Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-06-27

tnulS hIiOW Oh. Dul lie WOuIOn'I near
oft. Said he did not wish to blight her
8 young life, by placing such picture before
, her eyes. told him if judged the girl
t Alright, and thought did-that it would
not blight sher life, but would give her an
incentive TO live in her sweetest, brightest
way, doing all she could for their sake, and
was sure her influence over Mrs. Hamp-
: ton would be felt Summers knew her
to DO noble girl, and WANTED TO give her a
chance to show her great nobility of charac-
: rer, and 80 offered to tell her mysclf-but,
no he would hear nothing of tho kind 50
the timepassed-She spending il in COM
parntive uSeleSsness-and he is rowing over
the country, doing no good any place Now
J 1t Is over, he wishes me to write and tell
her all, before he goes to see her, after
J which he intends bringing her home with
] him to London. Let's ste where is she
! now. Oh! yes! st Malo, France She
is with the family of that pretty french
girl, often told You of. Do you remem-
Der. ''Well' As if thought which WAS q
pleasant one had just come into his mind.
Il believe / will 90 and visit them instead
of working. feel as if need some recre-
alton any way. What do you say TO it
, SummerS?'
'All right, just as you think
well, believe | will write few lines
to Hampton telling him l intend to visit
his ward, and by the way. Summers!
wasn't there a letter from him brought in
here the other day by man who stid he
had found it in the pocket of coat Hamp-
ton gave him."
YES! and il is from his ward; | saw it
from the post mark. When You write en-
close her letter in yours Wonder how he
came to leave il without even having read
it, ~ You can see il has not been opened.
''Oh! I'm not at all surprised at that.
He has been rather absent minded of late.
lie did not leave it unread, because lac took
no interest in it; h. must have forgotten
it. Wonder if it contained anything I'M
pOrtant?" q,
Mr.. Summers being called ut this mo-
mcnt, Mr.. Blake settles himself IL write
TO Lord lyamptom aud he thinks all the
time of the Frctty French girl, "a he calls
Miss Dupont.
Louis is standing before Helen in an cX
cited manner: Il am going 10 tell your
father the whole affair" No, don't. Louis,
what's the Use of telling" whats the
Use of telling:' do you think am going
To see my mother killed on my ac,Ount?'
Your mother killed! what Ito you mean?
You must bc crazy! Your mother killed
on my account! What do you m9an?'
Mean? mean thatyOur father has had my
mother accused of witchCrlit, and unless
she contcSsScS, she will he killed. y By this
time his tears are falling faster, and Helen
seems just 10 realize what her 'juSt-ior-
! fun" has brought about. "Oh, Louis, I'm
so sorry, did not know anything was be
! ing done to your mother. | will speak
with papa about it, and get him 10 set her
| free" "Will you see him immcliatcly?'
"IcS, | will, Louis, if You promise not Ia
tell on me- Il will promise. on condi-
! ton that my mother is Immediately ~
. leased" Helen goes Ia where her father
is, but Us hc is reading n note, she says
nothing, and goes into Elrnn0r's
room The girl is not aSl"cp-hut
she does not recognize any
one, and Helen takes y look and begins
reading. After while her father Games
in. goes Ia the bed and says: "Elranor. do
you feel better" 'lIclrl will hurt no
one. oh, Mrs. Maisnll, how y"u brighten
me, Why do YOU Look at me 80 gaardy!'
did brighten you 81 much hy that
lcltrr?'
eyes, Helen knows abOut that letter.
ooh, Helen. how You frightened me-
Mons Dupont looked al his daughter,
and say:
"IIelon. what letter does shr mcln?'
IL don't know, exactly, papa, hut !
think she must mean u letter from her
guardian, Us she writes Ia III one else.
"IIclcn, | have just read not"
which Lord llamptnn's solicitor wrote
to her in it they say Lord Hampton wishes
III to tell you that he has started. Wonder
if she wrote Ia him Ia come, after she
noticed she WAS not hcrsrlf?' Il don't
know, papa, but, papa, do you think old
Mrs. MaiS0n ought To be killed till We Scr
what is the mat tori Just At this moment
there Is low knock ut the door Helen
opens it and goes out, saying nothing NOR"
To her father, who thinks that this worry
is telling on her, too, and longs for Eleanor
to regain consciousness, 80 they could hear
from her own lips the truth. The
DAYS pass slowly enough for them
all, but each day witnesses II
stormy scene between Helen and
Louis. He follows her wherever he has
the chance. asking her Ia allow him t0tcll
her father, ia no one else c:ln lrtc i Is moth
cr. She always tells linn that he ~ going
t0 do ID now, and ~ gets rid of him. Then
hc gOc~3 down Ia where his poor mother lies"
with the hot sun shining upon her. She
will soon he free, and then hr will take
her away-whcrc 10 one can harm them.
And while the crowd makes fun of the son
wecping over his mother, the troubled girl
in the house is wondering how she can
tell her father all. Another day has
paSscd and Louis unable longer 10 see his
mother diving before his eyes, goes into the
house and right up Ia Helen, sayin: 81
haze come Ia tell you that your father will
know the whole story from me III an IN
slant, unless You yourself tell him.
''Oh. Louis, will do anything for you,
only please don't tell on me. II do got0
your father and tell him the whole story,
truthiully, but leaving you 0ut-tclling
that did il only for some fun; If ] do all
this. will YOU marry me aitcrwardsy' The
Girl gets white to the very liIs. II marry
you? No, sir! consider that an insult.
! You ask me- t0 marry you. YOU u servant,
ASK your CIlpIONtl H'uSh''i " manly
You"
II, Helen Dupont, marry her fathers
servant? No! Get out of MY sighi.'
VERY well, Miss, in q few minutes he
! will know al "
| t'Go! DO Your worst. whatever yOU do
can hurt me no moro than you did when
You asked me to marry you" lie is gone
out Of her sight,
Just ~ Mr.. Blake is ready to start for
''St. Malo," Lord Hampton * reading the
| letter written 80 long ago by his warh. He
| is very much excited, and tells his his yaict
10 prepare To leave for France i'm
mediately. Mons. Dupont Il in
in his library when Louis comes in.
| Walking to the chair nc falls on his knees
before his master, and with y voice, which
is so HUSKY IA scarcely TO b. heard, he
saws: 'Oh, sir am the CAUSE Of all this
misery! hewitchcd Miss Eleanor! oh,
sir, release my poor, poor mother and Kill
ME! Oh, sir" as Mons. Dupont shook him
violently, saying: