The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1865-02-25

she has left note for you on your desk !,
{ IA he Siudy.'
Henri scarcely hears what she says; he
is absorbed in a difficult law question, and
If he had thought at all Of Estelle, it
would be that it was . relief that she was
not there to interrupt. Taking out q ci
gar, be laid down on the sofa in his study,
and opening his briefs, began to read the
difficult point over again.
Jrannette was the first person who in
terruptcd him. The dinner was ready. -..-
And Madame? ?
She had not returned.
Then Henri remembered what Jean.
nette had said, and went up to the desk.
There his eye fell on the wedding ring,
and the few words written beneath told
him all.
For few minutes he stood, not stun
ned by the blow, but recalling, as he
gazed on the ring, all the events of the
last three years. The love that lay dor
mant in his heart was aroused in all its
strength and passion, as his conscience
told HIM how he had neglected her, how,
! for the last year, the young, beautiful,
loving wife had been as nothing to him
in his home.
One look he gave at her portrait that
| smiled down on him then throwing him.
self into a char, his head on the desk be-
meath it, he wept as man weeps hut once
IN his lite-tearS that are the very hearts
| blood.
At last, weak and exhausted, he looks
up once again, he gHzeS on the portrait,
and feelings Of pity aad tenderness come
over him. lie iia> forgotten his own Sor-
rows; he thinks Uf her onlv-Uf her
whom he had sworn to shield from all
evil, till death should part them. There
might yet be time to save her; she was
forever lost to him, bnt perhaps he might
rescue her from disgrace, from the long
life Of wretChtdncsS that must inevitably
be her fate unless her fatal step was re.
traced
He dCes not waste time in seeking in
formation but, like good lawyer. goes
at once to the right source, tn the Rue de
Jrru>alem; there one Of the detective Of
trerS will soon put him on the track tell
him all.
Meantime. on goes the train; night
comes on, and the tHgitivcS, the first emo
tinn> over, have begun H. get anxious as
to pursuit. Thty may be traced to the
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on which Won were. when
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uow. the horrible crash, the screams
on where but here a derp color came
into her uale face. and she buried her
hrad in the pillow.
Octave Seran is dead said ITenri,in a
cold. calm voice. 'Yon. | believe ave un.
Injured. am not here to reproach YOU
this is not the time but to save nv
| honor and yours. Your fight vas un-
known: YOUR guilt, therefore, will h.. for
ever hidden to all but me, anG | shall
I keen the secret for nv own Sakc--'
What if will not rttnrn?'
Il have not thought OF that, because
you will retnrn.'
Will you take iathiess wife again
beneath your roof
Rise, E|telle. | am y'nr husband; |
will be "hryed and will answer no more
vain questions; we must be in Paris to-
night; We must he t"S' ther tomorrow at
brothers weddlns; there Is no time to
lose; the trall VIII START IN an hour. III
an hour ! Sna'' come TOR you DC rea"y'
! EStrlie, aS soon as she vas alone, threw
herself down on the bel and wept bitter
Iv; she had the crime Of mu der on her
conscience; yes, Octave had died for her;
why had she not died, too? At that no