The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-29

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/ George there, and never leave aim until she
had either persuaded him 20 return to his
allegiance, or had wrested bis secret from
him. She decided TO see Ellice first to in
form her Of her resolution, aad 10 bid her be
OF good cheer.
Having once made uD her mind to this
course, she shut her eyes with true wOmauly
obstin tcy to the difficulties Of her mission,
and, cOtte que coUte, determined that she
would succeed. George could not, and
would not resist her personal entreatles.
She made basty preparations for the
journey. and arranged, if need were, to be
q month away.
She put the servants on board wages, i'd
vised some two or three Of her friends of
her intended absence, and on the following
day set out for Richmond by way of Lon
don.
The task Of nursing and the pain and sus-
| pense Of her lovers silence had wOrL Ellice
down considerably. She was thin and pale
and languid, aud Mrs. Redwood was ne& Iy
tired 10 valOr in her cause and Georges as
! she observed these symptoms. She poured
out her purpose in one vehement, maternal
torrent.
Il am going to Belgium, darling. l shall
take Tomorrow evenings mail, and on the
following day | shall be at Liege. / shall
see George, and | shall never leave his side
until | know from him what keeps him
silent"
"He has forgotten me-" Ellice said Bit
terly, though her eyes filed and her lips
trembled.
mo, no, my darling" cried the widow
HE has not forgotten you. He loves you
| better than ever. | have his own written
| word for it. HIS letter came only yesterday.
| And know George better. far better than
you, my dear. He is incapable of deceit.
| He never told me lie in his lifetime. No,
my darling, you may be sure that George is
I 10 4 l.
him, don't you, Ellices And while that's
true there is nothing, nothing, nothing that
can really come between you. l shall bring
! George back with me. | shall make him
tell me what his trouble is. and shall bring
| him back with me. can't bear that either
of you should be unhappy. You never
! knew a mother OF your own, dear. and my
! heart fastened to you when you were no
higher than the table. Next to George, l
love you better than anybody in the world.
Don't cry, Ellice. l shall bring him back
again"
In the face of all this impetuous conf
dence, it seemed hard to disbelieve, and to
Mrs. Redwood's mind, slough she could not
shake away an inward premonition of
failure it seemed easy for the moment to
scorn all doubts, however deep-rooted and
| instructive.
"show me his letter, mamma" Ellice
pleaded.
mo, dear" the widow answered. II
shall not do that yet, for it would only pain
you. will read you one passage from it,
If you will promise not to ask to see any
more"
She drew she letter from her bosom and
read.
"Elice suggests in her letter to you that
may have unworthy thoughts about her,
or that somebody else may have come in
between her and me and supplanted her in
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as do now. shall never think of another
girl, and l know that my love will last my
lifetime"
She did not change word OF her sons
writing, but more unjust synopsis of a
document was never offered. The decep-
tive extract. however. lent the girl new
courage aud more than renewed ell her old
tenderness for her lover.
$50 long as that is true" she asked,
what can it matter what happens9 We
can wait until this dreadful mystery, whats
ever it is, is cleared away. We are young
and we have all our lives before u.s."
She spoke of the mystery with a genuine
hghtness. So long as George loved her, it
could have no real terrors for her.
Trust it all to me, Ellice," cried Mrs
Redwood II will arrange everything. 1
will never leave him until bring him back
to YOU"
1t was really marvellous to see, how under
these cheering and encouraging words, the
girl frightened and blossomed to her old
self again. The color came back to her pale
cheeks and lips Her eye brIghsened and
the dropping listless carriage OF her body
was changed to an air of youth and elias
ITCHY a thousand times more proper and
becoming to her years.
Mamma" she cried, embracing the
widow, and laying her head upon that
friendly bosom. II thought ] should never
be happy any more. But am, dear, and 1
owe it to your goodness. Thank you, dear,
and bless you a hundred times"
She kissed the bearer of good tidings
rapturously, and Mrs Redwood submitted
to and returned her caresses with a sharp in
ward sting Of reproach. Ellice had never
truly shown her heart till now, and the
widow read the signs so truly that she trem-
bled for the success Of her scheme. 10 have
lifted snoh despair to such hight Of hope
only to dash it down again was a cruelty
from which her whole nature shrauk, and
yet In spite Of herself she feared that she
had been guilty of 1t.
lyon shall see what you shall see." she
said, with an assumed confidence and cheer
fulness, though she felt like a traitress all
the time. And now tell me your own
news. Howis your fatherl What does Sir
William Keppell think Of his conditionF
my father has improved beyond hope"
| Ellice answered. HE can actually walk
again, and to-day he was out for five min
utes on the lawn, quite unsupported. Butt
am afraid" she added, that his mind Is
gone. There is one very singular thing
about him. He often speaks in French, and
that is all the more strange, because l al
| ways thought ne never knew word of the
| language. Years ago, when l was quite q
little thing, l wrote to him in French, to
show him how 1 was getting on under
Madame Blos, and l remember quite dis
! tinctly that be said he had had to have mine
translated. You must write to me in fu-
ture,' he said, 'iu a language can UNDER
stand.n
"He may have learned it since. dear"
suggested Mrs. Redwood. 81 have heard
him talk more than once Of having to 20
on business to Paris"
YES" insisted Ellice; "but the strange
thing is, that he speaks with quite country
accent, and SO perfectly. When | was in
Province two years ago with Mrs. Blois
and Mrs. Farrell, l used to listen to the
country people and try to initiate them.
They have a language Of their own which
could not understand at all bat when they
spoke French they had exactly the same ac-
cent my father has.
Il dare say said Mrs. Redwood, THAT
he studied with somebody who came from
that part OF France"
That does not seem the natural explapa-
tion," Ellice admitted, but it is surprising
that be should have learned il middle life to