, 1871-04-27
TKEeEEEKLE GARGUSs Z
THoRsDAY, -APRnG al is71
Conclndsd from Fnst PaQe.

never doubted that from the first she had |
reciprocated his heart longings and now
that his suspicious were aroused to the be-
lief that the remembrance Of lost reality
was kept alive and cherished by her, man.
like he grsw-niadly jealous, and the obs
ject of his aspirations seemed three-fold
dearef than before. He could not leave
Ser with that suspense burdening his
mind. .... -
VITA ,F6fds passionate and earnest; 20.
treaties Ihst his life might not BE- embit- ]
tered pieadings that by her constant en-
couragement she would render him q
nobler and 1rusr man, he petitioned her
with an eloquence that, his tongue had
never known before, and she did not re>
pulse him.
"Come to me Tomorrow. Imust have
time to think before answering yea or
nay."SK,to,2 N,rO sED,,SG esW7Yo1
Though her words promised him moth
ing, the sweet, proud face bade him be, Of
good cheer; and when 1t her request he
soon after left her, it was with the exulfa-
ton Of hope almost fulfilled. A scrap
of crumplsd paper was borne BY the wind
along the pathway; he pushed it inside.
but a quick gust caught it up, and it
turned aver and over before him, until, an
noYed by the sight, he took it up from
the gtound to see his own name upon the
outward fold. 1t was a leaf from memo
randum book, the writing delicate and
clear, dated afsw weeks back. esN' -
"I have seen him, Aubrey Hendricks,
my-husband! 1t has been long since felt
myself identical with Rain Lamorez, and
do not Render that he'failed to recognize
me. Are these years of patient waiting
about to be rewafded-T 50
Here the paper was torn across, but
Aubrey had seen, enough. His cup. Of joy
was turned to bitterest 6raughts just aS
his lips had tasted of its rare swestnesS.
Rain, who had once before interposed
between him and expected happiness
though he had long since ceased to regret
that fate in her had then intervened-was
here again to prove herself his evil genius.
His brain was en- FIRE; be could not
think clearly, and thousand impulses for
immediate action resolved themselves into
impossibilities when he attempted to fol-
Low the thread through the labyrinth that
weuld lead to their accomplishment. He
groped in blind nespair for one little ray
Of light that might1sad him to hope, and
found it in a note that arrived from Miss
Ruderstein. 1t was very brief. sris
'sI have seen Rain and know al.
Come TO me early tomorrow.
.,.sa'a Rspslos RVPsHs1EIs.2
Miss Ruderstein had never appeared
more transcendently lovely than when
Aubrey was ushcred into her presence on
that .eyentful morning, She met him with
extended, welcoming hands. 1l-t
"My friend!" she uttered in compsS-
Eionate accents, noting how haggard he
had grown even in this short time.
"Bernice, my darling! you can never
be aught to me, except the Guiding star
that alone can save me from total ruin.
Shall this woman whom I have not even
known stand between uss"
"Do not Judge her harshly until You
have heard what I have to tell. = This
poor Rain Of yours must be tendeily dealt
with, for if she erred in the frEt. il was
through no premsditated plot Of hers.
\ You remember that night when you eoldly
offered her place in your household. for
she was your wife boaring your name, and
legal ties were not so easily severed in
those days as they are in these later ones.
To free you then would have required =
tedious and complicated process, attended
with publicity in which you had no de-
sire to figure therefore you chose this
course as the only honorable way left you
to pursue. But sheewas too pFouasspiritS
ed to'force herself upon you, and with
thanks for your generosity assured you
that she would never take advantage of
the claim that accident had placed within
her power. From that day to this you
will find that she adhered faithfully to her
word. She could not think Of going back
to her home Of dependence and the old as
sociations so she made her way to the
thronged city. determined TO fight the bat
tie Of life for herself. win not inger
over the priyations she endured One day,
after long and fruitless search for an oc-
cupation that would give her the means of
subsistence, she obtained the situation Of
nurse and companion to an invalid lady,
and soon warm attachment ripened be-
tween them. With SO much favor did the
lady regard her poor companion, that af
the. dscSsss of the former three years af-
forwards, she left the whole Of her ample
fortune, with the promise only that she
would adopt the name of her benefactress.
Since then she labored very earnestly to
improve herself, always cherishing fool
lsh hope that you might some day think
pityingly upon the moor piTl who would