The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-18
Fettered, Yet Free.
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CHAPTER XIV.
81 WILL NOT GIVE YOU o

| 10 Ihinh' pno COuIu not, WOuiu not reAllZ(
The full meaning of the step she was abou
to take, which was to give up all that wo
man should prize most, with the possible re-
suit that should Geotfrey ever learn the
truth, be would scorn and despise her, and
cast her off forever, and put herself with
in the power of the law, risking horrible
shame and punishment. But, when these
thoughts arose, she put them aside with a
strong hand.
Il do not care what risk run, she said
to herself again and again. ''lt is to spare
Geotl'rey, to save him from the misery of
losing me again-perhaps to save him from
self destruction.
She knew the reaction must come; she
knew she was mad, but no wavering came
with the knowledge. The trial was too hard
for her, she said, and she counted the hours
that would bring her nearer to the fatal step
she had determined upon. lest her resolu-
ton should give way. The sight of Cecil
was misery to her, for she knew that the day
might come when the boy would blush at
his mothers name, and already she slrank
from the gaze of his pure eyes
Godfrey had gone up to London to settle
everything, and was coming back in the
evening" coming over to see her again as he
had done the nipbt nrevious Rnt Lefora tho,
ebe bod 70 600 1nb, To,,,,oI, oho 'o,,I5
tbirI Of bi % oS OJ hnr hnshod W.. w1',u H nos
the step she was about to take and to force
him to kaan silent Sbo Voc ,,a;,,e, to III.
IN bie loysj to soo l,;,, H. ~ 81. 81
scorn and horror-perhaps to hear him
s steadily refuse to submit and threaten to
herself and him She tnrned f,int az ptna W.
thonght of il all ne sbe ,ot iiiart @ and ooa Nv Wv
in tbe rod fro0Iigbt bafora taa anu 'ii'0"'
Cacil law on ia rn, lie Fa;, hoo7 xou.;,
on her footstool and his ovas fvad az ar''ts +Lss
Glowing rool Sn51enIy Lo 80 'Do
,,Iamn,o y bo So;d graroII, -u 90 Co. ..
wonder wasn't kiIIad Sho, f.lI 49, Sioa. ,t,
tha boll IfTboI hoer Won ,un,,i3 H. '.iso t,,o
mother of an angel now 'Wo,,ldn,t tIo. 'ho ho
haantifpl2" ~ 'i'"' ~
..No INV how +bo ,,,o,hor,, ,o;oo
noS sborn win noin s.I ,vo,,Il rat1'o toluo L,'
Won with me " i1'''
,,Rnt nnrc;sted tba obi,d .;t ror,a ,,oo
made yop On very ano5 boc,,,so ,,i,a,a',,. l,.os
vnr wore o,;nG 70 sa,, ~ A. ,',.r,;, n.i,,oi
1oncb+v vop ,yonI5 staH o,rl tL;,,i,
muetn't or Cecil will he oohor,oa nf f,,,o -,
in Heaven ibinl, II ,ro'iI I,o y. It lnu s rp
49,, =, AZ, ., o.,,a - "p"'.' "o oo'' ior
uno1 -'Nf '0N '' 'et!
S;Lvl ala NOT orsuo, coon h. ,,,,
b,va 10 hlr.h for liz ,otlo - 49,
Cacil had r;san and Lnao1;nC, ,,fo," @ e,'t, ~.
