The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-03-08

These things had grown familiar to her
her ,esthetical appetite had become satlat-
ed with architectural, horticultural and
artistical beauties they began to fade in
her eve, and pail upon her sense, leaving
an acutely painful void, ali ardent, irresst
ible longing for home. Why home Ger
talnly not home PEI se-rather home be
cause it was the abode Of another, who
was home, everything to her
Mr. tieldamo, acting upon the theories
Of the soundest psychologists that the
ultimate aim ut sensibllity Is beauty
thought to Nean his daughter Of her love,
by feasting her senslbility with all the
beaupes in nature and art that the old
world afforded, thinking that rs beauty
WAS the ultimate aim Ot sensibIlltY, she
could see 50 much Of 1t As 70 leave No
room OF desire Tor the qualification Of a
beauty which existed but abstractly IN the
mind But he was sadly mistaken his
philosopy vas fault, as are all shades of
philosophy that seeks % make rules Tor
the government Of that grandest and most
beautiful Of all human passions love.
When persons love really and genuinely,
there is to them no beauty So Incompatible
as that beautiful picture which the mind
alone sees. Beauty ls no doubt the ultI-
mate am, Of senslblity but III Nidas cast
that beauty in all its transcendant lowell
ness, radlated like a heavenly aureola from
the imperishable love she cherished for
Richard Arbyght.
From Paris the tourists went to the
beautiful sunny land .! the Pc which,
however, they found to be already too
s,ptry "a be agreeable
The Italian spring, no doubt, merits All
the poets and novulists have said in its
praise but the Italian summer, though
short, is hot and sultry enough 10 suit the
most fastiduous native Of the tropics.
Mr. Geldamo did not tarry long by the Po
or the Adriatlc he was soon among the
mountains of Switzerland; and found Berne
Basic much pleasanteT resorts than Rome,
Florence or Venice While i'll Berne, he
received a file of Chicago papers, contain
ing accounts Of Arbyght's arrest and incar-
ceration These papers had been sent to
Rome, ana were forwarded from that city
bv the American Minister to BeTne They
we're accompanied by long letter from
Mr. Allsound. who also it must be- told,
had sent the papers. For what purpose,
the reader may Judge.
Vida had lately lapsed into a hstless,
apathetic indifference she was sick of
travelling. tired of sight seeing, and seemed
t. take no interest IN any proposed excur-
sion. Or so-called pleasure trip to the
mountains. ur Ia some uld ruins that might
interest an antiquarian, but certainly not
| a heart sore girl, whose mind and soul
were far away across the blue Atlantic
She seldom left her room except toward
sundown, when she would invariably seek
some prominent cminenrc looking toward
the west and there She would sit a ID
dreamnly watch thc declining sun slowly
slnA below the western horizon and when
the last golden beam had faded from the
eastern hin and mountain top, shc would
sigh heavily. sutferingly, ana then aearily
seek her room. What cared she for natural
or artistic beauties, when not beheld With
him 1t is an infallihlc test nf true love,
that either never cares for, ur enjoys any
thing not cared for or enjoyed hy the
other and the amount Of enjoyment or
pleasure derived from participation IN any
amusement depends upon the extent that
il is mutually and dually enjoyed
The father had noticed the change in his
daughter, and Vas paned and chagrined
at She evident failure of his plans He
would gladly have made known to her the
disgrace Of her lover, but he feared the
result feared and dreaded the news
would have a serious effect upon her
lie thought the matter over, and resolved
T. use the information by pIecemeal, ur
such portions Of 1t as he deemed prudent
He first told her that he had received
news Of Arbyghts connection with plot
to destroy some Of MIR. RelgasOns proI
erty and read an extract from AlsOuuds
letter. somew hat altered, which lent color
ing t. the story but Vida refused to listen
to anything said against the name and
reputation Of her lover Whenever her
father approached the subject she left the
room she believed him true and stainless,
and would not wrong him by even harbor
ing suspicion.
Papa, she one day said, when e
limited that all Was not right with Arhyght.
= don't want to hear a word about II
| Mr.. Arbyght has enemies who seek has
ruin for selfish purposes. You well know
why Mr. Alsomnd is 80 deeply Interested
ami | we'll know Why others are equally
bent upon disgracing HIM have had
positive proof of 1t but feel that Justice
will one day be done, and then all vii he
clear: until then wish to hear nothing
know nothing. Papa, should | fer one
moment harbor a disparasing thought IN
connection with him. would feel unwor-
thy Of lil. would sooner die, papa at
once. $, please dear, good Iaa, sy no
m,rs about it.
These words were uttered with gravity
and positlveness that carried the convic-
ton 70 the father. that she meant every
word Of what she said, and he wisely for
bore recurring to the matter again.
Ii should have been mentioned before
that il vas part of the agreement between
Arbyght and Geldamo that no correspond
ence should take place between Vida and
him while she was abroad. Bertha and
Vida had, of course written to each other /;
but when the dreadful blow came, Bertha
ceased writing. and this was the only cir
cumstance that puzzled Vida it looEed
SUSPICIOUS. hut she Scorned that idea. and
attributed Berthas neglect to some other
cause.
Paul had written to his father. and
urged him to withhold the news from Vida
az he felt confident the whole matt, r was a
horrible conspiracy, planned by Mr. Rel
vason, and perhaps Alsound and Of
course Paul thought his father had heart
enough to do as he suggested therefore
Paul never hinte,l in his letters to Vida
that anything was amiss. On the other
hand. Allsound kept Mr. Geldamo con-
stantly advised Of all that occurred When
the news Of Arbyghts escape, subsequent
drowning, Identification and burial, came
to Berne, Geldamo was so rejoiced that
his reason and discretion left him, and he
laid all the papers before Vida and then
withdrew to another room.
We will not attempt to paint in Ian
guage the anguish, the torture, the living
death endured by that fair. tender crea-
ture. as the poison tipped, sorrowbarbed
arrow entered her virgin soul We would
fail. miserably if we tried like the beau
tiful but lost Z,lica -