Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-08-26
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u" - NA+D<tt III NIL 6&it IL -
lately resident In Paris"
The captain and the young stranger
bowed and shook hands as though
they had never met before. The min
lister. apparently, believed that they
never had.
After a little desultory conversation,
that has nothing to do with this story,
the minister pleaded an engagement,
bowed and withdrew, leaving Mr..
Dunbar alone with the captain.
And now. SIR said the latter. II
must apologize for the rudeness of my
speech TO you, when your extreme re-
semblance to my nephew led me to
mistake you for that young gentleman.
and to suppose him TO be playing off a
joke ut my expense
NO such apology was necessary, sir,
believe me- replied the young man,
with a bow.
"iou mentioned to me that you had
called on important business. May l
ask how | a serve your
Thank you, sir. Only the most i'm
portant business could have warranted
me in pressing my visit at perhaps an
announcement moment"
Never mind that! What's done Is
done, and can't be undone ,even when
it is murder! BY missing the train L
have missed the boat to Fuljoy's Isl
and. where my children are plning for
my presence, and there will not be an
other for four days
Il an extremely sorry. sir: and yet,
so vitality important is my business.
that / fear l must still have pressed
my visit. even had | known it to be so
inopportune."
by the Lord Harry, | admire your
frankness. even more than / do your
modest assurance. But this business,
so important that an old gentleman
u lose his train. and, more than
that, his boat. and be detained from
his home our days to hear 1t, even
though II Is nothing whatever to him
what is. it?'
Il have come to you, sir on the part
of the Marquise De Glacie-born
Princess Astrea Caracciolo."
Eth! Marquise who? Princess -
what? Say that over again. said the
captain, in an accession of excite
ment.
II came to you, sir, on the part of
Madame In Marquise De Giacie. born
Princess Astrea Cariccoloi' repeated
the young nan gravely.
And now. of course, writing herself
Astrea De Glacie?" said the captain,
with growing agitation.
Certainly, sir: that, at least. is the
name signed at the foot CT my page of
Instructions
''ADd did Madame De Glacie ever. ev-
! er-but go on".' you had better tell ME
what she would have OF me-" gasped
the old man, GREATNESS with emotion.
and wiping his flushed and perspiring
face.
.'She would have only her child.
MaGemoiselle Astrca De Glacie," an
swered Mr.. DuIhar.
There. | knew IL! l always knew
1t, or something very like it, ex-
claimed the captain. falling back in his
chair overcome with the cunten1ing
passions Of joy and grief-ioy 70 hear
that all his provisions rs to Astrea's
rank were confirmed, grief TO hear that
in consequence he might lose her for
ever.
1Ecn, having struggle | with his emo
tions and gained n degree of compos-
TIRE. Ire continued. In a calmer voice:
II always felt in my heart that the
little child. whose instincts led her to
my door. was far other than II
seemed. Those Instincts were always
so delicate. She did so shrink from all
the coarse surroundings OF her life!
and tried. with all her baby might, to
escape from them, and she did escape
from them by coming straight to me!
And she prattled. too, in broken melo-
dy. half-French and half English. of a
chateau, and a grand-pere and a flag
tower. i took her TO my heart OF
hearts, and cherished her as though
she had been my own and only child.
Sine became the light of my eyes, the
life of my heart. the angel OF my home.
She called herself Daney-the name
given her by her rude foster-parents.
Accident made known TO me another
name. / found among the rubbish OF
the cottage that had been occupied by
the people, the lid of what had once
been a strong casket. The plate of this
lid bore the rame of Astrea De Glacic.
ard when / had my darling christened
and confirmed, l gave her that name,
hoping that. even IL it were not her
own. 1t might some day at least be the
means of discovering her friends
And so. indeed. sir. it proved: al
though we often wondered that the
wretches who kidnapped her had not
taken the %precaution to change her
name"
you see that they did: they called
her Jane or Janey, and claimed her as
their offspring. And her melodious
baby lips softeIed that into Daney.
which is her pet name, ever TO this
day. But pray tell me how it hap
pened that the name Astrea De Glacie
guided her friends to meg"
s'You were in Paris with the young
lady last year"
"Yes. / took her there on purpose:
introduced her into society en- purpose;
so that her name. which knew tc be
ole OF the Eoblest in France, might at
tract the attention of her friends. Ii
indeed she had any. | never iold her
story, because so little of 1t as was
known to me indicated an origin SO
humble, that to have it known would
have injured her position in society. |
therefore introduced her to u minis
ter's family, and, through him, to the
elite OF Paris. as my ward, Mademof-
scile De Glucie: trusting to the name
alone to reveal her existence to any
friends she might possess. But. alas.
the De Glacies had long been forgot