father to take me to
America, and when returned I would
marry his friend. He complied, and I
got my maid to gossip with one of the
servants in the hotel, and by chance
she told her your history, as her sister
worked for your mother. Just before 1
started from England an uncle of my
mothers left me fifty thousand dollars
in my own right, which my step-father
could not touch. l had it transferred
to New York, and determined to save
myself with it. Hearing of you, I
adopted the plan of getting you to mar
ry me. When we returned to England,
my step-father commanded me to fulfill
my promise, showed him my marriage
certificate. He swore, but he saw his
case was lost. I had outwitted him.
/ did not leave him. but remained to
protect my sister Ada from similar
fate. never expected to meet you. 1
intended to have you sue for divorce
as soon as he should die, and it would
not endanger my safety"
''But this intention will never be
carried into effect" DR.. Pomeroy ex-
claimed. "You will be mine forever,
Ellenp
"Yours forever |" she answered.
Al