The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-07-04

hour to hour, and from day to day. But do
leave me now-Oh, do not / should die
if you were gonel"
With these words, spoken at the close
in quick, spasmodic tones, she placed
her hand upon Allan's arm, and pillowed
her head upon his bosom.
'But, said Allan, trying to be calm,
"why should | stay, when it could only
end in misery to us both 2 Oh, you
should know that to live thus we should
be unhappy unless we could be united
forever-and that cannot be-"
"Why may it not be ?" murmured the
maiden, without looking up.
GLOW, Bella Would you consent 2"
ooh, with all my heart, and all my
soul ~
And as the fair girl thus spoke,
she chung more closely to the noble
youth.
For q moment Allan forgot all else but
the words he had just heard but he would
not deceive himself.
"Alasm he uttered, 81 could al
most wish | had never known the
thing You have told me, for your
father will never consent to this
"neverw
Gle maybe may" cried Bella, earn
estly. He loves me- and do not think
he would see me miserable. He has
money enough, and -"
"Hold, Bella. / can have as much
money as we should ever want. Ipos-
sess secret that is worth more than l
should dare to estimate. | know of
new pearl bank which no man save my
self has yet seen. But your father is
too proud to mate his child with pearl
diver"
Yet Bella was hopeful. She made AL
Ian promise that he would not go away
till he could know all, and she even init
mated that, rather than live without him,
she would follow him.
care you crazy, my childl' Sir John
Lakin cried, as his daughter confessed
her love for the poor pearl-diver.
marry you with such as he2 Prepos-
ferrous. Why, should as soon think of
seeing you welded to one of my native
slaves"
"But Allan is good, father, and he is
worthy of the hand of any woman in
the country. He loves me, and l love
him"
"Nonsense, Bella. l have husband
all ready for you'll One who can provide
for you"
perhaps you mean Condor Sudham,"
the girl said.
"Ay-I do mean him."
"Do you mean to tell me that I must
be the wife of that mani" asked Bella,
speaking more with establishment than
with fear.
at is all settled, my child"
Bella gazed into her fathers face in
SPECIFICS surprise and no wonder.
This Condor Sudham was a scion of
Dutch family that once had title. He
was born on the island, and was now
over forty years of age. He was a mem.
Der of the legislative council, and mer-
chant, and was one of the most wealthy
men in the country. He was short,
dumy, coarse, featured man, well
enough as a member of the government,
but never made for an affectionate friend.
He was married already to his money,
and wife and children would only find
secondary place in his heart.
And such was the man the baronet
would have his child marry. Sudham
had seen Bella often, and he thought she
would make fine addition to his estate.
He would take pride in showing her,
and having her preside at his table. But
the maiden herself had different opinions
on the subject.
'If l thought you were in earnest,
father | should know exactly what to
say
"Ah, and what would it be, my childl"
81 never can be that mans wife"
Every well. You will have fathers
authority to contend with, then. Be as
sured you shall marry him, for so have
promised"
But the baronet found himself with
more work on his hands than he had
counted on. Bella grew sad and melan-
choly, and ere long the truth burst upon
him that his child was beginning to lose
all love for him. She looked upon him
as the tyrant who would crush her, and
she smiled no more in his presence. He
could not help noticing this, and he
wishedto overcome it; but yet he thought
not of granting to his child the holy boon
she asked. lie looked upon the poor
pearl diver as the only obstacle to his
plans. He had no faculty of looking
uOWU lniO Inc HcdTl. Tic hucW Ol Only
two powers of nature-two moral and So
cial executives; one was power of station,
and the other power of money. One day
he and Sudham sat in council.
"Upon my soul, said the Dutch scion
81 must have her for my wife, for have
made all my plans with an eye to that
event"
"And so she shall be, the baronet re-
turned "She is crazy now with this
pearl diver"
"Why not send him OFF,"
"Because fear Bella would 90 with
him"
but shut her up"
"Yes-I know. But then she would
moan and grieve herself away"
"Then look" cried Sudham, energeti-
cally, for very happy thought had struck
him. "Why not get him to dive for the
great pearl which is sunken close by the
Bangale Rocksl"
"But would he do it2" returned the
baronet catching at the idea.