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The Fires of St. John 81
from her gypsy mother, who was a pariah, an out
cast beggar. She drank and stole in order to sub
sist. But with it all, her mother instinct was
strong and it always drove her back to the place
where her child lived. Marie had her first shock
when, on her way home from confirmation, the
ragged and brutalized woman threw herself be
fore the young girl, crying,
"
Mamie, my child, my
Mamie! "
It was then that Marie realized her
origin. Out of gratitude she consecrated her life
to the Brauers.
Marie never forgot for a moment that she owed
everything her education, her support and hap
piness to her adopted parents. She wrapped
herself around them with all the intensity and pas
sion of her nature. She became the very spirit of
the house. She looked after the estate, and de
voted herself to little Gertrude, as to her own sis
ter.
Gertrude is engaged to marry her cousin
George, and everything is beautiful and joyous in
the household. No one suspects that Marie has
been in love with the young man ever since her
childhood. However, because of her gratitude to
her benefactors, she stifles her nature, hardens her
heart, and locks her feelings behind closed doors,
as it were. And when Gertrude is about to marry
George, Marie throws herself into the work of fix
ing up a home for the young people, to surround
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