Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-02-18
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sempty, and the room over it Is unoccupied.r y
We stepped along softly till we were opposite
he bay window. Then we both stood still and
ny heart beat hard and fast.
The bay window was epenfrornfop to bottom
ne air. and showed wax can diebIrnifiSe ~ dimiy
within the room, 1t showed ALSO Madame
madame, whom had thought watching over
Ier patient--in her night-wrapper, and in close
| md earnest conversation with. Father Antoine
ftrembled violently, and cluns to Colonel
r'ieldings hand. fI.-I II 81 l1la zf1ilesl
But the next instant ne stood stiliand listen
sd intently; for he heard his own name pro-
with an imprecation, 2 f-iGrflr. tig s.ls-1-f
You need not curse the colonel, Antoine"
said madame, contemptuously. sssTis true he
las those gifts which most men, YOU. too. nv
poor Antoine, lack; but that should not excite
Hush, Adeler' And the priest lifted his
aand warningly. " 1 have borne much from
YOU, but this 1 will not bear: Moreover. you
this passion for the Yankee colonel Adele, IL
is folly. He is colder than ice 70 you; and he
worships the English teaeher!5iHH ,LJgh i'
She seemed to culver with anger.
"Win he worship her in her grave, do you
think? WI III, his love avail her in her coin''
Adele, for Heavens sake. be carefult You
IRE watched Those two girls suspect you.-
Hark! there may be spies upon as now." -
window, We drew back further into the shad-
NV of the vines. Father Antoine peered out
aud among the close, cfusteEinz tFess.s.Father
Antoine could discover nothing.
- You need not fear. Antoines Teresel Lavalle
md Josie Peyton are both sound asleep I saw
.hem asleep before came here.p
Father Antoine seemed to hesitate; but sup
pose he concluded that madame's perspicacity
could not have been misIed. He went back. and
they talked more freely. Madame assumed g
wheeding tone. = "a =.
Now, Antoine, be good. You know Lshau
.etest this Yankee colonelif you give me time
toeome to it, she said. with q loxlatgh isB1t,
fart Thar ont rU-fT
have always hated that meek laced cs-'I Has
she not confronted me before the whoIes hool7
tell you hate herr
"But. Adele, you will be discovered. There
1ected. t4E-- > =. f-4--74tt. 40 efl-
was insensible to pan, and 1 held my breath for
he next word. & u sigosF Ii1 9oi.l
"There will be no examination, and il there
we're, L tell you that antimony does not reveal
iIself-will not to such skill as this Yankee doc
bor possesses. +" said madame.
Father Antoine sighed audibly. = iils-f-O-t.
tent with my love- She made no reply. but sat
my heart to see this done" he said -.
scoru. -~slff - T "a - 2 =
at has beat truly for you, Adele, for twenty
years. l have sacrificed honor. religion, every
thing for you." 77- @.'.H T. f5i-'',5
You did it of your own choice" a.f L,..sf
AZ did not! You, beautiful fiend, witch, sor-
ceress, you compelled meP' LII O.,
At this point missed Colonel Fielding from
my side. did not know what was coming;
hardly breathed; let the words of this unholy
pair pass unheeded. itA
After time, long or short, I hardly knew
which it was, lights suddenly flashed through
the hall, the parlOr door was aung wide, and
colonel Fielding strobe in, followed by two SOL
ders. Madame was upon her feet in an ninstant.
Colonel Fielding ts.
"Silence, traitress, murderess! You are ar
rested for attempt to murderl Make ready,
madame, to accompany these menr'
Madame's burning eyes were on hrs face
She was whittier than marble, but her composure
m ii
Your schemes are discovered" said the colo
mel. You" turning TO Father Antoine, will
be held as witness" Hef -'I
But the father dropped upon his knees.
30 spare her, spare herp' he pleaded. viii
take care that she leaves the country. She shall
do You no more harm. implore you. to have
mercy" l4t ~
Mercy for such fendish crueltyg 81.
Madame's voice broke in.
AT least, 1 may be allowed to retire to my
room for a moment. You would not take a lady
away from her home at midnight without grant
ing her that. You need not fear that will try
to escape" And she smiled proudly so
The colonel assented, but ordered the soldiers
She preceded them as aqueen might do. They
respectfully al distance. She reached
heard a fall The soldiers reached her and rais-
ed her first. Iraniup. Through the eriel vim
dow came the odor Of peaches. What was IT.
She has faintedp' said one OF the men,
Something fell from her dress to the floor
"No, she Is dead. 1t was in that vial ~ s.-
They lifted her up gently, and carried her
down stairs and laid her upon a sofa in the par
lor. Shelooked very beautiful and placid. Death
had dorfe his+work swiftly and kindly. 10 ,-t
While we stood around, awed and silent,
Father Antoine came near. He stopped and
kissed her cheek. .-..t-.. -ri..t d. .tl.,o 80 .,
.She was a LADY, he said, softly. "Princely
blood ran in her veins. She'has known how to.
die bravely."
Two hours later, when all the house was aware
IF the awfnl event. was passing through the
hall. and was stayed by the sound OF heart
breaking sobs. It was Father Antoine, who
knelt upon tine floor beside the woman he had
loved, forgetting past unkindness, remembering
lnIy the old tenderness AMI truth - MI - 81.
Alice Rose recovered and became the wife OF
Colonel Fielding few months later Teress,
[4avalle deserted her people for a Northern home.
won away by the potency of love- And to end
with bit of Autobiography. when Arthur Rose
was ordered North to new service. found that
sood-by was too hard a word TO be spoken So
trust never to speak it to him until that day
when, to the one or the other of US, all earthly
hings grow faint and fade. and farewell Is said
% them all. -.4.I j.. lpr- lttiT 1id D.
OfFather Antoine-chance news came TO me
If little pale man in gray, who did holyservice
IN battle-fie'd d and in hospital and was not to
)e awed i,y danger or dfsheartered by hardship.
t was the father. Thus the shadow fitted
through the war and was missed False 70 many
hings which should have been sacred, ne was
rue to his love and his religion. --. - s..H.