The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-17


new passenger is being taken on She
has on her sabOts now, and is very neat
y dressed
Monsieur must know that I had an
errand at the Chateau. and SO I could
not bid him farewell, as the others said
they should do at the Auberge Chre-
ten
She smiles as she SAYS this, and VII
fred believes her, says q few kind words,
hopes he shall see her there next year,
climbs back into the diligence, and she
is left standing alone at the gate Of the
Chateau do Tracy Then, and not till
then. her eyes fill with tears.
A year goes by, and Wilfrod is
once more in Arromanches. Things
have gone well with him mean
while, and Eleanor accompanies him
this time. Every one is anxious TO see
the wife Of the young American. She
would be very nervous II she knew how
riJical are the eyes of these Norman
villagers who look at her 50 closely. But
she knows nothing Of this, fortunately,
and, without any effort 20 do so, she
wins their hearts as completely as her
husband had done the year before, and
the general verdict is that she is quite
worthy 10 be the wife of the young
American They are walking together
on the sands the morning after their ar
rival One of the fsher-girls is return
ing 10 the village. II is Elise. Nilfred
perceiyes, as she approaches them.
"See, Elise" said Wilfred, gayly,
'bere is my wife; she who gave me the
little hook you found last summer
Elise stops short Ellis wife,H She
shivers slightly, although the day is
warm. She tries 70 smile, but does not
speak. Wilfrcd takes her silence for
timidiry. but there is.a look in her eyes
as she Eazcs trom him 20 Eleanor that
Eleanor understands better than her
husband can.
My husband has told me OF YOU" she
SAYS kindly, and we are both glad 70
see you"
She wins the girl TO say few words,
and then they move away, and Elise is
left alone as she was year ago at the
gate of the Chateau de Tracy. but this
time not even the faintesJ CLEAN of
shadowy hope stays with her TO brighten
the future. And Wilfred viii never
know. The secret was safe with
Eleanor, who read 1t instantly when she
looked in the eyes Of Elise. She is sure
Of il when they meet Elise again with
the same look of dumb pain in her eyes.
They leave Arromanches in . week or
two, and from behind 4 hedge on the
Bayeux road Elise watches their depart
Ure- She has never put her thoughts
into words She is conscious only Of
suffering that she mot help, suffering
that IS no ones fault, unless il be q fault
70 be handsome and kind and -unob-
serving.
a month after the Averys leave AFRO
uanChes there reaches him = packet
from Nine. Chretien iuclosing some
articles left behind by accident and in
an accompanying note the writer says:
Monsieur VIII be grieved TO know OF
the death Of Elise Rigault- II was but
. day OF two after Monsieur and his
wife left Ar-omcnches. II is thought
by some that she left one Of her nets on
the rocks behind the plags, and, going
70 look for il at high tide, she may have
fallen on the stones and into the water.
II was Alphonse Cauchon who found her
there floating in the water, in a narrow
place between the rocks, which perhaps
Monsieur remembers Il is very strange
70 as at Arromanches, for Elise could
swim like ali the girls who go out with
the nets. II may be- that the fall on the
rocks made her unconscious, but L bon
DisE only knows
Poor Elise!' says Wilfres, pityingly,
and by and by goes out Of doors and for
gets.
Poor Elise!' says Eleanor, and when
Nifrcd comes back he sees she has been
weeping.
Tender little heartr' he says, weep
ing for one whom YOU saw but two or
three times, and of whom you know 50
little.r
And Eleanor is silent.-Oscar Fay
Adams, IN Christian Union