The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-10-29
Wen go look after her at once, Ma

Wen go look after her at once, Ma
rian."
They were just going to quit when
Joan appeared with young man.
Marian could scarcely believe her own
eyesight, for that young man was no
other than Willie. Her heart re-
bounded with hopeful joy, and this
was intensified when he smiled reas-
suringly. Was the supposed witch
about to assume the very panoply of
an earth-born angel? A moment later
Willie and she were, in the witch's
eyesight, with her sanction and ap-
proval, clasped in each others arms.
what" beamed the senior Vain
wright, "hast thou, Joan Jurdie, decid-
ed to reform thy character, and in
vented this as beginnlng"
"Come into my house." said she,
with the superior manner of an host
ess. II will say what l have to say,
and then trust to your wisdom to ac-
quit me of scandalous proceedings in
the past"
The three followed her into the
house, where she babe them he seated
SNOW" began she, "the wicked witch
Of Rossington is childless widow, and
such she will to the end Of her days
remain; yet she hath for long had
child upon whom she will always look
with eyes full of motherly love. Yes,
William Wainwright, have watched
her for years, and now she is grown
up young woman. and it is about time
she came to terms with her future hus-
band At this opportune moment /
have brought thine own son forward,
and my dear miss all adjusting there
will not be so unllind as to refuse him.
Blessed be they when they are we'd
ded; and may theirs be an eternal hap
Einess. Long life to them, prosperity,
riches, and good-looking little fam
ily"
William Wainwright was delighted.
His face looked like gala-day. The
witch, thought he, had virtues like
other Rossington women, such having
only lain latent until the present hour.
He was agreeably surprised to find
that she did not mention past griev-
ances, for he had helped largely to
procure her accusation for witchcraft
before Hugh Childers at the town of
D.. He now felt sure that her repu-
tation had been wantonly damaged.
She seemed to him to be almost too
forgiving to be human. Her memory
of past grievances could not possibly
have failed even in the course of this
remarkable rejoicing.
The uglest and most grabbed person
is arrayed in lovely amenities when
she stoops to win our favor with great
gifts.
"Ah, Marian" remarked Joan. II
was painfully and Indignantly sorry
when / found that you could not trust
me. Did you ever think that / should
i'll repay you for visiting me and be-
ing my nurse and comforter when
everybody else in the village spurned
me? How could l have brought to you
u man-any man-whom you could not
love? Did l not already know what
man you were most agreeable to? Yes;
and now he is here. l will yet make
you two joint possessors of the $4,000
that l have been secretly reserving for
you. The nephew of old Corney
drowned himself last night in the Dom"
"Old Corney!" caught up the senior
Wainwright.
"Yes, old Corney. That was the Cos
sip who first dubbed me witch But
for him l might have been the respect
able Mrs. Joan Jurde' to this day"
"That l can well believe" said the
delighted Wainwright Hes said
some mucky things about thee in my
hearing. but / said at the time they
were too bad to be true. There, Will
lie, lad, that'll do; you've Rugged the
girl enough, surely"
When Joan invited the three to
breakfast with her, on fresh-laid eggs,
not one of them declined. In the mid
die of the meal Wainwright, senior,
declared he would never come again
to Widow Jurdie for another farthing
of rent
She was as good as her word, and
her secretly adopted daughter became
the possessor of riches. This remarka-
bic act was dffused abroad, and the
attitude towards her was changed
permanently from the hour when it
was credited andArealized as truth.
Hence, in her old age, Mrs. Joan Jur-
die became popular member of Ros-
sington's humbie~society.