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out reservation; but we must enter into
solemn compact first"
Anything in reason, Dora, and
which il is in my power TO perform,
will mos, willingly do"
"Will you promise not to hate me?'
she convulsively sobbed. "Will you
promise, by the sacred dust Of my par.
en,s, that you will still love me as you
have hitherto done?"
II will continue TO love you Dora,
though you had committed murder
There now, will that assurance satisfy
your
She kissed me affec,ionately and be.
gan the recital Of her griefs. mind
you promise not to interrupt me" she
said. "You will remember" she con-
tinued, "that was married early in life
10 one whom more than idoized. and
went to Louisiana to live. Ii was du-
ring the last months of the five years
that sojourned in the Stale, that the
seeds of my after unhappiness were
sown. was young, Emily, and was
too prone 10 put faith tn all | saw and
head. II has only been through the
last two years of my close intimacy
with you, that have learned what o
good wife should be. Oh. Emily. Emil
ly; the precious pearls lha, | have cast
from me, and trampled in the dust, be-
cause knew not their value! Will
YOU believe it, my friend, that my hus-
band is now alive, and the father of a
large family in one of the West India
Islands. 1t was my own fault" she con-
tinued, Gs was about TO interrupt her.
IL listened 10 evil counsel, Emily and
learned to disirUst my husband. Yes
| learneed to dslrus,, and at last TO hate
(or a, leas, thought | did) that husband
who had lavished upon me every kind
ness. | never quarrelled with him.
No--I was too nnately proud for that,
but allowed myself to brood upon my
silent, growing hate, and, oh, there is nc
feeling on this earth that so nigh warp'
the brain to madness as the hate borr
of jealousy. You know my frank, opeT
disposition, Emily. So went to hin
with my mouth in the dust. and asket
for a separation. Oh, never did III
poor doom. sacked victim of the Bos
phorus beg for life, as | for the besse'
priviege--of going from his presenc
forever with our only child. He trie'
to reason with me, but was mad, EN-
r ily, and have been mad since. aske,
, for nothing bu, my child, and pleade
: with an carnestness which he saw
r was useless 10 resist. So Emily | wi
d pass on to the announcement Of m
e widowhood--when | went forth to tn
!. world hypocrite in widows weeds
q Nv husband wrote TO me three time
= during the first year of our separation
= imploring me by every precious tie, I
= permit him even by stealth, to look ono
l more upon the face of his child. T
l. every entresty returned a cold, ster
hard answer. and for al this | ha,
a. dearly bitten the dust since. The yea
v, sped on, which return no more, and m
Ie child began 10 expand into loveline
'e which was almost superhuman. Siran;
G. as il may appear 10 you, ] again lear
'e ed to love my husband through his chill
ST When she spoke to me it was her IA,
is er's voice, every linesment was his, al
H. | so loved my child that again Low,
ne my husband through her. Strange
a consistency you may call this, but it
he nevertheless true. knew that he W
ut alive. for regularly every year ha
ny received small provision for our ma
la. tenance through unknown hands. Tt
as with the little patrimony received fr'
he my father. enabled me to live far abe
eT' want, actually aHording many of
of little Injuries Of life. You little kn
TO- how l have yearned to look or
he more upon my husbands face.
to Emily thought if ] could but see h
ms all might be made up. was prepal
ies to humble myself in the very dust, |,
zen | might be taken back TO his heart OF
lae more. knew not where 10 dir
nd even letter to him, and like a p,
md condemned criminal. | dared not m,
s's' open inquiry; for in the eyes of
un' world was a widow, and my p