The Washington herald., 1914-06-21
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Let the dead bury the dead" he re-
Piled You were ever greedy and hard
mother IN her grave"
taking Ellen BY the hand. left the cot
But their horses were gone. whether
the widow Buffers sister had secretly
Ssea1ss Of % tSe hast. With wSeS tsI hsS
had been tied. taken matters into their
own hands. was never known But they
they found their way back to the VII
LET US return to the cottage. said
Sweet Ellen" replied Butler. for us
He took her By the hand and led her
through the forest to the foot OF an al
most Inaccessible precipiee. Il was get
s'ft Is lonely here" said Ellen. becom-
ing alarmed by the manner Of her COM
Ionelyi Lonely as guilt could wis6.
Think of your mother" cried Ellen
nov thoroughly f5ightsned
mercy upon herr And did any man or
woman ever receive mercy from mel
one along the rocks to answer to your
cries"
Killed by His own Ferry.
At this moment q fragment Of stone,
thrown from the top OF the clif, fell
very near them. They both looked up.
Upon the summit Of the blum stood Fan
In pursuing his investigations in the
Ineighborhood Of the village he had come
lay dead. and her sister had. for a con-
alteration, told him of what had hap
pened there-and Of the way in which
Ellen ~ '' n~o SOC" oU"s' ''~N
He had followed the trail And now
IN y the mo- morning light he stood looking
The appearance Of the slight form Of
Fanshawe upon the top OF the cliff hiled
Butler with a wild rage.
her feet There shall be no semblanes or
form Of man left in him" he cried-and
But when within a few feet OF the
summit Buter grasped a twiE too sien-
derry rooted TO sustain his weight II
gave way and he rolled back down the
His head hit heavily against a de-
tached portion and when his body
on It With all the passions Of hell In
his heart he had met the fate he had
intended for Fanshawe.
To Her Fathers Arms.
Undeterred by the danger and the
awful example Of what he had Just wit
messed. Fanshawe descended to where
the body Of the man who bad plotted Isa
He sprinkIed water over her form from
neigh6ortng spring and as she revived
said: Fear not, ELlen-you are safe
ridden out upon the quest Of Ellen he
had met Mr.. Langton, who was journey
ing toward the village The heart-broken
doctor told Langton Of what had hap
The fathers face was stern and brave.
consider asd @ this 70 matter, ne % ssS se ao 'eiun'
Scarcely had they reached the village
when men came running In saying that
home-they had met youths and sent
them on ahead with the good news. And
s2s az % snd th. Eind S..S3 70 6s nsr NJ ratne Ms
mouth was filled with Joy.
Admitting Fanshawe's Claim.
The tale of her adventures was soon
told; She had been completely deluded
by Butler and had gone that night to
to be taken to her father. When DR..
Melrnouth had discovered her and taken
her home she had again fed to meet
After her adventures Ellen was for
some weeks confined to her chamber BY
During that illness both Edward WAL
cott and Fanshawe exhibited the great
est anxiety. But Edward. though he
haunted the house Of the doctor like an
uneasy ghost, felt that now FanshGwe's
claim to Ellen was greater than his.
Mr. Iangton had expressed TO Fan
|
what he had done for the rescue Of
Ellen. He looked upon him as her pre-
server.
The stranger who had come to the viii
lage with Butler disappeared. The part
that Hugh Crombie had played in the
affair could only be surmised-only
guessed AT. And what was guessed At
he most strenuously denied
Resisting Temptation.
And now the day came when Ellen,
restored TO health, met Fanshawe and
placed her pale hand in his.
How can | express my gratitude to
You have a tender and gentle heart,
Ellen" said Fanshawe, and q weak
one"
How is it a weak one7, -
! You know its weakness
! Fanshawe saw at once that. in an ex-
cess OF gratitude, the girl whom he loved
would accept him as husband should he
ask for her hand.
But he made a strong effort and re-
pied Piled, In grave # oSi voice =, Ellen Hen, do not
years Of misery for you
blushing; Can it be misery? Win 1t
/ humble one II is true-but one of your
/ choice-to the quiet paths from which
your proud and lonely thoughts have
happiness In such lot from these and
| a thousand other sources"
The animation with which Ellen spoke.
and at the same time a realization Of
the singular course to which her grati-
| tude had impelled her, caused her beauty
to grow brighter with every word.
After Four Years.
! But had Fanshawe been capable of
making the woman he loved a sacrifice
I TO her own generosity that fact alone
would have made him unworthy Of her.
/ Yet the struggle was a severe one be-
/ fore he could reply:
! You have spoken generously and
nobly, Ellen / have no way Of proving
that I am worthy Of your generosity
but by refusing to take advantage OF IT.
No, Ellen, we must Part now and for
ever. But think that you have scattered
bright dreams around my pathway-an
sacrificed your own to realize"
Ellen could not speak, but taking his
hand she pressed IL to her lips.
Langton and his daughter soon after
returned to the seaport. which for sew
eral succeeding years was their resi-
dence. Fanshawe returned to his studies
and died young His fellow students
erected a monument over his grave
which bore the inscription. The ashes
of a hard student and good scholar"
II was not until four years after Fam
shawe's death that Edward Walcott was
married to Ellen Langton. Their future
lives were uncommOnly happy.
And As for DR.. Melmouth-why, read
his Life which. with several of his
sermons. was published by Harley Col.
lege in the year l76S.
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