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Lady’. Isabel's Daughter
For Her Mother’s' Sin
A Sequel to “East Lynne"
By Mrs. Henry wood
lmld sweetly, and the answer she received
' "F0"-‘“5 0’ "“"““"" ”““""““ the laughter rrom her lips, the ioveiight lr DJ her
8 9!. ’
or Beresford. that my ion! was saint; headlong
into ruin. -’
C . 4 hi - h id t
nnnuuneu Mr Cnrlyicnndninrnlngpoll-lllollandylnbel ti she did Jisolt lose in s e an I
urn.
child.
8 ieai-iui blow?"
ll ? ei‘s ‘ii 9].
m e
lil:l?l‘l‘lxllU:t Iaelll-‘ii oil! of hvr diliir olive lace, ilnd
a loo . perp
locked h'm1ils
father's knees, and her dl-ilclte brows arched
theiliisolvea wonderin i
I.
know the shame upon her mother’: memory
how can I irll hr!-oh. lit-nrrn! how cnn
l
hair think you were tridlng ii you didn't look
so serious, and"-with a sudtlvn gasp or pain-
“ally. papa, you are not ii 7
9 .
it the SDOUFSE Hill!!!‘ of Bereslord?
p wit i
..>'?
n ght he pal-ml lip and down the library
I T
I ghting that l-ilter hattie lletweeniovc and sh;
0 an i h
it feel that i must be second in the sorrow
ngllin and
s
I;
ans-Lionel ears hrinever iklls mystery
he
dr
loves me trul
iretwee
have I:
lie
1
memory haunt. her and lhl hope-
expression
then.
o his
earl‘:
It its SWEEKFSE
"it l-1 vs
re
;‘r-c
-"coupled with those huiziirrl. hioodsilot eyes.
r meant to tell isahei all-and e t le
w am you ll
said. iiuxlrily,
twee-n nllln an
ear
‘nt ‘ .
nelrer he told untllwaitar the rnarriuge- e mu
he led to Iwileve she wedded him. concerning tg:
man
lord is only human,
our-n cloud and grow dim oerore the lresen
ohstacies such any driy.
into our lives.
a qllratlun.
id lid El l to the room. and airline
“ " gd.edru'[lped down on a low otto-
r
u
I‘-
(hm
tr-r that than‘Iol1e his lore
my hand as
wall! kill
ht-art woul
you that
w
me
“Oh, my darling, I cannot express to you ho
i win as true phopher Winn i s
but Jovr'l- tnri oiirsnivos know the
terrihie irulhewe will he secret, and isahei nerd
r know.“
t lmli lzmslorni oh. llossmond he
crllri enoiiitli to tote him out of my me. i
now my head and die. n
told mueutgoaslli vou-and you f,’,'d,3"h,';',',f"I
y like to come’ with the wor ;‘,",‘s,, ""'
in‘ that iilositllon. he nnvrr ilkrll
--it would be my dearest wish, is “ 5’. ‘W’ n 0"“ “S,
would be against her soul. ive who love
It?!’ sondeilriy Wlll curry H10 SECITI Will! H! [0 the C
“ Lending some sensational
heartfila
w alien
e
, 2 is In meet to please those who are
’l'he world seems lo bright when
"b " Till fl '5'“ l‘ to uni: lice
, A I ( Ii’ . I E U.
" "’ """'"" "e e y c i lost it i should simply die.“
. ' he still. musing on
the threshol‘li'.'"t--i'l'r5s'sll’ri'.l’rl’d shit! you rlid hunt you
a or to be taking a ml-rnlrrg‘ nnP- an-1!“:
gorlaus rnorninlz it is. l’nl'[lI' aw MW at
shine so hrighlly. The woild seems on L
019 Down ll.‘ .
' She bent lilIlEl.il7IRl.V over his chair hndmligetsgzd
I kiss on his wrinkled brow’. Quite ‘Izmir’ 8 k“
In the ndioining room my lady lrne r d I) W
no!‘ and watched and llstirnvd with huge d rm
' ‘ ‘“‘" “L l‘"“’“'l ‘rind aildndroelvllltg an
no
so e. cum HE "SM" I sing ‘ sway,
charmed away all pain.
.,.
"'4
iimlled 1
her irnees heiore him.
‘ ll 0 KEY my E01133
bhdll i KAI!!! xo:“;’“‘ ii” her sparkling lllsniis
locked on his knee. and her rich. dusk faced oo .
me up at him tuli oi purity an love an im-
1 t hli . ..
Khshulslsi sing away your iloaliaclie, paps?m:leiE
tie caught lit-r locked hlrnas in ll passionate. ,
you strong enough to bear
CHAl‘TEll . . it
List: xo OTHER LOT)‘.
risrli eyes expanded slowly; the
it ihe sweet lips: the innocent
lexiiy and doubt took iis place. iler
closrd B liiiie lighter on her
g .
