Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-04


want 20 ask ypu, she said why you
viii not BE my Trend Z IS
s.5 He know then that his suspicion of the
"a. ternoon had been correct taat she had
heard al that he had sai Of Lar. Once
again the seuses OF almost cowasdlce smo;e
HIM len he grew HARD. s& s$ 5ss$
aYou have many vi inns, & he answered.
;. Do YOU sigh still for another on your
*listp'', IS * 3#5 5s ,Sz. ssS
n Yon forget that Helen is my friend, and
/ am hers, !" she said, reproachf LIZ.
I The long lashes swept ben cheeks, but he
fancied that for an instant ere they had
fallen he had detected tho glimmer Of I'M
shed tears. The sight stirred his inmost
Eulses. He caught her bare white arm in
bis grasp. !. s%, S <s.=' s. + t::tt,
aDo not tempt me, !" he murmured, in low,
intense tones. IF I loved you, i would
kill you did your glance but rest on othe re-
as [ have seen i rest" ,sS. -, 81.
himself incapable, not only of such a
spec Oh, but the. motives TO induce it.; but
something within him. which through all
the thirty years of his existence had lain
dormant, suddenly wakaned into life.
The possibility Of joy akin to ecstacy re-.
vealed itself as twin to the possibility Of
pain so great that beside ii all other suffer
,ng dwindled into nsigniicance--nay
mora, into nothingness. 49, g. .....,,
He had seen this woman daily for three
weeks, during which time she had been the
guest of his betrothed. He had seen her
wonderful power and it's ruthless exercise.
Could it be possible that ali this time he,
too, had been under its sway, or was it the
.uomentary spell Of the serpent which al
lure1 and held him? 90.
II We had known each other earlier,
she murmered, things might, have been
Herent. Now, now, it is only the might
have-been.
What 90 you mean?" he said, hoarsely.
carried away by al impulse stronger than
his strength. Can 1t be you might hive
cared for me? Why, then are all men your
lawful gane?"
"Yoa have been cold and cruel," she
replied. r
"Answer-you love me? Maude! my
love, my queent answer me-"
He no longer sought the truth from HIM
self or her-he loved for tie first and only
time in his life. No false idea of honor
swayed him. With his heart another's, il
would be dishonorable, indeed, to marry any
woman, least of all ono who trusted him as
LNs1J aS Ale gan VIII even ht bueo utMcnt
dreamed her sweet dreams for the future.
I O destroy them was dishonor-yet, but to
60 on deceiying her, now that he knew the
ruth, greater lisbonor still.
You love me? Answer mel" he said.
He saw the graceful figure tremble as
with q sudden chill. This bright spot on
her cheek had faded; even her lips had
paled.
Slowly, and slowly the yelled lids un-
closed, and the exquisite violet eyes were
revealed to him. In them he read her an
swer.
For one raptuIous moment he clasped
her in his embYace--ia seemed to HIM his
very soul opened to receive her-a moment
only, then she drew herself away.
"You have forgotten-Helen!" she said;
and for the first time her; voice lost its
sweetness in it's strained and harsh intonsi-
ty.
II have forgotten nothing" he replied.
Helen shall know, all ere she sleeps to-
night. She is too generous not to for
give"
mo, no, she must ont know tonight" she
pleaded. wait until the morrow-xait
until I have seen you once again. You
promise me?" ~
What could 'you ask ! would not prom
ise?" ~
"Take me to the carriage. Tell Helen ]
was suddenly taken i'll, and would not call
her, kno wing she would insist on accom-
panying me. Tell her am tired.