The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-09-10

That meant "a much dread rs impatience.
"Who is thereS" said II voice from
within. ....
He knew the toiGe-as love ever docs,
1t wis what lie Internationally expected
what he dumbly hoped yet dreaded.
gDebbyl my love ? my darling. 1t IL
|: Julian. God be thanked that have
found youl" was his answer. "DebbS,
quick, open the door! let me in! my dar-
ling! my beloved; l have found you once
more! "'s3a
But no glad footsteps came running to
the door, to open the mouth of the tomb
and lot In life and the sunlight, only u
wasling wy hid Ii burst OF despair an
swered his prayer, his JOY, q.
ct cannot open the door TO you-it is
barred and / am chained. Oh, Julian,
do not leave me. Save me, save me.
Force your way and set me- free"
Whence, came the strength Julian
never knew, but il a moment, AZ it
seemed to him, he had burst the door
open, and was there in the heart of the
hut holding his rescued love in his arms.
Had she been what she looked, dead
creature still unburied, it would have
been s6aradfy inotG pain to Julian thin
it was to find her in this terrible condi-
ton Of dcgradation md suffering; Aud
it would hive beet small wonder had she
gone mad. But life is strong in youth,
and hope never abandons those who love.
She Ind not known how, but she had
known that it would come. She had
dreamed of it, prayed for it, pictured it,
haliaunl IN a. anyI nnw hnr hnnn hnI
justified itself, and she was safe and with
him. .a-Caa..
"The tigers y ho said, rs he held her
to him; "the cruel, bloodthitsty tigers !"
at will be MI right now" was Deb.
by's patient answer MS she turned her
face to her lovers breast, and sobbcd
with Joy and weakness together.
All for her! He gave up everything
He threw away his name, his inheritance,
his family, his wealth, his estate, his
social standing. He would have none
of those things, tainted M they we're
with the cruelty of the old world super
stition-with the blindness of IN effete
civilization, to which appearances and
names are more valuable than things
and facts, Re abandoned all for her,
and love and freedom; and in his peace
full Australian home, where he had the
dignity of labor and the light of her
love, he was happier than he would have
been in the old home, bound to the care
of conventionality and without her love.
or with her love, and Mt odds with all the
powers that rule.
His father and mother never knew his
fate. This was his revenge. As they
had dealt by him SO he by them; for he
believed that they had known of the
whole plot, and been themselves the
prime movers in it; just as they believed
the same of him,
He said bitterly enough that it would
not break their heart to imagine him
dead; nor in truth did it. They kept his
place open for II reasonable time; and
when Julian saw by the papers TINT he
had been made dead and that Clarence
and Young Hugh were held as heirs t.
the estate, he only smiled as he turned
to Debby and said:
at is better SO, my wife. We will
never tell our boys of the inheritance
they have lost. Yet between this and
their mother they would not hesitate nj,
more than land between love ano
riches they would choose rs | did,"
"Neyer to regret your choice, hus
Band?" ..a
"Never!" said firmly. son the con
trary, each year that j live / am NOR,
and more thankful for the good gift mad,
by heaven when | found You, and will
you all that makes life worth having"