The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-11-16
The removal was erected with all

The removal was effected with all
possible secrecy, but a crowd followed
the body, which was, however. carried
on board q vessel owned by q swarthy
Italian, and at the waters edge the cue
rious multitude. were forced to pause.
their curiosity only h~elf-sated, and
whetted afresh at seeing the beautiful
young woman in black carried OF board
after the body Of her husband.
She vas never seen again; but In the
following year, q gentlemen who had
known the Marquis del Castellani DUR
Ing his brief sojourn in New York sici-
ETY.. declared that he had seer him in
Rome, alive and well, and looking hand
somer than ever.
The same gentleman, who had known
Lefty Martin well enough to recognize
her again, declared that he had seen
her body in the morgue, ir Paris, a few
months later. where 1t had been placed
that morning when taken from the
Seine. M
But these were always regarded as
sensational rumors and were W
really believed. Perhaps, IL the story of
Castellani's mysterious ring had been
known, the possibility that he was still
alive might not have seemed so incredi,
BILE.
Leonce slowly recovered from her
great sorrow, and she seemed more and
more to appreciate Detective IIantlin's
devotion to her; until at last he gained
courage to put his love into words, and
she listened with an interest that he
found sufficiently encouraging to make
him half-wild with hope and joy.
He is still on the detective force, and
HI mpy Jack has been permanently
gagged at an assistant.
Clarice would have redeemed her
promise to Shirley without waiting IL
he had urged It; but, at the .entreaty OF
Mrs. Mowbray, he consented to be "rea-
sonable," and society was not shocked
Clarice did not marry, him until the end
o. her widows mourning. But the ne
cessary legal steps to get rid of the for
tune which had been so fatal to all cons
cerned, were taken at oace.
Lawyer Baldwin insisted on protect
ing her interests, however, and, with
calm, imperturable persistence, forced
her to accept the third Of all Philip
possessions.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mowbray continued to
occupy the grand house and to enter
tain their friends in magnificent style;
but Clarice removed, to a charming lit
tie home out of town., where, with a
small household and a faithful maid,
who would not leave her, married or
she lived very quietly until her
marriage with Shirley Austin, who had
suddenly found himself almost a mill
from the fortunate, Investment
Of his savings by Mr.. Lingard in AUS
tralia.
Mrs. Martins first use Of the fortune
had brought her SC much misery
was to take Bertha abroad; but the
change did the stricken girl, no good.
She was rapidly fading away. and
which her despairing and
mother could do had any
effect in rousing her from the condition
Of depression into which h had fallen.
The devoted mother consulted physi-
in every land, and no highest
wish of the poor girl was left unsatis-
fed. But Bertha grew paler and more
every day.
It was at this time that Mrs. Martin
heard the rurhor of Letty's tragic
death; 1t was a terrible blow, and,
she had Just returned from
abroad, she Immediately took passage
for France, in, the hope Of a~scertaining
the truth or falsehood Of the report.
It proved to be o true, and the grief
and horror or such a loss brought Let
ty's fight back anew, with all h had
suffered at the time. The keen brain
and steady nerve which had ono
strong enough to bear any
gave way, and Bertha Brought
her mother home a raving maniac.
But this new misfortune saved the
girls life. It reused her from the hope
less melancholy that was killing her,
and she realized, for the first time, that
she was guilty Of wicked s%elf1shness in
allowing her whole life to be sacrificed
for an unhappy attachment.
Every minute Of her time was so &C.
that she had no opportunity to
pine, and youth and a sound constitu-
ton, helped by a gentle and devoted
triumphed.
Mrs. Martin never recovered, but
after a time her violence subsidized into
gentle melancholy; she remembered
none Of the tragic events Of her life, nor
Of anything.
Her memory was hopelessly impaired.
but her physical health was good; and
knew her children, and remembered
that Lefty was dead, although she had,
happily, forgotten the ann Of her
death.
She had always been a devoted and
affecticnate mother. and now b was
that, and nothing else.
Bertha took control Of the household.
and devoted herself to the care OF her
younger brothers and sisters. They
were a large and interesting family.
and fully employed her whole time.
Marriage and all thought Of marriage
was a scaled book to Ter. and her only
counselor and best friend was her Uncle
Robert. who continued to improve,
mentally and physically, and to bestow
his best care and attention on poor
sister he had always loved
and who was now 80 sadly afflicted"
THE END.
Pope Leo ON Frn Ange1ico.
Leo XIII. has written q letter Of enc
enlargement to the president OF tho
Angelica monument committee
PierOttf. In which the follow