New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-13
CHAPTER ".
CONCLUSION.


Did IL end here? | often ends so IN lie, IN
career of rcnunciation, of devotion 70 inc uncon
genial Of effort which perhaps mas us cphpcnIfS
lions ana rcpays itself before all Is over. eel
denial has IL hidden sweetness, as sci-lndulgchcc
has its inevitable sorrow a!d bitterness Dut SOM
times Fate is kind 10 her fayori'S, ana Shatcnes
from tlcm the cup OF suffering That she mus
rr,-s.cd 10 their Ups suatchcs IL away when 1t Is
barely tasted, 80 that size leaves To- them the Joy
II wcll-loing and tie pleasures also oil ea'lShc"
mis- was 10 he Maud's lot after all the easier
LOT that leaves the check soft and the eye pri2h'
through years of -moothcst living and happy 10Y
inr For Martha Crcwc when she understood ''
whole trouble. spoke eagerly ana @lNoI-y. II.
never said Won were my own daughter, only
the little child that tie lady had lett 10 me "hcIl
she died. and that | meant to brns up az nS
R,,ph Kcr.lakc's chccrfulncss returned at these
words. and Maud ceased her bitter weeping. SIe
could never for-a<c or deny her HlotH'r-pu' II "l7
was not her mother after ali a. ,.,,,,,
NO no you aron't my child. really. wouldnt
have il thought 10 IL II would hurt you Tor
minute But your mother, who, was sweet
lody added though 30 poor. said that You had no
friends who would he kind 70 yon. 'Iheyd tren,
her cruel II sent her to them, she Slld 50 !
promised 10 take care Of you and was glad To
do ali / could for the dear little baby You were
fhcn But now. INV dear. | seem T. understand
hogr II is There ashamed OF YOU because they
thinl, that I'm yonr mother We'll. they needn 7,
| never was related 20 yon one bit. and n not
Going TO stand in your way, ! dlInt sec II whc cl
you spoke t. ne ~ first Nou were so good AMI
sweet that Won didn't show me how strange II must
hc FOR a grand young lady TO call me mother.
Bqt This gcntlemqa cts me NOW 90. On my gG ,,
him Won orc 70 marry iiut like Is kind TO like.
And YOU belong to them. not me-
IT is you who were kind t. NE, and not they.
when | needed il most" sod Maud. Whether
y yg ere on me- ow%Ts She She f took Mrs Crew.
hand and core,scd it. II WIS 50 easy cy noW to hc b.,
race. all the subtle results Of culture, had made 1t
hard before.
- know You viii lc kind to me-" s'id Mrs.
more Bat there shnn't be- any mistayc. Your
rar,c il Colnc. not Grove: and know where You
was baptized and registered If Your friends are
trouble about H. Toll the gentleman so"
Maud was not inclined 10 tell the gentleman
anything. At distance She had been able To
understand even 90 sympatliZc with him. Bat
hc~c. face 10 face with n simpler and moro
.elf-denving nature his complex FEELINGS repealed
her He saw that she was anqry. and FEY that
Sic had uerhaps right to feel 81. IL would need
fuller sympathy than his 10 soothe her rntied
Yon do not like me-" he said, "Yon think
will know me better in time. Well well. say no
more | want you 20 leave me alone few minutes
with Mrs. Grove Bcoiacs, there is some one
engcr 10 speak Ia yon outside heard him come
minute aQo.
lie took her hand and led her away with gen
'lc authority When they reached the passage he
went bacl, 10 the room. shutting the door between
them Some one else in the porch. with his
back TO her, and the outer door was open. This
newcomer turned 10 her now with a cry Of delight.
and she dropped her head on his shoulder, weeping
bitterly helpless with sorrow and pcrpleXity, but
glad to give mp all need of thought TO him,
Ny darling" hc said Il would never have let
You 90. whoever you had turned out to be-
And fhis assurance Of his put 10 any
hard trial Three months afterward lhcre was y
gay and happy wedding at Applewood. Tw1 ,. old
for the daughter they had lost, who was daughter
In truth 20 neither Of them