Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24

dismay. Why was this tempting pros
pect shown her only to be a mistake? Al
last her disappointment found vent in
| tears.
Mrs. Hardy threw her arms around her
and wept too. At length she dried he1
| eyes.
Its al! true, Jenny. dear, ali true.
Come and sit beside me and I will tell you
! ali about it.
When | was young girl lived al
Ambleside. | was a poor girl-only q
dairymaid IN old Mr. Pembroke place
| was as pretty ds you then, Jenny: but
my hair was black. and I was rounde1
and roster than you are; Mr.. Pembroke
| had one son, Hardy, little older than |
| He used to come up To The dairy and drink
| the cream and | would be blamed fol-
doing it. After while he stopped taking
| the cream and took kisses instead Little
| by little | got to look for him, and I'd
walk out III the park after dark with HI;
| arm around my waist. | loved him, Jenny
and he loved me- One day we were quiet
! ~ married. was afraid to tell of if,
suppose, because | knew he was so far
above me. But that couldn't go on for.
ever. and once when he had gone away
| for a spell found that you were coming.
| He was away three months then. and
couldn t write to him. We only learned
now since you were oorn, Jenny.
Soon people begin to whisper and tC
point at ne, then they kept shy of ne,
and one day the squire sent for me, and
he got very angry and swore that the man
should marry me it it were his own son.
| Was afraid Hardy wouldn't like me IL
tell, so | cried and said nothing.
That night Hardy came home, and
met him at the gate and told MIN what
the squire had said. He drew my arm
through his and took me up to the hall
The squire was in the library. with Miss
Isabel reading 10 him and Mrs Penn
broke. When we came IN together Il
needed no words to tell the squire that
his son was TIE man.
Isabel leave the room!' he screamed
There is no need of her doing that, said
Hardy. You must all know what
should have told you some six months ago
hlttie and | were married on All Haliow
Fen
1t was May then. The squire turned
white as ashes; for d moment there Wa
not sound. then with a cry he fell back
III his chair. ] never knew just what
happened after that, but the squire never
spoke again. and in less than a week b.
died Paralysis, they told me. I didn /
see Hardy for nearly six weeks, and then
he came to tell me that the death of his
father had made bis mother Ill, and thai
probably she would never recover. She
never did. Jennie. The winter saw her
dead, too. My husband was never the
same to me again. | suppose he felt that
| had killed his parents When you were
born he named you after his mother
against my will, and as soon as | was we'll
he left me- He offered me money, but
wouldn't take it, | fought it out in Eng.
land for three years, then he wanted TO
take you from me and came to America
| told my story truly to the good priest
here, and he comforted me and found me
work, and best of all, Jenny, he promised
me that you should have your rights when
you were grown, and had you taught like
lady.
I've borne all my hardships patiently
I've prayed night and day that my hus-
bands heart would turn % me again
And now he is dead, dead without me,
and love him still" She burst into
tears.
Mother, dear, dear mother, don't cry
| know he loved you when he died, or he
would not have left us everything. Think
of me, mother. and cheer up for my sake
Don't cry any more, mother dear.
The girls own voice was chOked with
tears as she spoke, but her caresses sooth,
ed her mother, and presently she ceased
her sObbing and kissed her child.
we will never have to work again
Jenny. You must get your clothes right
| away, dear, and say goodbye to the kind
Sisters and Father Mar"
| Then the details were discussed, anC
Jenny, at least, went to bed happy, re-
CARELESS of the hard condition attached
| to her prosperity. In two weeks they went
off.
Her aunt's cold reception showed Jenny
what it must have cost her to write the
cordial letter she had sent. There was
some difficulty at first about her residence
for Jenny would not leave her mother, and
Miss Pembroke was not willing to receive
her at the hail. At last however. she Was
forced to consent, and it was wonderful
what peaceful aud even happy family
they made.
Five years passed rapidly enough, and
their close found Geniveve motherless. she
was virtually an heiress, the conditions OF
the will not being public, and as such was
as much petted in London as her mourning
would allow.
Passing summer at the Schweitzerhofi
IF Lucerne, with chaperone selected by
her aunt, she met a fellow countryman.
the Earl of MiIburn. who was staying
at fha ,nanra modest Hntoi Il Z 1rlnta rro