New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-01-16
what people always did in such cases.

what people always did in such cases.
If he knew where Mrs. then was
he would write to her just for the fun
of the thing, and ask her to beso good
as to look up in her diary, if she kept
one, and let US know what she had
been dong on that particular day.the
9Th of April, isn't it?' he said-when
would have it that her wrath had
paid me q visit. I let him talk. It
seemed to remove the strange, pain
full impression-painfu because OF
that terrible sadness in the sweet face
But neither of us knew where she was,
We scarcely remembered her married
name! And so there was nothing to
be done except-what I did at
once. in spite OF Herbert's rallying-
to mark down the day and hour with
scrupulous exactness in my diary.
''Tlme passed. Ihad not fogotten
my strange experience, but of course
the impression OF it lessened by de-
grees, till it seemed more like a curious
dream than anything more real. when
one day | did hear of Poor Maud
again. Poor Maud I cannot help
calling her. heard OF her Indirectly,
and probably but for the sadness OF
her story should never have heard it
at all. 1t was q friend of her hus-
band g family who had mentioned the
circumstances in the hearing of q
friend o. mine, and one day something
brought round the conversation of old
times, and he startled me by suddenly
inquiring if / remembered Maud Ber-
tram. / said, of course did. Did he
know anything OF her? And then he
told me.
"She was dead-she had died some
months ago after a long and trying
illness, the result OF q terrible acct
dent. She had caught fire one evening
dressed for some grand entertainment
or other. and though her injuries did
not seem likely to be fatal at the
time, she had never recovered the
shock.
"tShe was SO pretty my friend
said, and one OF the saddest parts OF
it was that hear she was terribly
disfgured, and she took this most
sadly to heart. The right side of her
face was utterly ruined, and the sight
" oAAS AAsoC = y AOoo. oA1OoSA, So1 e1iSo
to say, the left side entirely escaped.
and seeing her in profile one would
have had no notion of what had hap
pened. Was it not sad? She was
such a sweet, bright creature
81 did not tell him my story, for
did not want it chartered about, but
a strange sort of shiver ran through
me at his words. 1t was the left side
of her face only that the wrath OF my
poor friend had allowed me to see.''
ooh, Uncle PAUL" exclaimed Nina.
"And-as to the dates?" inquired
Mr.. Snowdon.
81 never knew the exact date of the
accident said Mr. Marischai, shut
that of her death was fully six months
after / had seen her. And in nv own
mind | have never made any doubt
that it was at or about, probably g.
short time after, the accident that
she came to me. It seemed kind OF
appeal for sympathy-and farewell
also poor child
They all sat silent for some little
time, and then Mr.. Marischal got up
and went off to his own quarters, say
ing something vaguely about seeing if
his letters had gone.
"What a touching story" said
Gladys Lloyd. II am afraid, after
all, it has been more painful than he
realized for Mr.. Marischal to tell it..
Did you know anything of Maud's
husband, dear Lady Denhoime? Was
he kind to her? Was she happy?''
we never heard much about her
married life," her hostess replied.
t'But have no reason to think she
was unhappy. Her husband married
again two or three years after her
death, but that says nothing
.'N-no," said Nina. ''All the same
mamma, am sure she really did love
Uncle Paul very much-much more
than he had any idea OF. Poor
Maud!''
"And he has meyer married." added
Gladys.
NO" said Lady Denhoime; "but
there have been many practical diff
culties in the way of mis- doing so. He
has had a most absorbingly busy life,
and now that he is more at leisure he
feels himself too old to form new ties"
aBut," persisted Nina, .'if he had
had any idea at the time that Maud
cared for him so?"
'sAh, WELL" Lady Denholme allowed,
Tin that case, in spite OF the practical
difficulties, things would probably
have been different"
And again Nina repeated softly.
poor Maud! - Louisa Molesworth,
in Longman's Magazine.
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