Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-11-17

up, however. az he stit fingered. behind
over the lstones and various shells of the
shore, +-
Donald vaue then stepped to the lady's
side. " =.
She gave him quick, surprised glance
turning her face with it's proud, dark
eyes, and rich rose red bloom, full upon
him. In an instant she knew him. She
had seen him twice within year.
Mr.. Vane,' she said, quietly.
'Hi1dreth, call me Donald. For Heav-
ems sake, call me Donald once more. You
did once ; you remember. You have cal
led me so on this very spot. What right
have ycu to assume a dignity towards me
now that you did not show then 2
The best right can have she began.
He interrupted her.
You will drive me mad with that tone
and that manner. Hildreth, Hildreth, how
can you look at me IL that way, when |.
love you so? You know love YOU. /
tolG you so in New York. / was interrup.
ted; Answer me now. VIII you love
i loved you oncs,' she replied, Oasm-
ly. =
He sprang forward. She struck him
back with lash of her eyes.
But you loved me once, Hildreth.'
Yes; six years ago
Her voice meaut more than her words
He stood lookin at her, half>bs fled, yet
full of a desperate energy.
DO you mean that you do not love me
now?'
Yes
Those never loved who dream that they
! loved once he said, passioDately, bitterly.
You used to quote that to me, Hid
reth'
Well. and believed it tber,' she said
! gu atty.
What do you believe now ? he asked,
intensely curious. s'
That first love is sweetest; that second
! love is best
Then forget the past, and give me your
second love. You shall have the devotion
Of my life. Only love me, Hsld:etbl only
love me =
'lmpOssible'
'Hildre;h listen to me. If you turn from
me finally, viii! fling myself into the sea.
Why cannot you love me? ls it for prids's
sake that you torture me? Are you hav-
ing revenge yor the old times when / did
not care for fOu2 Is that it, Hidreth p
4 do not love you she said, almost care
lessiy, turning her face away.
Why do you not love me? Tell me
that, Hildreth.'
Sue turned her cold, beautiful eyes upon
him again.
why do you love me ? she asked.
'Whyf Good Heavens, Hiidreth why
does the earth love the sun p ....
You have not answered my question:
Il love you because you have all the
beauties of earth and heaven, and cannot
help it, .
You talk wildly. am perfectly calm.
Listen. Six years ago ] loved you, Dln-
aid Vaue. My heart was as true, my life
as pure, my face as beautiful as it is now.
But was poor Their; the orphan niece of a
man who kept oallast-bOats for q living.
We met here and there upon the shore,
aud for the symbols of manhood 10 you.
learned to love you. Only the symbols,
mind. To-day l know you have 20 true
manhood. and never had. Sod knows how
| you maGe me suffer, playing with me, af-
ter found Uat my heart. / came here on
| day and cried out my secret into this
chasm. with o wild foolish hope that a
would stay buried under the water, and
should be free from the pain of bearing il
more Surely, must have been half iu-
sane to have such fancies. ] saw your
handsome face, with your selfish heart in
it, once after that.
Then turned resoultely from all mem.
cries of you. made an aim, and strug.
gled, year after year, to reach it. Two
wears ago grasped my wreath of fame
With IT, but not for it, came som ething far
more precious to my heart. There is a
chasm wider than this gulf between YOU
and to-day, Donald Vane, and there al.
ways will he. Ii is Gud's Justice that ]
am as indiferent to you now as am to
the stones beneath my feet. Do not speaE
to me again. My husband is coming.
'Hildreth. it is getting late, said PHILLIP
Blanchard, coming over the forks, WHY
did you run away from me SO? 1t will be-
Ozark verV soon nOw.'
'You need not come for me, Mr.. Philips
l am cunning back. Good night, Mr. Vane
ln the gathering twilight she fitted away
Donald Vane watched her dress CLEAN
down the shore to her carriage. ae bearc
the pleasant voices, and the retreat of tn,
ph@tOn. He was desperate. One cry O
horror at his own despair and be had fun,
himself from the rocks into the deep. mar
row cha m foil of the foam of the risir.
tide, and itsthunder drowned the wall o
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