Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-02-19
Selerted Stills CLAMP.
THE HEIR OF REMSTEAD PLACE
CHAPTER


Paul, Paul
There was much of earnestness in that
voice The tone had the tremor of an
-ush ~ the sharp, deep, unIatGomablc
agony that suddenly at times. bursts upon
the souI-dark IN undefinedness-wit
Ing and fore boding in its windings far
far into the future The speaker was a
Young woman. well form d, with lar.r,
iustrous eyes, and curls that, as they fell
Uneontincd by pin OF comb around her
oval face and white neck added much to
the Wild nature ct her beauty.
aul, Paul-can YOU, dare vou, leave
me thus Come back, Paul; u gsc do
4 dark form came up the veranda. and
stood again with folded arms beside the
maid n III the moonlight
I. Miriam, he said, slowly. sadly" !
am here l came because YOUR heart
spoke 10 me: because your words had the
sweet sIlyery chime Of the days agone !;
because their low tremor told Of a love as
wild II WAS unrealized
/" do ioye Won. Paul Sit down beside
me When You spoke those bitter words
bitter because Of their very truthful
ness and when you turned away from
n.r, ds I thought, perhaps forever nv very
ID Art seemed 10 shrink within me- and a
dre.ld more appalling than the grave rose
up III the aWlul stiffness # my soul
.elJ as if the light had gone out of the
earth As IT no song or word of chee.
could m ke my heart leap in the joyous
ness of yore. | 30 not want to realize
iuy love apart from YOU to feel that YOU
are lost To me forever. to have nv feet
wander, without wish to turn aside, Tor
rather the power) in dav-areams of bit
80 4 L =
night upon the pillow of It's own despair.
L told YOU that YOU loved me | felt i
~ knee it. But pride has such a strong
mold upon your soul DO you know why
YOU love me. Miriam q
4 do, Paul-and you know too You
are not handsome, Paul; you are not
wealthy, but on the contrary, very poor .
succ = has not crowned your efforts in
lte passing observer would see nothing
in You 10 love or to admire, the dreams
ot greatness and grandeur evolving in
YOUR own soul-the best of good TO God
and To your teIIow-men-would seem 10
them a mystic scroll which a prophet :
eve alone could read | love vou Paul,
because | understand YOU | love YOUR
character adore the integrity of your
soul 4 wo snip the greatness of your
intellect, baptlsed at the fountain of all
good The essence Of vour character has
become Imbued with mine; your lie has
become part OF my lite. When away
rom you, Paul, | cannot call up Your I'M
age No form OF person, no physical IN
tivlduaiIty comes 10 stand beside me
10, it i your spirit Paul A spirit OF
white flame made up of burning thoughts
and words and Eiances that have read
and heard and felt - deep quiet holy
+ teachings OF your inner life They f i'll up
, the room with brightness from which |
half wish 10 break. and within which |
vet half wish TO stay. the one leeause |
feel my own nothingness bv c, mp rison,
and the other because | love Il ndinc
ravs. and because my heart whispers. II
l. Paul Paul the noble, Paul YOUR own
beloved q, Paul how can | tell You
Is IS just as II, whenever YOU think a
great thought, or say a burning sentence
or do a good deed, some aurora or spirit
Ual essence were TO issue from YOU. and
lhat these IN my silent thoughts Of YOU
yoa.d come back 10 me and shape them
> i,es into a glorious torn. 10 which my
leart tells ne Il would no. be idolatrv C
aueel q. Paul. my love Will either
brighten or darken all my lite-either bless
So. curse me forever
And the beautiful girl covered her face
with her hands and wept
Miriam, sand the Young man softly
q 4n- her hands down from her face and
uusaln- them within his own. and looking
Straight INTO her eyes. Miriam, listen Il
me d. not say that your love VIII curse