The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-12-23

I II declare, never such
oAe other doll She sighed
'Chrisine?" asked the SON
Yes, Whispered the mother AID Loo
pointing TO the mark UPON il It-why it is o
OF lauNre's dolls scanning it closely
so il is SAID Herman. Wondering more II
more, as he thought OF his dream
10 You remember whore the doll came from.
he asked OF the nurse
A poor little thing brought it with her ira
the Bethesda long time age"
~ res .l7lHe7a'S!'" exclaimed the mother 81
pflsed and surveying with pity the poor doll whom
fortune had used so hardly
'laaelag"
she nodded her head
What Your mothers nance"
so did l-somctimes
II was now time for the little patient to rest
and the mother reluctantly left her
In a few days She WAS we'll enough to be
bundled up and carried home hy the Doctor to
his mother where a pretty room had been fitted
up for her use
I'm little crib beside her bed she found a
beautiful new doll, and Christine was taken and
laid away with other precious things.
CHNPTER VII.
en- Years later there was n fine weddino in
siie elesant West End hone--jllst as everybody
niu lofeseen from the first. The happy bride
groom WAS the Young doctor now cnlite 1ietin
s4isled in his profession The bride was Anaela
VINO llad crown more and more beautiful with
oa'n l''sslS year. There was one surprise, how
Fhe bride Given away l)v her father a,tbu,
Wellington. handsome intellectual looking man
oil some forty Years of age.
oh tie very day before the wedding happening
~ Ne stopping in the city for day or two he
saw Angela step from her carriage and enter ;,
IeWeel IS. she looked like the Young wife
Mholh ne supposed TO be sleeping under the waters
OF the Mexican Gulf chat he followed her The
tones of her voice We're the same
Ait"i she left he questioned the ieweler about
l ana u beng The eve OF her bridal it naturally
pfou2hl out the romantic story of her life
There Was no doubt now i'm his own mind that
ne mad looked upon his daughter
ne followed her to her home wondering much
now he would prove his claim
Tie asked first for the mistress of flo house and
fetled TO her his story. How after The collision
ne mad been picked up and carried TO a distant
port where he was i'll for months When able
ne started out in search of his Wife and child 4
n'lle slll eight wears old. but WAS never able 10
near OF them again lie supposed them lost until
confronted at the jewelers. With seeming appar-
tlon the fair young bride-elect at the jewelers.
on will find difficulty sin i'm tstablishna
Your claim, said the mother Angela has !,
l"cke' taken from her mothers neck which carries
Your likeness. though You have been changed
somewhat by the passing years There is am
other however, who will dispute your claim TO
morrow she nar'ics my SON
Il am sure answered the father with much
emotion That could wish nothing better for
her for have been told the romance of her life
and feel that he is worthy. 1t will be hard how,
ever, TO give her mp found
Aiter some little talk il was discovered that
the cherished oster-daughter carried in her veins
the same blood as that OF the little Angela who
MAD Jolncd the ANGELS long ago and this accounted
l"l' lhe remarkable likeness which had drawn both
mother and son the little STRANGER
The meeting between father and child Was very
TENDER She could noi recall him at first but
gradually the lines OF his face became more famil
li:f When he spoke OF Darling" everything
seemed to come back TO her and they wept to,
2clher as they talked OF her whose presence alone
was wanting TO complete their happiness
Conspicuous among the wedding guests ON tho
morrow Was christine or course Herman had