Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1903-06-18
CHAPTER XIII.
The Return Of JOY.

The Return Of Joy.
Now Il is very noticeable that when
unusual events begin to happen in any
| life, there is a succession of such
events, and not unfrequently they ar
rive in similar ways. At any rate,
about ten days after the receipt of
Annie's letter, Cornelia was almost
equally amazed by the receipt of an.
other letter-a piece of paper twisted
carelessly but containing these few
pregnant words:
"Cornelia, dear, come to me. Bring
me something to wear. have just
arrived, saved by the skin Of my
teeth, and | have not a decent RAr-
ment of any kind to put on. Arenta."
A thunderbolt from a clear sky
could hardly have caused such sur.
prise, but Cornelia did not wait to talk
about the wonder. She loaded a maid
with clothing of every description, and
ran across the street to her friend.
Arenta saw her coming, and met her
with cry of joy, and as Van Ariens
was sick and trembling with the sight
of his daughter, and the tale of her
| sufferings, Cornelia persuaded him to
90 to sleep, and leave Arenta to her
care. Poor Arenta, she was i'll with
the priyations she had suffered, she
was half-starved, and nearly without
clothing but she did not complain
much until she had been fed, and
bathed, and dressed" as she said,
like a New York woman ought to
| be-"
you know what trunks and trunks
full of beautiful things l took away
with me, Cornelia," she complained;
well, have not a rag left. / have
nothing left at ALL"
Your husband, Arenta?"
'He was guillotined."
ooh, my dear Arenta!"
"GuillotiDed. l told him to be quiet.
begged him to go over to Marat, but
no! his nobility obliged him to stand
by his order and his king So for
them he died. Poor Athanase! He
expected me to follow him, but could
not make up my mind to the knife.
oh, how terrible it was!" Then she
began to sob bitterly, and Cornelia let
her talk of her sufferlngs until she
fell into a sleep-a sleep, easy to see,
still hunted by the furles and terrors
through which she had passed.
! For week Cornelia remained with
her friend and Madame Jacobus Joined
them as often as possible, and gradu-
ally the half-distraught woman recov.
cred something of her natural spirits
and resolution. OF course with many
differences. She could not be the same
Arenta, she had outlived many of her
| illusions. She took but little interest
for a while in the life around her.
Rem she did talk about, but chiefly
because he was going to marry an Eng.
lish girl, an intention she angrily de-.
| plOred.
Il am sure" she said, Rem might
have learned a lesson from my sad
fortune. What does he want to marry
a foreigner for? He ought to have
prevented me from doing SO, instead
of following my foolish example"
mo one could have prevented you,
Arenta. You would not listen even
to your father"
"oh, indeed, it was my fate We
must all submit to fate. Why did you
refuse Rem?"
"He was not my fate, Arenta."
well. then, neither Is George Hyde
your fate, Aunt JacoDus has told me
some things about him. She says he
is to marry his cousin. You ought to
marry Rem"
Al eho eafd 4tasa ,r,ovdo w., 49,,
accompanied by Joris Van HeemsklrlS,
entered the room, and Cornelia was
glad to escape. She knew that Aren-
"a would again relate all her expert
ences, and she disllked to mingle them
! with her renewed dreams of love and
her lover
4 "She will talk and talk" said Cor,
nelia to her mother, and then there
viii be tea and chocolate and more
talk, and have heard all wish to
hear about that dreadful city, and the
demons who walk In blood. Senator
Van Heemsklrk came in with her
father as / left
Il hope he treated you more ciyilly
than madame did"
sHe was delightful. / CONTESTED "a
him, and he lifted nay hand and kissed
Il, and said. i grew loyelier every
day. and kissed hi5 cheek and said
I wished always 70 be lovely "a hia
sight Then I<came home, because
would not, just yet speak Of George
70 him"
"Arenta would hardly have given