The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-12-31

Z ders s to he;" and Hester turned
ford At swly up the stair and
Z and ather brothers door. and
! knW Ne answered. After long
! CALI 81 Knocked again; then she
1 We fine por and entered-the cham
( MwasPpty.
= ppoct ran down the stair, calling
= fantiY'
to DIN b! Some harm will come to
he sShe ran through the hall. call
M w. searching for him. When she
81 iched the narlor door again, Cliff
l. fa$tood in the door, coming from
G. wn. He pointed his finger back
rr Tthe room.
.e Come Hepzibahw he cried with a
=. "a gesture. "The weight is gone
IN bm us We can sing and laugh. now.
nkei we can be as ight-hearted as
\ title Phoebe herself"
Horror-stricken at his looks and mo-
ytions, Hepzibah slipped past him into
the parlor. Almost Immediately she
returned-a cry choking In her throat.
my God!" she cried, "What will be-
come of us!"
"Come with mel" cried Clifford.
still with that wild gayety. "Put on
your cloak and hood, take your purse
with money in it. and come!
Still witt that wild gayety so foreign
~ Loo fhA fnQ
depot-where he made her take the
train-when they left it at an out-of-
the-way station, still leading, he drift
ed away with her into the cold, sulfen
mist.
With the day came many people to
the cent-shop; but none gained admit
lance but when Phoebe came, the gar
dem FOR opened for her. A hand
clasped hers and she was led into the
disused reception room. The sun
streamed in through the uncurtained
windows and she saw her companion
was Holgrave.
| He told her the Judge was dead-in
the same manner as his ancestor ito
whom God had given blood to drink !"
| He convinced her that the uncle for
whose supposed murder Clifford had
suffered for thirty years had died In
the same fashion.
"We must not hide it a moment
longer!" cried Phoebe. Clifford Is In
nocent! God will make it manifest
Let us throw the door wide and call
the neighbors to see the truth"
| "Wait!" begged Holgrave. "Phoebe'
in all our lives there can never be an
other moment like this. Is 1t all ter
ror? Are you conscious Of no joy, as
am, that has made this the only point
of life worth living fOrY
SIT seems a SIM" faltered Phoebe
ito speak of joy at such time"
"Phoebe," cried Holgrave, "before
you came, my past was lonely ano
dreary-my future seemed shapeless
gloom. With you came hope, warmth
and JOY. love you, Phoebe. Do yor
love mel" .
.Look into my heart" said Phoebe
dropping her eyes. You know low
, YOU"
At that moment the mingled voices
. of Hepzibah and Clifford came Il
them. Phoebe and her lover went t
) meet them. Hepzibah. when she saw
them, burst into tears-Cliford smilet
> and murmured that the Rose OF Edel
/ had bloomed in the old house at last.
: BY the death of Judge Pyncheon
d Hepzibah. Clifford and Phoebe becam
rich. They decided to live at tn
n Judges country place. At the yer,
;. moment Of departure. through Gill
. ford's troubled mind drifted recollet
h ton of the time when. mere boy, a
4 had discovered the secret spring whic
q caused the portrait Of the colonel (De
fore which they stood). to swing FOL
y ward-disclosing recess wherei
i were important papers. But he had FOL
. gotten the secret Of the spring.
II sPerhaps can recall It." said DO
r grave. and touched the spring.
,e It was much rusted and therefor
" when released, the portrait tumbled
3. to the floor. There was the recess
le and there the title-deeds to vast India
lands-old jeffrey Pyncheon's missin
- property.
j; "But how came you to know the 9
le cret OF the springf" Phoebe asked
ii Holgrave. apart.
T. my dearest Phoebe" smiled Ho
grave, show will 1t please you to tai
e. the name Of Maule? This secret Is Il
re only inheritance that has come dow
to me from that ancestor. WIZ
til Thomas, son of Wizard Maule. bu
ee this house, he took the opportunity
construct this recess and hide avn
&c those title-deeds. would have to
you this before, but l feared to fright
II you"
re phoebe's smile forgave him; and
o their carringe rolled away. the
Aouse of the Seven Gables. freed FRI
IL Its burden OF secret and curse, smil
after them brightly - the mist Int
ed and fed away.
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