The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-01-04

sell Oh your Hhery anu your Jew
els" -
She looked mp at him with a
| wild, startled gaze.
"Yop will not turn me from
you, Roswell Z" no
| "Drive you, certainly not; /
shall simply request you to find
other quarters"
"a woman cannot easily make
a home, Roswell"
But she can mar one easily,"
lie replied bitterly. .r
~ have no one but you, Ros.
WELL" was the pathetic answer.
"You have not me, or rather,
you will not have me long; for /
have heard this night that which
has set my whole being on fire,
and tomorrow we part forever" I"
He arose and hastily paced the
! room. Then seating himself, he
said:
Regina. / am not man of
words, but Of actions. / am not
a meek angel; there are some
things | never forgive, and the
man or the woman who deceives
me once never has chance to do
SO again. l bury them-bury
them in n grave so deep that, SO
far as / am concerned, they never
rise again. l cast them so far
from my sight and my affections
so completely, that, even in mem.
ory they live no more. | have
buried two men and one woman
in this way; and you have dug
your own grave, and now | am
ready to throw you into its depths.
Tomorrow you leave my house
forever-forever."
90, Roswell, have you no pity
in your nature"
Pity! Was there any pity in
your tones tonight, when | heard
you say, Robert, ! was always
true you forgot, bnt l remember.
ed.' Did | not hear you exact q
promise that Robert Arlington
| should keep lnviolatc the secret OF
his early love for you, for you said
your husband was somewhat pecu.
liar, little jealous, and he would
not be pleased to hear that his wife
was once the betrothed of Robert
Arlington. Ah how you started
when you saw my eyes at the win.
dow that looked into the balcony,
and knew that | was in possession
Of your carefully guarded secret.
| have heard it said that women
are natural liars, and, by heavens,
when l think of the black false.
hood by which you got husband,
think the saying must be true"
Regina grew deadly pale as her
husband hurled these bitter words
at her. Iumiliated and insulted
by them, she yet could only listen
in silence.
"Well, madam, what have you
to say 2"
She dashed aside the tears that
were binding her, and said 81
did love Robert Arlington, but it
was before | ever saw you. He
proved untrue to me and married
another. We never met again un.
til last night"
Had you told me this four
years ago, when l asked you to
marry me, you would not have
been my wife. Do you remember
that | asked you if you had ever
loved any other, when You said
you loved met"
eyes"
" Why, did you not tell me the
truth 2"
"It is so hard, Roswell, for a
woman to confess to tell the truth" {"
she said bitterly"
Had you no other reason,
Regina" 2"
Yes"
What 2" "-a
81 was an orphan and poor; 1
knew the paths by which women
gain livelihood are beset with
thorns that wound them at every
step. / had not the courage to
tread that thorny way !; l did as
many a woman does, married for
a support. / knew that l did not
love you, and if l had only have
had the noble courage, the self:con.
fidence, that some women have, l
wonld have gone forth and taken
my stand beside the working sis
terhood. / did yon no wrong,
Roswell Sinclair, when / married
you. / brought you youth and
beauty and laid them ut yonr feet
for gold. Even though l did not
love you, l was attentive TO your
wants, and you have ever found
me docile and sympathizing"
Roswell Sinclair, the man who
never forgave. turned pallid at this
recital, and his eyes flashed indig-
nantly. He was q proud man. and