1aoned hi. orn,s nv, Lor In,, '0'0i' n'i'
81 5on,t th;n1, ,,a,, ,,,I1 o,,
one hit wban van do ha ,vo,,t n0 In"eu
fnlly ..for ro;, naUar 51 r,, ".n. on 'nousi',
ca yory nroitr " o "D" 'oo "Ao
ber boy yraro InoI,;n,, ba. ti,st ue"i ose9 Vi
the mad wicked infptnation M bad ..'0 Lan01
nuon her the last twartv bn,,r, o,,d 10
mt him gently from her and nororad .,i' I,lr har
fre with her 5,n5s r.tar;,r, 1o,,, 'r'u iili
misery Cecil thinI;na bor ba"l to" ''oah onL5 u
sfroked her hair sottiv Savin% rT' "Jn,", '.pn",
mammal and then stole o,yo,, ~ +.u Mn,
Haobes to he onick With tao WI, Nv -Alo D
turned. his motb4r sill sat no ha had IL ,nst
her. md unwilIinc to diet,rb Lor bo ',,t
down once more on the rno Iaa,;nr oaninSt ,r ,,'
her knees. He littIe puesaed tba st"r,' h,s
had raised the good work he had donaN
but the feeling of that LITTLE baa5 r.s1;r,,
arainst her and the sound of those ,rorIs -
his ringing in her ears were strenotbening
moor Sihyl in her hard fobt as to,bin,. nias
could have done. '-''
When she lifted her white woorv f,oo
from her hands. il was over the hnrcan .too
was taken nm and wopld he r1r,;aI braraI,
upfiinclinply now, She sbr,nk aw,r frny,
the agony Of the scene with GaosrsH' ,,L;,,h ,iE
Law before her bnt She Celt tbat sbo on,,1I
bear it-bear ANYTHING sooner tban foll aa
she had so nearly faiIan Sbo II H. 1, =.
ten tbongh che oor,I oaI ,,t1,;r 81. Ie-
tened TO Cecirs nrattIe and ang1,,a5 ,'I' liz, ~,
quietly. She heard his nravers &c nsnaI
and tucked him up in his little he'd. and
then she went down. .etoiry nnj % vo;ta,, "nu fnr
tLo sound of JoI,n Jonr..II,, faata.s,'" - ~
pprden-wa1l, She could not or,, m "a 80 eno
never cama readily +o bor etra,,,,
ONLY the dnod dnjl acbinc+ of bar lst III
her of the misery tLo, IA f1Io,, r,v",' WV
She looked at her white drarn fap "p;n uIi. ..
mirror, and half smiled at tLe cbanaa ~ eso e,,o
the bannv blooninc, f,oo !. L,g ngn1 ia iipu
,Lont thsi tn,o an ~ ~ ii,'u lelet,eo
wopld not naed to s,,aoli oTI ~ tom .,s! que
,l. ,nos w. " 1t-n t ~ w sotr t 'eGnio' 'na'
3;,'aou W ~ IS. W ,e sc -i' "t+0' 1-o "o1'0
'IIooIt a saIt ta ~ iol -, ntinS .le 49, .
1iatI "p WI, "a INC & "iai'o" o n''t'o nei '.ait
,n,d taasd bar nio;tot 1N-0A 'P '--' "'A' 0u'
- ;,'0t,7n ;, oio uo;z .,,s,,, .1
,,ona and mo nov ha ;ntasm,,na 1a,u U' ho,o JILL
"No tbant To'; " ba re,nrpad -etG 9T don4
,ore to hn saan. and ,nba is 70 I'iI .hat unr
have not " teIary,nhad % @ W Scot,and @ Wa" Wi IN
rooord to nv, 1ahdraabort, ~. ro,, ,a1, "iu ~ 49,
Irse fr6m tbe w arnense of | teo,,i,r may % 7
NO ~, Wv, ba,,o raro,ro. j., 20 ai,ot
amd IN ahn"t 80 ~ fra. ny r'onI% L
lnnchas oa s" '--' N-'' N-An "A'
81 have not told ,ivir, Soul of rorr
,isit " She ossurod him .,nijira f s soornf1iIr
T DO not not care 10 snaaI nab nf rn,s w. Won uy ussd
,at H to he COW coward " '"A ! VI '00' Aou U''N
V .T,, ~ " ~ oo,rord rou,rh coi5 uo,,h,u.
.hnt Ln"w I;t,ia INV, n" oF &c ,ha p"1
;os of an,,,",, ,ion "a ,ho', % va 'iion nt a..