Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-04-12
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VIOLA
Eg Lost ina Sbugg|s for a Name.
ny MRS. r. d. EDISON.

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H"Fdo NOT think. from thetine fully
dn0erstOod That letter that there was
any other wish or purpose or PRAYER in
my heart this one to find out if
my father was guilty of what DeVries
accused him, and to get at my rightful
narhe md Inheritance. for, I argued.
ii EthenlifI was Harry Montforsrs child, ]
&IkhadAa right tothenl, even if he was a
scoundrel. But this last 1 did not be-
lieve, for dimly remembered this man,
and remembered how kind and gentle
he was and how fond he was OF nv
mother and myself. and l had little faith
in DeVries, YOU may be sure.
But | must hasten my story. After
Aunt Molly died went to Lansing and
Worked nearly two years as waiting
- maid in q wealthy family. saving every
epe3n5 ferstfds one purpose-a visit 10
Eng land Al yeaf-a 90 last fall I went,
ana there learned that John Montford
d asa qsa ss a9b r i oss h the life seG
crossing the English channel in q small
yacht The yacht had encountered a
9H$sY seaS~apd Harry Montford was
WISHED from the deck and drowned, it
being soxdark and stormy at the time
kFhatshe was not Immediately missed,
Eahd When he was, he could not be
found. the vessel driving about helpless
axbsf9rs the wind. rendering it impossible
.ceSSSstop bng in the vicinity of the acct
1.-THE Montford estates had all passed
into the hands of Gilbert Montford,
nephew of John Montford, who had
previously been in very straitened cir
.cumstances. The year after he came
into possession of is property, which
was very large. he had disposed of it
and with his family removed to America
..Of my mother / learned only this,
and this l learned in France. She had
met young Englshman in Paris,
where she was living with a distant rel
& !. Rtive. She was married to him as they
</-kupposetl,'ahd left in his company. and
they had never seen her since, but it
had been so long they We're not sure the
name Montford, but had an i'm
preston it was; Genevieve had always
called him Harry, and think they had
troubled themselves very little about
her, rs there had been Il large family of
girls of their own. who had to be pro-
10 yIsfff tsf' nnloulhs i AGO i returned to
Mdntford # he was on the continent /
had learned also, by the. way, that one
Allied DEVICES had accompanied him
sssss n nmss s pr eaes snd
searched directories till l began to de-
.fsspair. yhsn one day in Ghica: i had
an Impression that he was somewhere
West from DeVries' evident unwilling
ness that should be brought here, so
long ago-I saw DeVries in the street
/ knew him instantly, and made inqu-
ries and found where he lived. and the
next day came here, and the next en-
tered M0ntfoga House as a servant
s as 1iss sY 1aa .e aa1ss
on one thing: 1 am the rightful heir to
the estate and the name OF Montford
IN +a94aI,UiRf have them! lis the only
Der, if you drive me from this, my last
wish to Iive"' She added, with a little
;sE.tssBs aasThy s PERSIST in this1omr.. xn why
not come out openly and declare your
@self?" he asked.
What proof have 1 of anything I
have 4Slti EoaI save thatAd. half legibie
letter. And even that declares mysille-
gitimacy. If QeVries hired Joe Briefly
stnSshs jeer.nga as be- fh tsE toi K s me
hesitate now at holder and more unscru-
pulous means? I do not imagine my
life would be. safe. an hour if he knew
who was<.-Nhy Should put myself
in his powEr Wfn 4 have twice escaped
it? He hunted my poor mother to her
death, for 1 know now the letters she
used to have were from him, and
doubt not he watched all her move
ments. and thought he had her in his
power surely when she was feeing.to
escape him. But death released her,
thank Heaven! I had rather think of
her lying under the turf that far
away sea shore. than exposed to his per-
secutions 1 will yet triumph over him;
her wrongs shall Set be, avenged. for
believe he was theecause of all her sor-
rows. and 1 sometimes believe of my
fathers death, tor he was in tine yacht
aHhxtine Il ~
81 CHAPTER XIV.
Miss Blanche Arnold was suffering
some pretty severe pangs of jealous..-
Mrs. Bugbee, who naturally symp;s
thized with a woman in love, felt it her
dr<x- f<, oil hsr that Cnutaio Anderson