The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-07-23
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CHAPTER VII.

uluden the handsome young physician
farewell, who had cared for them both
90 tenderly during their passage across
the Atlantic.
1t need only be said, in reference to
shat farewell, that the tears rushed to
che hazel eyes Of Ethel as she saw him
disappear in the distance, and a great
and lonely void seemed suddenly to have
dropped into her heart. -..-.-
She knew not why she had taken such
a deep interest In this grave and often
pre-occupied stranger, but from the first
word Of kindness he had spoken to her,
the first glance into his earnest eyes, she
had felt towards him az she had never
done towards any person Of the opposite
sex before.
But now it was all over, he had gone,
and hencefoTWard she can but learn to do
without him. For a day or so 1t had al
most seemed an impossibility, but with
the rapid failure of her aunt's strength
her thoughts were forced into another
channel, and her own lonely feelings had
to be pushed aside for the more moment
Qua and important one Of their impend-
ing separation. -,-1
The third week was drawing to a close
and the young girl had thrown herself
upon her knees by the bedside Of the
Invalid to catch the last words that abe
had to speak In her ear. At her request,
she had been left alone with her child,
and now, with her hand In hers, she mur-
INJURED: ...
'Ethel, darling, feel that I have but
O Few hours more to be with you, as my
strength Is fast waning; but while / may,
1 wish to tell you what thought might
be kept from your ears until your TWEEN
ty-irst birthday; but as I shall not be
with you then, must impart to you now
an important secret, and give into your
charge some documents not to be opened
until that day. Ny dear, will you take
these papers, and promise me that you
will not break their seal until that time
@rrives2"
will, dearest aunt: rest assured
Will do exactly as you wish"
The papers l speak of, then, are In
my trunk, inside small wallet. Take
charge OF them Immediately, and be sure
% aottend to them at the time I mention.
Now, must tell you a fact that have
withheld from your knowledge for the
pest OF reasons, and In order to keen q
solemn pledge of secrecy given to your
Gather when babe. I took you, as you
are aware, when a child Of few weeks
old, az my own had died. as well as my
husbands sister, who was your dea,
mother.
You were 80 young, and to be so en-
eirely ours until your twenty-irst birth
DAY, that all thought It best to call you
BY our own name. l now tell you, for !
the first time what has been kept secret |
xSGE father still! lives, but for various |
reasons did not wish to claim you or be |
known to you until that time. I have |
Informed him Of my husbands death. |
my failing health, and of my return to |
England. l have also given him Cousin |
Rogers address, who will tell him where |
you can be found when that date arrives. |
II will only add that there Is nothing |
TO be ashamed Of in your birth. You are
true gentlewoman, and when twenty
one will come into possession of |
property sufficient for your support; but |
this fact is not to be generally known. |
-Four months viii elapse before that
time comes, and l can leave only enough
to bury me and purchase suitable |
apparel for yourself.
81 dare not leave you without a pro-
tector and guardian, and as our present |
host Is poor and has a struggle to pro-
vide for his own six children and wife,
! have written to my brother, Sir Regi-
bald Glendenning. asking him to take
charge OF you. l told him unless he did,
you would be obliged to earn your own
living, and I hated to send you out into
The world alone for such a purpose,
asked him If you could not be Of use In
some way to him, until the fifth of o.
tober, when you would be otherwise pro-
Etded for. This letter must be sent af-
ter my interment. Let him be notified of
ny death and invited to my funeral;
Hhen. after all Is over and your mourn
nG garments are made, send him the let
Ter.
"Now, my love, wish you to promise
ne that you will go to him If he sends
lor you, and assist him in whatever ca
,acity he offers, even though It may be
iistasteful. Will you do this for your
lying aunt, Ethel, my child?"
Il surely will," was the low reply, sob
,ed out almost with a wall; shut / can
lot think of your dying. o, auntieI /
lave loved you so, how can live with
'ut your z.--...
"'As thy day, % shall thy strength
'e,' is all can say. God will comfort
Fou, and In a few more months your
ather will claim and protect you. But
What Is this7 cannot see! am grow
ng numb-coldI Bthel-Ethel-T am
lyingv'
She spoke no more, and az Mr.. and
drs. Rogers fastened back to the room
It Ethers hurried call, they saw that
he was indeed breathing her last.
Ethel incurred, as one with such
owing heart would naturally do, over
eF great loss, but amid all hen grief
he remembered distinctly every direc- 1
lon she had received from those loved,
wing lips. The package spoken Of was ,
idden instantly amid her own posses.
Ions, and a message dispatched to the .
aronet. eE....z
The next day a telegraphie dispatch
the young girl Immediately
} the presence Of the baronst, saying
that he was Ill, and needed her at once"
An hour later saw her seated In rail-
'ay train on her way 30 the Hall. Poor
lrl; she little knew what awaited her
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