New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-07

wanted TO desert you-to GO abroad-you Teau Viz
whole story IN the letter. You haVe Ohly 70 ,he
tbe word and Won shall have looked on me IoI 'N0
last time II is your silence that tOllu +l
,Vhv are yOn silent Here stand before you, w" 80,
ont shadow of right to defend myself ana yet you
force from me a certain kind of miserable uelonoo,
because you will not either rebuke OF dohoun'0
me-" .-o,-- .+oadilv. He
now caught one OF her hands IN both MS own. o,o
aClare" he said, have only one "lSi-ohe
thought: to save yOu."
save me I" she repeated. Yr;. ..o.
! He vent on speaking with great speed; HIS eyes
fixed on her own. ana they "eIT had n.vcr
| light that was rich and sweet. she nau ne'cI
| known him to he like tins before; he was IusG 90
tender as of Old but beneath his tenderness tneIe
strength, decision viIiie a''ei'o"' ''''
| gave him a new, startling personality. :, - ,..,.4
| - YesU he said to save you. There Is no great
mis- hief done. as ii is. ! think some woman sen.
| me your letter. 1t is just what some ehVlous VI
| ,nitefuI woman would do. But have II, ana can
destroy it, You ask me what course mean 10 t"hc.
| Yon ask me whether shall bid Won 10 leave my
| house Nv only answer, Clare, Is this: If you
have no love for me, then have very great rove
| for YOU | think Won knew this long ago. am
your friend poor Child-nUt only your nuspahd' nut
| your friend You shant 90 wrong WINE nave tnS
| brain and the nerve to stand between you anq
| folv other men might take another course
ram OF IT. aud you shall remain pure
| You are my wife; | will protect you; IT'S
my duty to protect you +h You s nsys
of love- But gave YOU as large love as man ever
| gave to woman. It's in my heart sui. 1t can
| die, In 1t were not so large ana 50 lIu, ~
| would not eek to guard and shield Won now. Bat
| il does-it must Glare, Clare, YOU have
been terribly foolish! A ItJle more, aud could
| have done nothing to save you niue more,
| and must have cast you of. But as 10 u.s. can
| and will plant myself between you and disgrace!
He had been holding her hand all through the
utterance of these words. But now he reieaseu IT,
| and slightly withdrew from her. -.
| She advanced toward him, There was a LOOK OF
| absolute awe OH her face. She recognised now
| much her own blindness had been hiding from her
| His very stature seemed 10 have Tlsen MS
| 10 erance appealed 10 her with sublimity. 1t
| flashed through her mind: what other man
| would have acted as he has done Y
In few bret moments she knew him as the nome
| and high being he really The tears besieged
her eyes The enOrmity of the wrong she had done
| him Mortified her. She stood qnlVerlng ~ ms
| presence The impulse assaled her literally 10
kneel before him. She Grasped his arm her drN,
fearless eyes searched his pale face with madness
| of entTeatY IN their lock. -,
| Herbert she faltered " Herbert II never
| knew till now that you coud be SO glahd anu
! strong! What kept me from loving you was your
| own love for me- 1t seemed to make you weak; IL
| seemed to put you below me- Iou were Always
| Ishould have bowed before g0a You were Worry
| of # and ana NOT see never saw till now
| . . Herb4rt / lore yOu . On, these are not
| idle wordsl They spring straight from my soul !
