The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-03-13
sion-she had even fed him from her
husbands table.

\ terrible calm quickly succeeded my
fury, but found nae cruel, vengeful, mer
ciless. would surprise them. woulc
quickly and surely slay them, and then
taking my little daughter, would Gy
forever from the home which had so ter
ribly disgraced me-
Hastily l threw open the door, but i
( turned noiselessly on its hinges withou
/ disturbing the occupants of the room
and revealed to me a scene which struck
me dumb On the pillow of the dainty
couch of my lost wife lay the worn
wasted, unmistakable face of Anita Lo
zatos. BY the bedside, clad in white
( with her golden hair unbound. and rip
pling over her face and shoulders, stood
| Eunice. Her eyes were full of tears
while all the tenderness of pity, sorrow
and compassion heightened the beauty
of her pure features into something al
most angelic One of her hands was
/ tightly held by Anita; with the other she
was pointing upward.
Forgive me again." groaned Anita,
hoarsely, "for the pain my presence has
given you"
"Ask forgiveness of God" replied
Eunice. ~ have only done my duty"
"The years Of pain l gave Herbert,
continued Anita-"can he ever forgive
-"
ask God, said Eunice, still pointing
upward,
"Ah, yes, my sister" said Anita, 'but
I am not saint like you. God had ali
his angels to comfort Him when I sin.
ned, but Herbert was alone with his sor.
row. Do you think he viii forgive my
soul after it has left my body?"
"He will forgive you now," replied
Eunice. "IIls is a noble soul, and he is
your husband Let me bring him"
"Oh. do not! I dare not meet him.
Before 1 could tell him all, he would
curse me.' cried Anita, shuddering and
shutting her eyes as if to hide some
dreadful sight.
''You do not know him." replied Eu-
nice ale is honor itself. Whatev er j:
pltiful, honorable, manly, Christian, that
is Herbert. He shall forgive you!"
"He viii" 1 cried, advancing to the
bedside. Eunice started; Anita, with {
wild cry, hid her face in the pillow.
"Your wife is dying" whispered Eu
nice. "She has suffered terribly. Be t.
her all you can in her few remaining
moments" And in an instant Eunicc
disappeared.
Tenderly l raised Anita in my arm
and kissed her brow. She opened he
eyes and gazed into mine with look a
once glad and imploring.
Herbert" she whispered, 81 was in
fatuated on that awful night, but I re
pented before l had got outside tn,
grounds. I cursed my tempter as if
were mad I hurried back to secure m,
note before you should see it, but l ar
rived only in time to see you fall. Thel
I ran away-I know not where-but
never dared to come back to you. wa
swept overheard at sea once, and befor
l was rescued was smitten by terribl
cold from which | never recovered
When I found l must die dragged my
self here disguised in male attire, to lool
at you once more. Your noble wifi
recognized me, and told her my story
l couldn't help tit seemed like con
Tossing to pure angel. She declares
she would tell you; that 1 should hav
my lawful husband, and she would leav
you forever. 1 only prevented her b
yowing to kill myself if she did. The
she declared these rooms were mine; tha
l should live in them; she forced me
come; 1 did not want to. She has fe
me; she has comforted me; she has bee
doctor and priest to me. She-oh, God!
Anita stopped suddenly and struggle
for breath I gently brushed. her heav
black hair back from her temples. Agai
she spoke:
Herbert, hear my last words; they az
true as I hope for mercy.z No lips bu
yours ever touched mine-no arms bu
yours were ever around me. For fe
: hours my heart forgot you, and for eac
hour l have paid year of suffering
Was it enough?"
!, Her great dark eyes struggled again
their fate as they looked for my comm
answer; her pale, thin lips, once so ric
and red, now twitched nervouslv. F.
an instant 1 pressed her tenderly to m
: heart, and when again l looked at h
her eyelids were dropping over the ey'
in which DEATHS dimness could not hiC
the love there was there, while her lii
u were breaking into the smile which ne
er again left them. A moment later Al
/ ita Lozatos stood at the bar of the Jud!
who knew of her atonements as well
her sin.
4 l went in search of Eunice and foul
. her sobbing on her bed. / kissed h
and whispered:
4" "She is dead, darling"
. $50 is my secret-my terrible secret
sobbed Eunice.
= With my own hands l dug her gra
II in maze in the garden, where she us
- to spend many of her moments. EuniC
, self-forgetful, sanity Eunice robed t
- poor clay in the dress it had worn on b
u wedding day, and together we laid b
in her last earthly home. None but E
al nice Anita and myself knew the kew
the maze, so that one evening when
~ stole in to look at the ground where
u much sorrow had found rest, and fou
: the graves covered with forgetme-nc
81 l knew that Anita had taken with
" all misery that had been poisoning T
he nice's life.
n Largest Farmer of the Age.