Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-01-13
It shall be as my daughter desires" And then he sent servant to bring Suzanne to

reason for which have called youm "I am sure I cannot" answered she. trying 1 to smile unconcernedly. .sConsult your heart, my child r. there 1 anything you desireP i "Nothing, father, but your love" 1 She knew now, and felt that the battle she had fondly supposed ended had but begun. l And then she continued:
 1T do not quite seize your meaning; but I have no secrets from you, and I want nothing that you cannot give me.
 Suzanne, Mme De Noirville has come here today to ask my consent to your marriage with her son Raymond. have told her that ] it should be for you to decide. What do you answer?"
 "I have told you often, father, that I do not wish to marry. I have not changed my mind"
 T shall not always be with you, my child. I may die, and you will be left alone without l protection or friends"
 q have told you, father, I never wish to l marryn
 @Tell me, my dear child, do you love any one elses Be perfectly frank with me- If there is another whom you love in your heart, tell your father, my dear"
 "Oh, father, that is most unkindl never loved any one as well as do you, and never shall Please say no more about it, for shall never change"
 l There was such an accent of determination in this that Rogers thoughts flew back | instantly to the time when this child had maintained in the face of everything that she 'sknew nothing; saw nothing" !" and he gave up the attempt to alter her decision.
 "Ths is strange" said her father
 Mme de Noirville, desperate, thought of Raymond. ''1s this your last word7 Have l you no pity even for him, for his mother, whose happiness is bound up in hisg'
 q am truly sorry," said Suzanne, s'but cannot change my resolution, which has been 1 taken long since."
 Julia returned home with her heart in a tumult. She had failed. Pierre took her melancholy air as the death blow to his hopes, and only asked hoarpely:
 sWellg'
 aShe loves another"
 No one saw him again that night. Ray mond did not know what had taken place for several days after.
 After Julia had gone Roger thought to himself: "Who can tell what is in young girls heart?" and he was vaguely uneasy for two reasons. One was he feared she had loved some one in America, and hiding that love ill her heart was bound to suffer in si- fence all her life, for he knew the quiet per- sistency of her character; and the other thought was that she might not have forgot ten that awful time, and that she felt that all doors to happiness were closed to her for ever. But how to discover7 How dared he break the slences
 Still he could question her more fully, more tenderly and alone. Perhaps she would tell him, but no, the answer was always the same. She loved no one so well as he, and she was determined to never marry. |
 Almost out of patience with her, he it last said, brusquely: "Keep your secret. We will speak no more of marriage. but 1 licy say that you have bitterly disappointed me-" and he left her with her eyes full of tears and outstretched hands which he affected not to see.
 The lives of all in the two families contin- ued the same for few days without new incident. Father and daughter avoided each other as much as it was possible, and when they were together there was TO alusion made to the demand of Mime. de Noirvillc, though their thoughts ran often upon the subject.
 Mme de Noirville had finally told Ray mond of the step she had taken, and at first he was inclined to reproach her for her un- fortunate errand, undertaken without his knowledge The answers of Suzanne to her
 fathers questions aroused ill hiul the demon
 of jealousy, and at last he could bear no
 more "I must know, must know" he cried
 and rushed off through the woods and into
 the park, in the blind hope of finding her who
 filled his thoughts. Nowhere ill the park
 could he find Suzanne, and half himself he
 approached the house, feeling that alone and
 single handed he could storm a fortress for
 the sake of seeing her. Drawn by invisible
 attraction, he went to the large green house
 where Suzanne was walking listlessly among
 the plants. He reached her side and held out his hands in silence. She saw that his
 face was drawn and haggard with suffering.
 and her whole heart cried out for him, and
 she gave him her hand. "SuzanEe! Suzanne! I have had horrible thoughts. could bear them no longer. What
 is this obstacle between usa Ihave right to know. Your silence leaves me in the black shadow of doubt; and forgive me, Suzanne, think such dreadful things-such things as
 you cannot imagine. They are worse to bear than the truth would be, no matter what it is. pray you, Suzanne, on my knees, tell z me what it is that stands between us, and will bear it bravely if it must be borne; but oh! tell me. Save my mind from such agonizing torture as your silence imposes 2 upon mo with it's unworthy doubts"
 "Raymond," said Suzanne at last, wiping , away with her own handkerchief the beads of sweat that stood out on his forehead as he knelt before her-"Raymond, you suffer n mucu, ouu plIy yoo "Aoi tAlA ny neeue will tell you. You have the right to ask me to lay bare my secret, though it is not in A reality mine, but another's."
 "Then hush, Suzanne. Forgive me. I nc
 longer wish to know" 2 "It is too late," said she. "In spite of your : cruel doubts which dishonor me, pardon z you; but you must hear my fathers secret. . But first you must swear secrecy the most
 absolute"
 q promise you, Suzanne, on my honor." . Suzanne closed her eyes as she leaned :. against the wall.
 Raymond" said she, q cannot be your wife, because the name bear is not mine nor that of my father, for am tho daughter ;. of man in hiding from justice; because he : committed great crime, not one of those r crimes which vengeance explains and extenu ;, ates, but an odious, frightful crime, whicf n dishonors whole family forever. My father killed man for moneyw ? Raymond could not speak. She continued
 "You know of this crime, Raymond : though you were young then, and youl :, father, the friend of my father, died in hi ,a defense"
 " aRoger Laroquel" whispered Raymond.