Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-10-26

anced husband. You only fancy that
you do. In reality you know nothing
of such a love as that. LIE was
brought up in the house with you.
You have no brother. LIE has no
sister. You therefore love each other
as brother and sister. By and by
you both may discover-but not for
each other the higher, deeper,
stronger love which unites the hus-
band and wife in true marriage
such love as I could wish might
crown my darling's life with lasting
joy-such love as you might find
III union with Angus Anglesea, if
you would but give him the opportu>
nifty of winning your heart.
Madam! exclaimed the girl, START
ing to her feet, and gathering her
black brows over black eyes that
blazed with indignation, Il hate Col
onel Anglesea. / Lac him and I
fear him! And ] would rather die
this day and never behold the face of
LIE again than listen to Colonel An
glesea|
"Odalite! Odalite, my child! You
are talking to your mother. Come
to my heart again, and calm your ex-
citement, said the lady, holding out
her arms.
And the young girl fell weeping
upon the bosom of her IN other.
The lady allowed some time to
pass, in which the girls S paroxism of
tears exhausted itself, and then, ca
ressing her gently, she began, in a
soothing tone:
my precious child, do you doubt
your mothers love or truth?"
''Oh, no, no, no! How could you
ask such question of your own
child, mothers" earnestly protested
Odalite.
''Do you doubt that dmy is to be
held above all other considerae
tiops?"
"No! Oh, mol
"Well, then, 1 have something to
tell you, my darling, which will m Ike
you forget all selfish aims, and even
also the wishes of your old playmate.
Come with me to your own bed
chamber, where we shall be most Sc
cure from all interruption will
tell you of fatal episode in my own
youth, when I was younger even than
you are now. Oh. that should have
to tell such tale to my daughter
But, Odalite, when pou have heard it
you will learn just what you have to
do in order to save us all, and espe-
cially to save your noble, generous,
honorable father from ruin and dis
grace. And then, Odalite, when you
nave learned all, you shall do exactly
as you please. Not one word OF CO
ercion, not another word of persuG-
sion, will utter I will leave our
fate in your hands, and you shall be
absolutely free to act. Come with
me now.
She took her daughters arm and
they arose from the sofa.
For moment they stood, quite
accidentally, facing tall mirror be-
tween two windows on the opposite
side of the room, and that mirror for
the moment reflected two beautiful
forms, of which it would be difficult
to decide which should bear off the
palm for beauty.
The elder lady, Eltrida Force
wife of Abel Force, the owner OF
Mondreer, one of the finest old
places on the western shore of Mary
land-was tall, stately blonde, with
superbly rounded form, a rich com
plexion, and an affiuence of golden
brown hair, ripping all over her fine
head, and gathered into a mass at
the nape of her graceful neck, She
wore an Inexpensive, closely fitting
dress of dark blue serge, whose very
plainness set off the perfection OF
her figure and enhanced the bril-
liancy of her complexion, showing to
the best advantage that splendid
beauty, which at the age of thirty
five had reached its zenith. just
now, however, the vivid brightness
of her bloom had faded to pale rose
tint, and her lovely blue eyes seemed
heavy with unshed tears.
Her young daughter, Odalite
equally beautiful in her way, was yet
OF an entirely opposite type She
was of medium he G 1T, and her form
though well rounded, was slende,
almost to fragility. Her head was
small, and covered with a fine suit Of
ripping Jet black hair, which she
wore carelessly, partly in a black net
partly escaping down the shoulders.
Her eyes and eyebrows were black
as Jet; her features were delicate and
regular; and her complexion was oi
a clear ivory white. She wore a
crimson merino dress, plainly made,
closely fitting, and relieved only by
narrow white ruffes at throat and
wrists.
Only for a moment they paused.
and then they walked out of the
room, and the pretty picture disap-
peared.
They went to Oddities chamber,
where, in privacy, the proud lady
could tell the daughter HER MorH~
gR's SECRET-a secret 80 terrible that
she believed that it would compel
the poor girl to give up her young
dream of happiness with her CHOSEN
lover, Leonidas Force, whom she
idolized, and accept life of misery
as the wife of Colonel Angus An
glesea, heartless adventurer, whom
she loathed The above we publish
as specimen chapter; but the cons
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