Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-26

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to the widest fury. Hastily taking 1.
revolver from my desk, and s,latching
from a case of cnriosities IL two-,ointct
Malay dagger, ! softly ran through u
passage which ird to the room where
the light was shining. L stopped at
l1unlrr's room to warn her against I'M
necessary alarm, but to my surprise
Eunice was not there. Could STE he in
Anit.'s chamber, I wondered? crept
along the passage, pausine: ut every
step or two to listen. The door of the
long closed chamber stood aiar, and
suddenly l heard sounds which seemed
t." stop my heartbeats. 1 heard the
voice of ErMicc and voice which was
h"arsc, rapid, eager, and with foreign
accent.
In an instant I was almost mad will.
jealousy. The well-dressed foreign
beggsar--my wife's sorrow and her mys-
teriOus conluct-her withdrawal from
my codmpanionship and my chamber
hef frequent indispositisas- bounti-
fu( meals consumed at such times-her
aversion to my caresses-all that had
happened since the day / had surprised
mytwifc and the beggar, linked itself in
one strong chain of damning evidence
against my wife, She had loved the
foreigner-she h.sd brought him into
the house Of the mani Mas wronging
abe had secreted him in the rooms
she Knew were safe from intrusion-she
had even fed him from her husbands
table.
A terrible calm quickly succeeded my
fury, hut found me cruel, vcngeful,
mercilcss. I would surprise them. 1
would quickly and surely STAY them,
and then, taking my little daughter, 1
would fly forever from the home which
had so terribly tiI3raccd me.
Hastily threw open the door, but it
turned noisclessl " on it's hinges without
disturbing the occupants of the room,
and revealed to me u scene which
struck me dumb. On the pillow of the
dainty couch Of my lost wife lay the
worn, wasted, ulmistakahle face of
Anita Lozatos By the bedside clad in
white, with her golden hair unbound
and ripping over her face and shout
ders, stood E,ulice. Her eyes were full
Of tears, while all the tenderness of
pity, sorrow and compassion heighten-
ell the beauty of her pure features into
something almost angelic. One of her
hands was tightly held 10y Anita with
the other she was pointing upward.
"Forgivc me again." groaned Anita,
hoarsely, ".for the pain my presence
has given you"
"Ask forgiveness of God," replied
Eunicc, 81 have only done my duty"
"The years of pain gave Herbert, -
continued Anita" can he ever forgive
"Ask God" said Eunice, stillFpoint-
ing upward.
"Ah, yes, my sister," said Anita,
"but 1 am not Il saint like you. God
had all His angels to comfort Him
when sinmed, but Herbert was alone
with his sorrow. DO you think he will
forgive my soul after it has left the
DOly?'
"He will forgive you now," replied
Eunice. His is noble soul, and he
is-your husband. Let me bring him
here"
"Oh, do not dare not meet him
Before I could tell him all he would
curse me % cried Anita, shudderine
and shutting her eyes as if to hide
some dreadful sight.
"You do not know him." replied
Eunicc. He is honor itself. What
over is pitifui, honorable, manly, Chris
tian, that is Herbert. He shat forgive
you p
"He will " cried, advancing to the
r,4. ,l>1
% wild cry, hid her face in the pillow.
Your wife is DYING" whispered
Eunicc. "She has suffered terribly
&c to her all you canin her few remain
ing moments. " And in an instan
Eunicc disappeared.
Tendcrly [ raised Anita i'll my arms
and kissed her brow. She opened he
eyes and gazcd into mine with look a
once glad and imploring.
"Herbert," she whispered, II wa
infatuated on that awful night, but
repented before 1 had got outside til
grounds. I cursed my tempter as if
were mad. I hurried back to secur
my note before you should see it, but
arrived only III time to see you fall
Then run away-I know not where
was swept overheard at sea once, ant
before was rescued was smittcn will
II terrible cold from which never re
covered When [ found I must die
dragged myself here, disguised il
, male attire, to look ut you once more
Your noble wife recognized me, and
told her my story. I couldn't help it
[ it seemed like confessing to pur
{ angel. She declared she would tel
, you that I should have my Lawful
J husband ; and she would leave you 70,
ever. I only prevented her by vowin
+ to kill myself if she did. Then she dc
clared these rooms were mine that
3 should live III them :; she forced me t
= come I did not want to. She has fe
me; she has colnforted me she la
E been doctor and priest to me. She
= oh, God"
/ Anita stopped suddenly and struggle
' for breath. [ gently brushed her heav
;: black hair back from her temples. Agai
n she spoke:
= "Herbcrt, hear my last words, the
r arc true as hope for mercy. No liz
,, but yours ever touched mine-no arm
= but yours were ever around me. For
q few honrs my heart forgot yon, and Fl
q each hour hay. paid Il year of suffe
Q ing. Was it cnough?"
Her great dark eyes struggle
n against their fate as they looked for II
coming answer; her pale, thin lip
q once SO rich and rcd, now twitcllt
4 ncrvously. For an Instant I prcss'
i her tcuocrly to my heart, and when
+. again looked at her, her cyelids we
Il dropping over the eyes in which leatl
II tlimness could not hide the love the
~ was there, while her lips were breaki,
~ into the smile which never again le
~. them. A moment later Anita Lozat
- stood ut the bar of the Judge who knt
~ ~ of her atoncment as we'll as her sin.
y went in search Of Erlnice and foul
- her sobbing on her bed. [ kissed !,
~ and whispered:
>, "She is dead, .larling."
~ $50 is my sccret-my terrible secret
~ sobbcd Eunicc.
=. With my own hands dug her gr;.
~ in !, maze i'll the garden, where she..us
t. to spend many Of her moments. E'lnit
y sclf-forgciful, sanity Eunicc, ROBBED
70 poor clay in The dress it had worn
t. her wedding day, and together we Il
4 her in her last earthly home. None /
III Eu,,icc, Anita and myself knew the
~. to the maze, SO that one evening whc1
90 stole III TO look at the ground where
mt mucl, SORROW had found rest, and fo,,
-. the grave covered with forgct-me-no
ml l knew that Anita had taken with