The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-12-14
THEo's LOVE.

ing Queenly aud el-gant. and air.
Van Verst had shown ali his pride ir
mis- handsome eyes when lie looked al
her.
She had not tremb!ed or appeared
in the least nervous. be-. a. her br' ',s-
maid said. behaved a. though she " re
IN the habit Of getting e., srried every
day.
After the cerem my she had through
the tedious reception. she sto''d
smiling. Vet seri"us-grave. vet
,leasant-wiiie her dear five hupG ~ed
friends kissed her hand, and cm.I raj.
ulated her-her feminine ir:cnIs. vino.
in their secret sous. We're envipus OF
her good luck in having secured the
handsome, stated, man be-iie her, who
filed lis position and did the h"r ,r,
as a prince of the blood royal n,:-h
have done-whosc name was power
in social. financial aud political circles,
and who hat cnndescended from his
high estate t. WOO lovely Isabel Lisle.
And now they were ''married and
A." Ceremony, reception aud break
fast were over. and well over. and
Mrs. Van Verst had retired 10 her
,iressing.ioom to change her toils' Of
white satin and lace. pearls aud dia-
monds, and white rOses, for the charm
ing travelling costume Of ecru silk
and Persiru embroidered garnet
cashmere.
Just little to the surprise IF the
vivacious girls who we're Supposed L"
he indispensable on the momen,ons
occasion, Isabel told them she really
very much preferred attending upon
herself. aud. IA isabe. usuaIiy had
her own way. Mabel and Mands left
aer. with loving. saucy little protest.
And she laughed. and turned them
nut. and then
Regardless of the magnifcence of
ler t,aiIing brila! robes. unmindful o!
he rare and costly white r"ses she
crushed so ruthIes.lv, this bid. Of an
nour, when she had licked the door
and dashed down the curtains, flung
herself ON her knees beside the lounge
ia a perfect ecstacy of grief-kneli
there. shivering and PRAYING.
She could not cry; it seemed As If
al her tears had ''forever left her
YES to curale round her i'eart." She
lid not even make the slightest sound.
hut oh the awful. unspeakab!e, pent
up agony she suffered. until she Wolf
Tered she did not die then AMI there
until she PRAYED G,d to let her die
Is she was, or else remove the burden
And the WHY and wherefore was.
that since the night and hour eighteen
months before. when she and Then
EimsrtOn had parted Ia proud. in
.iignant collnsss they two who had
wor,hipped each other as even tend
lovers not often wur.hip-isa',el Li-le
had never spent one happy moment
Not once had she heard OF him or from
him. He had disappe ,red a, thorough
iy from snci-ty IA though he w-r-
dead. and SD how could she have
known that in his pique. and stub
bornness. and unwi-iding pride, he
had put the ocean, foreign countries,
deserts, between them?
All she knew was, he made M
sign; all she realiz.i was, he had
gone 81 far in his diSpleasure as 60
give her no opportunity in peni,eni
relenting to BE- recalciled. And nov.
this fair. bri sht day sine WIS Horace
Van Versts wife.
Some one tapped softly on the door.
bringing Isabel % her senses. Hs!
it been a minute or an hour since she
kneit there. shivering. writing with
longing pain aud utter abandonment,
Of despair!
Maude st. Willis cheerful voice
called out:
"A belated wedding present. Belle
a check for 81, 900 or 4 Cavern men,
bond, I dare say, seeing i. is contained
in an envelope. Can't come in p
"Not quite yet, dear. I'll take the
parcel, please"
She unlocked the door AMI received |
it; then with the FIRST sob of pain thai /
had passed her lip. yet. sank fain. and
" eak upon the nearest chair. as she r.
cognized Theo Eimerton's hand.
writing.
She did not at once open it: she
could not. for the cold trembling of
her hands. She sat there. her heart
to stop its beating, until a
yirlish voice. as somebody passed the
ioor. speaking about the time of trains.
reused her again into sort OF des-
perate defiance to herself. /
And then she tore open the enveI. /,
,pe and re ID this: /
without any doubt you will he
'urprised tn receive my most elaborate
congratulations on the au-picinu.
went that has given 10 vour husband
he sincere. undivided love of your
'eart. and bestowed upon yourself the
title that means. in your case, that
'our affections are so surely. So sincere. .
v. placed upon a gentleman 90
Then the vein Of icy-:ound sarcasm, /,
uadenly ceased-even the correct,
legant Handwriting changed into a
urried. half iIlegible scrawI:
"lsabel, what have you done: Nv
rod! what have vna done? C.uld ;
nh not have waited little willie {? &
,"u have ruined nv hopes. nv hap {
mess. nv faith and trust in women. +,
'ou have killed me-killed me 1! :,
Law G,d forgive you. AMI if ever / :
raved. l pray now that / may forget !,
ever loved-yes, that | love YOU
lore madiv than ever !"
Such a letter-such despair. such ="
npeless bitterness. such anguish of ="
'isery. such pain Of anger and Mrs. p
an Verst crushed il in her hand till a