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Street and Smith's New York Weekly : a journal of useful knowledge, romance, amusement, & c., v. 49, no. 44, August 25, 1894, [Incomplete].
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Edmunds, Alberta.
Date Added
1 December 2022
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Newspaper
Language
English
Publish Date
1894-08-25
Publisher
New York : Street & Smith
Alternate Title
New York Weekly. Little Miss Lawless; or, Eugenia's atonement / by Alberta Edmunds. Eugenia's atonement
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New York (N.Y.) > Newspapers. Popular literature > United States > 19th century > Periodicals
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No, 44.
A SISTER'S LNGRATITUDE,
BY CROKGR A. MERRITT.
Tonce was gay, ns thou art now,
In fortune’s festive
With radiaut gems ve deokedl my form
For banquet or for ball,
‘Yos—golten curls once clustered
Around iny neck of snow
And waving wreaths, Uright corouale,
Have sported on my brow.
‘When asked to mingle with the throng
Or tread the giddy maze,
My fawn-tike
To see thy Lumbled prite?
Teuntohed thy feebie, frngite form
Frota poverty’s cold brink ;
‘The love of gold wheat aes did,
Could never make me shrink,
But time soon turned the scale of wealth,
Ani fortune's sen tia
Poured in thy lap its
And goon my fountain died.
Amid the summer of my droams,
wit st,
uw ‘ones roofer, and tlewors of hope
Wore Disha crashed at last
T turned to 1 3 weet
The vnten of my breai
But humbly came tenth
i a plac
Hecalliug caok endeating word,
In childuood’s hour we knew;
1 names head upon my bre
'y woes still nu
bering o'e
nt, ob, unfeeling sister, thon
Didat spurn me from the door,
But go.
‘ow triumph in thy pride,
*Mid revelry and songs
‘Thore thou mayst find forgetfulness
Of this aneh
But fwant thy lips against my name
rished wrong.
ia
SS
ihe
ee
ec
oil
Ts
fi
Forestv
gut about he ‘he child, whom she called
Effie, in the orphan asyhun
tore. a”
man = waited till she got
through. As she approach che the last word,
his face lit uj ‘+ of infernal in-
telligonce.
“That's the young girl I saw with you
‘this afternoon 1”
Again Mrs. Marwede bowed -her head,
i
in a silent, stealthy, satisfied, menacing
way, and sac
She is very young. | Not too old to be
ry 0 bad 2 it, could her parents know
i they would el | upon the ountalns and
the hills to them! They would wish
that a ill stone wore banged around St
necks and they were drowned in the depths
of the seal”?
Such malignant, violence to come from
such cold lips! Tt was like the sudden
bursting forth of fre, from a erater that
lon;
i Boitevhore i Tour revenge?” axked th
many after a pine, “aren Cond te bo
sua ja wish? Her parents
Zinust never iknaw—not
een Bn your deathbed.
shaw??? replied the woman, - “I said
what I would like to do. Of course I
could never tell them. Ihave a reputa-
tion to leave behind me after Tam gone:
Rest assured T will do nothing to spoil
that. “Tewill be enoush form now
that she—the only child of the Hon and
respectable Me. and Mrs. Blank—that is
the name we will call them by nk
infinitely lower than the level to which he
would bave degraded.
it hiow do you 2 ig all
this about? supose, Gn spite orang um
remitting ‘attention you are so Kind
to w upon her, ‘she stiould
tel tO bee
hen,’? seid the w
al?
said
te rine Hie iss ough
ale
with
the. arent ‘when It
2h6.Rawers of Eston,
"Rnd Tnying one awd 0
lenned forward, and, ia- a caution
pitched voice, unfolded her plan.
CHAPTER XIV.
MOREAT REAVEN! THAT 1 SHOULD FIND
Iv REREL”?
“Lands mortgaged may return, and more
esteenied}
But honesty,’ once pawned ie ne'er re-
Ater,a fow duys more of shopping, Mrs.
took a furnished house) in “a
Mncly part of Harlan Owe servant com-
pleted the sash. Sarah was given
Le on thy cheek.
(*LITToE 3185 LAWLESS" was comme:
CHAPTER XIII.
