Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-08

| eMCSn HAlAtu NIOuS AID q misfortune
that has fallen on ali alike" said Adam.
He would not be dissuaded from setting
ont at once, and in another minute the
two men were pursuing their way
through the driving mist, adam talking
as they went
After parting from Matte be had
taken 4 train TO london, where. arriv-
ing in due course, he drove in q cab 10
his mothers house il Gfosvenor street.
within few yards OF which his Glib
overturned. and Adam was ihrown out.
IAlling heavily ltpon bis head. After q
| long interval, however. he opened his
| eyes and recovered consciousness. and.
SIS he did so-siowiY 1T firsf, but after a
time more fu,iy-the astounding dis
cogeIy was made that his memory was
entiYely gone.
However, this state was ore from
which, So sad his friends, se;estce corl!.l
Of VII rccau bin, an4 ~ operation
necessary to Restore Adam 10 himself
was deferred only until his health per
mltted OF Its being attended by min
imum risk.
1t was while adam was in this state
above described that Drew had seen
Mrs, Armitage. A proud woman, she
was Ill pleased to hear that he had mar,
lied farm servant for that was the
one fact that, stripped of Drew's pane
Syr1cs upon Mattie's superior education
and refined manners, alone stared her in
the face.
Hastily resolving that there was no
need to embltter her own life by an at
tempt to recall to her son this Inflated
marriage, she did not hesitate to deceive
the unwelcome visitor. Change of scene
had been ordered for the patient, and.
before Drew called at the house in
Grosvenor street for the second time.
Adam and his mother were gone. It
was 10 Paris, months after that, that the
operations were finally and successfully
performed, and the first word of Adam
was Mattie's name. The first effort of
his newt y-recovered powers was to relate
to his mother the history of his mar
riage, and to write to his wife.
& God grant the suspense has neither
klllednor driven hermadl'' he exclaimed.
1t was to his mothers hand that the
letter was confded, and with that ex-
clamation ringing in her ears Mrs. Ar
mitage stood beside the brazier filed
with charcoal and burning in the ante
room of their apartment in the Champs
Elysees. She was not bad woman, but
the temptation was too strong to allow
this affair to unravel itself, and what
would turn up. If the girl were dead,
why no harm has been done, and this
terrible mistake of her sons was rectified
at once. If the other alternatives were
to prove true, and Matte had lost her
senses, Adam would be equally free from
her, Or measures could be taken to in
sure SO desirable result. Mrs. Armitage
tore the letter into pieces, and waited by
the brazier until the fragments were
charred. Adam asked no awkward ques-
ton, and was not even surprised at re-
ceiving no answer to his epistle, since in
it he had announced his coming. The
first day his health admitted of it he set
out alone for England.
Such was the story. When Drew had
told of his efforts to seek Adam, and had
mentioned that no letter had reached
Matte, Adam was at loss to under
stand the part his mother played. But
he never spoke of it then or at any
future time.
The house door at Stonedene stood
ajar; evening had closed in now, and the
chilly fog was still abroad, but the figure
at the gate was dimly discern1ble.
Adam fastened his steps.
"For heavens sake, sir, be careful
the suddenness of it might turn her
brain, cried Drew, laying a OBTAINING
hand upon the arm of his companion.
Adam gently shook him of.
Suddenness," he repeated, "Drew,
it is sudden to you-and to Mrs. Bankes;
but for me and for Matte, whose
thoughts are day and night, night and
day, full Of each other, how can it be
sudden ?"
Drew stood still and Adam went on
alone until his footsteps became audible
and Matte turned her head to see him
standing at her side.
Adam had been right no fear was
there for Matties brain. All excitement,
all surprise and wonder came afterward;
atehe first supreme moment, and with a
satisfied sigh as of a child who has got
all 1t wants, Matte held out her arms to
him. with one word
- Husband
As Adam dew her to him it was not
only the nist or the darkening evening
that blinded Drew so that for a moment
or two he saw neither OF them.
People say Drew's luck has turned
from that day Stonedene found a ten
ant. 1t is newly done ND and prettily
furnished now Mr.. and Mrs. Armitage
come down here once or twice a year
with their children for breath of fresh
air and to visit Old friends.