The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-11-13
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:, ,Ddecisively the stairs ana
Be e'so toward the brilliant nlgh'
bas hn1 = would not be possible to
ds0e. . - room again. So he TIP,
dt' ~ y to 70 the cafe veranda and mo
va ,s NJ into comfortable chair Iu; ne e
b', z s. 'u't them up some time during
~''a n'D' "a would ask Mallow for
. d. ,,,a s' and HS' he sincerely hoped ped
M 9! Yellow would refuse him. FOR
- !, u' sinly resolved that that. Ma mors
AIMING than bald lies. 1t was d ~ sec ~
s.' ,'rI that be was never more 70 see see
! '' .ss,t Ito to Elsa. He emptied the ash
s'' ~ Guilty Gu which he slowed away
y. =. - s,eat heartache and the great
~, s., s would not have fallen to
!. ~ had Elsa been frank in Ran
M had she but told him .na' sue me
Z. n sail on the same steamer ne
ia have nut over his sailing. he
ia have gone his way. still bellev,
:. ,,msel, to be a Bayard. a Galahao
En-, other Of those simple dreamers
:. MT honor and chivalry above and
-. al other things.
=! He covered his face with MS
~ and remained in that position
=, long while, so long indeed thar
4. coolies, whose business 1t was TO
s,h the things. every morning at
=. vent about their work quietly for
IN q disturbing him.
n had retired almost immediate
| h utter dinner. She endeavored to
t,sh some initial work on old en-
tudehes but the needle insisted
nm pausing and losing stitch after
tsh She went to bed and strove to
isn but that sweet healer came not
b Ief vooing. Nothing she did could
| N9ccme the realization of the shock
| X bad received. It had left her dull
NJ bewildered.
The name echoed and re-echoed
though her mind: Paul Ellison. 1t
aoLd have been an Illumination; in
fad, she had been thrust into utter
tfness. Neither Arthur nor his
mother had ever spoken Of a brother.
nd she had known them for nearly
ten years. Two men, who might be
uh brothers. with the same name; it
W naddening. What could it mean?
The beautiful white-haired mother, the
hadsome charming son, who idolized
aeh other; and this adventurer. this
'utast this patient. brave and kindly
'aast with his funn, parrakeet.
sait was be to them and they to
iln! II must be. it must be! They
sss brothers. Nature. full OF amazing
nsah as she was. had not perpetrated
us one without calling upon a single
snin Of blood.
Sae Iay back among her pillows, her
ga lsveled at the few stars beyond
V aoof, opened to admit any cooling
ssss. Her head ached. 1t was like
We computations Of astronomers: to
'e'aln extent the human mind could
mp Tie distances out could not com.
aeaend them. 1t was more than
"a taaaee Chance alone had not brought
w. % the crumbling ledge. There
W slrain Of fatalism in Elsa. She
ss positive that all these things had
sssa written long before and that she
's % Be used as the key.
Paul Ellison.
we drew from the past those salient
..Ieellons Of Arthur and his moth.
. ff't, the day the two had called
I.,as tne purchase of a house that
!. alaer had Just put on the market
~ . .aetlns old colonial affair, her
Il. !, sOners birthplace. Sixteen: she
= Valte been that, Just free from
NJ. :saool days in Italy. With the
i. =. " o. youth she had BETRAYED
i. ). ! almost instantly, while wait
~, \ ~ her father to come into the
1al'r said Arthur,s motne, whom
~. aolly adopted at once. The
. spoke single phrase, which
~. a .s in excellent if formal
- inns led from one question to
1910 s. Ellison turned out to
4 ~ .00'nate Of her mothers. and
- =, = had inherited their . v arv
n ~, ~aat more was needed?
- Lascns bought the house rod
=, , We within it. Society, and
g r. : good deal Of it in that
k1.ss' , ! city. society waited
s,s.s. . e approach and apply for aa.
49, out waited in vain. Mrs rs, a FL.
lua,, -, go vent anywhere. Her SON
NM. :, ! : student and preferred
q ~, 70 !. eventually society e' intro.
= ! ,s... Persons who ignored ,n,'I IT.
m ~ s...ess.estins. When it became ~
$50 !. Mn !. Ellison had been eeeA the
- N, y q The beautiful and Oar arjs sue
- Sc 90 Of General chetWo ,osu.
Ah,,., ssal banker !. quietly . spread
sllsss, 'on tia. the Ellisons sr were ere
supple, 1 with stocks | and
80, I. nigh order. society c snu
could do very well with u1h.