The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1882-01-18

daughter The words burnt deep |
into Arthur st. Berno's heart, but
he never once opened his mouth to
utter word against them.
The next evening he told Magda-
lene that her father said it could
never be. But he saved her the
pain, that her father had been so
cruel to save him from. Magdalene
thought her father would yield to
her. But she was very much mis-
taken; for as much as Lord Lonti
nee loved his fair daughter, he
would never consent for her to mar
ry Arthur. She, the daughter of
the proudest Lord in England, must
marry noble title. Magdalene
loved her father more than she had
loved any one, until Arthur st. Ber-
no came into her pathway, and as
we'll as she still loved him, she gave
her heart to Arthur, as only a wo-
man can give it to the man of her
choice. And so she told him:
"Arthur, dear, since we love each
other, can we not go hand in hand
through life? Father thinks love a
mere trife, but / think different. l
know my life would be worthless
without you"
And so it was Magdalene, the
daughter of the proud Lord, who
proposed to take good or ill, what
ever Arthur st. Berno had to give
her in the future. She told her
father that evening that she loved
Arthur, and if he would not give his
consent she would have to marry
against his will.
Lord Bontinee told her if she
married Arthur st. Berno she would
ever be banished from his house.
In a few evenings Arthur and
Magdalene were united in the little
brown church, where her mother
under the weeping willow lay sleep
ing. From that hour she never
again entered her fathers mansion.
Magdalene missed her dear father
very much, but she never regretted
the step she had taken. At first,
they went to Italy, where the beau
tifnl scenery and historic associa-
tons are so enchanting They re-
manned one year. But Arthur be-
came impatient. He wanted to be-
come rich. So they would go back
to England and settle there. They
arrived in a little town and rented a
beautiful cottage, only few miles
from Lord Lontinee's stately man
sion. Oh, how Magdalene longed to
go and see her father. But her
pride and the pride of her lord was
too much to thus forget her banlsh-
ment from home, even to visit her
once loved father.
A month after their arrival, Mag
dalene was taken very i'll, and for
days and nights beautiful Magda
lene's life was suspended by single
thread 1t was a dreary evening in
December that she first looked upon
her baby daughter. How wan and
pale she was. They had christened
the baby Elsie. Arthur was doing
we'll and becoming famous. Magda-
lene was very happy and thought
she would be perfectly contented if
only her father was with her. She
wrote to him, asking him to forgive
her, telling him she lived near him
and that if he would only come to
see her and forgive her she would
be so happy. Magdalene was sure
ifher father could sec Elsie he would
surely love her.
Thus things went on until twelve
years had passed, during which pc
Rod Magdalene had received no re-
cognition from her fother. Arthur
had become rich and Elsie was now
a well grown, beautiful girl, far adj
vanced in her education through les
sons recited to her mother.
But one day Arthur came home
i'll. He took his bed never to arise
from it again. In his delerium he
talked in his rawlings much Of the
past, when he wooed and won fair
Magdalene Lontinee. How her IA
Their had banished her from home
and how they had married against
his will Magdalene was constant
ly by his bedside, and would allow
no one but herself to minister to his
wants. Pretty Elsie looked ON in
awe. She knew her father was very
i'll, but she did not know his real
danger. 1t was sad to see the fever
ish, flushed face, the dishevelled hair
and hear him call Magdalene. One
evening he said to her:
Darling, if 1 die, you will take
care of Elsie, and tell her some day
of Lord Lontinee."
OH how Itpained her to hear him
talk of death when they were so
happy
"Hush, dear; you will live many
years yet. In few days you will
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