The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-06-21

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mother hears Of YOUR success, shs may
Ia nersuaded 70 change her mind.n
Five hundred fh1Iersl The sum
seemed Incredible. What would Il moi
do for themp Could she refusep She
mnst not Sha must risk even her
mothers anger.
FAILING on her kneas before the tall.
handsome man. She bent and kissed hi,
hand.
That dsv and tha next nassed To hsr
-
In a sort of q dream; but towards even
ing of the next day her mother grew
few erish and restless, i'll at ease II Gis-
ella was for a moment out Of her sight.
Suppose this feeling increased. how
should she get away She dared not
tell the truth; she could think of no
other pretext.
Ii was her first deception, and, spit
of the voice Of nature which sanctioned
il, it weighed heavily upon her young
soul. To her inexpressible relief. withs
in a few minutes OF the appointed time,
her mother fell into n gentle Stun Der.
Leaving some excuse for her absence.
in case she should wake. she fastened
to assume her simple toilet Of white.
and, under the guardianship of her old
master, went TO the appointed place.
Now, that there was no Withdrawal
she wondered at her own madness i !
coming. How should she stand before
that upturned sea of faces?
.sCourage!' her master whispered.
Forget them all. Think that yon are
in the cathedral with me"
With these words she advanced upon
the stage. A feeble murmur OF APP
plause greeted the young de0af"'fc.
10 herself. she seemed walking upon
waves.
An instant, n all grew dark before
her. when her eyes fell upon the grave,
dark eyes OF the gentleman who had Of
ferod her the five hundred tha'ers.
Somehow they treasured aud gave
her strength. Her first notes tremblcd'
but as her W ear caught them. the
old love OF her own voice put aside all
lesser influence which swayed her, and
she sang as she had sung TO the Old
saints in their inches, n to the birds
in their leafy nests.
A deafening sound OF applause fol-
lowed the last echo. which had died
away In the still more nattefins silence.
Again and again she was recalled.
The management came forward TO oifci
her an engagement at any terms; but
h sadly shook her head 1t must not
be. Already some dim prophetic IN
stinct OF the future was SURFING within
her heart
She hurried from the place with the
five hundred thalers folded in her
breast. She would kneel at her moth
er's feet, confess her fault-if fault II
was-and leave to her the decision OF
her futurei but on the threshold of her
home h stopped. as though its shadow
mao already struck q chill 10 her young
soul. n were hurrying feet and
moving lights. Only an instant she
paused. then ran with light steps up To
the o where she left her sleeping.
"Hush! some n SAID.
but the dying woman had already
heard; Raising herself In bed, she
waved back her child who would have
herself into her arms.
riou nav deceived me- she SAID.
riou ave In you your iather's blood.
de, TOO; deceived and deserted his wife
ana chiiui 4 meant 10 nave kept from
you the Truth. You nave wrung 1t from
me. 1 once cursed every woman with
a voice. lou know now why l never
let you sing why the very sound oil
your voice was hateful in my earsF'
..wby aid Won not tel, me- This befere J
Unssv your curse. motberl Do not Lar
It rest upon INV innocent head. / did
Il for your sakern
..For INV sakep, The sick woman ecb.
oed. .IIILu
Bnt what aha Uou,d have sa;d wa.
never uttered. She fell back on her
pillow. dead,
.sThe cur.e. the curse - moaned Gis-
ella. and sanb. PAINTING on the floor,
When sbe recovered conscionsness
aha found that With The monev h Lad
earned ber mother had been cay,;ed IN
her last ouiet rest,
Soma one who had seen her at the
concert. had nnw;ttinolv reconnted 10
The invalid bar tr;nmnS md the shocI
had nroved more than the sbattered
nervas conld hasr hastar;ng tine al
ready fast-approaching and.
II was long ere else LA tried In s,pc
arain. but ono dsv' wban want messed
heavily upon her she stole into DE
cathedral h trv her nowar
In vaini Her voice was pone-.be
could NOT raise a sinoia note
In that wav' she Thought. had be,
mother vsrdsa Oft hsr cnr,. snd :.
great weight lifted itselffrom her heart.
spite OF her loss. and, alone in the 81
!ence, there fell from her burning eyes
tears which eased her brain and light
ened her heart.
AS b wept. some entered in tho