The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-02-12

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look, and rushed out Of the room. Th.
husband and wife we're rseonoiled.
CHAPTER <.
+ /" This is about the end Of the stor,
% tar q | On concerned. He spen
the night there by her sof., kissing be-
arese aed hsr hands. and Watching be
10 ! ts.a.pofti Of passion and pe.h.p
delight" Fot Il. l.s. I would not IN
swer: II must have been At best ,
troubled joy, and j. mans infatuatiou
for = beautiful face Is not what l cal
love, though it is often a very tr.eie
and terrible passion. He took her ava,
in the morning, but not to bis own
house. They went straight from miue
to London, that great receptacle Of
everybody's misery and happiness. !
saw them beth before they left, though
only tor moment. She was still ".
ing on the sofa as when 1 left her, aud
the half disorder Of her hair, the ex.
hsustion in her face, seemed rather to
enhance her beauty. Any, one. else
would have looked jaded and worn out,
but faint flush Of triumph and salts.
faetiea had stolen ever her (partly, per-
!Ev haps, produced BY her, ve.kaess), .od
woke the marble into life,, She st.eteh.
ed out her hand to me oarelesely rs ]
! vent 4, in..r She said, With = smile, "You
,sse, mH teelieg w.s right. 1 always
tf1st ny feeliegs. 4 I knew you vere
tho peesop 70 DO iii and you have don.
j. I felt d It, iF~h,peyer L. s.vi you
[t,' tt,,ee:"' . ::
/, II heps il will be- laedbgy and tbs
Fyou MAJ hzhsspyjR I .p.id:, f.lts.ioe
not knowing what tone 70 take. -:
tisqs0h. yse, it. t>iss+o' bs'hoped 90. a.
tis ea.ak to1Ake ;aeto Losdon,'' Oh,
answased, easelsssly:s T"I am quite cor
~ to5lsavs yoss nice heuse; evesy.hin,
hae hesni 10 lcenfoisable. "It il small
}AadSi il il plain. bpt you know how t,
make yourself eomtortable.3 I suppos'
xhsn one has lived 80 long one n.tur
ally does"
b. This WAS oil her thanks to me. Th'
husband took tho matter in diaereD
way They had fire lighted and oof
lee taken to them in tho draving-roon
1(which' WAS left in the saddest ooufus
ion after Ill the disturbance Of th'
oighD and il WAS when tho carri.g,
be- had ordered Wss at the door, 40,
she had gone to make herself ready
thst hs came 70 mo. I was 10 the din
iug.room With my breakisst on th
Ftable, which lives to much worn on
20 take. His face VAS very strange !; i
vas full Of suppressed excitement, will
. Wild, strained look abuut the eyes
| and = oertain air OF heat and haste
Though hu color vss like ivorv "a nan
u: II hsvsto shsuk loo,'' hs said I,
tms, very ssimy, ''and il I said snythinl
tnts ~ J 51drpriss l..s night, / hop
fyou w tatsiys Il. I'eaa only th,nl
you now; nothing .l.s i. possible. Ba
must add. I hope 10 shall never mes
f..s.ia:" :.' ..7'
81 assure you. if ve DO, il shall no
'e'. pee' With NJ wilI," said l, feeling YER,
angry, - I think I had right to be
s., He bowed, but made no reply; no
because words failed him. + felt thu
he would have liked nothing bette
than to have fallen upon me, and met
aphorically torn me to pieces. He ha
been overcome BY bis own heart Q
passion, and had taken her back, bu
'hehated me for having drawn him t
doso, He ssw the tragic folly of. th
stsp heeHas taking. Thsrssvas sglool