The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-12-02

avague wonder what new blow was
to be dealt him now.
4 find,' Mr.. Gaisford went on be-
tween the pufs of his cigar, sthat a
mistake has somehow arisen-a
most ridiculous-ha, ha, a most
ridiculous mistake. OF course as |
you are starting for India to-mor- /
row and may be away a longish
time, 1t doesn't, as far as know,
matter much; but / promised to tell
You and so Of course 1 will. Con
found this cigar, it won't burn
What beastly trash these Swiss ci-
gars are, to be surel and they have
the impudence to call them Havan-
as Yes, 1 am just going to tell
you. Well, you see, you have got
hold of what you barristers would
cali a case Of mistaken identity
You see, YOU thought l married Miss
Turner. So ] did. But l didn't
marry, and never thought of marry
ing the Miss Turner you thought l
did. married Carry-Amy is Miss
Turner still
Rupert stared at him, as not un-
derstanding what he heard.
Amy Miss Turner stillT he re-
peated.
Yes, Of course; don't you under
standg married Miss Turner; Amy
was the youngest sister,
Rupert understood now. For q
moment or two the news seemed to
stan him. There was a great beat
ing at his heart and a strange dizzy
noise in his brain. Then he sprang
to his feet, with his face, strangely
flushed, turned up toward the sky,
! and he said: Amy free? Thank
God, thank Godr Then came the
thought of what he had done, of
what he had told her he thought her,
of the taunts he had flung at her;
and then he sat down and covered
; his face with his hands, and gave a
groan as of utterable pain. Mr..
Gaisford looked on too astonished
,, to speak. Then slowly an inkling
3, of the truth dawned upon him; he
remembered now having heard some
J rumor of some one-yes, his name
! was Holmes, now he thought of it
who was supposed to have treated
Amy badly and this was how it had
; come about. Presently Rupert look.
/ ed up; he was quiet now, but pale
as death.
Will you do me a favor? he asked.
Certainly Mr. Gaisford said F.;
> willingly
Will you 90 to Miss Turner and
say that you have told me? VIII
,, you say these words? That l know
now how mad 1 have been; that no
thoughts she can have Of me are one
tithe so bitter and contemptuous as
those l have ofmyself; that 1 do not
plead for forgiveness, for 1 know
that I do not deserve it, l know that
l have forfeited all hope oft. Still,
if-if in pity for what l have suffer
ed, fin pity for my great sin, if in
pity for the life that will be
wretched without her she can yet
find it in her heart to forgive me, will
she come out into the balcony Of
the hotel it is empty now, and the
lights in the drawing-room are
turned low. If she does not come,
l shall know that, though she will
pity, she cannot forgive-that the
ofense has been too great. In that
case, please give her my farewell,
and say that l shall never in thought
blame ber that she cannot forgive
me, and that 1 shall always pray for
her happiness. Tell her that my
life will not be so hard to bear as l
had thought that ] shall be happier
knowing that 1 have lost her through
my own fault than through any fault
of hers. viii you say all that to her
| please p
Mr.. Gaisford said, Yes very
gruaiy, and crossed toward the hotel.
Slowly, very slowly, Rupert Holmes,
followed him, went up stairs, through
the halflighted drawing-room, and
out into the balcony. There he
stood, looking out again on the lake,
and thinking over what he had said,
as he had last looked on it. Minute
after minute passed, at last he said,
God help me, it is too much to ex-
pect /; l have lost her forever p' and
so he turned to 60. Then he paused
with a sound that was half-sob, half
cry, for at the window behind him
stood a slight figure, timid and yet
loving. Her arms were stretched
out, and, with a little cry of 80,
Rupert !" she fell into the arms that
we're to hold her evermore.
There was one passenger less by
the early boat for Althorp, one more
by train for Paris, and the Indian
Bar lost promising recruit. Ten
days after Rupert Holmes appeared
in Court as usual, to the surprise
and disgust of many young barris-
ters, who had heard from members
of their body, who had met him
abroad, thst something or other had
gone wrong with him, and that he
was going to India. A CLEAN of
hope came across them a month Ia
ter, when he was again absent from
his place but this was shortly and
forever dispelled by brief announce
ment in the first column of the Times,
under the head marriages"