The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-02

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MARY; dear lamb would have her chance to get we'll
gu I gave me rose" Miss Mary was saving.
Tneh sue listened again. Il thank YOU very much
nave the rose somewhere still'
i ana l nave yours, in my life in my heart. Do
Worldp S0u gave me- nose Oh tne
a IN hush' poor crippled girl!'
ihere IS no reason why you should remain a
cripple But even if that must be. Won are still
mine" 's' Sou are ''ii
not come again" ''' -''''
And / came to tell you that sbonld never %
DGIl you Know that the first time our eyes met YOU
cdlied me TO come to youa Your ewes told me that
you had been waiting for me all these eyars."
.. ana yours told me that you had been coming
y Yet you can bid me 60"
"a poor crippled girl, And i will breol NV
fathers heart" Ivan i'S
eff | never walk"
..I Then you have all the more need of my arms
If refuse you?"
your father" - -
IN o, no; not that. He would be fearfulIv angry
he would md some way of keeping me from you"
Then we shall not ask him. When does he re-
turng' 00'' i'e
He looked to be absent for three days"
men he must return to find you gone" He had
no mind to leave her too long to her tender re-
pentance Tonight, if you can be ready I will be
here with carriage You can have your nurse to
travel with you. | will ride by your carriage And
] shall place you in the keeping of my sister Lady
st. Ives, till we can be married"
must leave message for my father"
Leave HIM message that you have gone to be
made we'll And now I must go to make prepare
tons. II you are not ready when | come | shall
scale your window"
At this moment the nurse came forward.
Oh my lord. it must be by way of the window
we go, for the postern gate is locked at night by
Sll11rS lly- Sr,,,
preacher against joy. 1t must be by way of the
window"
See that you have her ready by II o'clock. The
village will be quiet enough by then You will not
need to take much. She can buy all she needs in
London. / will see to that"
The dusk already was falling over Green For
est the sun setting behind the hill with great spIen-
dor IN sky of liquid lines of gold and green. The
cottages powered in trees. showed here and there
speck of light already, while the China asters and
sweet peas and Michaemas daisies in the gardens
still glmmered pale A pair of swans foated side
by side. lover-ike. the waters of the little pond
which was splendid with the reflected glories of the
sky.
Take last look he said Tomorrow at sun
set you will be far away"
She chung closely to him.
IF papa will but forgive me and take me back"
she said lifting her face to look round the long
room full of shadows 1T has often been lonely
while | waited for you. but it was full of premon-
itions of your coming. sweet( pretty place, and
the village heavenly from my window l used to
throw sweet cakes and oranges to the school chill
dren. The room will be lonely without me, and my
window will be lifeless eye"
For she had no idea at all of what use the room
would be put to in the future
keep this" he said and put curious ring on
her finger. till the wedding ring is on. The Lord
Edgehill has always been plghted with this ring.
There is posy inside which none but you and |
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into 1t and you will rosy light in it. 1t shines
our life together"
At II o'clock he was below the window with a
carriage, driven by his uncles old coachman, Job
Philpott, who adored the family, and would have
gone through fire and water for the pleasant-spokcn
lord,
1t was mercy the window had been built so
low so that it easy matter to transfer Miss
Mary helpless as she was from her sofa to the car
riage. Mrs. Goodwin followed. Some parcels and
boxes were placed on top. The carriage door was
shut quietly. Lord Edgehill mounted his horse and
they moved off quietly as might be-
But at little distance Philpott whipped up his
horses. They had to catch the night mail for Lon
don at little station some eight miles distant The
village which struggled for mile or more talked
next morning of the carriage that had gone through
about midnight. Such things did not often happen
in Green Forest, where people went to bed in good
time and the Green Dragon closed its doors at 9
o'clock. Even Jeremy Slngsby, in his bafs house
inside the walls of the Court, had heard the distant
clatter and turned uneasily in his bed.
When the Squire told that Miss Mary was
gone. he nearly went stark, staring mad And he
had only collected himself far as to think of set
ting the machinery of the law in motion to discover
where his poor manned bird had flown when let
ter arrived from Mary to say that she had been
married by special license to Lord Edgel1
"The villain. the scoundrel,' said the Squire be-
tween his clenched teeth, ito carry off that helpless
child, to marry her, to expose her to the world Was
there ever such cruelty? As for Goodwin, if had
her should break every bone in her body. I will
never speak of her who was my daughter again. She
shall be as though she were dead"
Concluded next week.
SWASTIKA CROSS,