Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-02-12

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latter city. One evening". with two
fienas. I was strolling down the Bou-
levara. do FInpsratfice,5t when O. wom-
u, poorly dressed, AN old faded
sAawl drawn closely round hers face,
apDneaehsA, as nd asked for aims. In
'thsees 4ays;aJos, W.se asgood: deal like
yourself, and locked With little favor
- bsggsrs. pasted on, unheeding
.ler appeal, although it was earnest
an Iitiful. She placed herzhand on
~ Axn rs II t. detain me, but at the
sight Of = gsn1arme., who was ap-
,Dfeaohin1, she moved rapidly away.
saI"1 thought - more Of the incident,
&14 = the next morning my, friends. to
whom. was showing the sights of
~ Erenchscapttal, expressed d desire
to 9ytsit tho morgue- that grewsome
placs which possesses strange fas-
zeinatton for 10 many. For myself, /
had sbssn there many times and was
=weiEsaequal1teu with the officials In
charge We entered, and my friends
xazed ruriougly about. r. long rows
were marble &. slabs on. which lay.
tie sbodiesS Of the unknown and un-
claimed deaA.t Passing one of these
ny attention was attracted to an old,
faded, shawl, which, with other gar
ments hung on . hook at the head OF
tho head, to assist in identifying the
body I recognized it as the shawl
worn by the woman we had seen on
the previous evening, and accosting
one .sofl the attendants, l asked if he.
knew the circumstances Of her death.
: "'Ah, monsieur said he, with the
usual French shrug of his shoulders,
this woman was found In the garnet
where she had been living. Charcoal
fumes was the route she had chosen
for the new. Jerusalem, though doubt
less starvation would soon have, rem,
dered her tire same kindly service. A
funny case, too. Fastened to a string
around her. neck was; little silk bag,
and in it \ diamond ring and letter;
would monsieur care to see them?'
II nodded assent, and he invited us
to follow him into the private Office.
Shelves with pigeonholes occupied the
greater portion Of the wall space, and
from one of these he took a small
silk bag, from which he brought. out
ring. knew tt at once-it was my
sister's-the same you held in your
handsthis evening. 7ts 49,
"Trembltax with anxiety I reached
out my hand for it: There was no
mistake. Ilside the golden circlet was
engraved: : sss>..rs. ..5,... y. +.
~ 81. Il. to NJ. w. Toujours a tot "
l. TT; had been my Mothers nft
from my father: prior to their marriage.
She had given it to Mary before she
loft England, e1acting a promise from
her that she would never part with it.
How well / remembered il all now,
i and, alas! how sacredly had poor
Mary, kept that promise. ..~zs# N
rs 3s.5 Z :A1d tho letter. said to the Of
fetal. He handed me piece of coarse
wrapping paper, such as grocers use. I
1t VS. irregular in shape and on it
were these words: Il 81 ss1,S1...s. .sl
3 8 No money, no friends; refused !
aims, I can no longer live with honor;
my name 1 dare not dishonor. Surely
tie good God viii forgive, 81 81 Ss5}ss
5 = 1. i ~ MARIE DDCF1AMEL
st AZ All my efforts to discover who her
husband wss,s or what her past life
had sbsen, were of "a. avail. Time had
spread IAN 3mpsnetrable veil over the
whole miserable blsin 60. and perhaps
It Was better thus;s but Il do know.
,Joe God! 4 7 only could forget iitt-.z.-
8that ! refused ~ sister aims, u hen
sshs THas dins q on: y lying
g saYs hsr name mi d mine from dis.
honor. s,s ;.s s sII3is
g pitiffl hut j. feel that
5you can now more my ind srstand my
h1ttads g - pooprs rstchss We meet
IN q !. I haye not
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