Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-13
CHAPTER Ky.

Carlos TO speak. The love like no
other love filled her heart
She threw her arms around him.
covered his face with kisses and tears
and clasped him to her breast as
though he were still IL child. She
murmured loving words to him kissed
the haggard face and the curling hair.
All. they might charge him with what
they pleased, speak as they pleased
TO her he was her idolized son.
He released himself from ths clasp
OF those loving arms and looked at the
| grie stricken face in which the light
of happiness would never shine again
Mother" he said, Il have not
much time. must tell you all. a."
You shall tell me only what you
/ please" she cried.
Il must tell you all" he repeated.
''Sit down here and let me kneel at
your feet-let me lay my head on your
knees, as / did when. n little child, |
was tired of play. Mother dear dar-
ling it is for the last time"
She sat down in the chair he placed
for her. Outside. in the brilliant sun
light stood the stalwart figure OF
policeman, whose eyes never for a mo-
ment wandered from the window. Sir
Carlos knelt at her feet and laid his
head on her knee. Was it most bitter
or most sweet to her that he wept first
before he spoke-wept such tears as
men seldom shed, his strong frame
shaken with sobs?
WhnN fha naasinn Of l. T. tao,, $3.50
exhausted. he told her the story Of
his msd love. his hasty marriage and
his unutterable misery and despair.
She did not add to his sorrow by
one reproach, did not say, as some
women would have said. that she had
foreseen it. She bent her beautiful
face over his bowed head and listened
with heart riven with anguish and
love.
1t was my own fault mother" he
said. 81 thought / knew better than
you. l was fool wise in my own
conceit."
you left her at Como% she said
gently. How came she there, Carlos
in the mere?"
Il had forgotten. | have told you
only half my story after all. " he re-
piled. Il meant to tell you every
thing but put off the evil day; and
then came that unfortunate announce
ment in the newspapers. | hardly
thought she would see it; but it seems
that the poor girl felt lonely and went
to dine at the hotel in Como. There
she saw an English newspaper and
read the paragraph. She must have
loved me very dearly-poor Maggie!
She came away at once bringing the
paper with her. She went 20 Lynn
Mavis and from there she wrote to
me-you gave me the letter yourself,
mother-saying that she would come
over to Firholme that night and |
must see her. 1t was the night of the
dinner; and knew that whatever she
felt inclined to do she would do; and
the thought of a scene before Lady
Gladys was intolerable to me. | knew
that l must go and meet her. if l
wished to prevent her from coming to
Firholme. 1 did so. There was moth
ing in my mind when | left home |
swear but the wish to be kind and
patient with her. / met her on the
high road; but-alas for her alas for
me-she was in one of her worst moods
defiant. coarse. violent-aud, | am
ashamed to tell you. she had evident
ly fortified herself with brandy. |
turned from the high road as soon as
L could was ashamed of her-and
brought her into the grounds. We
walked under the tall trees that shade
the western side of the pool 1t was
only then that could get one sensible
word from her. For the fiftieth time
l asked her what had brought her
here. Then she drew that fatal news
paper from the bosom of her dress.
and cried out Thls-thisr l under
stood all in moment
"It is a false report Maggie" l
said, and you ought to know it,
4" i will believe it is false she an-
swersd, If you will take me to the
house and tell that painted. bold faced
madame that l am your wife
IL shall do nothing of the kind /
said quietly. You will be more your
self tomorrow; and then we will see
what is TO be done
I'VE were walking then quite close
to the water-indeed l told her once
that her dress was wet and she drew
it aside. What spirit prompted
her-unless it was the vicious
one of drink cannot tell. but
she began to abuse you and Lady
Gladys. She shouted out the most in
solent things she would not lower her
voice; and Heaven forgive me- l
was never very patient NANNY
brain throbbed and my blood seemed
on fire. Perhaps /, toe. had tried to
get up false strength from stimulauts.
l know that she said everything most
horrible OF Lady Gladys; but she could
not remember her name. ess-.~sv
Give me that paperr she cried
that may read her name again and
call on heaven 10 crush herp
''Of course resisted; / would not