The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-01-02
ESTABLISHED 1876
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| OA0 JOA 4OS aIhAOWACO6O tA0S W.
are not Indifferent to me would not
urge you But this reason that your
people being British and especially an
tagonistic to Americans is not sufi-
Gent to keep us apart However, I
think you have told me that the SHADES
are no blood relations Of yours"
'They are not am an adopted
daughter, but owe them more than
would owe them were they my own
parents, who are their children's nat
ural protectors Perhaps If Mr. Slade
were my father and he opposed my
marriage with you on what | con-
sidered insufficient grounds would
marry you without his consent Mel
Their Mr. nor Mrs. Slade assumes to con-
troll me in this matter. but owe them
so much that l Will not fly in the face
| Of their antipathies-"
"And you still refuseT'
$50 far as see my way at present.
/ do"
Winfield, the sutton, sadly babe the
young lady adieu Her steadfastness
in refusing to DO aught to give discom-
| fort to her benefactors only made
him the more DESTROYS Of possessing
her.
intending not to return, at least so
long as Marcia Slade was there, for
be had little hope that she would see
her duty In any other light than she
| had expressed it to him. He went to
! Nice. where he moped for a month
vainly endeavoring to keep his resoIu-
ton to think no more Of her, at the
end of which time he gave up trying
and Welded to temDtation to regain
her and make one more effort to win
her.
The day before his intended start he
met on the quay an American gentle
man Of his aequaintance-the same
who claimed to own the only copy of
the 'St john In the Ufizi gallery in
Florence.
Mr.. Gregory" said Winfield, ''are
you sure that you own the only copy
Of the st John hanging in your draw
ing room in New York;
Il certainly owned the only copy till
within few years may not now.
Why do you askY'
Winfield told him Of Miss SHADES I'M
pressions concerning the pict4re.
THAT'S curious" remarked Gregory.
Where dc you go from here7"
ITO Florence"
81 am going there myself. Sup
pose we go together"
81 shall be pleased to have your
company"
A few days later Winfield and his
friend, a man double his age. stood in
the Uffizi gallery looking at the ''St.
john when the former caught sight
Of Miss Slade In another part Of the
gallery.
'There is the girl told you about
who says she has been familiar with
this picture. I'll bring her here and
introduce you"
Winfield approached Miss Slade.
whose face Lit up with pleasure at see
ing him again. After brief chat he
led her to the picture and introduced
Mr.. Gregory. At the mention Of the
name she seemed impressed
''Mr. Winfield tells me that you have
formerly been familiar with this pic
ture or copy Of it
81 have. but 1t must have been when
I was a very little girl. know I
have seen it. ana seen It often. but
where cannot tells
Where did you i've when You were
a child?
"From the time I have been old
enough to remember things l have
lived with my adopted parents in Nova
Scotia
Mr. Gregory regarded the girl thought
fully for a moment. then asked:
Where did you 1--we before thatS"
II don't know" !
"Don't known
Fifteen years ago the ocean steamer
A. was lost. was picked up by q
boats crew while l noated In the
water buoyed by a life preserver. The
boat succeeded in reaching the Ca
madam shore. fell into the hands of
a fisherman and his wife. who, being
poor and ignorant. made no effort to
find where or to whom I belonged
After awhile they sent me TO an asy-
lum. from which | was taken by a
couple living In Halifax. This cou-
pie, Mr.. and Mrs. Elade. brought me
up."
From the moment the girl began this
brief narrative great change came
over Mr.. Gregory. He listened to ev-
cry word with eager attention, and
when she had finished he raised his
eyes and muttered:
my God. thank theel"
Meanwhile Marcia, who observed his
emotion. had hurried on With her story
and when she heard his words Of
thanks knew something of moment had
happened
What IL ft?'' she asked.
"You are sure you have seen this
pictureT" he asked instead of replying.
"Yes."
'-And you were on the steamer A.
when she was lost"
yes"
''Then It must be 80.
"What must be sol"
>'You are my daughter"
A few months later, when Marcia
Slade. or. to call her by her real name
Evelyn Gregory. entered her fathers
house in New York and looked at his
"St. John" little by little. not only
the room in which it hung. but others
Of the house. gradually came back to
her memory.
Soon after the discovery of the re-
lat1onship between Mr.. Gregory and
his daughter Winfield. sitting in the
celebrated medieval Boboli gardens, re-
newed his suit. He found the lady un-
decided
ut seems to me-" said Winfield,
'that since you have found your IA
Their and know that you are American
born this matter between US appears
In a different light"
"How different?'
"Why. the disposal of your hand is
not with the SHADES. but with your ia
| Their"
'Tt is with neither. 1t is with N.Y.
self"
81 mean that you should aim to
| please your natural parent as well as
those who have brought you up"
'Those who strive to please every
one please no one"
Winfield was not making Roadway.
He concluded to try another tack.
'You viii henceforth live with your
father, take it?'
81 thought you wished me to i've
with you"
We'll, anyway, you viii be citizen
Of the United States"
II don't see what that has to do