Year: 1877

"No, | must speak," she said, thrustino
DIR. Hudson aside: "it is right for me to
speak, 1t is necessary for them to know.
They must understand clearly that It is
France that is the country of nv love-
my happiness--the country of my dead.
On, in mercy, let me go back to them and
die tool 1t was cruel to take me away
and make me leave them; cruel, cruel,
cruel!n


Into violent Mysteries went she, much
worse than on the preceding night; fling
ing herself about wildly, alternating her
sobs with fits of laughter that made one
chilly TO hear. A covert excitement had
been working in her all the morning, and
now the last touch was given to it.


We were all dismayed. To this hour |
have but a confused idea of how at last
she was carried back TO her room and got
to bed. The time sped away while we
tried restoratives, sedatives, and what not,
One thing soon became evident-it was
useless attempting to take her further to-
night; she was tar too i'll for 1t even to be
thought of.


Nj. Adolphe agreed to 90 with the car
riage to the town OF Haisley, two miles
OIL, and come up in the morning to see
what plans could then be made. l had


ust come down stairs in earnest talk with
DIR. Hudson, when M. Adolphe, with a
lace OF much concern, met US.


"You must come and effect another cure
he said. Here is young lady who will
break her heart unless you comfort her,


True enough. Lucy leaned on chair
in bitter tears, the very picture of re-
morseful grief, which increased at the
sight OF DIR. Hudson. 1t was one of her
great attractions that she was so natural.
so unshakled by self-consciousness If
had been betrayed into crying, should,
at least, have flown to solitude to combat
there my grief, but here she sat with great
pearls OF tears rolling down her cheeks,
gazing up at these two men with the ex-
preston of child; and her clear eyes
had the faculty of shedding tears with
out looking any the worse for them.


PLEASE, please forgive me ~ she i'm
plored. know have nearly killed her,
and it breaks my heart. l never thought
what was doing But don't be angry
with me more than you cannot help. I
saw how vexed with me you were, and
deserved it; but oh, do please forgive me
now"


"Yes, yes" said DR.. Hudson, after vain
ly reiterating that she was quite forgiven.
"We know the heart was not to blame.
only this young head" laying his hand
quite tenderly on Lucy's golden hair.
Taught by the wiser heart, it will find
out in time what we all have to learn
that in this weary world much thought for
others is necessary If we would be help
iul men and women as we journey on our
way. Seek the wisdom, Miss Lucy; the
sooner the better; il adds to the worth
even Of the brightest queen of beauty"


"Tut. tut do not know about that
interrupted Nj. Adolphe. "If this head is
to lose any OF its grace in the acquisition,
we shall thinkthe wisdom hardly bought


Altogether Lucy ended in being rather
the heroine of the day.


1t certainly must be best that the future
is a sealed book to us. How otherwise
would Helen's and my united courage
have been equal to opening our doors to
strangers on that stormy nightP For SO
ii turned out that for three weeks, in con-
sequence of that rash act, we had Mad
anne Adolphe as permanent inmate,
and the gentlemen occasionally. The
former could not be moved; the latter
stayed at the hotel at Haisley.


My sister Esther and her baby made
but small progress, SO mother could not
leave her post; but Aunt Judith came
over to do temporary dragon for us, al
though 1t did seem rather late In the
day for US TO arm ourselves with q safe
guard. Aunt Judith was certainly the
mildest and least suspicious of dragons.
and stood great deal in awe of DR..
Hudson IN talking to whom she dropped
stitches in knitting at furious rate.


She had lapses of alarm, too, lest NJ.
Adolphe's profession of Protestantism
should be only assumed. although what
great harm should accrue to us il he turned
out to be Musselman failed to see.


She was very tender and kind to us,
and devoted to Lucy, her adopted child,
in whom she could see no flaw. And
one day our mother managed to come
over very unexpectedly to see the stranger
for herself. The two gentlemen arrived
nearly at the same time that day, and
she made up her mind quickly that both
were good trustworthy men-a creed
never swerved from afterwards.


They, with Madame Adolphe, one and
all seemed to lose their hearts TO our dear
good little mother. And we felt we were
placed on a new and pleasanter footing
with our guests. "DOn't say anything
about intruders." said my mother, looking
like rock of strength to lean on mental


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