I don't think Iyundl-island perly,
you pro
cl way “lou
ii hear 3 trrrilile blow: I should
You hire not going to
lie big, dark eyes openod wider than ever as
spoke and the locked hllncis shut themselves
h I passionate intensity of mi .
you-ha e not been ii and been hiding
ong'i" she sold. husklly.
pn a
his chair and
at w‘ tied to save us
tter sing, I should never have known
an shame of this hour.“ -
He stopped suddenly and covered his tone with
an s.
"lsllbel," he said abruptly.
S[lPRkl.l'Ig with
starting forward
."e sort o
=
cl;
E
E
5
0
Ir
5
:
5
.
r.
. ii on.
uirering, what would you consider ihe hitterest
low that could possibly beiuii you!"
“The worst hiow tint would mind to me, papa."
.v. "would the loss or Lion
hinir or nothing worse than that,
re neither aim nor uiirpose were
taken out of . B t wh need we even
’ tlch a terrible thing. papa? Lionel
y, and there will never he at shadow
in-never, he ans promised it, and 1 Be-
rn. ,
ea sotieneci and took on their old he
o
elm of s
n
r e y
as she said that, anti. looking at YICI
Mr. Carlyle breilthod a cop sigh, thinking
awn min l0I'P>dl‘el1lIl and tile belllltiiui
daughter who had shattered Ind spelled It
r
you so implicitly trust the man to
3'0 girl-n your heltri.
"tor the
o,wlie is the tounantio e
thly mlliiwy. ways rl-rut-rnin-r that, isllhel
always relnr-mher that true llcppincss min only
t
5:
loves
(‘E or
bring
unmn
i
as Ciilinc mil
ii 1]
l:
Ed been
in)‘ child-which
I'i-ft-r
mny ‘gnltllilnzz at what she thought
3'0“ F
e lpoited st him,
he sheer lllsll
---or the
g m an proclaim the truth, lrnowlhg
t he would go out or my lire forever. but het-
when i h ven h
43 break
only think
Ar t hrcnk under woe-they
he
nd sells. and endure the panes
To'llrrIk and die mercy
“You iuhvl.
ither ll
she anliwt-ri-d. with conviction.
i should div It I lost Llnnal‘
vns l (‘Ollld lll‘BE lin unde
d lzlve rrlo rtrriiirth. mmoliow-
now
t here now. ii’ I lost him. if lit-in-en was
Rllnllld
lie in rid the
tile Alpha
khouid
She had l'lR!ll'l will
no hi-r
d d be-
RWN-lr durk lace uplifted. I
nng.'(',Ii(' Emil? hnvr-fin); about I‘ I R.
ittle hands crossior themselves upon her
“'h0M Arclillmid f‘l‘irl5'ie next saw her
to recall the hour
the grand old llhrsry qt my
on
thus." he said.
n man .
nhcl. you must not ttiik
oiling DR 3 Nil) and trying to regress the
ill that would come over him. “ all h we been
hook, or you would not
ave such morbid fili'iclPl."
l ave been mains is in
pa,“ she nnswvred solemnly.
I thin posiwlliie Is In nlists
d be t
no other love, papa.
life: let her lie
is
lie
a
in his is
had a treacherous waver in
thinking of iloulethlnlty and it is my I
dnswer me truly ’
a
liig dark eyes were wide and solemn, her face had
"Answer me, pa ,
will kill me, hut- ui
Tell me. papa, lrllai was the
iloa and me
me to l'(‘(‘
lie could not tell her the truth. and
should he ex lain those luukles
minute his
only
or lla
terror:
he ielt
said. gaspingly.
ere
to Miss,
let: it at the door.
drco rainbows dropped o
boil
cl:
eralils crowned by one
5?
en cl
ter." she sit
sirrilh.
mantis it. h,
nollle ladies luv
.. op
as
grand lilirllry, too iiapp
lsnllei Carlyle, when that “lnll
longer a thing unknown, an
plaintive (ride,
voiced I terrible I
send
mlrl the
and Lady Isobel, all iintwucioiu
ceivra hornnve from her admirer:
he spoke very calmly out every word went
s
home to his heart. uld Iooklnx at her as she said
L
[in
>- "es, it
his head t
or his lace.
was ri ht-i must not >
ilold t e secret than slay her in her. yo
innocence.
hle felt within him till! lille uttered I nmnhrtlc
t i.
would kill her." he moaned. bowin
hat she might not see the anguish
“God help and pit ml-. Rolsiiniond
tell her. Better I2 should
The worili knows nothing-
e to
Lord
save my child.
ssbei had been watching him intently and
king down M: his teetiagaln, she looked up
ad old e es.
ver com
to the secret must be
Ln .
in
id. in a grave, sweet yoice. that
it. --l-up-l. I've been
Ilrn to ask
1 you look into my eyes and
head and looked at her,
Her
question now. 1"
lie lifted his
nil even than he was startled at the sight.