: CONSPIRATORS.
neg guests
Are often welcomest when they s
When Sari wore her sense ho was lying
wou the eros mi in tho ior brick Deg
her head gi ported by he physician wh
had ay ehh her béeding a raeiously ly
over her, banishing to * Tittle o distanco a curious
rushed thither
stand, that the
uring the contu-
he
tors were over-occuy plod, tires Of our most danjers
us Iumatios exea Gue of them extinguished
the lights.
“No. T mu ius have done so,” and she explained
about the bar of iron.
“That, then, ‘ras your salvation!
alarm. “We rushed back here, and overawed and
in time.
farwede was not informed of this adven-
50
tures The dinnor bad so far improved het nerves
that” insteai aitin y till next day, she
took the rh train’ for vor ‘York. Here she
temporarily at a private hotel,
Tt gave the | take
recognize Philip Faunce.”?
rarwede
By ALBERTA
Author of “Homeless Helen,” ete.
seemed to occur to
Then,” said the woman, with the hiss of a Serpents “we'll n
THIS STORY WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED IN BOOK-FORM.
LITTLEMIss LAWLESS:
oR,
UGENIA’S ATONEMENT.
MUNODS,
od in No. 40. Back numbers can bo obtained of all News Agents.)
him that if he did not. pro-
coed more rapidly they would surely vanish Into
fare
call,
tHe advanced, therefore, with swifter trend,
1e doo
betaling ‘with silver” buttone-like,
‘when the man appeared at the bottom
decors
of the
Until
hin fol
fold her
“hth
10 lady
ration
gore house and
ve
opporti
‘wede would. thus
nity of avoding. him choral he
the
e Raw her and her young companion
“ne ‘a flight of brown-stone steps und Ting. the
was ju
ste}
st being opened by a small boy
6 a new order of
I tihat cares ‘Mrs. Marwede had not seen
lowing her
ho
her i identity to the
framed in
death.
She was about to pro¢
who was by this time almost o
the shabby
wi
‘as’ doin;
m her, ad” already entered, “and did not
the man’ as_ he eprang up
the closing door by the baa, said:
tarwede, T think??
ould have given a great
flames
gh her justi
in
et may have
h, at a gesture
and catel
ng
deal to deny
whom she had last seen
threatened certain
tag of me ta ins, after Saraly
f ‘hearing; bub
0 bad something of the a
eeaved go eutioman, uttered these words, in a
Mrs.
Marw
think if Mrs. Marwede
will
me again, she will
le pale, However,
she ‘bestowed on ‘bin another glance, and then
motioned him into the vacant parlor.
sho turned to the Intruder, and sal
a vi
repressed emotion—a voice that ‘night be de-
as they
were aloner ‘with doors,
id, ‘ice of
scribed as colorless as: her features had now be-
08 wo now adopted @ toni
made welcome, even if I “didn't dress in the latest
tro ”
fect pallor eguld become more pale, Mr
Marea 's taco would have « So apo the ‘Whitest
marble at S, allusion portant service
performed yours 4
e observed that he made RB: alas) on to the
ails ae h tained some
ident, though
rsoonived Helt. She Was jist ase
tain, “0 wever, that he. hind seen her there, fend
that! he was conscious of the triumph she had felt
io bis dest ‘uction, as if he bad made it a matter
speech
s sh ima no reply, he added, with a touch
of malig
Thal fore you were Mrs. Marwede.
“Never ‘mind that,’? returned the Inly ‘ity,
though it was evident to Faunce that
he had called up was
“Besides, it was not .
“f winked at it. it all the same,’
he responded, with ceo rt aggressivenoss in his
ne.
“Well, that is neither here nor there,” "she said
with the air of one who is wearied with se
unwelcome guest. beating about the ba an “e
immpationt to arrive at, tho sent; h
it w | forand i
hater
id for well.”
can never be too well
led, Besides, ey {ioesn last. forever,
Took ‘a, me, Do loo) T had more than I
weeded ??
eT eannot help that,” irs, Marwede, very
quietly, as. if. sho were anxious to avolt a scone,
but oie quite determined not to yield to any de:
‘You can help it, 4 Philip Faunce,
‘a little more familiar, as
he stood on the hansome inlaid hearth, warming
his hands behind “bis coattails, as is’ the habit
men w grate ofire proves attrac
“you ean give me somo."
