Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-12-26

'Ae SeCVuu Dtc6oL AuOGnor ioCC0f In q
wolnan's writing; also two Ion, narrow
strips Of paper. Tread tn, letter.
MY DAuaHTIR-If I am dead, this will
be given you on your twenty first birch lay.
name un Ter whoa Ina's is not nv
lam the wise-yol ara tn, daughter
-of Julian Lorraine. of Herstal Abbey.
How he treated me, why I
him, are mltte-s upon whic I need not
speak. He was a fiend IN human shape. I
never see him again. H, does not
know whether I am aliv, or dead. l tell
you this, not that you may seek him and
claim the right Of q daughter, but that you
may shun AMI avoid any one bearing his
wicked mama. He is r.cl, but ricaes do not
bring happiness. Live your own sweet
life, marry a good honest man. and let your
true name. or the relationship you bear to
thu man who SO cruslly wrongei me. never
pass your lipl If ever you feel tempted to
to this man and say, 4 am your daagh.
ter think OF me and the years Of suffering
he has caused me. Let him die without
knowing he has q child so fair and loving
- yourself Your afec'ionate mother.
MARGARET Lorraine"
The slips OF paper were certilcates-o1e
of the marriage OF Julian Lorraine aud Mar.
garet, the other of the b.rtl Of Viola.
Now I knew ALL re tied still and pic
tured my poor girls ~unspcakable horror
when she read that fatal Letter, AID Learned
that her husband was her fathers son by
what she supposed was a former wife. I
seemed to see h,r struck down in the first
flush Of her wedisl happiness. wen az l
had been STRUCK down. / seemed to enter
into her thoughts, to feel that it was i'm.
possible she could meet me again. T could
hear her agonizsi entreaties to Grant to
bear her away and hid, her from me. i
cou.d understand now why she took no
steps to clear her name In my e,ea. How
size even wished ms TO thinx her reriureI
aud faithless. so lon, as the secret could be
KEEP from me-so Ion. as did not suffer
as sns suffered. Yes! l could understand
what. rightly or wrongl ,, she ami Grant
had striven to do for nv saxei
On what u chance a life turnsi .Whv
had I never told Viola th, story OF nv
birth and stralg. adop;ionl why had /
never told Grant, 1t would have cleared
m tiers IN q second.
Str .ny, to say, it had naver occurred to
me to me 1tion 1T to either Of them. Altar
I had succs,led to my reputei fathers
wealth, my position was. 70 as sureI-is
seemed to me so ma .ural to be taou sht aad
callel the deal man, son-shat in sober
uu.h my real origin had al bus iadsd
from my mud. For years l had scarcely
gwen it a though But / ground my te,ih
now, - l reelected how a s mpl, chaacs
mig IL hava male me spea !, a1d so saved
my wifs and myself from more than two
years Of misery!
iLe1 the len cana to m, that every
rn11,cnk ,r,;uh ,lr,-nj IaGo,,, " - -.-,p
the ii ~ was en-, Of sorrow to her: I
spran. to nj to y AMI wenr in search Of
GrlnG
Cod fellow! l founl he had alreaiy
packed his pcftnianiea u, AID was Lu lily
elga ed on m,nc
III you masa l.1ste we shall Just catch
the Scutba mptoa traln," he SAIL.
1t thankeI hin ly a ok. ItosSel things
In t rec MINUTES We vera on our way uacx
TO France.
We we're in plensy Of time. Iulee1. ~
the boa5 ID not sav, Southampton until
near.y midnight. We might navs waltel :or
a latsr rain. 1t was .etle.' as IL was.
Although starting from LoAd)l. at n G
moanU pei 6 for hours th. qla5 a. SoutA.
alnp-on. ! nal the satisfaction OF being 30
man mi as nearer TO Viola.
Sal l ever forges that cro3sipel Tho
night was far. No thought of siee came
to me. ! sat on dsck a. nignt, gas. lg out
over the sea; .oo1in, out for the " great
lights on Cap dc Ia Aeve; list nj g to the
s,eudy, mono:onous thump, tLum2, thump
Of the englnes, and Nnowlng tat every
revo ution O. the p.dllewhs,ls was bea..
ing me n.arer TO VIOLA; or I leaned ov,r tns
sius Of the boat and watched the Kissing
water flying behind in a foamin. wnlre
trace | ,elt thai was bein, borne away
from all ny troubles, aud taat tn, pain tue
sturdS ship pl ,wed through the moon.
liyhte | sea was one wl.ich led me to un-
speakable happinesA was alone with my
thoughts nearly all the time. Grant. like q
wise man, hid gone below to court sleep.
Ieraa~s, in spite Of the JOY he telt in the
approach ng happiness Of his friends, my
ceasel ss AMI o.t.repeatsd questions became
a tr.1e monotonous. He had to assure rns
q thousand times that one, at least, Of his
messages woll5 reach Viola In tim, to stay
her departure. He had telegraphed to the
steamer. as well as to tue Hotel de rEu, ops,
at wh,ch he Knew she wa staying. He hal
SIMPLY said. ION DO account 60 to-hior-
ro,," and f,lt certain she would counter
mani her journey, and await explanations.
Would shh Would a few words from
him Change her plau:l What should lido
it we reached Havre after the American
steamer had sailed. and found that after eli
Viola had gone il hart
"Dof said Grant. Take tho next bat
and follow her. 1t will b, but the delay of
a week, ami the voyage will do you good
But lcould not contemplate with equa-
nimity the thought of Viola's SPENDING
another week in ignorance Of the truth. So
Grant had again AMI again to- assure lne
that we Should certainly find her at Havre
wi b his sister, who accompanied her thither
aui had promised to sac her SAFELY on board
the steamer.
4 hal ctner questions to ask him, amone
Them when he frs l,,rnel thu true reason
Of nv wire's sudden fight-how he Learned
it lie was sralt for a whila, then hs sail
grav.ly:
81 ,rarn,, I will ono, for all make q clean
breast to you. A month after l had placed
V.o a in M sister 3 hands ] said to my SELF:
'lhi' nan, WHO snoull hav, mais her life
b my, has tv his treatment forced her to
le:,v, h.m. Way should she waste her Lie
III gr4e-a Hove herr So wrote to her
l couli aos have spoken tle worls-I wrots
an told h,r Ilovo1 me-. Iaiked her. what
t 9 voice OF tbs woril matters to us TIE
l,w mi :ht free her from you, and We might
te happyl Her answer IA to ssnl me bach
NJ: le. er, accompanied ~ the paper:
waici gave you TO-DAY. she knew that
I woull guard the secret. ! knew that sh,
, t, You, no. because Your love hal wansi.
Tho haze l II toward you, the pas ion
ct toward VIOLA, turned lnso the deepasl
PITY. Now o know all"
1t was st alter saying this that Grant
ed me good ni,ht AID left me to my oYu
reflections. So l wa:caed AMI watched
u il morning dawned, Thea b:oke b.oal
and br.gh.; until The -ul was vel. up; until
ct last we steamed mo Hav e, AMI I coui