The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-01

Iflce, wrinkled and Worn, deeply lined
aud iringed with thin gray hairs, which
lies there upon the pillow.
You have been crying" he says, his
Keen, anxious eyes peering curiousIy
into her race, his nervous, wiGhered hand
tightening on hers.
"YUs," she says, simplv. HIt ia 40
hard TO see you sufferp
"My dear, the rdily suffering is moth.
ing to the torture l have felt for seven
years. Tortured l wonder that have
lived under IT,"
She makes no answer. He often ut.
ters these ambiguous allusions; but Miz-
pan is not an Inauisltive woman. Per-
haps she has hau secrets of her own,
"Mizpah," he says, suddenly, '.do you
remember why you married msw -.
"Wny talk oil that now, Jonnr she
! asks, flushing timiuly.
| "Because now 10 the only time have.
You. were only nineteen, Mlzpah, aud
y0u married me BECAUSE your parents
ldeatn had thrOwngou on my care; be-
callse the world SAID ill-natured' things
| OF, your living with guardian of forty
eight BECAUSE you wanted to Keep
deiicate little sister with you, ami could
not afjrd to, do it unmarried; because.
ebiet. reason OF all-Ihe man you were
engaged to, the man you loved aud who
| waS away an Canada, had proved false
| to you; because you saw, his marriage
| in an American paper alter your letters
| Tor SIX long months had sbeen unan-
swereu. For ali these REASONS you mar
| red me-" -
And because.you'were the best. and
ltruest friend | mad in the whole 3worid,o
| she broke in with quivering lips; '"be-
cause Minnie loved you, alrdL nked apu
hunored 'o,l with AN my hsart.. Jgttn, l
told you AL this, then. HavstI %disap-
yo;nssssa % ysu' itha' you g. aAgis; % ng'i: Il
~Ypu have. bee n an argel oe1lgdt to
my,?.he answers troagseiy. ."Qb, 6hLId!
YOU 6piy guessed how muddy, passion
ateIy. I-VlQ enough TO be .yonr father
4aSe'ioVepFyou ron Ithe first moment \
| saw you CilnoN! Mi4Rah, trS to think !,
l,ofsit. Fly to bear it9n IN nd, when YOU
wouId'utp ftonEmy memory vita hatred
4 aud loath ths." "
:, @Johu,. could that beY"
7 Wodiato Heaves Rcqulu be avoided.
L'meaiit to leave IL till ! waS gone, SO
+ as tegkeep the sweet sook Oh you~iace'
lltul bdied, but4 can net."
trel'.li, ',i ,. n fop nave done NY wrdbg,'
4 De 1t Naat it May a i 10 is aN rItten, /
vii, vii : i,bufh the Sapor.ndt read Fl. Tr4s'
Hssmi!es sad, sSspelsss smile. =
~N6, caald, you can hV " gyejt so.
Listep, while can yal speak. Dfd you,
not meet .GoHId DaGres the day before
i your long fllnssss, six weeks ago?o
d "Ies, John" she anS"ers, ner heat
! "aha. ~ stold you BE had noysf mars
. rsd-thaTShe wrae aud wrote, and re-
4 a" lie spoke Of his 4otters, but notpf his
marriage, since II vas not true; ne may
never have heard Of itTi ,e
"And ,A q. ga n9"speak Of it:" = =
=, M ~, WA. syyBlanation did, iss give
II gave none" she replies, pfa. Zone
faint with reRsmhred agony. RSs =
! Il don't unperstand. What did you
.I told hlm l vas married, and badcc
r. And was'Ae s&isded? . Did he ask no
u explanations a.
1 40, Jonp; he was not satisfied, BIZ
do not taik kk4t-p1ease do ptt.'A
Tue pam 1s evidently more than she
4 Gan sps"r' he presses her hhlud NOSE
+ - sid ak y6ai one thing i mort, 'Miz-
pan-l knowthat you VIII answer it
SnIsiJ9 %itl J90Ffeo' y truth Why did. you do
''Because was a marrie6 woman
md my husband trusted me-. BecalIse2
John, forgive NEIL loved t3efald
80 learlys he loyed nae so long Thar I
! Jared not give any excuse Tor nv an
tpafent falsehood. l knew his peEisf:ts
knew my own innote aAd ,yes /
ltould not-John dared no.Atfust Us
felther while we loved .each,. other,
Please do not think ill.of me-, Il. knew
! hasl loved Gerald more than my III,
| away."S ~. A
.s she Is. on her knees now. ~weenna
bitterly, with her lace hidden in the
wfinkled hand ffw Which hers N oISspeds :
The freight ttkers Qi thewall.on the
bent, golden neaSi.s Only the .shad DO v OF
i tAe curtainstall, on she"dYine tace.,s.
u IN izpah, you have made Your 'eoflfes-
sion; now listen t6Nmine.E II was l who
kept Back yoar-. lQvef,s. letters, VINO
stopped yours. mad the marriage no
tice put in the paper. ] invented all tue
gossip that wounded ,yout sensitive
9oark< dld[t because loVedyou and
tsisk edsah RATHER than, Iose,ypu. / did
0fN - feJr,iN 4pSS ~ knOuS ~ my
WsaitA U and MY hve. dld Win your low
AWAY from ms meIh1ry, and, give you
wanlyto one.. ,Heayen only knows how
I1Hayvbeen punished every moment of
,Tthes5 seven years that have seen you
jmine- -%aAd. yet not mine. For few
mQasths T h'4opt, but af er you met.
YIN. your 'feysr yIu, told me- ditI-eve v.
eh6Pe. .dleds. SINCE them your patient We.
l l1iehc9, your~ ~uncemplalhGg gentleness.
+ our SAD face, agea So young,s4as been
my constant pupliumenL.2 j
i ."fusuH she Interrupts, She has
EspTaig TO ner rect long bepre, shrinking /
back apd away, Witr.nands cle,ichea ,oI
| tfeE bosom, ana her face white and hon
Iror stricken. "Ausu, for pitJ's sakei II
lbeggea you not to tell me. Oa::why-i
%ny 'did you do itnow, wnen an is'oYer,
| past recall" =. y,
"Mlzp"h! he begins, foebly. T., ..-
| "Not now, Jonn; not noG p '.she cries.
| bursting into tears. 81 viii be soodsin
| a, moment; but don't say any more rTust
| this minute. can't think y
| lie makes no answer. The shadow is
darker on his lace, and she has turned
! to the door, when some womanly inn.
pulse. brings her back to the bedside,
4 Il n