Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-12-26


was born here, six months after left
your house. meant to send him to
you when he was old enough to leave
me-"
"Hush!" said Lord Bayneham; "do
not say any such words as those HiIda
darling. This is a golden hour,-we
will noe spoil it"
Then Lady Hilda, taking the little
one aid.-'Lionel, you must love this
gentleman. You remember all | have
told you of your own papa, whom you
had never seen-how kind, and brave.
and good he was. This is papa, ana
you must love HIM"
81 do love him." said the child.
quietly; 81 loved him yesterday, with
out knowing why"
Il have been too bewildered to ask
you how you came here" said Lord
Bayneham to his wife.
Let others tell that story for me-
she said guilty; first let me explain
why l left you, Claud. 1t was all a
terrible mistake; we can speak freely
now-any oath binds me no longer
for Captain Massey told me yesterday
my father is dead"
81 cannot tell you how this secret
weighed upon me-" she continued
my poor mother sougth me at Bayne
ham; she came there to look at me
and die. The poor sick woman who
died at Fir Cottage and lies in the
little graveyard-she was my mother
Claud."
How could you ever dream that |
should love you less for that" he said,
kissing the beautiful face raised to his.
Prom the day she told me her story
and mine" continued Lady Hlda, "my
life was one long sorrow; I was
wretched at keeping secret from
you, yet l dared not break my oath.
Once, you know Claud, asked you
what you should do if after maria se
you found you mad been mistaken in
your wife, and had taken some one
tainted with disgrace to your home;
you said such a one must return to
her friends"
"But how could I suppose those
words applied to yourself?" said lord
Bayneham.
you could not" she replied. My
father came, and my miserable secret
weighed upon me with double force.
was bewlldered. He rs told yoi
all, Claud? All, then, you know of the
notes he wrote o me, of the interview
1 was compelled to have with him in
the Lady's Walk. Aen you came
that morning into my room and said
that you knew al, believed you --ad
discovered my secret, and that your
anger arose from that cause.
81 saw it afterward," said Lord Bayne-
ham. Il only meant that | knew a.;
the secret of your night walk. what
mistake it was, Hilda! That years
of misery it has caused us! If you
had but trusted me, darling, instead of
going away!"
IF there is any excuse" said Lady
Hilda, 'it lies in the fact that / was
half mad nree days after | left
home | was taken i'll with severe
attack of brain fever, and the snow
lay on the ground before / was mys Eli
again"
And you have seen nothing of ALI
my advertisements? said Aoru Bayne-
ham.
NO" she replied; when left you
| left all the world; when shelter was
offered to me here, accepted it on the
condition that no one should see Or
hear of me, and that the news of ne
outer world should not be told to ME.
thought | should soon die. 1t seemed
to me then l had no right to Lady
Hutton's money-no claim upon her
fortune. | wanted to be dead to
everything, since l could no longer
live to YOU
Poor child" said her husband gen
tly; but why, at least, did you not tell
me of Lione's birth?'
Il meant to send him to you" she
replied. Il aid not forget that A.
''ANNtsh AH5 SpAi' NO ~ yDuT ublT. 4
would have sent him in two more
years. Remember, it has all been a
mistake, Claud. thought you would
never allow me to return to Baynena1n
when you knew my secret
A knock at the door interruptel
Lady Hilda.
Come in" she sa d, and Mrs. Mas
sey entered, her face glowing with
smiles.
Did you know the lady? she asked
Lord Bayneham, who met her W.. o
torrent of thanks My son Is anxi-
Gus to know If he may enter.
Since we owe our happiness In a
great measure to him." replied Lord
Bayneham. mis- request is very raa-
sonable. All, Massey! he cried, az
the master OF the house entered, how
am TO thank you for your great kind
ness? Now explain to me why and
how ! find my lost treasure here
1T is a long story" said Captain
Massey; "but you shall hear every 'e-
tail"
To he continued