The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-01-15


> disgracelul truth. Her head sanE
; lower ON his breast, and her voice wa,
almost inaudlble as she answered, '!nu'
, to his query.
He pressed her closer to him and said
VI am SO glad; | want you ali to mys 1t
anu IL is happiness TO know that mine
are the FIRST lover's kisses that have
J been pressed upon your lips"
, That night Dora's dreams were
, hauAted with restless visions. Now
Barton stood above her with uplilteC
Kplfe, YoWIng yelgeance on her for bel
deceit; again Soners gazed at her with
feproacItaf eyes. But the morning
lignE bhnisned'tue shadows and her com
FUNCTIONS OF conscience. y r..
They were TO be married in a year
and Tor six m5nths Dora was as happy
as a queen; then u Shadow fell which
nearIy marred the happiness of her life.
Barton expected some friends on the
European steamer, and reaching the
wnarl before time he stood Idly gaz ng
around WheA he felt a touch on his arm :
looking he behefd d man whom, althoug !
seedy and torlorn, he recognz sd as Da.-
tolESomers. g. t'-
How do you do, BartonN. he said,
Iholdlng out a hand Wuich Barton grasped
mechahica ly; II want to congratulate.
l
ing to marry Miss DJra Hampton. Miss
Dora is a nice girl; old sweetheart OF
mine, you know, aud ii she hadn't gone.
back on me, wouldn't have been such
Il poor, shiftless fellow as l am now.
But it ls all ina lifetime. Isuppose she
told you all about our engagenlentY'
| Engagement His Dora engaged to
that man whom he detestei. She had
EdeceWed him-promised to be his wife
with lie on her lips.
| His first Impulse was to knock Somers
Idown, but lie restrained himself,
Ewrench he'd mis- hand from his grasp, and
walked rapidly away.
Soners glanced after him, and NUT
tered, "WhaPs the matter with him?
He always was odd. l wonder now il
she never told him; if she didn't, Pye
had my revengep and putting his hands
in has pockets, lie saun, cred to the near
est restaurant.
AS for Barton, when he walked away
from the wharf, it seemed to him as ii
the world had undergone a great change
and suddenly became engulfed in dark
ness. That Dora should have loved this
man above all others, and when he So
lIcited her tenderest confidence told him
talsehood, seemed incredible, still he
could not but believe Somers. He loved |
Dora almost like his own life, but deceit |
in the woman he loved and would make
his wife he could not forgive.
lie was proud and reSolute man. and |
he mapped out a course which he detei- |
mined TO pursue to the bitter end, He
returned TO his lodging, packed his
clothes and wrote two notes, one to his
mother and one to Dora. He kissed
Dor0S photograph and then barned il.
The first train that went westward car
ried Albert Barton.
Dora was singing gay song when his
tote was handed TO her, but when she
had finished reading it, it tell from her
nervous grasp, and she lay prone in a
little heap upon the floor. The note. ran
thus:
"DoRA-l must say first, how could
you deceive me in regard to Dalton Som.
ersI How could you-with your head
On my breast-as my promised wife, de-
liberately tell me falsehood; yes, look
me In my very face and tell il? You
have injured me in u way which [ can
never forget or forgive. leave the CITY
on the next train; benceforward we are
strangers. May God forgive you; |
never can. ALBERT BARToNn
Dor&s mother founu her lying on the
floor, and for days she was quite ill, but
she gradually grew better. With her
returning health she determined to find
him, even il she had 10 seek the world
over, and on her knees to impIore his
forgiveness. Bitterly she wept over her
folly in not telling him the truth-and il
could have palliated her crime
her tears would certainly have wiped 1t
out.
She had one clue to aid her in her
search. She would go 10 his mother.
She easily found this good lady and told
her her whole history, and the fault she
had committed. While Mrs. Barton
chided her lor not telling the truth, she
blamed her son Ior expressing himself
zoo freely, and being too hasty. She
gently consoled Dora with brigut pic
lures for the future, and promised every
assistance in her power. For the pres
ent she advised silence. Albert had
gone to San Francisco; but when his
wrath cooled down, and he had time to
,hink, he would repent of his hasty
action.
Dora returned home to watch and
Wait, but it was only tor short time,
A lew weeks alter her visit to Mrs.
Barton she was surprised to find that
ady at her door dressed for journey.
She had received dispatch stating that
Ter sou was lying very i'll at San Fran
,fsco.
Dora begged that she might 20, too,
md at last wrung reluctant consent
rom her mother and Mrs Barton.
After days of weary travel they
cached him, and found him in a situa.
ion OF the greatest danger. He was ra-
,idiy sinking and the physicians said
here was no hope. He was constantly
Ealing Tor Dora in his delirium. He ,
eemed to recognize her as soon as she ,
ook her place by his side, and her pres
nee acted like narcotic, for, atter1
,assing her hand across his forehead a |
ew times, he sank into deep sleep for 1
ours, and when be awoke it was to /
i've. {
When he had grown strong enough to {
lsLen TO her, Dora begged his forgive
ess, which ne readily accorded, calling
ipself brute, etc. AS soon as ne was
BILE to get out. they were married. O
Dora has two children now, boy and a
lrl, and above everything else she y
trlves to Inclucate Ill them spirit Of
ruth, and TO. teach them never TO pre- C
arIcate IN the slightest degree. AS tor t
fothers-in-laW she does not know what | v
ther people think OF theirs, but hers n
} the dearest woman in the world,
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