The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-12-21

mis- them. % sure. Vas I of bis pur.
pose. Why-why do you come here
to tnrment me ?
Because I would save you. and he
cause he shall never know his latest
victim. Child. look here! This was
sent me Yesterday
And she placed sheet Of paper in
the little. trembling. outstrstched
hand.
II wss covered with the bandwri
ing of him Of whom they spoke. and il
sss mad, psssi"uste declaration Of
his love To whom it Was addressed.
There Was neither name nor date
only his signature. bold aid free.
Glare, You believe now
Yes. l believe. che answered,
e0ftly. Leave me to mvseli.'
The next dsy. when Eben Furval
called. q dainiily folded note WAS pu,
into his hand. Eagerly be tore it
open. to read these words:
Il must ask you not TO see me sgain.
You are . better actor than l. have
wearied Of the farce. Doubtless, with
the world for your audience. you can
find some one better to play my part.
This Was oil. Thus had the child
striven To hide the wound from which
was pouring what she vainIy hoped
might be the life current.
With . bitter curse. ending in q
groan. the man crushed the paper in
his hand.
"Oh. God /! he said, beneath his
breath. After al these years. Is this
. second time to be nv reward: Is
there no truth in woman
Aud his soul echoed Nome
But Glare hal been half child, half
woman. Only yesterday her ewes had
lnke,i with worshipful light into his.
There vas some mistake. spme ireach-
ery. He cnuld not let her tins es-
cape him. He hal been world-w
and weary. Her love had been like
finding the cooling spring in the arid
desert. Must he pass il by, AMI per-
ish Of thirst. M. no; he would
write II her and beg her to tell him ii
in.lee,l she had but played with him.
If 90, let her silence answer (; IL NOT,
to hid him come to her.
His very snul seemed to ppur itself
out upon the senseless sheet. The
next day he himself saw it delivered
at her door. What he unhappiIy did
not zee. were the hands that received
lit.
1T will but make the child grleve
more, reasoue.l her aunt. snd. with
the zeal uubroken. laid il on the
flames.
Fur what had Glare hoped As the
weary days went by. Had she ex.
pecie,i aay answer to the ppr little
note with which che had struggled to
bolster uP her pride?
Paler and wa0ner she grew a her
hope died. Truly she was under the
SPELL said her sunt. sadly: but her
own lips were dumb. until the strain
oa brain aud heart gave way, and the
name she had held 81 long unspnken
was breaihed in every accent If love.
sud DESPAIR from her fever psrched
lips. As she Law tossing in delirium.
Her aunt. god woman though she
was, could have cursed the names
owner a. she listened, shuJi.rins to
the repetition.
MY own p .Or little eve lamb |" she
would whisper. iearfullv; why nigh,
he not have spared you!
Bat one day when the whisper had
spread abroad that Glare Yelling Was
diving. a man. hsggsr1 and white,
fNcrd himself into her presence.
Let me sac her !? he entreatesi.
S,me spirit rose in the crushed
hear, at sight Of him
You would see your victim ? she
questioned. Nth scorn. wait until
your work is complste-it will Cot he
long.
III you have q womanis suui within
you. tell me what you mean? ? he
answered. NV victim: d. you
know that one little month ago nv
dearest hope was to make Clare nv
wife! An. heaven! 1 thought she
shared it then. But they tell me she
is diving. Let me but see her once
Was the man speaking falsely. or
had she. who had mean; to save the
child. brought ner to this pass?
Wait here. che commanded, and
hurried fr"m the MON.
When she returned she carried O
sheet of paper in her hand.
his was sent me, she explained
Did you wri'e ity
He glanced over it. and his face
pal-d.
Yes be said. Ten long wears
ago, wher I Was q lad of 70. I lowell
the woman to whom il VA
addressed, and she played with aud
Tilted me. FIR . time I Inst all faith
in woman. uniil-uniil l met Clare.
She taught me what it Was to love
again, hut this time with the endless
passion Of the man. The woman
once loved il Q widow nov. To YOU
I NAV confess she has striven vainly
tn allure me back into the t"ils. |
D.ubtles she has sent you this paper.
Tell me'--a sudden light dawning up-
an him-'did Glare zee and believe !
thiaY
Forgive met che murmured. |
Help NE to nurse my |
darling back to life. and together We
will make her at0nement'
Il vas . hard strnggle they had set
them .elves. but they conquered.
Perhaps even in her delinum Clare
knew Who answered 10 bis name. or
sho held her in his strong, loving
arms; hut. however this may Re. GER