The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1903-03-06

from his' hand. ii ana he tell back an
the 1rsssyS knoll When Il reached him
he war dead ~
With alittle cry BluebelE folded her
arms about her lovers neck n
. Oh. Adair. thank God! thank God,
you were saved! IA e. 4. ss 's5s.s
For q few minutes Rothes did not
speak. His strong mouth quivered d,
little. At last he said:
Nov comes the strange news I$have
for you. Bluebell. Papers were found
upon Gerald Moore, and the oficer into
whose hands they fell-the general,
Bluebell- sent for me- He knows me
personally, and knows what you are
to me. Those papers affect you. and
you only. q AZ
"Adair, what can you mean % she
asked. in startled surprise. ..,5
Adair took her hand in his, and held
It for moment without speaking.
"A barrier has risen up between you
and me. Bluebell-a barrier such as /
never dreamt Of. ! am a poor man
you are an heiress."
She uttered an incredulous exclama-
ton.
''It is true. Bluebell. Now we have
the real reason of Moore's determine
ton to marry you. He had seen an adj
vertisement in an English paper. gone
home. learned everything, and came
here with his mind firmly made UP as
RI hia ouyn cn,,rca Ae ,,o,, L., ~, t.,<,,,,,
father always declared he had been
done out of Tinlaverstock. His cousin
has had it in his possession for fifteen
years. Maurice Leslie had three sons.
Your father never hoped to come into
the property; but, by strange fatal
ity, these sons have all died since.
Maurice Leslie, on whose mind it al
ways preyed that he had cheated your
father out Of his inheritance, has made
you his heiress. You-not your IA
Their"
ooh, Adair!" The girl chung to him,
her arms clasped round his neck. II
do not wish to be an heiress. I am
happier as am"
1T seems" said Rothes, "that your
fathers cousin died few months ago
The lawyers are now searching for
you. You must write to them, Blue
bell. And have been thinking, dear
you and Miss Elizabeth are safer out
of the country just now. We must get
you to Durham, thence to Scotland"
She uttered little cry, her face
deathly white.
"Adair! You wish to get rid of me,
then? Oh, and l thought thought
you loved met" I,
He clasped her close, covering the
sweet face with passionate kisses.
''My own darling! But, Bluebell, do
you think I am so selfish as to wish
to keep you here during this dark time
that is coming upon us, when you
might he living in luxury and safety
at homer"
"And you in danger, doing your duty
here?" she half sobbed. "Adair, are
you to have all the unselfshness and
none? No, dear, I shall not go.
have made up my mind
They were married. The brides ia
ther had been but month In his lone
Isly! grave, and they were themselves in
the midst Of that dark tragedy which
had not then ended. But human love,
next to divine, can tighten the dark
est sorrows and the most terrible sur
roundings.
"You are not afraid" he said, as,
having babe farewell to the weeping
Miss Elizabeth, who had agreed to go
meantime to Maritzburg, he led his
wife into the pretty little house that
was beginning to look desolate and
deserted in the forsaken town.
She raised her sweet face to his.
Her eyes were full Of tears, but they
had a smile in their depths.
II am sad at parting with poor
auntie," she whispered. "But 1 am
glad, SO glad, to be beside you, Adair,
and am not afraid with you, dear.
Why should be. We are together
and God is all over. and He can take
care Of us in the future as He has in
the past"
Z. 535 (The end.)
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