Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1882-08-03


distracted, is, as his counsel pleads to
a soft-hearted Jury, with sons of their
own. only mistaken The Spectator,
who plays the great game of CONNER
cial hazard with another mans money,
he, too, dares to look ut the world with
pitiful face, and cry: Alas l was
only mistakenr No, Ellinor, | have
never put in that plea From the mo-
ment of that terrible crash, which shat
tered my whole life into ruin and desc
lation, have, at least, tried to look my
fate in the face. But | have not borne
all my own burdens, Ellinor The heavi-
est weight of my crime has fallen upon
the innocent shoulders of Henry Dalton"
Henry Dalton, my husband"
Eyes, Ellinor, your husband, Henry
Dalton, the truest, noblest, most honor
able, and most conscientious of men,"
"You praise him so much" she said,
rather bitterly.
Yes. Ellinor am weak enough and
wicked enough to feel u cruel pain in
being compelled to do so; it is the last
poor duty | can do him. Heaven
knows | have done him enough injury"
The exertion of talking for so long a
time had completely exhausted him,
and he fell back, half fainting, upon the
pillows. The Sister of Mercy, sum-
moned from the next apartment by
Ellinor, administered a restorative to
him; and, in low, broken accents, he
continued:
From the moment of my ruin, Eli
nor | felt and knew that you were for
ever lost to me. | could bear this;
did not think my life would be a long
one; it had been hitherto lit by no star
n hope, shone upon by no sunlight of
love. Vogue la gdiere! Let it 90 on
its own dark way TO the end. / say, ]
could bear this, but | could not bear the
thought of your contempt; your aver
sion; that was too bitter. ! could not
come to you, and say: Il love you; |
have always loved YOU | love YOU as
never before loved, rs l never hoped to
love; but am n swindler and cheat,
and you can never be miner No, Eli
nor, l could not do this; and yet you
were on the eve of coming of age. Some
step must be taken. and the only thing
that could save me from this alternative
was the generosity of Henry Dalton.
81 had heard great deal of your
uncle's adopted son, and had met him
very often at Arden; | knew him to be
as noble and true-hearted man as ever
breathed the breath of human life. L
determined, therefore, to throw myself
upon his generosity, and to reveal all.
: He will despise me, but | can bear his
contempt better than the scorn of the
woman | loved / said this to myself,
and one night-the night after Henry
Dalton had first seen you, and had been
deeply fascinated with the radiant
beauty of my lovely ward, that very
night after the day on which you came
of age--I took Henry Dalton into my
chambers in Veruam Buildings, and,
after binding him with an oath of the
most implicit secrecy. | told him all.
"You now understand the cruel posi-.
tion7fn which Henry Dalton was placed.
| The fortune which he was supposed tC
possess on marrying you, never existed
| You were pennileSs, except, indeed, fol
the hundred a year coming TO you from
| your mothers property. His solemn
/ oath forbade him to reveal this to you
and for three years he endured yOul
contempt, and was silent. Judge now
of the wrong | have done him! Judge
now the noble heart which you have
trampled upon and torturedm
"Oh, Horace! Horace! what misery
this money has brought upon usr'
"No, Ellinor What misery one de
Walton from the straight line of honol
has brought upon us! Ellinor, dearest
only beloved, can you forgive the mar
who has so truly loved, yet so deeply in
jured you?"
Forgive you''
She rose from her knees, and smooth
ing the thick, dark hair from his whit,
forehead, with tender, plying hands,
looked him full in the face
Horace" she said, "when, long
ago, you thought ! loved you, YOU reaC
my heart Alright; but the depth an,
truth of that love you could never read
Now, now that am the wife of anoth
er, another TO whom | owe so very mucl
affection in reparation of the wrong
have done him, | dare tell you withou
a thought which is sin against him
how much | loved you-and you ask mi
if | can forgive. As freely as | woulC
have resigned this money for your sake
can | forgive you for the loss of it. Thi
confession has set all right. | will be
good wife to Henry Dalton, and you anC
he may be sincere friends yet"
"What, Elinor, do you think that
did not know myself to be dying,
could have made this confession? No
you see me now under the influence 0
stimulants which give me falls,
strength; of excitement, which is strOn!
enough to master even death. To-mor
row night, Ellnor, the doctors tell me
there will no longer be in this wear,
world n weak, vacillating, dishonorabl
wretch called Horace MargIave.
He stretched out his attcnuated hands
drew her towards him, and imprinte,