Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-04-24

explanation, but / don't really under |
stand anything about it."
look into his face, and the next mo-
ment am sobbing on his breast
Oh, Mohun, it is because / love youl"
de clasps me conyulsiyely to his heart
as II he would never release me.
MY precious darlingl" he murmurs.
My brave sweetheart! There is a
great deal to tell you, my little one, but
IL is too late now for any fear of an
arrest. But even if it were as you think
1T would be no good to think of escape.
You know there is telephone from
Castle Glashicura to the Colhugh con-
stabulary, so however bad the roads they
could communicate in that way. But
how can l ever thank my darling for
what she had doneY How could you love
me believing that9'
Il don't know" / say, hiding my face
on has coat sleeve. Il tried not to, but
could not help NJ
Man." he says tenderly, 81 am keep
ing you in suspense, for it is all a mis-
take. We are in terrible trouble just
now, but the mystery is at an end 1t
was not /, my darling, but my poor
brother Michael; he has been in hiding
here all the time"
ooh. Mohun, Mohun, can you ever for
give me for my horrible suspicion2 I
might have known that you were inno-
cent. What must you think of me?
How you must despise net"
my darling" he replies, ST have moth
ing to forgive. All l care for is that you
love me- You must go straight now and
take off those wet things, and then | will
ba cfo Nd
ending"
No, tell me nowl" l cry impulsively.
Il cannot wait"
NO. he replies firmly, you are wet
and trembling all over"
Then / go to my own room to change
my wet things. l am IN fever of ex-
element and joy. Mohun is innocent;
nothing else matters. When / return l
find he has some tea all ready on the
table. He insists on my eating some
thing, and then draws his big armchair
to the fire, seats me in it, and kneels
down by my side
Man." he says, "before you came home
was sitting in this room as miserable
as a man could well be. / thought my
sorrow was more than / could bear. But
now with you by my side I shall have
strength to go through it, and together
we must comfort poor mother"
"What is it, Mohun?" | whisper.
''Poor Michael died today He was al
ways hot headed and impulsive. little
more than two years ago he made the
acquaintance of girl in London and fell
desperately in love with her She was a
lady and very pretty at that time, but
she was earning her living by serving in
"a restaurant. He married her secretly,
and there he made the mistake. When
he came down here for the shooting, Just
afterwards, nothing would content him
but she must come too. He confided his
secret to Mrs. Driscoll, the lodge keepers
wife, and she consented to let her stay
there, but the very night she arrived the
tragedy occurred. Michael's wife discov-
cred accidentally that her cousin, young
L0verige, was agent to Mr.. Colquhoon,
and that evening met him in the wood.
They had been brought up together al
most like brother and sister, and had no
thought of anything else, but Michael
came up behind just as young Loverige
was giving his cousin a good bye kiss.
Half mad with fury, he never stopped to
ask question, but struck him blow on
the head with the stock of his gun He
did not mean to kill HIM, but the blow
was fatal.
frightened and half beside himself at
what he had done, he went back to Coo
makesta, taking his wife with him, and
there the story came out. He deter
mined to fly. and mother, who worshiped
him, gave him money and did all in her
power to help him. Everything was
ready when in his haste he slipped on
the stairs and, falling backward, injured
his spine He was always timid, and
the thought of being arrested, added to
the shock of his accident, made him SO
i'll that / consented, much against my
will, to help in hiding and doctoring him.
We did this, and his wife remained, os-
tensibly as companion to mother, but
really as nurse to her husband"
Miss Lattimer?" / gasped.
Eyes She is poor MichaePs wife. We
thought it better she should keep her
maiden name. She has had sad time,
poor girl. When suspicion fell on Mi.
chael the house was searched. but we
managed to conceal him, and it was gen.
orally thought he had escaped to Amer
lea. The shock killed poor father, and
mother became what you see her now,
ton that gave up my profession to
look after Michael"
my poor Mount"
Michael was on his back most of the
time, but for many months past has
been getting better, and lately we were
hoping to get him away to Australia
But unfortunately on the night of your
birthday all our hopes were knocked on
the head. He was always impulsiye. and
on that night he would walk by himself
without even stick, and, suddenly
stumbling, he struck his head heavily
against the fender. He never properly
recovered consciousness, and was
obliged today to confde in Dr. Cotter.
Annette, my darling, when you saw me
in the garden with Miss Lattimer it was
Just after the accident, and I was trying
to comfort her, she was so miserable"
"Nlohun, can you ever forgive met"
"Nan, you were the one CLEAN of
brightness in my dark life"
How is poor Cousin Elizabeth7"
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