The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-01-10

lating the streets, going to the matinees,
or in secret contradictions on the mystic
ries of life with Adele, all alone in Mrs.
Jones little uncomfortable parlor.
Mrs. Somers, ought perhaps to have
preferred THAT her daughter should be
with her; but then as Mrs. Somers was a
religious woman, an active member of a
fashionable church, leading name on all
charitable committees, institutions, and
charities, she had no time to attend to
Mary beyond sending her to the fashion
able school, to which .aiI mothers with
husbands in the high social position Of
Mr.. Somers sent their daughters.
Mary was, therefore, not afraid of be-
ing discovered by her mother, but Adele
said her mother would never forgive her,
and would betray them both if she came
to know of the meeting, therefore had she
contriyed that it should take place after
dark They crept out at the back door,
down the narrow path, the gate is opened
by the experienced hands of Adele. and
Signor Zralldi is found waiting on the
other side.
Mary could not see him distinctly, but
she heard his beautiful broken English
and she heard him tell her that she was
the only being he had ever loved siuce his
removal to this cold land far from the
sunny South, etc.
The interview lasted but few mo-
ments, ending with feryent kiss on Ma
.lry's brow, and solemn promise on hel
part to write to him, for this italian
prince, whose only resource was to be.
come tenor, was forced to depart and tc
follow the orders of the miserable mana
ger who paid him.
! But he would return, he would dedi-
cate his life to her; one Of these days he
should recover his estate, etc., and ther
he would return to claim her, the idol o.
his heart.
With this exit speech he closed the
gate between them, while Mary threw hel
arms around her friends neck and sob
i bed. #
The tenor prince kept his word; the
letters were frequent, all, of course, in
closed, in an envelope to Adele, which
precluded all danger.
i Mary continued, OF course, her delusiol
and her letters; the tenor would not return
for over year,so prolonged was the tour
but Mary learned to love him desperatel,
from their impassioned correspondence.
i Meantime her friendship for Adele in
, creased in proportion to the devotion sh
displayed, and such conversations as these
took place:
"Mary, now don't stir, let me look a
/ you, why, how well you look, to be sure
and what stylish hat; oh, if 1 only ha
one-but no, what am l saying?"
"You shall have a hat, darling Adele
r amt l rich and amt you my friend?"
) 81 wonder" it would be another time
"whether shall ever have moire an
tique dress, and a moire antique was th
reply. 500
For two years this went on; then Mar
D Somers, after Irritation of about thre
E months, married the very man she ough
r to have married, and became Mrs. Hei
bert.
She tried hard to persuade herself ths
f she was prosecuted heroine; but the fac
was that the Zralldi affair was the mer
: whim Of her girlish imagination, Will
$ her affection for Herbert was the genuin
$ feeling Of her heart. 91s
Il Adele remained her friend, or rathe
continued to visit her on intimate terms
o for Mary had lost her esteem for her, an
+ would gladly have got rid of her but ths
e she was afraid-there was that terribl
!. secret between them. Adele continue
: to profit by the friendship, making quit
h an income out of it; for though she neve
4 Preferred to the Italian, she always aske
S fayors in such way that implied she wa
8 not to be refused.
One day Mrs. Herbert, reading the p;
: per, uttered a half-suppressed exclams
tion.
o "What is the matter2" said her hus
q band.
a ''Oh. nothing; merely my delight at th
: nice concert we are going to have" an
she gazed at the advertisement, seeing OF
{ lily one name-Zralldi, not with love, br
It with loathing for herself and the pas
and with fear trembling in her heart, fc
{ she, woman now, bad learned to est
S mate at his true value the man who woul
! SO entang.e young girl.
d Adele, of course, was summoned
consultation. 2
g "Get my letters--that is all ask"
h "Yes,my darling-I must-I will-yo
d know | am devoted to you" e.
s After a few hours absence, Adele r,
turned.
d "Oh, my dear, such ayillain as he is
d he wants $4,000"
''That cannot get; Adele, what is
be done2" M
j, "Try and get the money" R
i ayes"
S "0r he may apply to Mr.. Herbert
: your father, you know; he might put Il
letters in newspaper"
Il 81 will think of all this" said Mar
looking steadfastly at Adele.
i, AS soon as her friend was gone, Mar
l. without further hesitation, walked I'M
E; the room where her husband lay, thinl
r, ing of nothing, on sofa smoking G
e gar. -
[ Herbert" said she, II have confe'
: sion to make-now don't move; I'll kne
% here and tell you ALL"
So she knelt beside the sofa, lookin
b straight into his eyes, and told him al
Q, ending with-"well HERBERT"
% "My poor, distressed darling how wo
1t ried you must be, but III get you out