Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-06-10

Eth, Mr.. JonesF
Jones only wrung his hands and walled.
thinking Of his precious treasure.
"And so, Matt,n continued Bripk,sv
there win be no wedding after all. I'm
afraid you're awfully disappointedr
Matt replied by taking his hand aeain. lift.
ing 1t to her lips, and kissing it fondly. The
young man turned his head awav' for h;s
eyes had suddenly grown full of grateful
tears.
CONCLUSION.
My tale Is told. The adventure of the
Caravan mas ended. Little more remains to
be said
Monk. of Monkshurst, was not broupbt IN
trial for his iniquities, but he was soreIv
enough punished by the loss OF his iIl-cotten
estates. Before the claim Of the founding
was fully proved he left England, never Ia
return. Whether he is alive or dead cam
not tell.
William Jones, too, escaped legal punish.
ment. A severer retribution came upon him
In the seizure and dispersal Of the boards In
the great cave So sorely did he take his
loss to heart that he crept to his bed and had
an attack OF brain fever. When he reap-
peared on the scene of his old plunderings bis
intellect was weakened, and he showed cur.
ious evidences OF imbecility. But the ruling
passion remained strong within him. 1 saw
him only Last summer, rambling on the sea.
shore, talking incoherently to himself. and
watching the sea in search of wreckage as of
odd
And Matt.
Well, her title to Monkshurst and the prop
erty was fully proved. For long time she
did not realize her good fortune. but grad
ually the pleasant truth dawned upon her In
a sunrise of nice dresses, jewelry and plenty
OF money. Chancery stepped in like n
severe foster parent, and sent her to school
There she remained for several wears: but
Charles Brinkley, who had first taken in
hand the vindieation of her Claims. and who
never ceased to be interested in her. saw her
from time to time, and took particular note
OF her Improvement In her grammer and the
gentle art of speech
Matt, !" he said, when they met last Christ
mas in London, and when he saw before him
instead OF towsy girl, as bright and buxom
young lady as ever wore purple raiment
and fine Linen, MATT, you are .growed up' at
lastln
Matt blushed and hung her head with
touch Of her old manner.
Yes, am grown up, as you say. won
der what William Jones would think If he
saw me nown
And If he noticed those pretty boots. Matt.
and heard you play the piano and prattle
little in French Upon my word, it's trans
iormationl You always were a nice girl.
Mough.n
DO You really think sor' asked Matt shyly.
"Did you at,Uays think so2n
Certainly
Even when told you liked you so much.
and you told me 1T wouldn't dopn
1t was Brinkley's turn to blush now. 1t
was clear that Matt, despite other changes,
still retained her indomltable frankness.
Even then, " he replied, laughing. 'sBut
say you were precocious youngster. You
proposed to me, you known
II know did" said Matt, land it wasn't
leap-year then"
She added still more slyly:
''But it's leap year ao,cl''
Their eyes met. Both blushed more and
more.
Matt, don'tl 1t won't do, you know
Yes, ] say so STILL You're rich woman. and
Pm only poor devil of painter. You must
marry some great swell.n
But Matt replied:
81 shall never marry any one but noun
"You won'ta Do you mean it,"
''Of course / do.n
He caught her in his arms.
my darling Matt-yes, / shall call you by
that dear name to the end of the chapter.
You love me, thenl can't believe itr'
II have loved you," she answered, laugh
ing, "ever since first came-'to be tookrn
And she rested her head on his shoulder.
just as she had done in the old days, when
she was an unsophisticated child of nature.
$50 there's to be wedding after all, y he
said, kissing her. "Matt, I've an ideap'
''Yesf'
when we marry, suppose we arrange to
spend the honeymoon ina CARAVAN
THE END