The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-25

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that be j. siill u~nWaruedr' be answer
ii And shs, cls has be l--n PLEASED
10 tell ,uns
She "a. vt ,,s, faint and das,,i b.,
Der u~n~Npsci~i meeting sith W AldrmSt
Rvrvsford otuilN comprehend III, cnoT.
miiy II the ,rvAshvrN 1T thus man whom
she hAd mad, her husband
What Ia, be told NouR' ~rvtcA,s-i
Ruff, A,duyh. ~ she shfAnk bA.k from
him Votccl,S, ard trembling
Il bspill understand vet sh~ ~
plci Ia a weak whisper "Ruius. YOU
protested Ia L. our common friend
the Con Idsnt II each hut ,ou ~rrc
false Ia cash Ut u, " hen - persuaded
n- To- believe thu, " aldcmar VA. falls.
Ia me Oh. i, ~as a cruel thing to q"
~hs did you DO tt''
The dull agnn, and the pitcous ~
preach of her tones and words seemed
to move him
"Hhs. 1hco'" he demanded. hoars..
". do YOU nnt guess WAtF Because |
loved YOU. and because ! had vowed
tina, YOU should ~ m, wife though !
| should stain my soul With worse sins
than fsls-hoods Ia make you mine
You believed tina, B-.r.'ori VA. untrue
-tha, he hsd ,rihci with our love, and
50 you accepted me whether IN piqur.
or in pity for my passion | DO not know
| scarcely care. a. ,uu ar, my wife
You have ruined my life" she
moAncd. "you had been Kinder Ia have
killed nv.
Her infinite mi.cr, stirred up all the
good hat remained ia the Gallons ma.
turc ~ the man. la the wholr world
she had none but him. and he had used
her badly and he knew IL lie had been
hard and cruel ;o her, he had taken
her away from u pleasant life and Kind
friends. only To neglect her. True he
had given her all that money could buy.
hu, he had made his tine house it'll,
better Than a prison I" her
In a sudden emotion III rrmorsc he
would have taken her In hi. arms aud
comfurt"i her. but she .hrank from
him n though he had struck her.
"Th.o,' hc said. more kindly than
he had ever spoken to her since the
frs, weeks of their marriage, Il ha,.
wrongcd YOU, but | bitterly regret H.
SUPPOSE should hc "A better husband Ia
you-would YOU forgive me aud try to
love me- | will give up my iollirs and
designations. | will DENY YOU nothing |
will he kind 10 YOU and make Won hap.
py. IL ! can. think. Thco. that our
welded life might be quite rs pleasant
~ that of other married people. II this
miserable affair could bc forgotten.
She looked ut him as he stood before
her so strangely humble. and something
like pity for him struggled with her
pain and anger. That she was his wife
il was Impossible Ia forget. Perhaps. u
he rcall, were IN earnest in his prom.
iscs If amendment. she might learn Ia
be- content. even though happiness WA,
denied her.
II will try Ia remember only tina, YOU
are my husband" she said gently.
And ! shall try Ia deserve such WIFE
ly forbcarance,' he responded. with
great carncstness.
But ia n month. or "a little more. III.
unhappy wife was assured that this WAS
Tut "A paroNysma! contri,ion. The old
| habits were strong and the man VIA
p~itifully weak-so weak that the famil-
lar ~hcsetting sins conquered him new
and dragged him into deeper dissipa-
lions than ever before.
A more drcary sadness settled upon
Theo's pale young face. and a heavier
and more hopeless melancholy upon her
heart.
Finally. when she had been less than
two years his wife, Rufus Aldrich dis
appeared.
II was known that while intoxicated
he had sold his fine house for half IL.
| value. had drawn the money and left
| the place. But those were the sole facts
that could be ascertained. and for five
years fate was shrouded In impenetra-
BILE mystery.
In the meantime Theo had realized
from the sale VI her jewclry and other
costly articles that were neither useful
Ia her nor precious a. souvenirs. a sum
sufficiently large to purchase "A small
cottage that had belonged Ia the hand
some estate, and here she lived in peace
full seclusion.
Since that night on the sands she had
never seen Waldemar Beresford. He
had gone to Europe a few days after.
and since then the beautiful house with
the brown gables looming among the
noble trees had been deserted.
But nj the end 81 those five years he
came back. and though still unmarried.
proceeded tn occupy the tine old place.
He proved Ia be as incorrigible q re-
cluse as even the pale woman whom he
did not meet until months after his re-
turn.
They met in n commonplace way they
looked upon each other with unsmiliDg
eyes and spoke Ia each other with un-
smiling lips.
III he had never loved me ! could
be no less IA him." thought the wo-
man"
"She cares less for me than for q
stranger" thought the man.
And they lived their separate solitary
lives. meeting infrequently. and never
when II was possible 10 avoid such an
event. until several more years had