The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-12-02

petnously. 81 love you and yet am
not free to love !"
She recoiled, but babe him tell her
all.
at was cruel, unkind Of her to bind
you so" she said. tsl
mo, no" he calculated. "She saved
me-she blessed me-and / shall always
respect her, but never did my bonds
hurt me until l met you. Now / shall
be miserable forever" 5.a
"You may meet her." f5
"Improbable |" .s..- -.
"But possible" she said, with a sor-
rowful look. al know your Ellen La.
tour. She lives, and 1 must give you
mp"
"You know her ?"
"Yes; tomorrow 1 will introduce
you to her. She is anxious to see you !;
she knows you are here, and she be-
Iieved you loved me, aud 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 Cor in
bygone days-he was to learn whom he
had welded; but it gave him no pleas
ure now. .t-... :
At an early hour the servant told him
that Miss Latour awaited him in her
private perloT, and he was ushered into
astrange room, he scarcely lifted his
eyes as he entered, but when he did,
they fell upon Miss Sydenham.
~ 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 sail. =
"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 l
was sixteen, and then he took me out,
and proposed to marry me to friend OF
his. I rebelled. One night heard a
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 property the moment
Turner became my husband. I was
shocked. 1 had no friends to go to, and
was totally at a loss what to do. He
did not allow me to go into society; l
made no acquaintances, and instead Of
allowing me to stay in my mothers
house, he kept me travelling about the
country.
"At last proposed to compromise.
/ told my step-lather to take me to
America, and when I returned 1 would
marry his friend. He complied, and |
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 ]
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,
adopted the plan OF getting you to mar
~ mo. 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. 1 had outwitted him
l did not leave him, but remained tc
protect my sister Ada from similar
fate, I never expected to meet you. ]
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.
Aud when they went to see his
mother, there were no three happier
people to be found in the whole world
Years have passed since then, ant
Ada finds home with her sister whc
never repents that she was saved from
fate worse than death by strategy.