The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-28

and in addition one shoulder and one | arm had been badly lacerated. as If bitten by some wild animal.
 The tapestry with which the room ! was hung had been looped back in one | place and showed door leading into | another room from which came a strange. snarling sound. ending in that l hideous laugh which lane had come to associate with Grace Poole.
 Rochester closed the door and locked 1t: then bidding Jane continually bathe | the wound of Mir. Mason with cold water, he went for a physician, with | whom he presently returned. Tho doctor seemed to be in the secret. what ever 1t was, and expressed no surprise. asked no questions. She worried me like a tigress," groaned Mason. Soon he was better and able to move. l Then a strong stimulant was given him. and he went down the back stairs to a
 waiting carriage and was driven away. Who did this thing?" asked Jane of 1 Rochester.
 'Tt must have been-er-why Grace | Poole of course" he replied.
 Yet Jane noticed that Grace went about as usual and was not discharged. | The guests were informed that Mason
 had been obliged to leave Thornfield early in the morning. being called away
 suddenly by important business. Soon after the house party broke up, Jane received letter from Bessie. her
 old nurse, saying that Mrs. Reed was | dying and had expressed a desire to 1 see her. In spite of the resentment
 which she had held toward her aunt
 she resolved to go to her at once. When she told MT. Rochester of her | to her going at first, but finally ex-
 tracted a promise from her that she
 would return as soon as possible. Jane found her aunt indeed on her | deathbed, but it was some weeks be- l fore she died. and in one of her lucid
 intervals she told her niece that she
 received a letter from MT Eyre of
 Madeira. Janes ,uncle, saying that he
 wished to make Jane his heir and ask
 ing her address. Mrs. Reed had writ
 ten back that Jane was dead, and for
 this great wrong she asked forgive | ness. n.
 On her return to Thornfield Roches-
 ter met Jane at the stile where she had i been sitting when she first saw him.
 "Hilloi" he cried. There you are. 1 Come on. if you please"
 After some little talk of her trip.
 he suddenly asked her If she knew that
 he had been to London during her ab-
 sence. "Oh. yes, replied Jane. Mrs.
 Fairfax wrote me that you had gone | and everybody knows why. You are
 preparing to be married"
 The next day he said to her. Jane. i believe you are attached to Thorn | field and even to Adele and Mmc. Fair | fax. Pity It Is always the way in
 this life No sooner have you got 1 pleasantly situated than a voice calls l you to move on
 Must I move on. sir?" asked Jane.
 q believe you must he replied.
 "I believe l must give you the word
 tonight shall be married very soon Adele will go to school" This was great blow to the poor governess, but she had been expecting
 it. She simply said that she would advertise for new place.
 No" said Rochester. On second
 thought you must stay
 No" retorted Jane, "I must and will
 go. Do you think I can stay here to become nothing to you? Do you think
 because am poor and plain am soul | less and heartless? If God had gifted
 me with some beauty and much wealth
 I would have made 1t as hard for you
 to leave me as it Is now for me to leave 1 you 1 am not talking through the
 medium of custom and conventionali- ties, nor even of the mortal flesh. It | is my spirit that addresses your spirit,
 just as if we had passed through the l grave and stood at Gods feet equal as we are"
 | Rochester gathered the frail little .governess in his arms saying: "As l we are. Jane. So, Jane. so!'