Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1874-11-19

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, encourage her.
she did not answer; but he saw
she was struggling with herself.
Master YOURSELF he urged; run
the risk of doing rs wish. Things
caia'tbe worse than they are, at any
rate
Ia ou'h drive me TO the very worst, !"
slis;said piteously.
He misunderstood her, and con
tiHued:
t.Eyen if you have to confess the
gieatest crime to me I'll try to bear
itap; but this l can't bear"
40: and neither can II she ex-
claimed, and she rose.
I'm help you." he said, rising also:
''dsy by day I'll help you, when |
only know what this thing is. But
anIquite too proud to be with Mo-
man | don't fully know about, and
who, perhaps, belongs to somebody
else
A bright flush came over her face.
~For shamel If you talk of pride,
I'm a good deal prouder than you
are, and won't have You say such
things. So, STOP"
f'lf you're so very proud, then, why |
dq you leave room for my suspi- |
eiSns:"
f'God help me. | can bear this no
lohger,
ssNo; nor either. I've made a
vow it shall come to an end this
dayv
How cruel it is" she walled out. |
ito 90 on worrying and tormenting a
woman Who has trusted herself so fiji
" to you, and has begged and pray
ed of you as | have been doing"
She was near again beginning to
weep. but with sudden change of
feeling she exclaimed. ''Yes, l see
how it is; you think by provoking
and exciting me you'll get things out
of me- she looked at him indig-
nantly, and turned aside.
Then she heard him say slowly,
word by word, "Will you, or will you
not?''
Il will not" replied she, stretch
ing out her hand; ''no, not if you
gave me all we can see from here"
She went from him, her bosom
heaved, and her eyes wandered to and :
fro, but mostly looked toward him, I
new sternly, next sorrowfully, then
sternly again. She leaned against
tree and wept; then ceased weeping
and returned to her former mood.
sS.Ah, knew very well You didn't |
ioFe. me- she heard next, and be- {
came IN Il moment the most humble I
and penitent of creatures. |
s. Twice she tried TO answer, but, in 1
stead, she flung herself down upon :
the heather, and hid her face in her
hands.
Botof came forward and stood over :
her
She knew he was there, and she +
waited for him to speak, and tried to f
prepare herself for whatever he might 7
say; but not word came, and she
grew yet more disturbed, and felt G
obliged to look up. She sprang to Y
her feet instantly. BOtof's long, q
weather beaten face seemed to have fl
become sunken and hollow, his deep +
Iy set eyes staringly prominent, and h
his whole figure mOnstrOus; and it p
stood over her with some strange in :
iuence that suddely made her see him =
once more upon the ship just as she :
saw him on the night of the wreck; n
hut now his strength was houndless, n
md it was all turned against her.
You have been untruthful with II
me, Aasta.' Il
She turned away, but he followed q
her and continued: "
'.And you have made me untruth Il
iul, too; there hasn't been perfect n
ruthfulness between us single day n
ever since we have been together" fl
He stood so near that she could =,
eel his hot breath; he looked straight
nto her eyes till she felt quite giddy; n
'he knew not what he might the u
lext moment say or do; and so she =
,losed her eyes. She stood as though v
'he must either fall or rush away; +,
he crisis was coming.
In its prelude was deep silence. h
3otof himself became afraid. Still, II
,nce more he began in his former n
strain. h
'Make everything clear; make an h
md of all this miserable trickery and n
;oncealment-do it here-now." Il
'.Yes," she answered, but quite un- ii
y-"sO 1 say-do it here &
lowr'
He gave loud cry, for she rushed n
,ast him and flung herself over the n
teep. He caught glimpse of her lc
.olden hair, her uplifted hand, and 81
ler kerchief, which spread out, slip Ii
,ed off and tioated slowly down after
Ter by itself He heard no shrek, N
md he heard no fall into the water h,
,elow, for it was very far down. In n
Iced, he was not listening; for he had
unk to the earth. cf
Out from the sea she had come to
lin that night at first; into the sea
he had now passed away again, and
With her the story of her life. In the
midnight darkness of that silent deep
ay all that was dear to him; should
le not follow? He had come to that
lace with a full determination to
make an end of the thing that tor
nented him. This was not the end;
nd now it could never come; the b,
rouble was, indeed, only now in re- in
.lity beginning. Aasta's deed cried a
,ut to him that he had made terri Iii
lie mistake, and had killed her. in
even if his mistake should become u
en- times greater, he must live On to ii
ind out how all had happened. She, b.
Who was almost the only one saved on n,
hat fearful night, had been saved al