Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1902-01-16

Into my new sphere. II would have been
dlfiicult TO resist the cordiaiity with which
| was adopted Into the household. DIR.
Senior treated me Ms his aeughter; DR..
John was as much at home with me ns
IL had been his sister. Minima, too, be-.
came perfectly reconciled to her new po-
sItion.
saw little OF Martin. He had been
afraid should feel myself bound to him;
and the very fact that he had once .oId
me he loved me had made II more din
cult to him 10 say 10 4 second time. lie
would not have any love from me as q
duty. II | did not love hin. fully, with
my whole heart, choosing him after
knowing others with whom | could COM
pare him. be would not receive any lesser
gift from me.
What win you do, oliyiaT' asked Dr.
John one day.
what can doT' said.
go TO him." he urged: ''he is alone.
! saw him a moment ago, looking out
ut Ms from the drawing room window.
God bless himl Olivia. my dear girl, go
70 him.
"0h. Jaclg' cried II cannot"
II don't see why you cannot" he an
swered gaily. "You are trembling, and
your face goes from white TO red, and
then white again; but you have not lost
the use OF your limbs, or your tongue Ii
you take my arm. IL will not be very difn-
cult 20 cross the lawn. Come: he Is the
best fellow living, and worth walking a
dozen yards for"
believe | should have run away, but
heard Minimns voice behind me, calling
shrilly 20 DIR. John. and could not bear
TO face him again. Taking my courage
In both hands, ! stepped quickly across
the floor, for IL had hes,tated longer
my heart would have failed me. Scarcely
a moment had passed since Jack left me,
and Martin had not turned his head, yet
II seemed an age.
Martin" whispered, as stood close
behind him. ''how could you be so foolish
as TO send DR.. John to meT'
We were married as soon as the season
was over, when Martins fashionable pa
tents were all going away from town.
Ours was a very quiet wedding. for had
no friends on my side. and Martins
cousin Julia could not come, for she had
baby very young. and Captain Carey
could not leave them. Johanna Carey
and Minima were my bridesmaids, and
Jack was Martins groomsman.
On our way home from Switzerland, in
the early autumn, we went down from
Paris TO Falaise. and through Noireau
20 Nille-en.bois. The next stage OF our
homeward journey was Guernsey Mar
tin was welcomed with almost as much
enthusiasm in st. Peter.port as | had
been in little Ville-en-bois.
My eyes were dazzled with the sun.
shine, aud dim with tears, when first
caught sight of the little cottage Of Tar.
dif, who was stretching out his nets ON
the stone causeway under the windows.
Martin called TO him, and he ilung down
his nets aud ran to meet u.s.
I'VE are come 10 spend the day with
YOU, Tardif," | cried. when he was with
in hearing OF my voice.
1T will be day from heaven" he said.
taking on his tisherInan's cap. and look. |
ing round at the blue sky with It's sun
liecked clouds, and the sea with its scat |
tered islets.
1t was like a day from heaven. We |
wandered about the cliffs. visiting every |
spot which was most memorable to either |
OF us, and Tardif rOwed us in his boat |
past the entrance of the Gouli0t Caves. |
lie was very quiet, but he listened to our /
free talk together, for could not think |
of good old Tardii as any stranger; aud |
he seemed to watch us both. with far |
of faithful, quiet look upon his face.
| fancied he did not hear
what we We're saying, and again his eyes
would brighten with sudden gleam, as
IL his whole soul and heart shone through
them upon us. 1t was the last day OF our
holiday. for in the morning we should re-
turn to London and to work; but it was
such a perfect day as | had never known
before.
"YOu are quite happy, Mrs. Martin
Dobree" said Tardf to me, when we
were parting from him.
II did not know could ever be so hap.
py," | answered
We saw him to the last moment stand
ing on the cliff, and waving his hat to us
high above his head. Now and then
there came shout across the water. Be
fore we were quite beyond earshot, we
heard Tardif's voice calling amid the
splashing of the waves:
God be with you, my friends Adieu,
nam Zelle!
(The end)
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