“Let ine understand, before you Ko. a. stop
farther,’? said Mrs, Make approaching aim,
her temiper getting a little thé best o “IS
it your intention to blackmail me???
pig Not in the least,”” replied Bir. Faunce, raising
is hand i ina deprécatory aud graceful manner.
ny caine a gentleman to a lady; asa
friend "fo. uged—and'T fin very much in neal te
a friend indeed, as I am. sure you will prove. I
came, in short, as a poor man to a rich woman.’’
“Tal not rich w if T refuse?’?
“Oh, nothing,” nothing,” murmured Farmco,
contemplating ‘the carpst and moving his foot
slowly over the cp Nothing ae all.
must have monoy—even if T he
my spicy recollections to ‘ite newspapers.””
X18 Mace ‘as he shot at her an
inquiring lances he ‘passed her hanakorchet
over her face, perhaps as muuch to concoal
ake her seem wicked.
T{ bad
ve to sell some of |
Listen!”
hin _You,.are ever likely to make, even to a
testis beyond available reach. | Neverthe
would be: interesting to the public
and ‘evra do not always stop to ask whether
what they prin they did, they would
ve to shut up p shop "
“But you Mrs,
‘that However Snel "yaw ‘damaged me, you
would’ damage yourself just as much,”
‘The man spread, the ‘palms of his ‘ide
open, upward, aud, thrusting them belore, iin
shrugged his shonlders, and exclaim
jothing to lose!"
ta, you have-yone iberty t
tte she continued, watching
mained Tookdug at the corer onpontte a it quite
Unconscious of her remark, ‘*1 will not. pay you
one cent more for what you have already done.
You have been paid enough | ‘already. But," and
here she lowered her voice still inore, ‘if you
choose to help me ina little scheme I have on
hand at present, I don’t mind making it very
mnch worth your while.”
‘Those only who have. been pe
pectieas en pertectiy picture, to. themselves how
his eyes gleamed at the hope thus given of imme-
ne | diate
“Come to the point,” he said, seating him
nite clos rs. Mtarwen 6 Before the
re, ‘which, touched their features with a arid
crimson amid the shadows of the darkening winter
a
“Do you remember the child?” .she asked,
stealthily.
“What? His child? Mr.——?
“Hush! There is no need of mentioning any
names, Besides,’? she added, rotlectivaly “they:
re both his children. Do you know which chil
T'mean??”
“You mean the child that you adopted soon
after she was born?’
Mrs. Marwede bowed
most, sete ‘Faunce continued :
“You siopted er for a strange reason.
pedple f child from love, to bring up. You
opted aM from hate, becats ,You thought sho
would di, or live to fo a curse,’
farwede did not contradict him. She
merely said:
‘There was also another peason
‘Exactly. Well, what al this child? You
ran away ¥o got. inarried. 0 tho well-to-do Mas.
far’y vou Acserted her when she was onl:
old. T heard that. she was found
wana about the streets, When a @ poor woman:
und took hel in,
rin the position mrt mine would
ad silently and al-
ave been left, for any thi have done
or cared,’? answer rwede, in a hard
voice, but again ‘avoiding tho mention of # namie.
“Tleit her, hoping she would grow up among
it
the gems again rom the white skin agai
Mrs.
t Sarah's Tittle
the third st and set at
work om her patients ware
Foitip Faunce had anished as quickly
as he peared. Sarah fad nob seek
him, and if she bad caught his name, had
wight it, 80 fpalnodly that it held a very ob-
eure place in ber
here was one memory she clung to sadly, She
remembered the illusion which Bogenin had to
away. Se still cherished a lost Mal with who
she would have ad
eternity of love- trie aay’
fonts, Marwede deny changed fro
to kindues, “She had bought Sarah. 30
owns. She gave er aah key, that she might
Jot herself in and out yhenever ae went abrond,
ly good
being ina
Out ‘her jewels wa ‘which together
with a large ‘amonnt of ready money, she kep!
