The Morning herald., 1878-05-01
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setting sins conquered him anew and drag
lged him into deeper dissipation than ssssr
petors.fgsE ftaysL 70 3l1w 10 ouirlv ga
As4more DREAMY esadnsss ivsettledp prupoM
.Theo's pale young q ,ffaos, and . heavier and
more hopeless melancholy 'idpeh mher
Heart. 2. ,ysM - yab dlh edT .TAdauTAs
Finally, when. she had been less othaa
two years his wife, Rufus Aldfich Al drk disapr
peared. I'd h.s.sfGis 1alsHimIlW 10 gjia sd]
It was known that while into ieateda he
had sold his fine house for half its value,
lad drawn the money and had left the
place. But those were the sole facts that
could be ascertained, and for five years his
fate was hidden in ,impenetrable nlys-
terry. H. '.. nd i tss ,es 70 g. s ~ 3; y" 3ns
9 In the meantime Thso had realized from
the sale Of her rjewelry and other costly ar,
ticles that were neither usefulto her nor
precious. as souvenirs. sum sufficiently
large to purchase small cottage that had
belonged to the handsome estate, and hero
she lived in peaceful seclusion. --.---------
. Since that night on the sea sands she
had never seen WaldemErs Beresfords gHe
had gone to Europe few days afters and
since then the beautiful, house with the
brown gables looming among, the noble no
trees had been deserted. gEjB
But at the end of those, five years he
came back, and although still unmarried,
proceeded to occupy the fine old place, taGts. m a
He proved to be as incorrigible recluse use
as even the pale oman whom he, did nos
meet until months after his RETURN MS %.l sd
They met in commonplace way; tney
looked upon each other with unsmiilhng
eyes and spoke to each other with ,la'l unsmn- u
ing lips ,1sts1&a Rna 2iI95!as ,3[At'.,
t'If he had never loved me, could be no
less to him." Thought the woman. 10, ~ IS sss
''She cares less for me than for o stran'
GER" thought the man. aa%af 6as beS,3s
And SO they lived their separate solitary
lives, meeting infrequently, and. never
when it was possible to avoid such an
event, until several more years haa
passed. z
One inclement night, when the snow lay
in great melting masses on the ground, and
the thick sheets Of binding rain made the
dark night darker still, there came an ,lm-
perious rapping at Theo's door. @a 4-. -"
When she opened it she, saw standing
on the threshold Waldemar Beresford sup
porting limp, drenched form, which was
scantily clothed in the unsightly haolii-
ments of vagabond tramp. a.nsHts .
'T beg your pardon" he said, 'for f'r
| bringing this poor wretch to your door. He
is dead or dying, and I found him lying
Just inside your gate. # you can cal give aye
him shelter for few moments, viii go
| for some person who will take him 70 9
place provided for such as he. g. 80 %
Theo consented somewhat reluctantly,
for she had positive horror OF these wan
dering lazzaroni. '. "' '.' - : "''A ,'.' -
| ."Do not be alarmed" said Beresford'
reassuringly, the poor fellow is too 'fal
gone to harm you, and I shall return \ I'M
mediately." -.,-,-.ug,-
! Brief as was his absence, an omiinouf
sensation of i'll thrilled him from head te
foot as he reapproached the little cottage
about which portentous silence seemee
to rest. ,.....-.'.,.,.,, al ,.sg
| He tapped at the door, but there came
no sound.of answer from within, and bWltf
| 4 strange dread at his heart he entered
unbidden. ..... s.t ... o,..s. !, 1snI..
| There, stark and upright against the wall
sat the tramp--dead; and the glazed, star
ing eyes were fixed in awessomrnee rne wonde' ~o q
upon Theo, who lay senseless and silent sue
prone upon the floor before him. gaa5itt
/ One startled look, and then q cry o o
| amazement and alarm broke from Beres
ford's white lips. en-, a'I.sat pr.,Ugl .yag
| -aHas he harmed herf My Godl 1t .
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Rufus Aldrichl" gsl8pz.rlua"n .H". 81 l
He, was indeed Theo's wretched hus
| band who, sunk to the4lowest depth 20
DEGRADATION, had wandered Y, TO ! ne 10
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to die. ,Es
oTbe shock was great, and before she ha' hha'
| recovered from her long swoon, kind hand
had mercifully removed the awful an y
pitiable thing out of her sight, ,YAdzDA
! If she did not mourn for this tllh .i ~ maj
who had bighted othe summer year
of her life. let none blame her her TO 70
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