Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-10-18
A Terrible Revenge.
From the Chicago Tribune.
kiss me again."

Tender and true were the great brown eyes
that looked so trustfuy into those of Richard
Irwin as these words were spoken, and as he
gazed long and lovingly into their liquid depths
there came to him with terrible force the reali-
cation of how much this girl had suffered. how
much she had given up, and how much she
was yet to undergo for his sake.
They had been married but three days, these
two. and their story was the old, old one of
that most priceless treasure-the pure and
passioness love OF true and noble woman
being bestowed upon one whose social status
was beneath that of her whom the mysterious
and potent influence of an unchanging affection
had drawn to his side. Gladys Hathaway was
a girl fair OF feature and beautiful of form, and
since the day when her mOther-dying almost
at the moment of her greatest JOy-llad placed In
her husbands arms the tiny waif of humanity
whose entrance into the world had been the
cause OF so much sorrow, and told him to guard
ana cherish 1t for her sake, she had been alike
the Joy and idol of her father All that parental
love could suggest and wealth procure had
been lavshed upon her, and when like some
fair flower of the Orient. she had grown almost
uncOnsciOusly from a tall. shy girl into woman
whose statuesque beauty was not more attract
i've than the queenly pOise of her regal head
and the soft, winning tones of her voice, there
had come to BrertOn Villa Suitors by the score
But none had won her heart. Kind alike to
all, she gave each one plainly to understand
tuae AieuoSHp was uot loVe, esteem not auec.
ton.
And SO the years went on wi" silent tread
until one evening at fete claan,petre given at
her fathers house Gladys had met Roscoe Nut
wood. She was a girl of strong perceptiye
faculties. being frequently able to find pie in
the pantry when the hired girl had said there was
none there, and an instant after she had been
introduced to Roscoe she knew that her future
life was linked with his. and that some day she
would be his wife. And the oracle of her soul
had spoken truly. Loving him with passion
ate alteration that knew no bounds, and appreci-
ating in all its horrible intensity the fact that
her father, strong in the pride of ancestry,
would never consent to .their union, she had
boldly lcapcd the barriers Of social prejudice
and fled from home and friends and kindred
with the man without whose loving words and
cllnging kisses her life held naught but desola-
ton and sorrow.
Here is the paper, sweetheart" said Roscoe.
She glanced down the columns carelessly
when suddenly her eye fell upon something of
absorbing interest. 1t was an article concern
ing her eopement-the sensation OF the day.
On and on she read, until suddenly the pcachy
cheeks grew white with CHASTITY pallor, the
luminous eyes were dim with the mists of sor-
row, and the lines of her beautiful cameo face
were tense with agony.
''My God!" exclaimed Roscoe, taking her In
his arms, what has happcned?"
Papa has been interviewed" she gasped be-
tween the convulsive sobs that almost chohed
her utterance, land he has taken an awful re-
venge."
..'What has he donc?" asks the husband.
'He has" exclaimed the girl, "given nv ex-
act age"
Yankee inventor has invented solid salt