Show I II t O I IV I I r V try I I THE WIDOWS WIDOW'S DAUGHTER LAUGHTER Once upon a a. time timo there lived a a. poor I I widow with her two daughters in a cotI cottage cottage cot cot- tage by the lire roa roadside side One daughter I had golden hair an and bl big blue eyes and andI her name was Madge l the tho other had I big black eyes oyes and black hair and her name was Anette and both were very Yen I beautiful One day there came to their house a richly dressed resse lady in a carriage and tho the coachman stopped to ask the way to town When the tho rich lady saw Madge 1 she fell In love lovo with her beauty and said she would take tak her to live with her But nut Madge said she would not leave her mother and the lady was about to drive awa away when Anette came out of or orthe the house for she ahe had heard the offer made to her sister Ister an and said I will go with my la lady y I think m my sister is very Cly silly to refuse your kind offer When the lady ad saw tho the great beauty ot of Anette she was even more in love with her than Madge l who was not so brilliant looking as her sister I 1 1111 will gladly take you ou my beautiful girl said the lady and you ou shall shan shanI have all an that wealth can buy you but I you vou must never call can this woman your yoUl mother for tor I 1 shall want you for my I very own daughter call can tho the Anettu said she would gladly lad lady mother nn and without so o much as asa asa asa a tear she sal said goodbye to her mother and amI sister T and rode rolle awa away with the rich lady to bo be her daughter I Madge adte dl did all she could to make her 1 mother happy and tool took care of or the l. l garden arden where she he grew grow flowers an and strawberries to sell to tho the town folk I Two years ears J passed assed an and not a word di did they hear from Anette when one ono 1 day Madge ads e was picking strawberries in her garden harden an and a handsome young oung man on horseback stopped at the gate May a I have a a. glass of or water he asked And when he ho saw Madges Madge's pretty pretty face Caco he ho gazed In wonder at her heras heras heras as sho she brought him tho the water In her basket he saw the big red berries an and when he spoke of or their size Madge offered him tho the basket to taste them Tho The next da day the stran stranger er came again and the tho next each time to buy berries from pretty Madge The third day ay a lady on horseback camo him and when they came near the house Madge saw It was her sister Anette with tho the handsome stranger Anette tried to get him to ride b by and not stop stOl but tho rho stran stranger cr sal said he wanted her to see the beautiful berries an and the pretty girl who sold them In spite of ot all do tho the han handsome some stranger would stop and when Madge l came out with the berries she spoke to her sister Anette who did not answer her Do Du you know this girl asked Anette's An- An ettes ette's companion Oh Oar she is some poor girl who has done one sewing for me said Anette I cannot remember all those who work for me The stranger saw the pained paine look on Midges Madge's face so he spoke k to her and asked if It sho ha had worked forthe forthe for tor the lad lady he ho was with Madge told him she had not and amI then he lie began to ask 0 more questions until Anette sai said in an angry tone If you want to stay all da day talking with witha a 0 beggar girl you ou mJ may I am going along The handsome stranger er flushed and andro ro rode o after her but the next day ho camo came again to Madges Madge's cottage and asked her if it she chic lived alone and when she told him her mother molher lived lI there too he asked to see her mother T The e. e poor widow ha had not forgotten her daughter who had so easily left lefther lefther I her and her sorrow was so deep that she soon spoke to the stranger of ot herAnd heri her I i And has sho she ne' ne never r como come to see you OU 7 ho he asked I No uNo said the widow Anette husI has hus never been back She loves riches and I 11 fino lino no clothes better than her old mother and amI her sister bister I Anette was her name Anette asked the stran stranger cr And did she have black hair nn and black blac c eyes cs I Tho Tim widow told him she did and andi i was vcr very handsome The Tate only thing thin I that mars her beauty Is a big black mole the end of ot her left on ear she sheI said I o Your daughter was tho the lady lad who I came camo here bere with mo yesterday said the lie stran stranger er I suspected something when your our daughter Madge spoke to I her I will como back tomorrow and I then I shall have something to ask of or I you ou Tho The next day ay when the tho handsome stranger camo came he asked the poor widow for tor her daughter Madge I Iloe Ilove Ilove love lo her and want her to be m my wife he said sail I am earl carlot of the Highlands and I will make malu your our daughter thu first lady in tho land lanel and you OU shall hall live 11 with us au and never want for anything Ican I 1 Ican can give you ou Madge came in with her basket of berries which sho she thought the handsome handsome handsome hand hand- some stranger had come como for tOI but ho he tol told her no he had como come for her d dear ar self and Madge who was In love with ith him hini all tho thin time blushingly consented to become his wife wire But nut she sno a asked ked how did you k know her and amI what will she ahe So say if you ou are aro a n friend of or hers when slue she sh finds out you are arc to marry mo me has passed pas eci out of ot m my life liCe forever SaW said the tho earl I r thought I 1 I I s loved lo her until I learned how she sho had treated ted you ou and your Our old mother then I Knew I had never nver loved her at all and that It was you OU I loved very dearly early Anette loved my wealth and the tho title she would have when sho she become m mv my t wife ife and now we will talk no I more of or orn Anette n t e but of ot our plans for tor tho rho future and her mother lived 1 in peace an and plenty all aU the days lays of ot their lives while Anette refused refusal ono one after mother another waiting for tor someone who ho hoI I would give I tb her a title Http that would bo ho greater than her hr sisters sister's and she ahe waited alted so lon long sho she b became came old and ugly and was never married at all aU Copyright In 1017 1917 7 by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate NewYork New NewYork NewYork York City |