The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-15


WHO Is your letter from, Annie? IL
seems to please you very much
She leaned toward him with the pa
j per in her little trembling hand, and
said:
1 ut is from Cornelia''
i MY God!' he calculated, and the
words were fraught with such feelings
as could have found no therSvehicle of
expression.
.'she has sent you, dear George. a
/ copy of the letter you ought to have re-
ceived more than two years ago. Read 1t.
His eyes ran rapidly over the sweet
words, and his face famed, his hands
trembled, he cried out impetuously:
But what does it mean? Am l quite
in my senses? How has this letter
been delayed? Why do 1 get only a
copy?''
because Mr.. Van Arien has the orig
1nal''
1T is all Incredible What do you
mean, Annie? Do not keep me in such
torture and suspense
.'It means that Mr.. Van Ariens asked
Cornelia to marry him on the same day
that you wrote to her about your mar
riage She answered both letters In the
same hour and misdirected them
Gods death! How can 1 punish so
mean a scoundrel? 1 will have my let
| Ter from MIN IL 1OilOW ulul dloulAO IAAC
world for it,
"You have your letter now. I asked
Cornelia to write it again for you, and,
you see, she has done 1t gladly. y
Angel of goodness But will have
my first letter."
1T has been in the mans keeping for
more than two years. i would not touch
it. 1t would infect a gentleman and
make him a rascal just as base"
HE shall write me. then, an apology
in his own blood. 1 viii make him do
it at the point of my sword
IF I were you 1 would scorn to wet
my sword in blood so base"
Remember. Annie, what this darling
girl suffered. For his treachery she near
ly died. 1 speak not of my own wrong,
it is as nothing to hers"
However, she might have been more
careful"
Annie, she was in the happy hurry of
love, Your calm soul knows now what
| a confusing thing that is-she made
mistake, and that sneaking villain turned
her mistake into a crime. BY Gods
mercy. it is found out, but how, Annie!
/ Anniei how much 1 owe you? What can
1 say? What can 1 DOR
"Be reasonable. Mary Damer really
found it out His guilty, restless con-
science forced him to tell her the story,
/ though to be sure he put the wrong on
people he did not name. But knew so
much of the mystery Of your love sor-
row as to put the two stories together
| and find them fit. Then 1 wrote to Cor
nelia'
How long ago."
About two months
"Why, then, did you not get me hope
ere this?''
Il would not give you more till hope
was. certain. Two years Is a long time
! In a girls life. 1t was a possible thing
for Co-nelia to have forgotten--to have
changed
Impossible, quite impossible! She could
not forget, she could not change. Why
did you not tell me2 1 should have
known her heart by my own
II wished to be sure,'' repeated Annie
! a little sadly.
| throws me into an unspeakable condi-
ton. You see that I must leave for
America at once
No, do not see that, George"
But If you consider
Il have been considering for two
months. Let me decide for you now, for
you are not able to do SO wisely. Write
at once to Cornela. That is your duty
as well as your pleasure. But before you
go to her there are things indispensable
to be done. VIII you ask DR.. Moran for
his child, and not be able to show him
that you can care for her as she de-
serves to be cared for? Lawyers will not
be hurried. There will be consultations
and engrossings, and signings, and love
! In your case-Win have to wait upon
! law
It's hard for love, and harder per-
haps for anger to wait, for 1 am in
passion Of wrath at Van Ariens 1 long
to be near him. Oh, what suffering his
envy and hatred have caused others
And himself also. Be sure of that, or
he had not tried to find some ease In a
kind of confession. DR.. Roslyn will tell
| you that 1t is an eternal law that where
ever sin is sorrow will answer it,
The man is hateful to me-"
He has done thing that makes him
hateful, but perhaps for all that he has
been SO miserable about it as to have
the pity of the upcondemning one 1
hear your father coming. 1 am sure you
will have his sympathy in all things
She left the room as the earl entered
1t. He was in unusually high spirits.
Some political news has delighted him,
and without noticing his sons excite
ment he said:
The commons have taken things in
their own hands, George. / said they
| would. They listened to the king and
the lords very respectfully, and then
obey themselves. Most of the men in
the lower house are unfit to enter it."
We'll, sir. the lords, as a rule send
them-you have sent three of them your-
self-and unfit men in public places. SIM
pose prior unfitness in those who have
the places to dispose of. But the gov
eminent is not interesting. / have some
thing else, father, to think about''e
indeed, think the government is
extremely interesting. 1t Is very like
three horses arranged in tandem fash
ion-first, you know the king, little
cut OF the reach of the whip, then the
lords follow the king, and the com
mons are in the shafts. A more ignoble
position, but yet as we see today pos
sessing special power of upsetting the
coach
Father, have very important news
from America Will you listen to it?''
Yes, If you will tell it to me straight
and not blunder about it's meaning"
Sir. I have Just discovered that
letter sent to me more than two years
ago has been knowingly and purposely
oetained from me-
'By whom?''
"a man in whose hands 1t fell by
misdrection.
Did the letter contain means Of
identifying 1t as belonging to your
Ample means
'Then the man is outside your rec
ignition. You might as we'll go to
Bridewell and seek a second among its
riff-raff of scoundrels Tell me, short
~. whom 1t concerns"
Miss Moran.
"oh, indeed Are we to have that
subject opened again?''