Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-18

in the oldF'
Lower and lower she bent her head, ano
the blush rose and deepened on her Wnlte
cheek Then she raised her head, and her
gray eyes looked into his.
LET me leave you one moment" she whis-
pered. Without waiting for the permission
She drew her hands from his and glided
away, swiftly as she had left that evening
at Hazlewood House, but this time without
leaving him hopeless
She came back in less than a minute, and
her bov came with her Holding him by
the hand she stood and looked at Frank.
He understood, He drew the boy to him,
sat down and put the little fellow between
his knees Placing one hand on his head,
be looked up at Beatrice with grave
smile.
dearest" be said, ''children may come
to US CT not; but this boy shall always De
to me as my own son. He shall never
mourn for his unknown father; never, if l
can help, know shame covers that fathers
name.n
He raised the child and kissed it. Harry,
with whom Carruthers was always prime
favorite, put his chubby arms round his
friends neck. Beatrice watched them and
smiled softly.
Carruthers, after disengaging himself
from the boys embrace, put him gently
aside rose and held out his arms. Beatrice
came to them, laid her head on his shoulder
and wept happy tears Ee whispered words
Of passionate love, kissed her again and
again, and all the while Master Harry
watched the two with childish attention,
and wondered what was the meaning of the
curious scene At last they remembered his
presence and Beatrice handed him over to
his Bavarian nurse-an act of expulsion
which he much resented.
Somehow, the thought that death alone
had given the right to love made Frank and
Beatrice's love-making quiet and restrained
They were happy, Of course, or Frank was,
but not demonstratiyely happy. After he
had told her thousand times that he loved
her, Beatrice kneeled at his side and held his
hand.
Frank, my own Frank" she whispered.
'Yeu will never bring the past up against
me? l have been wicked, deceitful, out,
dearest, have suffered fer it. Frank, you
shall know every thought of my heart.
will be a true wife. If anything ever told
me that the remembrance of the past made
YOU doubt me- l should die-I should die,
Frank"
Of course he took her in his arms and
vowed she was the sweetest, truest, noblest,
etc, etc What, in fact, every one VOWS in
position similar to his.
Then she asked him to leave her for awhile
leave her to think over all that had hap
pened He obeyed. He, too, wanted to
think. ....
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and the two began in rational way to dis
cuss their plans for the future. Beatrice
was very uneasy about Mrs. Miller. She
blamed herself for not having taken tie ad-
dress which would reach her in London.
1t was settled that they should wait
week longer in Munich, in the hope of hear
ing news Of Beatrice's ennissary, Then Car
ruthers spoke of something which all day he
had been revolving in his mind.
Listen, Beatrice. We are to go back
together and your cause is now my own.
There is something to be faced. There are
these who have right to ask you to explain
your absence. But there is a right you can
give which will override all others.
Dearest, let us return as husband and
wife"
She flushed and trembled. "Oh, Frank,
how can |: Sosoon p
''Soon Beatrice, it is more than five
years. That man was dead to you more
than five years ago. He died when your
love died"
"True 1t is true !" she murmured.
"He died then, not noW.n
g feel that do not ask you to do this for
selfish reasons said Frank. 81 ask it be-
cause it is best for ycu. A few months en-
gagement to you would not be weariness
darling. This l must sacrifice" His arms
went around her and their lips met.
''Now for your answer" he said
She placed her hand in his. ''Let it be as
you will, my love, my lord, have no will
but yours-oh Frank, Frank 1 feel that l
can face anything, face anybody, so long as
know that we are not to be parted-know
that you are to be mine forever"
So they were married in Munich. Why
not| Who was this dead man that he
should stand between them3 What had be
done that he should be considered? That
she should truthfully say that she forgave
him-that she would speak no evil of him,
was all, nay more, than could be Justly
asked Of the woman be had betrayed in even
baser and more callous way than the
word usually means when applied to villains
and women. Even when he met his death
was he not on his way to work her evil9
Maurice Hervey dead week ago2 No. the
man she had known as Maurice Hervey died
when years ago he dropped his mask and
showed her what lay underneath.
Beatrice and Frank were married. They
found an English nursemaid who was going
home. They engaged her to accompany
them, and take care Of the boy. In due
time they all reached London Beatricss
anxiety respecting her faithful servant had
now grown very great; so the first thing
they did was to try and gain tidings Of her.
The only thing they could do was to apply
to the police; and soon after the description
of the missing woman was given they were
told that it seemed to answer to that of
woman, unknown, who was in the pauper
lunatic asylum. So to the asylum they
went, and having been shown the clothes
worn by the woman, knew that their fears
were well founded Frank had felt no
doubt about the matter. The nurses man.
ner on certain night had assured him as to
what the end would be. He told Beatrice
so.
Beatrice was greatly shocked and dis
tressed. "Poor Sarah" she said "she was
never mad with me, could always calm
her. She was my right hand for years,
Frank, She helped me, tried to shield
me" hers Beatrice blushed as painful
memories rose-"You will never know how