The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-05-13

now what il is You will wait while.
then vou will write 10 the General. and 20
east his wife from her high position. 10
that no, il T. ..z ~a0
Something very liks it,
Then YOU will become nis'ress Of this
establishment. CONSIDER of the injured hes.
band and everywhere your virtue will be
sxhaltei By the contrast with poor lost
BIanche' -.... -. @ r.. .- ,...s
Shall I no, have done my duty -
! did her husband not leave her in my
charged
You began your duty too late, mad.
am, else why am here" s..-
Il had nothing to do with your com.
ing"
mo, but you could have prevented il.
Now what do you say to my warning
Blanche that, instead OF friend she has
an enemy, here under her roof?' .e".
| say, if YOU warn the wife I will
warn the husband"
But neither of these contingencies
shall take place Though you are
| Branches enemy you .han't be mine; we
will come to compromise. How much
does the General give you for the sanction
! Of your presence =
| Really -
"No matter wha, i. NAV he. will
double it; will that do for N. presea,"
"Then there is something t. hide I"
| "Nothing. Blanche i. AS innocent: ~
when her husband LETT her; 5u, love
| 7 l.. l..
stand the meaning Of tina, word !--and I
would saw her from the ca'umnv which
may jnre her and make life harder 10
| her than If she were guilty Understand
me well | am not anxious about the eou-
sequences of my deep passion for Blanche.
Where 10 follow the dictates Of my
heart, should ak her to flv with me in.
10 another hemisphere, and never agai.
lie, friends or enemies hear Of her But -
vet this cannot be So deeply do love
Blanche that even passion hesi,a,es to de-
grade her from her high estate; bu, will
pro,ec, her even though I ,houd lose
her. However. all this does no, in.ers..
YOU; cell me whether you accept my
terms 2"
81 accept" e.a
Two months later Nine dTstrie and
Tristan leaned ever the balcony one calm
moonlight night. at the chateau on the
coast of Normandy to which thew had re-
tired This chateau belonged to General
d'Is,re and Nine. de St. Croix had bees
the first TO advise her retiring from NE
kea, of the Pari. summer to this lonely
but lovely villa.
/ Nine St Croix had no occasion 10
know that Mons de Roche Noire had fol-.
lowed, and that it was his yacht that vac
anchored within three miles. forming .
picturesque and beautiful object from The
brond terrace Of the chateau overlooking
the sea. Profoundly slep, Nine st. CroI,
for she never heard the splash Of oars ua-
der her windows each night. nor did shs
ever hear the gentle, stealthv foot-tresd
Of Blanche IN she went along the corridor
to meet him and tell him all was safe.
But though Nine. 81, Croix, who vss
so near, could hear neither act nor foot
step, their echo sounded far over the sea
and across the desert to where The Gensr.
ri sat, surrounded by his staff. thinking
of his home ard his Young wife Nov
his eyes are fixed on paper he holds,
and his brow contract. as lie reads:
elf you would save the honor Of your
name come back your wife is false
"Tristan," said Blanche one ni.ht. A.
she chung around him, lingering en- tho
threshold, white his boat danced at thei,
feet where the waves broke mourniullv.
" Tristan | ain happy only when YOU are
near me--,hen | have no remorse but,
when YOU are awav, how am TO hvsi-
Impossible! With my husband here, 70
morse aud SORROW would kin me p"
lie is FAY ava, hu.. Blanche. should
he return | will 'aSe Won beyond tho
reach Of all sorrow. ali memory"
At thu moment he ioors 81 the rh. ga
opened and The servants, with .piches,
rushed forth.
Blanche. If wild Albright, turned ono
look, aud her head is buried in Trstau's
shoulder
ooh, God" said she, "my hu.-
bandW
blanche, nv love how shall save
youT
Disgrace oh, God. for he will be
inexorable, Would that were Geadw
Blanche" said Tristan, speaking rap.
idly, you are lost to me; disgrace, per.
haps imprisonment, await you: will you
1--we, or will YOU take 10 heaven the mems
DRY Of our love "
Let me meyer see him again never
let his hand touch me agaic"
Meantime the General and the servants
advanced toward them Blanche chung
closer and closer TO him.
"Save me save me y gasped Blanche
Tristan pressed her closely 10 him. and
at that moment, raising his eyes, he en-
countered the flashing z ance Of the Gen.
eral.
IT, nm instant Tristan drew the short
sailors dark he wore and plunged j, into
Blanche. Then, throwing Blanche dead
and bleeding into the arms OF her husband.
Take her - he exclaimed . love
her she resisted me, and killed her"
Blanche rests in An honored grave,
mourned by her husband Tristan has
met him and received his fire, bat would
not return it.
Madam" said Tristan 10 Nine. s,
Croix. rs he was abou, to leave France