The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-09-03
TEMPTATION.
4 Nsw York Morning journal.

cast his nlsI wiz
be had /. cI because of fancied wrong, but
dsugnterr los now convinced Of his mis-
bat he H@ ,bat he wished that Mrs. King
pike ' look tor their danshter, ana II pos pos
: .Se make match 'et"e'" me s''' ana
s su' own son Pau. s Ga mission
Hes'e' the only way in which the
S 'a.s, could be kept in the family, sne
n ., :;ntbinc % Paul about the communl-
sa uO raft bv his dead step-tather. She
''flo IA Nj time to think the matter over.
ssl'55u a davs afterward she received the
. \ liz" in intelligence that Paul had fallen
far'l"7 9th a music teacher. To seek out
. .. l0, rounc person was her next move,
hls y, {o frank lv appealed to Edith Bonds
SD sn' 49, II must be said that she was
g eh1, IMPRESSED with the girls modest
l@u;s sr and lady-like manners, and was
eT o.6amel Of her mission.
b' r4,b Bond was Violently agitated.
lWrS KING" she said, do you think
:. ~ fair not 10 give him chance to
ls.a between his fortune and me ?"
ps sue would choose you," Mrs. King an
|,sred. despairinsIy;
' sTben," spoke Edith, eff your son
20, ne 50 much as that, are you not
.ni3 YOU will destroy his happininess ?"
' ale viii suffer in being separated from
n course" Mrs. King answered cold
W abut h. Will get over it. He will live
Thank me ior interfering 30 prevent his
srjng away fortune and making him
II a pauper'
No ewes dropped again. There was a
= moments SILENCE, and then Edith
sod said gently:
think you require too much of me,
Ms King. but YOU are his mother. |
N mOmise Won this: | will go away
,Iere your son cannot see me for year,
rou will promise me that, if at the end
dbst time, he still loves me you will tell
lin everything and leave him free to seek
y i he chooses to 90 So"
Mrs King consented to do this very
suantv. but she went home much re-
Erred
Paul behring's amazement and grief at
III inexplicable disappearance were so
Rp and violent that his mother was al
NOT heightened at what she had done.
Meanwhile she was causing secret but
EEgent search to be made for Lucy
Eng, the cruelty wronged child of her
lead husband. But she could learn moth
mo- her. She had been taken in charge
an aunt at her mothers death, and the
Two bad gone away together, no one
knew whittier y rumor had come back
Of the aunt having married, but that was
all
Weeks and then months passed without
any &ngs. and Mrs. King was in
despair She hal hoped to compromise
With Der conscience by bringing about
marriage between her son and this girl
SEe believed that in the recoil of his
feelings at losing Edith Bond he would
nnsnt to marry the other if she could
found.
Edith Bond bad promised that she
fld not permit Paul Dering to see her
nay year, and the year was almost up.
hmg meant to keep the promise she
made on her side Indeed, if she
desired to break it, the sight Of her
ar sons changed looks must have with
her. Paul had never been the same
SINCE kdlth's disappearance. The
N'ld had been deeper than his mother
nglned.
After ALL" she thought, cit is his
sl'lo decide for himself. | will tell
everything"
NE Sent for him at once and showed
! lls steptather's letter. Then she told
what She had done, and lef, the de-
non to him.
s "a not take him long to decide.
Mother, he said, all his fine face
lr.lug with JOYS" | had rather have
~. sr Dohd Tor my wife and wheel dirt
amln9 than marry any other woman
y q roll in gold"
Eshol just As MIS-. Alng nad
Suyu dressing for dinner, a servant
. S% her little note.
n iue lady is waiting" she said.
.T MI. no'e contained these words:
WI !Yon see me one moment alone?
So EDITH BOND"
a" "soW her up here at once" was Mrs.
ss command.
upment after Edith, so closely yelled
aws sVaSed that no one would have
M n" ner, entered the room.
mo- ''@ng up her veil She fell at Mrs.
sI. A,eeS and burst into tears.
' ba. h'ns,' She cried, 81 have but
hst nnh OF your angelic goodness.
lads 6 rlp,p woman who was your hus-
pm . INST wife. and whose innocence
such ! horrible nor; accusation you have been
10 hs pans to prove, was my mother.
ID gs0 70 thank you for the noblest,
,n ssherous deed one woman ever did
nv rS am here to tell YOU how