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she could save her baby.
Maud laid down the heavy head Of the
mother and lifted the child in her arms.
held II TO her bosom with a great gesture
OF tenderness aud warmth. which all who
knew her greatly wondered at.
Let ne take her, miss said Tom Con-
~ WE; shes heavy, and you're not
used TO babies"
- Thank You. can manage very well.
She chngs TO me. See" And She did.
me llttle damp head had snuggled itself
away amonE the folds of silk aud lace on
the lady's bosom, and the dimpled hands
We're clasped around her neck with all the
touching confidence which a child gives
its mother.
The dead bodies were buried from the
parish church, and those whose dwelt at
bfeakwater VIII never forget the awfully
solemn spectacle.
The young girl-mother--her face calm
and beautiful as that of saiut--was laid
a little apart from the rest, in the village
burytng-ground. Miss Archelaus had re-
quested tina it might be so.
The babe was the sole survivor of the
wreck. From the broken bits of the yes
sci which drifted ashore it was ascurtained
that she was called the Royal Charlotte.
ana the Captains desk revealed the fact
that she was English. aud had sailed from
Liverpool, bound for Charleston.
Miss Archelaus kept the child. Nothing
was known of its parentage, though all
were sure that its mother was dead.
Around its neck was a slender gold chain,
TO which was attached a broken gold coin,
and on the clasp of the chain was engraved
the name-"Zelia"
So the babe was christened Zelia, and
was formally adopted by Maud Archie
laus. Mr.. Archelaus thought il was
foolish whim of his daughter to keep the
child, but he was an indulgent parent.
and never opposed Maud in any way. So
the little waif found home at Archelaus
Hall.
Maud trembled sometimes when she
realized how well size loved this child, 1t
almost seemed as if she took no comfort
or pleasure in anything but Zelia And
her affection was fully returned. The lit
tie girls love for her beautiful mother, as
she always called her, was strong and
deep, aud undivided
But Heaven never allows us to have
idols, and one day Zelia fell i'll. From the
first she told all who approached her that
she was going to die. IL was no use to
trouble the doctor TO leave her medicine,
she said, in he" quaint, unchIld-like way;
she had passed beyond the help OF medi-
cine.
Maud hung over her in an agony of grief
and despair; crying out 10 Heaven not to
take away her little blessing; begging and
pleading with Zelia not to 90 aud leave
her alone.
The fifth Jay the disease reached a crisis.
The svmplthjzing physician remained
through the Oight, watching with Miss
Archelaus the faint respiration Of the suf-
fering child.
1t was near midnight when Zelia was
relieved from all pain, and Maud grew
wild with hope.
MY darling. you will livel you will
liver she cried, gathering the already
chill form into her arm.
Zelia turned her feSl-glazlng eyes fondly
upon the anxious face Of this one dear
friend
Don't weep" she said quietly: cit hurts
Zelia. | have asked God TO send somebody
to comfort you. and He promised me. At
ter a while YOU viii not miss your little
Zelia. ] am going 10 my mamma. she
came last nj gIt and spoke 10 me. She had
blue eyes AN hair Ike sunshine Good
By, dear Mamma Maud; | see the golden
gates opening!
The lips fe. apart, the rapt eyes closed,
and Miss Archeluus. like one in a fearful
dream, suffered the pnysician 10 lead her
from the room whert the dead chilli lay.
After the lIJJle cotiiI was pat iuto the
grave, and tue others had gone away,
Maud fingered There was something
sacredly dear about tine place. She stood
by, aud saw he old sexton heap the fresh
earth high above the cold form of her
darling, ana then be, too, went away, aud
Maud was alone.
1t conferred her to sit there by the new
grtye, and 50 she remained. How long,
She did not know; she took no heed of
outward things until startled by step az
her side, and, looking up, she saw { he tall
figure and bronzed, bearded face OF a
stranger,
Maud, - he sad-"Niiss Arclelaus will
yoa not bid me welcome Home? ana held
ont his hand.
She knew the voice; it was that Of Ken.
Meth Lerond At any other time she
would have swept haughtily past him, but
now her heart was softened and subdued.
She reached out her hand and touched
his
"You wonder at my agitation. I think
you viii understand it waen / tell you that
Zeia was INV child"
your chillr she exclaimed in amaze
meNls 1 40 NOT com JEtNtuu YOU.
"Sit down here by her side with me, and
! will tell you II is fitting that the story
should be repeated BY her grave. ! see
that you have buried her beside some 9TH
er--was il her mOther?"
Yes At least, we thought so. They
We're washed ashore together
You will forgive me for abiding to the
past, Miss Archelaus. | know the subject
is painful 70 you. | was won from YOU by
Azelia Mayne. Only my fancy was touch
ed-my heart was yours, then, and always.
wearied Of her almost Immediately but
you were cold and distant Your haught-
mess drove me from you; was sure that
you had ceased TO care for me. l married
her, and in doing so / did her a great
wrong ! carried her beyond the seas. so
that / might avoid the chance Of ever
meeting you For, Maud, nOtwithstand.
ing everything, | never ceased to hold
YOU dearest OF all | thought ! would
make her happy, and tried to, in a listless
sort of way which never yet won a wO.
mans affections I failed. ! think that
before she had been my wife a year, she
would have given half her life TO have been
free.
Looking back upon it now, I cannot
blame her 20 much that she sought the
love Of another He at least, was ardent
and earnest He did not chill her with a
lukewarm sentiment Of affection worse
than the most utter indifference - one o.
her impassiJued organization But be-
fore she lost herself for George Argaud's