The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-09-17

in his ear. si.urridg him on To effort
and success. tie passed her house and
saw gelm of white in the moonlight
among the flowers of her balcony. He
would gn in and tell her all.
He fnunl her alone. sitting on II low
chair among the panSie> and heliotrope
and early roses. They tpIked upon in
different subjects. more and more remote
from the one nearest their hearts. AT
leug' h Arthur said, IL heard you were at
the Bullier last evening. Miss DE Forest" :"
Yes. Mr.. RainSfurl PERSUADED mam-
ma TO go. l WAS eager to see the original
of your picture. She Is certainly very
beautiful. 1t WAS the same person saw
you with yesterday morning, 1 think "
Yes she has left the Quarter and
gone no one knnws whittier. She--Amy,
will you put and end TO all my doubts and
i,ltering: !: Wi you let me tell you that
| love you? viii my wife aS you
lave always heen my letter angel p
II have f,ucied. indeed had been told.
ihat you were very much in love with
yot!r model You can scarcely love two
women at nn,e."
Ssh. hls gone forever
And un the pts GlLer Thanks.
Amy. never loved her-it was simply
tirat she WAS the ideal of my pict;tre, and
tht. two were "a one In my mind thar
could NOT separate them. You yourself
are artist enough to understand that,
And I had no means of knowing that you
loved me. Only Augustine herself reveal-
ed it to me" Aud then he read those
portions of the dancers note that concern
ed herself
Amy ponderel long over it. She did
not believe the dancers words that she
did not care tor Arthur. that she was
tired of the Quarter. She had seen those
lovely eyes fill with hight when they fell
upon lin ii the ance-rhy thu. And
afterwards she heard. in some carelrs<
Stutiio talk, that 1.-THE Spanish girl had
been mad about Duncan" 1t was strange
tn her to think HAT the white flower of
Self-~acritice could bud and bloom in tile
soul OF II paid ,lancer at IL students ball.
She forgave hun tor she loved him, and
il she had been a man herself she doubted
And the shadow of the Spanish dancer
passed out from their lives.
A Year passed. Arhur'S picture had
been hung IN the line ia the Salon. and he
had oftencr thu his wife knew saunter-
ell by, wOnderi:.g if the Sp ,ni>EI girl wuul,s
not hear of its being there and come To
look at her own beauty. She had never
been heard of in the QUARTER since she
left it. More than one offer had been
III l'le tor lie Go !,nSs of Morling.'' but
Amy would not let it go-it hal been her
wedding gift from her husband.
Spring has come again. fhe Luxem-
tourg gardens are filled before with
gay crowdS-the streets at Paris were beau
Iifui with flowers. Que morning Man in
aI official dress brought a folded paper To
Arthur as he worked in his stiulio. o. il
MAS written "A Spanish women, very
III III the hospital. heg- to see NJ. le peint. e
Duncan. Will Monsieur have the complai-
sauce to come to the poor sou - He
wrote note to his wife, telling her of he
circumstance, and went across Paris with
the messenger. stopping only moment
Tor Few white Walef-lileS ttldL a DOy
4hurst into his hand IN the market.
They showed him into ward where
a wome'. lay i'll of consumption ia all its
| stages. aud in cot near the window,
where the spring sunlight streanrd over
her. he found Augustine. still lovely with
the loseli'rss of approaching spirithao,l.
hut no longer tlic joyous g0lless OF morll-
ing !; only pale. fragile, large-eyed
woman. whose life was almost ended.
Il knew you wond come-you were
always COOL. wanted To see yon before
died. loved yen when leil voll. mon
ami. would have died for you hnt
your love was not for me-a models laitl
dancer. l was Wild IN dissipation affe,
LETT the Quartie- tried hard 70 Kill