The Eddy current., 1899-04-01
CHATTER XIX.


state Of trumpery insanity was the
jury's vordick. For nigh on six months
aforo poor little Helen came into the
wufrld her mother was hopeless
ljiot. that ought TO have been locked
up safe In sylum, az ought to know
we'll"
Great heavens! And this was kept
from mo Intentionally kept by that
wrotchod old woman who naunts her
reilglon--"
Charity an religion begins az homo
with wan o. her kind. II she had
tould you, the chances are ye'd have
sloped on an left on her hands a
burthen she hated an had frottcd
against sore for the last eighteen year
She saw her chance and didn't let It.
slip. Who'd be- after blamin' her, when
ye come to think OF ~"
"The madness was inheritod-in the
family mean?" asked, with Hullen
bitterness.
mo, II wasn't. Sorry n Casey ! ever
heard OF bein' took that way before or
since"
What was the cause Of IT,
Sorrow. trcachery, cruelty. an
wrong them was the cause OF it
wrong such as nd drive women o. my
kind by degrees TO the whisky bottle
an the county Jail but which In wan
summers day, turned poor Nora Casey
from a llgh,-heartcd sunny lass into,
as I've already tould ye. a broodln'
hopeless lllotl"
Tell me all about Il. nothing must
be kept back from me now. What was
the mothers story? Quck!"
"Alsy, aisy. III tell II ye soon
enough" demonstrated Molly sooth-
lngy. squattlng herself on the ground.
her hands claspng her knees. Nora
was the ould vans only daughter an
the youngest o. the family; Whon the
boys all went their ways she had 90
remain at homo. She was me nurse
child ana aa purity girl as ye'd care
20 meet IN Gays walk and as like
her daughter 90 two peas. Only brighter
an more winr'a' IN her ways. an
ucyor wild that broodln' heavy look
Miss Helen often had. She was let
grow up Jest as yer wife was. with no
moro oddlcatlon or care or lookln' after
than II she was thrown on the wurrd
without o sowl OF her own. She used
10 wander about the mountains an day
long. ana In course Of time met a
Fcoundrol
"llo had come In q Grand yacht that
anchored iu tho bay Every day be-
used to L,ct her somewhere or other.
an soon won her heart, for he was
handsome am elegant, like no wan
she'd never met before. One day he
tould her 90 meet him next night az
n o'clock IN ST. Brgld's ruined church
beyond tho point below. an that he
would have minister 20 marry them.
making her swear she was TO tell no
wan, Tor " q was known he was about
10 marry q poor girl he'd be ruined for
llfe. But after few months he said
be was 10 como In for a large fortune
and be his own master an then he'h
bring her 10 his home In England an
Introduce her 20 hts people.
Poor Nora believed him and went
10 thc abbey. whore sure enough there
was minister an In white ready to
make them wan She kept the saycrot
safe poor howl. an. when the cowld
rain and the bleak Wind came he sailed
away 10 his yacht, an after he'd been
a couple OF months gone news came
wan day from Dr0omlCaguo that he
had been married over in England 90
some grand lady with q lot ~ money
the week before. But Miss Nora only
laughed when she heard IL. an didn't
seem In the laiat put out, though I
watched her close. suspoctin' there was
somethln' between them though not
the cruel truth. Heaven knows
"Wel. Just three days after we heard
the rumor. "a letter came 20 Miss Nora
onclosin o. check fer nry pounds aud
tellin' her that the marriage up at the
old church hadn't been ralc one az an.
that the minister was only hls valet
dressed zap. aa he'd dare say she'd sus-
pected nll along An he was mortal
sorry ho had 20 give her up; but hard
necessity Obliged him 10 marry ls
present wife. 20 whom ho had been
engaged for the last two years. an
be- begged her pardon an wished her
well an would never foreet or cease TO
love hls dear mountain maid That
was ALL
when she'd read Il an understood
Il al last. she went ragln' through the
house like d madwoman. the letter ln
her hands, an when nor mother read ID
too an learnt the cruel story for the
I nrst time. she just opened her hall
door, an Wld her own hard hands
thrust the poor maddened craythurc
out into the cowld night; an hade her
never cross the doorstep of the house
she had disgracod. n wasn't until the
middle Of the next day We heard what
had been done; an me ould man an
me. wld our hearts in our mouths. sea
out 10 search Tor her We didn't find
her until the evening after. thirty