The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-03-16

toId you things about your mother-as
she knew them. You did not sleep all
night lou took the first train in the
morning 10 see this man, your father"
she told me that he was not my
father said the girl bravely.
Professor Fullerton arose. You said
that, CorneliaF' he exclaimed excited.
ly.
What If | did. It's true, isn't it,
Professor Fullerton swore Il have
stood a great deal from you because |
l.ought YOU intended TO do what was
ri-lt'-
she was going to disgrace our
household as her mother had already
done"
That is what she said last night
ms my mother had done She said
that my mother
81 said that your mother was not
a married woman when you were
born"
Say it isn't true" pleaded Dora to
Fullerton.
what difference does it maker
said Fullerton. putting his arm around
Dora. 1T is just the anne as If you
were my w daughter"
Nayin took Fullerton's arm from
around Dora.
Il think it Is nj this time that l
shall tell what ! know he said. 81
have with me a man who has been
my servant for many years. Henri"
ne called He will bear me out Va
Vim continued as the man entered, ''in
what | say.
"MadcmoiScIle is very like her moth
er, is She not:" he said.
she is, monsieur"
Henri noticed the resemblance
when we first came here. He was
garcon for the man who-mademoi-
Sclle, he was the servant of your IA
tber.'
My father?" repeated Dora.
You mean thisE' said Fullerton.
"Wait a minute" continued Vavin.
This man and Nine. Fullerton met in
Paris. The French law says that a
divorced woman must wait nearly a
year before she may marry. and SO she
and this man. the master of Henri
there, went to England, and they were
married there after Nine. Fullerton
obtained her divorce from you, pro-
fcsSor. They lived there for awhile
and then came back TO Paris. There
was a quarrel. a domestic quarrel.
such as frequently occurs between
people who are very much in love.
The man was French. remember. lie
was foolish; he was young. He tells
his wife that in France n marriage in
a foreign country by n French citizen
would be legal only If 1t were register
ed in France within three months
after the return. He tells her this for
what he thinks is a joke and thinks
he will brighten her, and he says he
will not register the marriage. and he
goes out one night. saying he is not
coming back. He is n s%coundrel, but
he did not mean any harm. But when
he ome back she Is gone. She hides
herself in that little stone house by
the river at MISUNDERSTANDING He
is not able to find her. He does not
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does not know even that she is dead.
One day among the girls and young
ladies at the Lycee Fcnelon he came
suddenly en- viSage with the same face
He asked the instructress, Who is
this little AmericaineT and was told
that her name was Miss Fullerton"
at the Lycee Fenelon"' exclaimed
Dora.
Yes. my child; at the Lycee Fcnelon.
! asked who you were and was told
you were Mile. Fullerton. You may
not have noticed, but | was no longer
able to talk. ! am that s%coundreI Of
whom | have been talking, but God
has been very good to me-"
'"Then you are my father" she said.
"One moment SAID Professor Full.
lerton Il couldn't doubt for a mo
ment. vavin, but this is really so OK.
tr%aordinary. Why is it that you have
never spoken Of this to me beforef'
The old man shrugged his shoulders
"She thought you were her father
he said. and you loved her A man
can only be really greatly selfish once
| had learned something, Fullerton,
which | fear you have only just learn
ed. AS far as / knew. this girl was
perfectly happy. 1t was not for me to
intrude. There was no demand for
fatherhood, and you seemed to be do
ing your duty in that direction. You
seemed to be atoning for your crime.
and | thought it but right that | should
atone for mine"
MY crimeI' exclaimed Fullerton.
Yes. your crime. You drove the
mother of this girl away from you
with your suggestion that she was
frivolous and foolish. | drove her
away from me with my suggestion
that she was not a wife when she was
yet q mother
Dora threw her arms about him and
kissed him.
This is worth a great deal OF suf-
fering to me. Fullerton. and eliev
me-, my friends. | have had some SUI
fering in my years. But this makes
me very fOrpiyinp. am almost on