The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-10-20

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bmok md with q terrified ery MlanuH
rushed ~ Ne aIis. H. wUnbd hpd
fafst ant bleeding Affeah aad NJ OIL
phnht had falnled
A long seaspn ~ w%rualfallUn followed,
and through n Mlpnun was hia unwanfy.
Ing nufn The Summer passed NE
bright. clear weather NJ The Southern
winter came, and silll he fingered In
thu hmiso on hsplanada street. nd yet
restored " full health and yIgur
Dana little feet battered IN and oul
Ufhla rom, her llHting tongue called him
papa, and ~ MlRnon saw how fond he
wis " the child d bitter pang pierced ~
her heart, Some day he would 10
away and want ~ iake her baby with
him she WINS ~ sure " II then ns she
would be- when the time came. The
moiher.nnturc frbcilcd She Ind given
her up onec, ahn could never, never give
her up ngnin.
Power left them IN December for a
trip 10 tubn, aud while there, n simple
tablet marked with the name of Rose
Miguon Alm0nt was replaced by u
marble shaft SACRED t0 the memory
~ Rose, denrly beloved wife Of Power
Ollphani, aged nineteen"
lie did moi sask out amy Of his former
friends. Those business acquaintance
with whom he was brought Into contact
knew nothing whatever ~ his private
life. His object M to effect n transfer
OF his services 10 s0me other place; 10
remain In Cuba now he felt 10 be impos.
slbloi and after some discussion, he was
appointed by tho company he served TO
u place In Spain. Pending the final mr..
engagements relating 10 this chnngc, he
went upon n cruise among the smaller
Islands, Touching ut Kingston ON his
return, he was surprised 10 find himself
accosted 10y n familiar voice. to sec
Trcdcgar Almont before him holding
out q friendly hand
"This world isn't big enough to run
away from ones friends In, | find"
said the eS .gamblcr, rcsigncdly. "Nllg.
non might rs well haze waited for you
In New Orleans"
sis she hcrcPn asked Power, eagerly.
"And little Dannp Aud running away
from meP That Is hardly kind.
mot kind 10 whompn asked Mr.. Al
mont, calmly. III you mean 10 my
self, agrec with YOU perfectly. II
can't make any great difference to
yon," with u keen glance, "and Mignon
has never been particularly indulgent
TO herself. You know her sad history,
] believer She Is representative ON
thnt score, has never allowed that mis-
taken Idea of her death IN Havana 10 be
coniradioted, aud contemplates burying
herself from the world and living only
for her chlld's sake. She credits you
with having designs on the little one.
YOU Sec"
~ must rcassurc her M 10 that said
Power, and the way he did II was very
much as the shnrp-slghtcd Almont OK
pcctcd; and TO Mlgnon he said
81 do want Dam, but ! want Dana's
mother with her. must have told YOU
50, ~pon. for | could not sail without
knowing my fate. ! love you, love
YOU Ms | never loved woman before"
II did not seem 10 him any disloynlty
TO the dead To tell her this, His love
for Rose had been greater by far than
Roses love for him, yet that love had
been
As moonlight unto sunlight as water unto
In comparison 10 the alL.absorbing pas
sion which held possession Of him now.
Mlgnon trcmblcd before Il.
"You love mt mef' she cried. In
crrdnlously. "Ah, II you know all you
, would hate me, dcsplsc me. pity me,
aud leave me-"
81 do know ALL" declared Power.
. confidently, Rose had no secrets
from me. Knowing all, | love you, |
i love you-l love You"
. She gave him one glance. All. no,
! he did MI know all. One part II the
secret known by Rose Sangcrford had
1 never been told him; II II were told Ia
, him now, Mignon knew that he would
/ turn from her, leave her nj any cost 10
himself. lilo must leave her, she said
to hefsclfi aud tried to utter n firm ~
! fisal u his sui, but her tongue faltercd.
, her eyes fell her conscious heart
4 quailed before the truth, that her own
heart Ind gone ont 10 him against her
A own will.
!. 81 must refuse hsn-I mustlm she
: said. but she did not. $40 Yielded. ns n
: loving oma always ylu[ls. before a
= man. stronger will.
!. They wcrc married II month laar and
sailed for Spain via Panama. lever
had observed before this n shrinking
horror for everything which connected
her with her past HE.
III III | could blot II all out | could N
y happy now" she said To him. and h
began the hlotiing-out process by givinl
!. her the namc which always camc mos
!. readily 10 his lips. She was Mignon n,
!, longer, but Rose,
- There had been no Intentional decei
H. nj first. hut two years later they me
= Senior Alyecz In Spain. and he grcctc,
them without n suspicion that this wa
!, other than the girlish Madame Oliphau
4. he had known before, with complcxio
!. spoiled by Yellow Jack and iigur
n changed ~ time.
II Her hair. which camc out after III
fever. had come In In snow-whitc ring
h. blanchcd by trouble and rcmors
greater than Power 0llphant knew. an
Il had been her caprice from the first /
A. color u golden, the n vanity, her hu
or band ~laughingty said, Of MIS-, oliphant
life.
=. As years went on. tho tide o. tray,
:. brought quito q number Of persons WI
Ia had Known Power oliphant's first wi
y, across their path. and no one fathomC
the fact that this was not Rose Sangr
M ford. They hal never met one who hr
ever known Mignon Almont, and Their
~ In the secret lay. Fair, gentle Ro
- Sangcrford's pretty features werc so,
forgotten. hut the looks II the sircn, !
n. June. fingered loo forcibly TO evade d
'.d memory.
Whether she was ever happy wont