If you want the repentance OF my future llIe, ~
yours! Why did yoa not show me youp reai 80, Se
| Till so late What shall l do to prove my love
| You must not pardon me so easilY-po' cannot
| endure thgt! IL makes me SICK with shame 10 ne
| treated so! Such mercy would he crueIty' lou
| must punish me- somehow must undergo some
penance, the harder the better. lou nave no Hsh'
to trust me again until have passed through some
| sort of cleansing tire-suffercd, been mortified,
Inundated taught a stern and fearful lesson! You
gave me everything; there w9s nothing IN lHe
! world did not owe to you; yoi Hied me from
| dependence INTO the most brilliant prosperity. Aud
! Good Heavens! ! was per OF inglautuHt! !
might call il madness might say tHat the iilsI Ior
riches and power made me conceive Jhia ueachG w
| and contemplate idea OF deserving yon-lnade me
| decide that we could not 1--we together Nhen tho
wealth had gone. But 1t WAS 40 nadEs sS-thete was
oal.n a YgtI FDl I'm
| base and meau--lt can have 10 palliative. Her
| bert, dom look az me with any i'F', any IIy lh
| your face | can't bear II II want 20 creep away
somewhere and die am not tit to have you touch
| memo, no you must not! -,
room, though her limbs teit weak and her DEAD
plddy and she was not whether she could Tedch
the doorway without falling, But 90 sudden ms
| arms ClaSped her. How strong they seemed! enc
had never mi how had SO Eeru sense OF even his
bodily Strength. When his lips touched here she
burst into tears She was S'l!t Struggling 20 ii @
herself bat he held her too firmly she cou.d ho'
"Ciare," she heard him say, with tenderness OF
tone more exquisite than any he had yet used. " l
couldn't help Iorsiymg~yol, Gear, no maltTr 20
hard might try. Oh, darling, let ~ begin az over
again. You say that y"u 90 love mo NJ Ias' Wen;
rU! How could / ever punish you' loi
haven't been so gryatiy to blame Hont
torment yourself by thinking you nave.
People were 1atfering ana counting you; they
made You EcIiCcI queen; they turitd your mead.
Now oil that IS over. think there IS a great hap
|
! that the money never bought MS while IL lasted.
Perhaps attcI all u !, better that shonid ma y"4
weak. II makes you more human ID my sishL !
| shau't bow down before you any more, as You say
that | Gid; ! shall only love You love on
forevcr-lOyc you TIL death anu beyond II, TOO l
hcpe."
He was kissing her check as lie uttered these
final words; but II bad already seemed 10 take Il
certain chill, and in auOti er moment he was forced
to bear up her form for II mad no power Whatever
| of seIf-support. she had tainted IN his arms .
She found biu close beside her when she renamed
consciousness. She lay upon the lounge IN her own
dressing-room upstairs. lie was bathing her fore
| head with cologne and holding TO her HOsjrils a
| handkerchief drenched with It. He had begun 10
be alarmed at her continued swoon. The first thing
that her eyes re-op upon was his smile OF
Tie light of that smile STAYED with Claire
through years Ii bathed her lille IN perpetual sum
EVERYTHING altered in a few more weeks. They
left the great house and went to live III the smaller
| one, which Glare personally owned, and which
Holster would not let her give back to HIM
though she pleaded with him more than once on
this subject.
No" lie would always say. at is yours, and
| that means il is NINE as well. | meant, wncn the
crash first came. that you should keep II, and wat
glad that the law made II yours, - Ieu You gye
in you. Aud have lost no faith; have gained q
new taIth-that is all"
man and rot have loved him she would say Il
| herself again ana again.
prise She felt toward her husband as though his
nature were region through which she had
journeyed in heedessly but was now reylstIng with
| sharpened vision YlialHed intelligence
Traits and qualities, that she could not
but remember MIN TO have possessed, now assumed
| a beauty a harmony, "a proportion, an allurcment
that She had never before dreamed of recognizing
fresh hight, so to speak, flooded the beloved land
scape OF his character Vale. grove, waY9de' were
ali previously different from OF d. Over them sang
awakened birds, and still higher leaned a shining
skv fond, ia hOmless, prophetic.
Very lew of their former fashionable acqu2In'
tances showed the slghtesJ sign OF desertinl
them. Hollster had been one of the many
victims of the dire panic but it soon became
. generally understood that he going tC
|, make honorable settlement with hIs cred
itOrg-'hat be was on the list OF the seriously
wounded so to speak and not on that of the killed