Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-10-03

youths best beauty.
Mother" whispered Lady Hilda.
let me send for my husband to see
you F."
No my dear child" said her mother,
starting, that cannot be. / have not
come to drag you down to my level,
Hilda, to bring shame and disgrace up
on you, to humble the pride of those
who claim you now. Keep my secret
| as | have kept it, | only came to see
you once more-to hear you call me
mother, to kiss your face, and touch
with my hand the golden curls l re-
membered and loved so well. | shall
be buried where you can come at times
to see my grave, but the story OF my
life must not be told. Hilda, swear to
me that you will never reveal what
you now know"
Standing by her mothers death-bed
| Lady Hilda Bayneham made a VOW to
keep her secret faithfully and truely,
and never to reveal one word OIL what
had passed.
|
dalen Hurst fondly, as her hand lin
gered on tn, golden curls; tell me,
are you very happy, darling-does
| Lord Bayneham love you much?'
Hilda told the simple story of her
love, told it with sweet shy bushes
that gladdened the weary woman who
gazed upon them.
Has he ever asked who your par
ents were?" she said.
His mother did replied Hilda:
but all that seems, to be forgotten
now"
Let it be so" said Magdelen Hurst;
mo good could come of telling the
story, only bitter shame and sorrow
to you. / gave you that ring Hilda,
on the day ! left you. | meant to
Keep my word and never see you
again, but could not My heart
seemed to burn with the thought of
you When | reached England, after
that long absence, took no rest until
had discovered all about Lady Hut
tons ward | heard that Lady Hutton
was dead, and that you were married
to Lord Bayneham. | had but little
money; | walked from London to your
home here, and watched for three
whole days at the lodge gate until l
saw you The wild rush of Joy comes
back to me now. saw lady with
lovely face and golden hair; my
heart gave one bound, then a solemn
silence fell over me. 1t was you-my
little Hilda, no longer a child whom
could clasp in my arms, but grown a
beautiful, stately lady. When you
came near ! saw that your face was
like what mine was when the world
called me fair. | longed for one
WORD. You gave me n flower: see. all
these months l have kept 1t. Your
sweet eyes smiled on me. your voice
pierced my heart, and | wonder now
that joy did not kill me- I have
seen you since. l could not leave the
place where you lived took this
room. and two months since fell i'll
here. | have waited impatiently for
death. knowing that when my last
hour came, | should ask for you and
you would come"
How you have loved me, mother,"
said Lady Hilda. "Why did YOU not
send for me before
1T is better so darling" said Mazda
len. You might have BETRAYED the
secret II you had known. Before the sun
sets | shall baya ,n,o &C. 49,. -,
one but you will ever know who sleeps
in the nameless grave you must pro
vide for me. | should like to tell YOU
now OIL your father. Let me rest my
head upon you awhile"
For the last time Lady Hilda nil.
lowed the dropping head upon ner
arm.
Il loved him." said Magdalen. "al
my life; | love him now. All is clear
at the hour of death: | understand
him at last. thought he was a hero
Hilda--a grand, noble. brave gentle
man; he was simply a handsome. good
natured man. | worshiped him and
he knew it. III he had married some
one with sense enough to have seen
his faults, and have helped him Il,
mend them. life might have been
different to him. He married me for
my beauty. Hilda, and think he loved
me. My poor father and mother were
proud of my grand match. Lady Hut
ton tried everything in her power TO
persuade me to break it off. She told
me that I should be wretched, and
have been rightly punished for my
answer was that would sooner be
miserable with Stephen Hurst than
happy with any one else.
Il need not tell YOU the story of nv
married life" she continued: Il need
not dwell upon your fathers sin. He
broke the laws, and met with his pun.
ishment The tragedy of my life began
after he left England. His sentence
was transportation for ten years. AT
nrst he seemed heart-broken. and
wrote continually. begging me to Join
MN had no money and no friends. !
heaven Keep you. my child. from over