Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-01-24

his widow. And IN high dudgeon
he left the house, thoroughly dis.
gusted with the foolish pride and
prejudice to which be had been
treated by his aunt and cousins.
Whatever he may say, said En-
lily, as the sound Of the closing of
the hall door reached her ears, Il at
least will never be convinced that
o factory girl can be refined, cul-
tivated lady. Godfrey always did
have a queer streak about him.
He 10 wild to think Of ever win
ming you over to like Harry's wild
ow, said Fannie, who was inclined
to be a little malicious even toward
her best friends. lie ought to re
collect that If it hadn't been for her
/ you would have been Mrs. Fairfax
1 Yourself
She may be that yet, said Mrs.
SHREDDER, while Emily turned red
with anger. No one can be blind
to the state Of Geoffrey's heart
Fannie laughed and went on with
her work, thinking silence more
expressive than speech at this point,
II was nearly dusk when Godfrey
reached bis home, a modest little
house on quiet street, where bic
invalid mother had lived for years.
She was quite an old lady, aud her
son was her idol. Therefore, as
might be supposed, it did not take
long 10 convince her that she had
been wrong in thinking Harry's
wife a vulgar, illiterate woman, and
to gain from her 9 promise 10 call
on Laura the next day.
/ will make an effort to see poor
Harry's widow for your sake, GeoiF.
rey, said Mira. Fairfax: 4 sup
posed the girls we're correct 10 rep
resentiug her a coarse and under.
bred, and was too i'll to invest-
gate for myself. Harry should
have brought her to see me; he
knew | never went anYwhere'
No, mother, said Godfrey, it
was your place to make the Grst
oyertures. Harry was perfectly
RICH. in cutting himself from all
his relatives when he saw that they
entirely Ignored bis wife. lie had
q great deal Of pride, and can I'M
derstand how he felt
Bat it is only natural that poor
Emily should be prejudiced, said
Mrs. Fairfax Think what she
must have suffered three years ago
when she heard OF bis marriage "
It is my opinion her pride suf-
fered more than her heart, SAID
Godfrey, 'and don't believe Lau-
ra ever knew anything OF the af.
fair, and therefore she ought not to
be blamed for Emily's suffering,
But Harry's will--how do you
explain that, Godfrey ?
Il can't explain it, answered
Godfrey. 4 wish with all my heart
| could. lie must have been madp
The following day Mrs. Fairfax
went with her son TO call on Laura,
and was as much charmed with her
as he had been. Bat she was too
much afraid OF the sharp tongues
Of her sister aud nieces to tell them
that her prejudices had been SO en-
tirely swept away. She admitted
to them that she had found Laura
mot quite what she had feared, but
more than that they could not ex-
tort from her.
The next time Geoifrey called on
his Cousins widow, he found that
she had> moved away, leaving no
cIew Whatever by which she might
be discoveredA
He was more disappointed than
he would admit even to himself,
and grew restless and unhappy
His aunt and cousins thought him
quixotic and foolish to the last de-
gree because he would not touch
penny of the fortune which had
been left him; but worked as hard
as ever with his pen, and lived
quietly with his mother in their
modest little house. The Schro-
ders would have been in despair
had they known that his one great
hope was to find Laura, and con-
vince her that she should accept the