The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-17

4 down her hopes She rose into a brief
blaze Of fury, denying it. "Oh, you think
| will believe thatl' she cried-''me that
. have followed him in my thoughts
( and blossom, and come 10 be a man! Do
I YOU think there would have been no angel
| 10 stop me in my vain imaginatiOns, no
/ kind creature in heaven or earth that
I would have breathed into my heart and
/ said Go on no more hope no more {" Oh
/ 1O-oh no. Heaven is not like that. nor
/ earth Pain comes ana trouble, but not
/ cruel fate. No, do not believe i'll will
not believe it, 1t is not true"
! My dear lady" said the old gentleman,
/ distressed.
lam no dear lady TO you. am moth
/ ing to you. ] am poor, deserted, heart
/ broken woman. that have lived false,
| false, but never meant it; that have had
| no one 10 stand By me. 10 help me out of
! it. And now you sit there calm, and look
me in the face and take away my son.
My baby first was taken from me. forced
out of my arms newborn, and now YOU
take the boy I've followed with my heart
those long, long years, the bonnie lad, the
young man I've seen. ! tell you I've seen
him. then. How can "A mother be de-
ceivedi We've seen him, both Gilchrist
and me Ask her, If you doubt my word
We have seen him, can any lie stand
against that And my heart has spoken,
and his heart has spoken; we have sought
each other ia the dark and taken hands
] know him by his bonnie eyes, and a
trick in his mouth that is just my father
over again. and he knows me OE nature,
and the touch Of kindly blood. "
20. men, Gilchrist cried, Il warned
ye-I warned ye What is likeness TO
lippen to, And / never saw il. " the woman
said, with tears.
"Aud who asked We to see it, or thought
ye could see il, serving woman, not a
drops blood TO him or To me! 1t would
be bonnie thing" said Miss Bethune
pausing, looking round as if 10 appeal to
an unseen audience, with an almost smile
Of scorn, If my hired wOmans word was
to be taken instead of his mothers. Did
she bear him in pain and anguish Did
she wait for him, lying dreaming, month
after month, that he was 10 cure alll She
got him in her arms when he was born,
but he had been in mine for long before;
he had grown man in my heart before
ever he saw the light of day. o, ask her,
and there is many fable she will tell We.
But meu'-she Gained down again, a
smile came upon her FACET have seen
my son. Now, as / have nobody but him,
he has nobody but me, and l mean from
this day to take him home and acknowl-
edge him before all the world"
Mr. Templar had risen. and stood with
his hand on the back OF his chair. II
have nothing more to say he said. IF
| can be of any use to you in any way,
command me, madam. 1t is no wish of
mine To take any comfort from you, or
even to dispel any pleasing illusion"
"As if you could!' she said, rising
again, proud and smiling. 'As If any old
lawyers words, as dry as dust, could
shake my conviction, or persuade me out
of what is certainty. 1t is a certainty.
Seeing is believing. the very vulgar say.
And / have seen him-do you think you
could make me believe after that that
there is no one to see!'
He shook his head and turned away.
! Good morning to you, ma am he said
81 have told you the truth, but / cannot
make you believe it, and why should l
try 1t may be happier for you the other
! way"
"Happier?" she said with a laugh.
| LAY. because it's true. Falsehood has
been my fate too long-I am happy be-
cause 1t is true"
Miss Bethune sat down again, when her
visitor closed the door behind him The
| triumph and brigh tness gradually died
| out of her face What are YOU greetin'
| there for. YOU fool," she said, and me
| the happiest woman, and the proudest
mother! Gilchrist," she cried. suddenly
| turning round upon the maid, the woman
! that is dead was a weak creature, bound
hand and foot all her life. She meant no
harm, poor thing, | will allow, but vet
she broke one mans life in pieces, and it
must have been a poor kind of happiness
she gave the other, with her heart always
straying after another mans BARN. And
I've done nothing, nothing to injure any
mortal ] was true till l could be true no
longer, till he showed all he was: and
true l have been in spite of that all my
life, and endured and never said a word
Do you think it's possible, possible that
yon woman should be rewarded with her
child in her arms, and her soul satisfied
and me left desolate with my very Imagi-
nations torn from me, torn out of me, and
my heart left bleeding, and all my
thoughts turned into lies, like myself,
that have been no better than a liel-
turned into lies!'
"Oh, menu" cried Gilchrist--. my
dear Teddy, that has been more to- me
than a this world Is it for me to say
that It's no justice we have to expect, for
we deserve nothing; and that the Lord
knows his ain reasons; and that the time
will come when Wen get it all back-you
your BARN, the Lord bless him and me
TO We as happy as the angels, which is
all ever wanted or thought to get either
here or Otherwhere. :"