The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-01-11


| will never marry without your consent
/ will never marry at all. l can never
love but him kill me but do not curse
me kill me, but do not say an unkind
word of him. You do not know him -
:" will see him this evening" and he
stood up as if TO depart then she threw
her arms around his neck and chung to
him, kissed him and almost shrieked
Don't go now, you are angry, and il
you plant a dagger in his soul It will kill
me, for in heart, sOul-everything- are
| one"
Her bosom rose high, then spasmodi-
! cally fell, her arms loosed their hold and
dropped heavily by her side, her eyes
closed her head feiLback upon his arm,
her beautiful, luxurious hair uncolled and
| fell like sheet Of gold to the carpet.
Spin swiftly, oh, Time thy impalpable,
unseen thread, freighted 50 heavily with
! visible, palpable sorrows speed on thy
1 tieeting moments are stingless now /; nor in
her maiden soul is felt the barbed point Of
unreasonable implacable command the
heart, of gold the slave forever deaf to
| love or mervy's waillng cry, is powerless
now for few brief moments.
I (iold has no heart, otherw ise' as person
iied in Mr.. Geldamo, it had relenteG,
melted at the sight. The white, upturned
face, the sightless eyeballs, mutely but
earnestly pleaded. begged for the affinity,
the SINE qua NON of the unconscious inani-
mate suppliant. But the unyielding father,
though moved to tears, in his heart relent-
ed not. HIS daughter wed WORTH without
wealth Perish the thought We'd base
less wealth without an atom Of worth :
Yes, gladly, willingly.
CHAPTER AXv
The hours flew by with ceaseless, wing
less flight. Two days came and went ;
another came and brought an Aurora Bo
realis of radiatIng, bright, gladstone Joys to
Richard Arbyght. 1t was visiting day.
The day began to Wane the slanting
rays of the western sun came IN thTo the
long, narrow windows, crept noiselessly
along the hoor, reached the cot. crept up
the iron supports, crept slowly along the
snoww white counterpane reached his face.
He sighed wearily, heavily, moved unea-
silly. At last step was heard coming
down the aisle he looked uP and saw
not the daughtey, the father. An eter-
nifty Of misery shot through his soul in all
ihSN0Ail, anu lCil all ullidLuAdlll OAu lDbh
On his face.
1t is common rumor that you are pay
ing your addresses to Miss Geldamo is it
true = he said. after cold, formal greet
ing.
Richard looked uneasily restless, and
hesitated before he replied
have an uncomfortable attachment to
Miss GeldaIno; TO be frank with you, sir,
love her deeply, madly but ] never
mentioned my love to her.
But you know that Miss Geldamo re-
ciprocates this love
Il have been foolish enough to think so.
And dishOnorable enough to encourage
il !"
." have yet to learn that pure, un-
selfish love for woman is dishonorable,
he replied sharply. then continued in
milder tone 4" You are hel father, | win
pocket the insult. I
But you are no match for my daugh
ter"
She is too good for any man but, sir,
| might some day be her equal in world
ly sense, and IN your estimation a deslra-
BILE II atch'
And you would have her wait until
you can make fortune, and 10y so doing
seriously compromise her future prospects,
in case you failed p
Your remarks are bitter but | feel
they are Just, III the hight you view them
but, although L do not say you are nerce-
nary, yet does 1t not look AS if you were
putting your daughter up to the highest
bidder If she would be willing to wait
for me, / would strive hard for her sake.
GeldamO WINGED under this rebuke, but
was otherwise unmOved
Mr.. Arbyght our views on this matter,
| see, will not coincide, therefore | must
exercise a parents prerogative. 1t may
be a painful duty, but IL must be done !;
this matter must drop where it is 1t must
end here you are never to see Miss Gel
damO again, never to speak To her or be
ought to her than an utter stranger. This
is her fathers wish, and | trust you are
honorable enough to respect 1t.
The doom Of death ne er unjustly fell on
convicted innocence with more stunning
force or greater pain than these words fell
on Richard Arbyght. His pride alone
prevented him from breaking down com
pletely.
Mr.. Geldamo, if il is Vida's wish that
| should never see or speak to her again,
that wish shall be regarded with religious
awe but should we ever meet an should
she choose to recognize me, no power on
earth will prevent me from speaking to
her, obeying her, loving her, and sick and
sore at heart, he hid his face III the folds
of the counterpane.
For two days he busted himself grave
digging, and then Mary Marmane came
along. At sight Of her his face brighten
ed She did not have much to say, and
her stay was quite short When she arose
to 70 she handed him a little, white envel-
ope, and before he recovered from his sur
prise, she was gone. At sight Of the su-
prescription he ,ulyered all over. Enclos-
ed in the envelope was a note, with this
quotation from Scott, delicately penned,
but evidently with trembling hand
The ia fAirest when tie budding Be~.
And hope is brightest when il d4wus from fears.
The h sweetest washed with morning dew
And love Is lON eliest when embamed la tears
Light al,rdys foIlo,cs darkness !; hope on,
hope erer. Soyrotrfutiy, bWt derotedty,