Daily Republican., 1885-10-09

loving man, who took but lit q
le thought Of his motherless child, and {
lived close up to his income, leaving =
lez pennileSs at hts death. H.
The PIE ~ morning dresses Inex
vore she owed to hstelles generosity. IL
The weeks slipped by aud still Ines .
emained . guest at Suunysiis. All
irst she talked n good deal Of going
tut rs governess, but later on she
,ensed to do 20. IL
Somehow E,telle and Marc were
very seldom alone these days. Ines
with her pretty, helpless ways, oou-
Mar,'s time. Yet Estelle was pleased |,
that 1t should be 40.
In her noble heart there was mol
room for Jealously. No thought that
[Dez, with her saucy, kittenish ways,
IL light win her lover from her. Her
faith and and truth in Marc WAS per
feet.
The wedding day drew nigh. Inez
WAS TO be bridesmaid, and then
with her warm, impulsive
nature, bad proposed that she should
accom- pany them to Europe on their
bridal tour, ard Ine& had clapped her
hands like child, exolaimiDR:
"On! II o, ly could? How l shou ID
like it." Mrs Darcy, wiser than the
rest. had judged it best for Ines 70
remain with her, but IneE had pouted
and come as near showing temper a
such q weak, li.io creature could, and
had gained her way.
1t was decided that she should |
accompany the bridal pair.
Marc and Estelle were man and wife. |
and the steamer Was bearing them on |
towards England's shores. Infz. tool
sick TO move, and wishing herself back |
| on land, WAS in her ststeroom, with |
ever thoughtful E.telle tending and
pettiug her, rewardiug her husband |
with o fond smile whenever he came
/ to inquire after the sick girl. How
! good OF him, Esselle thought. when he |
so disliked sickness or anything un
pleasant,
TWAS Marc who carried IneG on
deck aud arranged the rugs and pill
lows, bearing with her uhtms when
even Estelle grew almost Indignant At
her friends peevishness toward her
husband.
One evening Estele, suffering from a
severe headache, retired early to her
lstateroom, but, finding the air below
very clos ,she returned to the deck.
Seeking her husband and lnez she
she paused and stood rs IL turned to
stone. Ia the shadow of the wheelhouse
w-re her husband and Inez. IneZ's
golden head lay upon his breast, and
there was fond ring to Mares tones
that Estelle had never heard before rs
he uttered the words
" For Gods sake stop crying, little
one You will drive me mad. You
know that love you as l mover loved
Este lie, but was forced to marry her.
II had been rich, then / could have
pleased my self, but as IL was, it would
} have been simple folly"
No CRY escaped the lips OF the woman
whose loving heart had be,n crushed
by these words of her husband, oaly as
she blindly CROPPED her way back 70 the
! cabin the thought, " He never loved
me it WAS only my money, seemed 70
stab itself iuto her heart.
. Fiahhng with her despair, this
stricken woman cried out, nnselnsn
; even In her agony
: Marc Marc my husband
{ would make you happy If could y
. They were nearing their journey 4
end, aud Marc had parceivel no diff
! ference In his wife. His thoughts were
t elsewhere. Had they not been. ht
s would have seen how pale and thin She
!. had grown, and that never of her owl
:, accord did her lips earess him.
y Then came the night when they were
4 startled from their sleep by the cry o
o danger.
b, Women shrieked and ciasped thei
Y little ones TO their breast, while nan
u white TO the lips, hurried on deck TO b.
d driven back by the wild fiercsness o
= the storm. Waves lik5 gigantic noun
fh
Iship. under which she staggered ant
3. reel.d and righted herself again, onl.
10 to be- struck down anew.
y Valiantly the good boat fought he
le fight against the deep. Mast after mas
r. was torn away, till she lay bare, trem
IN ling like wounded human, as th
N mercy of the angry waters. She ha
n sprung a leak All night the me
5 work ed at the pumps, cheered by thei
IN bravo captain, W 40 told them they mus
ie be close TO the Dover cliffs, and the
might yet reach the shore In safety.
Of Inez dung trembling TO Marc, Will
l. Estelle, calm and collected, move
er about amongst the women, helping wit
8 q ready hand
70 Little children grew quiet At hi
touch, and mothers ceased TO bewa
ut their fate.
err Marc pever forgot the pale grander
y, of his wifs's face as she passed 10 an
70 fro amongst all the confusion.
W Towards dA Wn the storm abated som
y what, but dense fog envelopod the
81 like q shrond.
Or At last the order WAS given to ms
tho life boats. Sohbing and frighten'
10 children were quickly lifted over n
M ships side wiilo warm hearted ssilo
ho babe them cheer up, for land was clio
At hand.
er As they lowered the boat. Estell
&! laying her hand upon her husband
SO arm. said:
70 Mare, II anything should happ'
on me, want you TO believe my Create
" ish WAS tor your happiness. "
". once raid that perhaps some day ~
ui. would put my love to the teet. "
mt wondered II il would fail you. 1t shs
DO. fail you. Marc, my husband, ki
RS. me jnst once as-as II you loved me. -
ny Estells my wife, /" and Ma
IA clasped his wife to his heart with SON
Tor thing of the love that should have be
her. from the first. For moment a.
no cluus 10 him then gently wishdra
~ ing herself from his arms, she said
OF "See Intz is faint. T,ke care
cy her. l am strong-now. ! can see
~ myself"
-r. The little crowd pressed eagerly Il
r. ward, and were rapidly lowered
'nSs thsir placer. The captain WAS tho /:
to quit the ship. With ono last 10
uus Around to seo that mono left he dr.,
me his hand q uickly across his eyes
to' dash ~My the tsars that would COL
w. at ths thought of the sSts OF the 40
-, shin shst had carried him in safety
mo p,.nu = wear Then. tfrOpoip4 into I