Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-04-04

dSplI) VI our illllludl IL HI.
Some little tears. some passionate |
words were INDUCED between us
and then, as by common consent,
the subject was dropped, and cacl'
bore her own weight of trouble as
best shc might.
Bat | saw how Millrcd's check
paled day Ivy day, and how the
slight hectic flush came ard went
anG | saw, too. that Mildred suffer
ed nnGer !, still more trying form of
sorrow than mine for thinking.
[ knew she did, that Duhamel
chosen wife WAS too childish fer hi~
love. she mourncd the downfall OF
m idol; |. only that it passed into
another's keeping. To me, my god
vas a god still.
Aud then spring came, and brought
this wcdding-dav.
"Shall you go 70 asked Mildred.
'No ~ [ answered, choking back
the stony pam that would rise in my
throat. "Go, Mildred Do sou
know how ! hate to think of his
marrying that girl Do YOU know
| could almost hate him, too, only
that loved him once so dearly
that love him 80 madly still -
Her smile was very qniet, very
sad, too, as she answered, sit seems
now as if had loved 6itft rent
person, My Randolph Duhamcl is
dead. | shall go, Constance"
And she went. And l LAID his
carte ne vis5te before me on the ta-
BILE, and went over again every line
and feature OF the noble, beautiful
| face, and every word and look that,
durlng our three years of acqual'l-
tancc, he had ever given me; and
then, with PASSIONATE pride strug-
Cling against uncomfortable love
aud ycalning, | flung the photograph
in the fire, and wep:.
They were my last tears. have
never shed any since.
And Mildred grew paler and
more fragile and 1 knew that my
sweet cousin was slowly leaving tar
behind her the shadow of her short
lite's sorrow. And oh, the bitter
longing with which / cravcd to
sleep also Life was so weary, and
only twenty-five!
The prolonged wedding tour was
over, and they had come home
again ; but we have never seen them
Now it began to possess me a cla-
morouS longing that would not gt
down, to look upon Ills face again
and wild plan wovc itself in IN,
brain that must be acted out.
| remember how drenchingly i
rained, how the dim lamps hareo
against the misty sky, how the colt
wet of the pavements struck through
| my thin shoes as hurried, like
5 guilty thing, along the streets tha
led to their home. | remember m.
2 loud heart-beats, how | kept weari-
J ly counting them, and wonderin!
5 strangely if they would ever be st'I
again, and the faint trembling @
my feet, that seemed to make n
| progress through the slippery mud
V and how fnrbildingly the dar
houses frowncd upon my erran'
e and how that housc---his house
: seemed to reel, as if to fall and crus
T. me. Aud then, creeping mp til
/ lonely steps, climed, | know nt
z how, ever the low balcony rail-
/ and crouchcd fcariully against Il
e window. lie WAS there, rs | liza
e thought, and she i!
h On. Mildred. my dying M'ldre,
e conld that child love him as we hi
III done !
l 1t rose into sonnd, almost like
10 cry. And then again an! again
I'd pressed to the cold glass my cold
lips, pray ing blessings OH the sacr'
OF head of my lost love, and on he'
tx too, since he lo7ed her. And the
10 with a lass despairing gaze, | turl
as ed hastily, and fled home.
/ But as tried my purloined late
de key with shaking fingers, Il co
re hand was laid on mine, and fai
'w voice sai!, "llelp me in, Constanc
nli [ saw you 60 out, and suSpecto
y and followed you. Hush +. it is t
late for blame! Now that l Ina
ed seen him again, l can sleep!'
And before long Mildred sic
al indeed.
he Her coffin was carried to
he grave and | wondered vague
on which lot was best-this, or the c
she would fain have chosen A
vas wonld Eternity tell Duhamcl {
ace secret.
me
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