a small ebony cabinet, amd: dloplayed to the girl's
frond eyes such treasures as she had never
Diamond, ruby, pearl, and’ sapphire ings, me-
daition bracelets dere for the hair, ear,
ed at
ere!” Marvwede, a8 she loosened
it which
aly yang ‘Take
they had been so.
then back again, Saran,
cabinet. This roll of um notes, "too, 8 "ind 1 ts gl sold. ie
Shrouding them in their soft wrappings of rese-
golored eotfou, she gave them into Sara's Keo
hed her as she doposited, them,
OS aha with the money, in’ the receptacle Mrs.
Marwede had indica
Wo. ad he lady, as Sara; 1p locking the
cabinet, returned to her the key. Im
my treasurer. Keep the key—I am always. tind
laying it, When I want anything, 1 will scud
you for it.”
led pl a
that Ssiatinost Pema
by this mark of co fide
ung, 80 innocent, ng, she would
ave lesitated about accepting euch & trust.
Hatter, Ms, Marwode, suddenly
announced her determination ‘to Bostor
Sarah's heart bounded at the thought
“Bue Eshall not be able to take
Sarah, Iwant you to finish that nck silk of
mine, and to do that you ut work steatily fil
may return. T shall
Sarah, graliowed her sinrpoinmen without a
word. er life to
tings gong “wrong: to utter a. discontented
"
When’ the hour came for golug, Mos, Marwede
iz she wo
comme: tain tremor of the lips wipe away any y suds vagrants abd thieves, and worse! It would have | was exceedingly kind. Sho 6 even kissed h
One afternoon, as she and were returning What is it that you want?’’ den, spot ‘thn na ba gatl here. made me happy if she had! Had she ever lived} by—an unprecedented p g—and the "artless
from a shopping'tour, they crossed the park near | ‘The man who had introduced himself_as Philip| "You would -m ‘able. to prove a single | to go to prison, it would have rejoiced me greatly eau said to herself Natt the Indy ad 8 good
the frozen fountain. AS they neared the easter Faunce stared at her for a moment, as if she were | word, o she isd with an almost suce resstul effort | to send him word from my death-l bed: ‘That | heart, though her inner, at fi
side, Sarah noticed that Marwode suddenly | buman enigma Then, surwzging his shoulders, | to “make her steady. ‘The only witness | girl is your daughter, made what she is by me, sito © ant cold.
aveftel her head from the direction fm whieh she | be sald, stil teta is gentlemanly air: who cond prove what you say is beyond availalue | whom you so wronged, That 3s my avenge nat Lam 80 sorry for,?” said Mfrs, afar
had been looking, and quickened her is i rather a cool ‘reception, Mrs. Marwede, | reach.” She half roso in the excitement ven-| as she er own room, chatting to Sarah
did not “notice, hewever, taba ‘dark and | considering that we have not met for yea Mr. Faunce. balanced himself backward and | geance, but reseated ‘am went on preparatory to. Atesconsting the'stairs, ‘is that you
hameome Jooking man, “who had beon sitting | “What sort of, @ reception ‘did you expect?” | forward, ou his heels aud toes, and thon replied, | el afterward discovered that the name of the | will be sy sacl alone, “the. ‘Thursday.
with his gloveless_ hands in aliby trousers | she answered, still maintaining the cautiously Tow | ke man forced to atiait& damaging argume ent] woman who took her in was Moorland. ‘As the | Magic's day out. But she will be in by ten this
Pockets, underneath the suow- ates trees, got up | tone she had’ adopted. “That is undoubtedly so. The sole person. Woman was a ne’er-do-well from her eradie, I] evening. You will not be. afraid to stay alone
ind followed ‘them. “Why, bearing in mind that [ once did you a| could prove my assertions, apart from your own hoped for the worst. Suddenly she left New| till then? Have you the key of the cabinet???
re | only as they neared the hotel that it! very great service, I thought I should always be! confession—which, to. tell the truth, 1 do uot’ York, and was never heard of here again, She! Sarah rau to ‘her own room to get it, She al-
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