The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-25

Aiter Q few more Wan0et11& Sook0oAe placed
her hand to her forehead and sssmsd TO n.
fleet intently, or strive for seafrscollsetien.
Then, with sudden start. she dropped her
hand and gased wildly from one to tke other
| Of her compaui0ns. Then memory rushed
| back In torrent.
els tits II allovsr?' she inquired, IN tone
30 hollow that II would Hsvsf hare been 70.
cognised No her own.
"Des. mistress. yes, It Ia ovsr," answered
"And my father-how did hs bear 1T"
"He grisved, Of course"
"Oh, my father! oh. my fathsr!" sxclaimsa
the wrstchsd girl, in paroxysu Of bitter n.
morse and grief
Remember. dear miatresa. that the sacri.
ice was necessary to save him from o worse
sorrow" said Vulcan, gently essaying to
comfort the mourner. In vainl
"Oh. my father! oh, my father! Shall new.
er see your kind lace again7 Your face
bowed down In hitter 9rief for your dead
daughtsr-worss than dead! Oh, my father,
how easily might 60 to you now, and
raise we your s' stricken pesa ssa ,.ss
your sorrowful henrt. but must mott
must not!-I must not! must continue
this cruel dsceptionl ], your cherishsd only
daughter, must deceive you 30! must let
you depart. mourning aud alone, on your
| dsaolats way. Oh. Heaven, that who must
thcri"
So. bitterly lamenting. Lionne dropped her
head upon her knees, and gave herself up to
storm Of grief. 1t pissed at length, a. all
storms moral and material must; and whom
her convusive sObbing had soMeWhat sub.
sided . she rai.ed her head and said softly
Thi. was what they most dreaded to henr.
in order to gain little more time, they az
iected not to have heard 1t.
The ruse failed.
Did you hear me? Bring me my little
danghter-vulcan. ore you denf? Bring me
my child" abe said in peremptory tone:
Dear mistress, compose yourself You
are not yet calm enough to take your babe, {"
pleaded the dwarf.
Bring mo my child! ] ueed her! need
her!
"Mistreea, dear, dear mistress bs patient"
Bring me my child, or my heart will
brenk!" prayed Iionne in voice that sound.
ed like vail.
'Mistrcas. my lady"
my child" walled Lionne, pressing both
hands upon her heart.
"Ludv-I.ndy Lionne-I am your poor old
servant; | prny You to be quiet alittle while.
Your bahs is-is asleep"
SSr..G her IT, u,s tn then wig not
oh, something ia wrong llere!" exclaimed
Lionne starting up and gazing wildly around.
~ do not SEQ her on her pallst. Where 10
abe? Something has happened to my babel
Speak, why don't you tell mel"
Vulcan approached and dDpping at her
feet. and In sobbing, broken, almost inartic.
ulate language. informed her of the awful
fato of her child.
And Lionne-no, cannot-I cannot, &C.
customed rs have been to seo and describe
suffering, my mind now shrinks from detail.
ing the particulars Of that wild, wild woe;
tnHn II nh snl,S Dt, = h.
climax Of her sorrows, and which drove her
mad that night.
Vulcan took care Of her through the night,
nor left her until. from the violence Of her
frenzy. she had sunk at last into stupor.
Then believing her 50 in the helplessness Of
her prostration. lie returned home to pre-.
pnre breakfast for his master.
He found Mr.. Delaforet, and his friends who
were to accompany him to Wave, impatient
to he gone.
He quickly prepared the morning meal and
brought up their horses.
Where 10 your own mule, Vulcan?" IN.
quired the master.
Your honor will forgive me, but am too
old to travel. eanot leave the wilderness"
Why. Vulcan? why this change? Thought
you were to accompany me abroad?"
MY master will pardon his old servant"
"Oh, hyou really wish to remain will not
urge you to go.
AMS uOuso 10 iclt III cuuT&O OI our OOcLOf
to sell. You can stay here until purchaser
is found, and then from the purchase money
you will be provided for"
Deeply Vulcan bowed his thanks-hs had
no strength to speak.
Mr. Delaforet and his friends departed.
One incident Of his journey should be NO.
ticed. At the hotel at Wave he picked up
the morning paper, and lestlessly looked
over it until his eye fell upon this obituary.
"Died suddenly OF organic disease Of the
heart ut the country house of her father in
Allegheny county, Lionne, only daughter o,
Arthur Delnforet, ESQ.,"
Mr.. Dela!oret gazed in trouble upon this
paragraph.
"This should not have been. The assumed
name should not have survived her; but it
was well meant and ignorantly written by
the doctor: SO | will shy nothing about it,"
In nm other fortnight Mr.. Delaforet sailed
for Liverpool.
Vulcan left behind in the old house, hast.
ened to tho grotto for the purpose Of bring.
ing l.ionne to her old home. where he thought
she could live for time in concealment
He rearched the grotto, but
1.iOnne had fedl
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