The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-07-25


not that | had room left in my heart tC
care, save in the most general way, for the
woman on the Carricks. | was in anything
but philanthropic mood, or in one that
would excite me to risk n sprained wrist foi
any soul on earth hut Reginald Gcrvaso. II
was all sheer impulse; neither foolhardiupss
on the one hand, nor courage on the other.
| claim no credit for the climb, rather blame.
II could in nowisc hc of the smallest help to
Gcrvase; on the contrary, | was risking the
only life that could in any way hope 90 aid
him. Only had no hope for him left in me,
in the face of the proofs and of the woman in
whose hands they were. IL all came from
Just what | have said, the overwhelming
hunger for action of any sort of form.
OF course our idea was to fasten whomever
might find below to the loose end Of the
rope, in the hope that the sailor, with what
ever help the letter-carrier could give him,
would be able TO draw her up, and then let
down the rope again, so that | might follow.
With view to the first part of the work,
carried down with me q second rope to fasten
TO the moose and to act "a guide from below,
so that she might not swing against the face
of the clifr on her upward journey. As to
my own return, might manage a good deal
by climbing, or might lat any rate, he pulled
mp far enough to swing above the tide until
further help should come.
At last stood upon the last slab of slip
perry rock which the sea had not wholly Gov
cred. There was just room enough upon it
for two. And stood face to face with
Adrienne Lavalle--nay, | must call her SO
Lady dervase.
Why had she been brought here, out of
the reach of all aid but mine Why had the
tidings of her peril been brought to me
What was the true nature of that impulse
which had brought meme of all men--face
to face with her thus and herel
Think of the first sentence of this history |
We were absolutely, utterly alone together,
unseen even from the cliffs that rose up be-
tween MS two and the whole world. Her
secret was known to me alone its proof was
in my own hands. If she had died there I'M
aided, what would have significd the loss of
n woman such as sheH Why had she not
to livc--in one instant saw the whole of
that vision upon which my mind had been
dwelling ever since she had left mc--the
ruined lives, the broken hearts, all the
worlds loss, all the shame, al! the cruel
punishment of an innocent mother and her
children for the weakness of n good man.
had dcspaired of helping them all. But what
was that now Nothing, less than nothing,
when realized that all this storm would
"irs' upon theh,' II" longer ron the hahds
of this woman, because she lived, hut from
my hands, because | did not let her die
Would there not he something unspeak-
ably mean and cowardly in prcferring the
perfect serenity of my own selfish conscience
to the lives of those to whom owed more
than even worse sin for their sake could
repay surely the ways OF Justice are not
'ne sans as human law Tor 'ne sake Oh
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J,I Ind u.v,r counht s;r,,t ofh.r, mi 40, .
TO Let such miserable chance rs that d.
stroy Reginald Geryasep What was there
for but to counterfeit chance, and to do all
things for him Suppose | did murder her,
what but good wouli have been doneY
did not shrink from thinking of the thing by
its name, had completely cooled nv blood
by now.
What ell. rand in my, foo. l,no,v not
put so,,.,I,;rr Oh. ~, Inv. VOL Gov :,
w,s vnrv far ram tba h;rth Of hono q,
rasor. ii .ow In l,..,s Sh. s.on,o1 iooI,
inn t,ro,s,i, ,,,,, a,,as ;,,,o ,,,, t,anr, .s !;
.ho f,r.J II mora tI,,u H., sa, Na;ti,ar ~
10 snnka , word Imt me,nwh;l. tha sa n
itself rose and rose. and the wind began I,
rise. too.
wos ohso,u,s,v MAKING ,,,ps cou,,
,oovo h.r t,.,rn, wo,id nat Iva INV FAM
II sho war. r"mnd drow"aJ Ma nodn Ivy ,M"
be recovered at low water and buried anf
nobody would be the wiser. mist give II,
Lottie, of course; il was one thing to commi
murder, but quite another to make her til.
wife of n murderer. even though of one VIII,
had right OH his side. could take it int,
nv head to leave England, and should 500,
be forgotten.
"con Won s,ve ma gn aha said ,t las,
g What ava you noin, 10 do with mo %
Dr., la. $500, ,,o.,,
What ,r, Won Joinr with paa;roIa Ga mmom
Ioni, tho Ia vii, Iva ',ais, tinb soon ''
nm lie rr;snI Ara vorr r;ahts ~, Il vo,,r ne
,ha d.,rar to 49, HI n.,,t ,rr 49, 'o, ~
/ urn.d faint and sick ot heart How
| ,onII I narra ,nvsair AVIAN ,or Lie s,l,a =,
ha s,rono ,no,,,,l; IN Ia, ;his woai, ,vn,,'o,
Ji.p S55dd.niv bn,vv ,yovn swan, "v.
the roct hrn,,,%t " hsr to lar J rnaas NV,
wonld have carrisS her INFO deem water n
once had / not instinotivelv thrown th,
moose round her and held her so. It ms
| be done tbouqb. II was some weaker sci
| ,h,t h,5 sayad har far , mint. more
| '''a' h"o save" ''e' ior y minute more
| "lon can save me, and yon bid me sci
| my rights for my lile!" she said with rea
scorn, and with courage that startled me
Yes, you say truly; you are his friend
Like master, like man."
Should have held her there till she wa
drowned Should have been able to fac
the nnspeakable shame of returning TO tn,
cliff alone, or should ! have waited tier
| until the tide had covered me alaoI say Il
myself, aud say 10 You, what said to my
| self God knows. trust not; but | hay
never very confidently believed in the good
ness of the good or the badness of the bad, o
the weakness of the weak or the strength q
the strong, since that day.
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