Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-06
A spasm q intepse desolation and fear

tsOnce more pardon, ms, said my lord.
with an air of the most polished courtesy.
land, listen, to s7me fora few moments:
When yop did me the honor to, enter my
family you left your own, An intellect so
acute as yours must have OWNED, and been.
prepared for the, fact, that no intereeurse
could possibly take place between people
of, stations 80 wide apart, The anomaly
would be absurd. ou are Lady w arren
den, OF sDene.sIt have no wish to hurt your
feelings. or to speak slightingly OF those
whose place in society was once your owu.,
1 have no doubt they We're very worthy
people, Simply, for you, they have ceased
TO be. May L hope that,you understand
me % s.oe- - - g. {.,i,,fs,Tess,.,I ,,,tfJ.,,
, The shadow grew darker on Berthe face
and she put up one hand to hide it.. Lord
Warrenden waited a littles but no answer
came. = ) .rMi,i,, IN at,,y ais qs4f,;-o,,.,.7 4
ssIwiIl. Il.take it for granted that you Jun.
derstand,Y he said .Of your vcoldness,
to myself say no more; time may alter it.
But, remember, you please, that towards
my, guests shall look for different bear
ing. May, 4 request an answer to this9ss .eI
Il will do my best" b. - .y..gff.sss) .s4ss4I
SossloW was the articulation, so faint and
strange the voice, that BERTHE thought he
would faiito hear it, and she looked up in
dread; but he had already left her; and she
was alone in the vast rooms, the splendor of
which she had once suffered herself TO
dream about; a, ,..e,q dull pain was thTo6hing
gers shaling her face. She tried TO stretch
them towards the fire, but could not. 1t
seemed to her that she was fainting, and
that her last conscious thought was, .'Could
there be no remedy !? Must it always be
like this p ...+i .f,.,i.., ..-,..,.a ,.s,l
No, not always the same. The days drag
ged on wearily; but still my lord stayed on
in the country, and BERTHE had grown to
fear him with very terrible fear. He dog
ged her footsteps everywhere If she walk
ed up and down the stone terrace, as she
did from time to time, suddenly from some
window, half hidden by curtains, his face
would meet her eye, cold, watchful, and
suspicious. That heart which had lain so
dead within her would tremble and throb
at these times, and CHASTITY recollections of
stories read long ago would flash upon her
mind. Was she going mad? or did he
| think she was, and so watch her If She
were to go mad, would he shut her up? A
sense of suffocation swept over her ct the
! thought, and she said to herself that death
| would be better. She fancied that the SER
! wants too watched her movements. About
/ the whole place and its Inhabitants there
hung shadow, as though they were but
] the phantoms of past existence, with
| which her own past had nothing to do.
And always, when her thoughts went back
! into that life from which tue present was
so strangely separated, she saw like a con-
Meeting link, the pale tace by the pillar,
4 which had met her eyes on her wedding
! day. Where was he?,.l.isr - xE.s... IL
From time to time BERTHE craved for q
sight of that face, living-to see him, her
4 self unseen. that she at least might know
for was granted to her. Once again, in the
4 village church, the bells of which hat
pealed out rejocings for her, she saw him
4 suddenly. The face met her gaze from the
pulpit; it was unchanged, still pale
4 and stern, and, full of misery and re.
proach. She was conscious of no sur.
4 prise, no wondering conjeetures as to bin
presence, nothing but the fact that he wa
Il there preaching to her; for as he preached
1 it seemed to her that his grave, mournful
sermon was in some way the echo of he
4 own story. She could not bear it. Tn
1 very tones of his voice hurt her like posi-
4 tive physical pain, and turning away, Ber
tie met the eager gaze of Lord Warrendel
1 fixed upon her, and spasm. OF fear sho
| through her heart. He placed her hanC
/ within his arm and drew her away. Sh
saw him. bite his lips, heard the anger
In his impatient steps along the stone ter
races, sat down with sickening hear
whenFhey pointed to achair in that large
/ old draWing7room, and stood looking down
! upon her with his one cruel eye. - t.u
/ You are faint and trembling, my lady,
said his lordship. These meetings will
old lovers are too much for delicate con
lstitutions; we must guard against them. -
Bertie's eyes fell under his scrutiny. S.
he knew, then he was jealous. u9il-.
4 . yes, said Lord Warrenden, replying t.
a her thought" know about your father
3curate, James .Douglas;d.a, a, fine fellow
doubtless, but his charms were as nOthini
in the balance against mine, you know.
fear it is too late to compare them now.
hate the country, Lady Warrenden, bu
you will never be free from me. / stop t.
keep guard over you; what could ,l0vin,
4 One faint appeal came from Bertie's lip
in answer. a.j-s54....} 81 A,sJls zti 5stt -
'tLord WarFenden, you are killing me.
'.Not so, my lady," said he, turning froI
her with a smile ;1sson the contrary, see ho1
Z tsolicitous am for your health! Suffer m
to get you some water, and put open th
/ window sTthe air is fresh and pleasant is j
not? Sol that will do, then. leave yo
e reluctantly, and L Irecommend repose as th
best restorative. We shall meet at dinner.
/ For while BERTHE sat motionlesS wher
he left her, but all at once the atmospher
obgrew sitting, the walls of the room SCENE
to be closing round her, and his face wa
e Feverywhere. Wrapping her shawl abou
fther, she passed through the open windOI
land away into the woods which Lord Wal
renden hated. BERTHE did not hate then
Here there was certain sense of freedom
brief security from his presence. Hel
she could take off the mask of passiveness
Ecould let it fall at her feet, and sigh, out {
1.-The bare trees the despair that hung owe
her life. And the branches that swayed
aud fro above her were like the arms Z
giant protectors ) and the wind sighin
amongst them fell upon her ear like voiC
of sorrowful pfty.Sa-HiaCiE SE Hf3tiF o..
The day waned, and twilight felIover tt
wood, yet she wandered on. Far away
4. Il -
laced arms of the leaf1ess beeches. there la
tiny lake. BERTHE stood beside it, lookin
/ down upon its calm surface, and saw therei
her own face. A strange tumult stirred
her heart; it seemed as if that face, the r.
Election of her own, was beckoning to hel
as if, by-and by, she herself should lie thu
with gaze upturned to the waving branche
and the blue sky between them. Her he8
was hot. How cool it would be down the
in the shadow. A thrill of fascinatiC
drew her to the dark water; her heart ache
/ SO bitterly for rest, and it was so qniet al
still down there TE".-E -E... =
+ Suddenly, as she looked into the poC
her life seemed to go from her and eve
/ limb to be paralyzed. Another face w
i there beside her oWn,i in the water. 81
had heard no step amongst the uecayiT
leaves, had felt no signs of his preSenc
but hand closed upon her arm firmly, al
she saw Lord WaFrenden's face, and kne
CnaC IL was llVIu with passion. WOulQ
kill her? She had heard of such thing
A plunge into the pool, and it would clio
over. No one need know whose hand h
done the deed. .E'
$50 you have come here to meet him
said my lord. s-as' ..'E istsE. 80"
He pointed forward with his disengag
; hand, and Berthe saw that James Dougl
L was coming towards them out of t
trees. She struggled to free herself fro
that vice-like hand. A great cry bro
from her" "James! dear James, sa,
mel eaa ta.'.f.. .a
, 7 a-f.l*i9. - ye*iau
! BERTHE awoke. A dark figure was stan