The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-01-12


bright, beautiful cousin in the pals
languid girl who greeted me with
sisterly affection.
consulted our old doctor private.
", and he strongly advised achange
Of scene"
She is fretting here" said he.
and everything reminds her Of her
faithless lover. If she went away
for a year she would come back her.
self again
Armed with this opinion ] laid
siege TO aunt, and the result was
that we went abroad, no time being
set for our return.
IL was labor Of love with me n
win my cousin back 20 her cheerful.
ness, and if / was lover like in my
attentions / was at least sincere in
my devotion.
! believed Girard 10 be a forgcr.
one who had robbed, not only bis
employer, but his friend. and I hon.
| estly held the opinion that Knte's
happiness would be best secured #
she could forget him.
With this conviction and INV own
love, / hold myself blamcless that /
tried 70 win Kate's heart. oven
though knew ] never could be FIRST
there.
J. Yet il was two years before ven.
tured to ask Kate TO be my wife
We were in Paris when she put
her hand IN mine bayinr-
/" You know all will De- vour
true, faithful wife, since you love me
IN spite Of knowing that my heart
was given 10 Girard.
There was no reason D. DELAY our
wedding and Imade every prcparr-
tion to be married on the 18th of
May, and sail for home early In
June. .r. #... 'rf...
Aunt banished me to another ho-
tel for a week before the ceremony.
TO have kate's undivided attention
in the troRSSeau, and other details Of
the wedding, for we had many
friends invited, and bad resolved 10
have grand breakfast ailer the re-
turn from the church.
On the llth of May 1 received a
letter from my guardian. lie wrote
3 Ny DEAR Boy You will be as
glad as was 70 hear thRt Girard j.
an innocent man. cannot be too
thankful that never openly accuA-
ed him Of the forgery. Evans died
last week--committcd suicide. Ho
has been robbmg me systematically
ever since / took him into nav full
confidence. The forgery was COM
mitted 70 cover a loss by speculation,
but he has gone ON from one venture
TO another until discovery was inev.
liable, and suicide seemed his only
escape. He left a full confession,
and fortunately j knew where to
hnd HOpkinsOn. / wrote 10 him at
once, and he is now in Barton IN
Evans place, and with his salary.
Need i say he is still faithful 10
Kate? / enclose his letter 10 her."
There it lay, the letter that was 90
destroy my whole scheme Of happi-
ness. .. ....
/ put Girard's letter unopened In.
to the flames Of the gas burner, and
watched it burn to ashes.
Then ! folded away my guardians
letter which had some business DC.
tails ] intended 10 copy before De.
stroying it,
What excuse could / make for de-
laying our return 70 Barton?
Worn out already by mental ex-
citement left that question open,
undecided whether TO take aunt into
my confidence in 30 far a. 10 tell her
of Girard's return 20 Barton.
| ] heard more than ono comment
upon my pale face at the wedding
breakfast but everything passed of
well and Kate was my wiie ..r
! With Kate my own ] had thought
TO defy fortune 10 injure me. but bc.
fore the hOney-mOOu was over 7 RI
knew that my wife would be duiful
and faithful, bur never loving. "A. q.
| We had been married nearly two
months when one morning Kate
came into the room Of our london
hotel where / sat reading.
Upon one pretext and another +
had delayed our return 10 Barton,
and we had been some weeks IN
London.
i looked up as Kate came IN, and
her CHASTITY face and set bps abso-
lutely frightened me
Before could speak she held out
my guardians letter. .'h
's You asked me 20 clear up your
table drawer, she said "and this
was folded in another paper, but 80
that / read one hne-' Girard 10 an
innocent manIc Then read the
letter ! only ask you one question
did Il reach you before We were
married p oi -a r' f"
/ could not Ne TO her, with her
eyes riveted on my face.
" Before / said.
tcAnd You destroyed the inclosureY"
fYea" 'I i.'Ef
She uttered no repronch, o.
She simply put the letter on "a
bic beside me and left the room. Bog.
| But Il killed her. '"
| For months she faded away, cold.
" dutiful 70 me gently affcctionato
to her mother, but crushed BY the
weight of her misery.
| Her only hope Of Happiness was
gone WREN her quiet affection for me
turned 10 bitter contempt, and ]
filtered in every attempt 70 win
even the dull semblance Of love she
had tried 10 show me. 'l' el H3
j am writing this Ia my own home
at Barton. n9l' a.I
g Kate'S dying wish was 10 be
buried here, and we brought her
home to place her beside her fither
in Barton cemetery. 'H
Yesterday the coffin that held nv