The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-20


sometimes in her little flower garden
and BY and by she learned 10 love him
| mink he, also, in his cold. rude fash
ION, loved her. but he was too selnshlJ
calculating ever 10 feet a genuine pas
sion. AZ one time he SO wrought upoI
her innocent heart with his pitiful story
OF wrong and desolatiOn. and his arden
profession OF love. that she gave hin
her promise to be his when she becam,
OF age. No sooner had he obtained thi,
promise than he began 10 prosecute her
His calls for money We're incessant, and
she, poor girl. was obliged to supply
them. or TO be denounced 20 her father
IL Is doubtful If the rascal would have
risked going TO Lord Hiltland. but he
held this terror mp constantly before Re
gina. And she, from loving him. grew
to loathe him.
BY sonic means unknown TO me Lord
Hiltland discovered the situation OF
things, and his wrath was terrible.
Rudolph was kicked from the house
like a dog and Regina was sent to the
aunt. While in Paris, my mother first
met Pierre ST. Cyril. a young French
man OF noble family and fascinating
personal appearance. The beauty Of
Regina attracted him powerfully, and
when he became acquainted with her
his admiration rapidly deepened into
love There seemed, for once. no inn
pedimort 20 the marriage They were
OF equal birth, both We're possessed of
a strict sense of honor and both were
strikingly handsome
st Cyrils only fault IL fault it can
be reckoned a severely stern sense
of honor. that could not tolerate for
moment the semb'ance Of deception.
Although he had been brought up in
the frivolous French capital. his heart
was as pure as that Of a little child.
NY mothers first error lay in the
decision which she took by the advice
,f her aunt. not % make ST. Cyril ac-
luainted with the episode touching
John Rudolph She, to DO her justice. F..
vas anxious TO speak of &c TO him. but |
Ter aunt, who was a fashionable |
worldly woman, treated the idea with T.
outempt and won from Regina prom I
Sc never TO mention the affair to her .
over. The ambitious woman knew .
OF 81. Cyril's sensitive .em- 1
erament and feared that he might OBJ /
act TO taking one whom he knew had /
{ some time fancied she loved another. /
They were married, and St Cyril /
Ook his wife 20 his chateau near Au- I
ergne. They were very happy. ST. |
'yril was the most devoted of hns-
auds; they had abundance Of wealth. |
nd there seemed to be nothing wanting |
b complete their content. At tho end
{ two years / was there. think IL was
bout this time that my mothers real
rOuble began. Rudolph sought her
at. BY some means he had managed |
D ascertain that Mr. ST. Cyril had been
ept in ignorance of their old love af- .
air, and rightly Judging that my
lother would sacrifice much before she
would now have il revealed, he came
o her. and threatened her with expo
IRE, If she did not at once deliver over
O him a certain sum Of money. My
aother was terribly frightened. and she
gave Rudolph all the ready money she
For while he left her in
,eace but not for long The dissl-
,ated life he lei demanded large sums
Of money and he was too indolent TO
work, when il could be obtained in any
way. His calls upon my mother be-
came very frequent She did her best
10 satisfy them. She sold all her Jew
els. and little trirkets which would
turn FOR money. and gave him the pro-
ceeds. But the more she sacrificed for
him. the more graaping and arrogant he
became He asked her twice for money
when she had nothing to give. He sug-
gested her husbands desk He knew
81 Cyril kept by him large sums Of
money. and she could easily abstract
what he wanted without being mis-
trusted. This my mother peremp;o-
riiy refusl 10 do. She would run all
risks rather than steal from this man
Who owed and trusted her. Rudolph
went away in fierce anger. vowing ven
geance.
About this time twins were born to
my parents-two girls They were
named EvanEeliue and Genevieve. and
upon the arms Of each OF them there
was faint scarlet cross-a birth mark.
When these children were four months
old, the nurse took them out for their
airing one day in o little carriage. and
while she left them a moment to speak
10 friend Evangeline was stolen from
the side Of her sister. The terrified
nurse knew nothing beyond the fact
that She had left them for "A moment by
the side Of fountain in the public gar.
dens, and on returning 10 take then
away, had found only Genevieve-
Evangeline was gone,
My mother was distracted, TIL
shock threw her into a fever. and in he
deiirious rawlings my father learned tn,
whole story. Nothing was kept back
He knew that she had loved Rudolph
that she had deceived him every da-
since their marriage. and that this un
scrupu Gus man had visited her severa
/ times since their residence at Auyergne
/ He was proud and painfully SENSITIVE
/ man, and his whole soul was outraged
/ lie fancied himself the most bitterl
wronged Of all the human race. II
grew cruel and relentless toward th
woman he had so loved When az las
she returned TO consciousness sh
found herself deserted by her husband
He had gone to the east. he said In
brief epistle which he left behind hin
he knew everything He never wishe
to .ook upon her face again. lie ha
left ample provision Tor her. and begge
her 10 bring ND hnr children In tho natl