5 Wild-rose bloom for a faint poorly‘
chi: ed
piliior, and her lips were twitching and working
co islvrl
"Papa." she said, looking straight at him-
, ,, .1 1. c -you asked me when l knelt here ill-at it i could
ggf=t“".5“fl“hf';‘n“,1’,-5 ‘;',i,,‘,."$‘,d',’:,‘f,k.Qgsg,‘,:lgl,f 130 hear a terrible hiow, and th n-th n y u hegnn
me uegmlf may M “gm. Wm me, l-mr,el,-- to speak to me ot-or this drsadtul tlrlngethe
h “M “mf", .1 owe you , “P am loss or Llonei's love. lltlllpa" ‘olsglerily. coin’;-
. ' y >' -1 A 01,‘ y, ow ym“answer me is. e an o -
Md "ml. ’c:hll?l’“lare must he mm“ my lztfaclel Did ou mean that when you spoke
a terrible howl"
"isailel I"
please. in either case it
tell me if you mean lhat.
iuiy you owed to
7 ‘Hull was the blow you prepared
l2 "
clrow I
way rrom her glckrned and stunned.
yet how
a wordsl For the
ruin reiused to act.
it he could
gain time to think, i e
Tell me, papa was that the wow you meant?
s this wild susnlelon been false?‘
w his hrealll with one Kreat gill of
he re the color isdlng out or his
those trulhrui, innocent eyes but
t en-then
e
mtzone is asking
lzllttarice, l,'
“See
ad '
who is there before We
Trlstrnrn, the butler was there
(I) with A huge bunch of splen
lion roses. wit
Cnrlyl
(she disc -
did Gloire lie
h “Lord Beresforlfs compliments
e.” A Cllil messenger
ea with a little cry or rap-
ng sparkling like (I un-
ut or the heart or the
duet and swung to and iro on a slender golden
it n.
"Look, papa," she cried, hastening hack to her
“It is the betrotllal ring 0: the heres-
ion 1 has sent it that
onigllt.
hen som
gorgeous d rnond. all
L2;lde"Wlth the Beresturil
=3
red on the inner
o o: “Honor Above re.
she snapped e zoidon cord and slid that gold-l
role: on h r on e
A one eritalva tor a country solicitor‘: daugh-
id, iaug --Down on your lrne
The tutui
papa.
e heen
n
ear and I owe‘
I should tell
w)iie'a duwer cannot be what
e
com o t rnutusi trus and are out oi ‘pt - Im hoped yzive , -
iect ioitll still, it is ravrrllliil that true ov She had dra n the 1' ng or Ind laid it an the
ever did run smooth. you know, and more really table. she took it up as he ceased speaking,
is no love lhnt cannot fllll I11 Mire that of ill‘ Inll slid it on again. 7 .
iietveniy Fuiller. Lo (1 ilermorn is a noble w it," she sold silnriiy.
t or all otlu-rs i had sooner ‘
lng In Llonel‘s eyes.“
at the door ol.tlle A -
ins llnrivmt-nt. arose now and walked out or
room. '1 3 past. her revenge WIS
was all she rared to know.
is engagement will be announced tonight.”
red, will lmlir.-, Is she.
i y wear this, on
‘Munev will stand as not
My lady. crouching aiiil
Join
the
assured. Ind that
mm]
in F0“ in horror.
the unconscious tlctirll of her plots and
was enjoying her fool's arllclil-ie in the
or drum that
at-rpenta in I ie
fret afar my
sin I not
as n c .
it? Pick u
n
:
'e‘
a
ca. o. here,
p the guitar. there.
rltlv. And tqiraii Ii 01
‘ . i it by?"
-it is called ‘suitor-inn.’ respond d lsnlwl.
stonrtlnz and picking up the guitar. the music
in llv lmlie, hut the words Ire iliionylnolis.
h a awe and little trifle with so much
truth, it quite tsseinateo me when i disr
have the new I
t me
at is it?
was an
plllilr-iii:
red .
sire atruo
lwit we I
“swi-et and
tenderness.
e
'3
1‘
ll the chords or the guitar, nno pin;-to
lnlz prelude-r moment more Ind the
little trlile" wn sung with exquisite
“Oh. WlIl‘l‘L', when the gods would be Efllcl,
Do thry R0 for tortures? “'hNL'
Plant thorns-set din like in Jrwzil
Uh! not in the esiimriot ti:ier
The rocirs of eiirtli and the rods
Arse weak as the mm on the lzlinds-
The heart is the prey or the gods.
who crucify hearts and not hands.
More iihniza corrode and consume-
[lend whrvn e dies in the brain-=
in the lnlinlta spirit is room
nor the pulse or so intinlte pain?"
There the sag ended. But the day an... to
one pain" us no
(1 recalling that Eretty
she recalled only too well 2 it it
mm.
s T0 HE CONTLVCEV.
20 cent: Ior one year’: subscription, and
viezt cllaiuer when the wares when
of treachery re-
. ..‘ ad lL:.t1.A:ns.. .