The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-03-07
A LAKESIDE ROMANCE,

Tho Lovers Meet and Quarrel and Make Up
Again in Chicago Fashion.
Chicago Tribune Humorist.
"Au revoir."
III was n sweet, girlish voice that
spoke these Words voice that fell upon
the night air with a sad cadence in
strange and striking contrast to the
beautiful face and form of Caroline
Catchfy as she stood there upon the
veranda of Brierton villa close-pressed
in the arms of the only man in all the
world who had won her heart, and to
whom she had given the one great love
of II woman's life-that of the summer
after she had begun wearing store bangs.
Ii Is solemn thing for man-strong-
willed and self-reliant-to win a woman's
love, and amid all the radiant Joy and
feeling of proud triumph there should be
ever In his mind the sense of great re-
sponsibility that may not be denied nor
avoided; for into his keeping has been
freely placed that most precious of gifts.
the life OF pure, trusting woman.
jasper X. Rollnstone knew this. II
came to him with dreadful force MS he
stood there in the purple haze of an Au-
gust twilight with this woman's gleam-
ing white arms around his neck, her
pretty head upon his shoulder, and her
deep blue eyes, which seemed to mirror
only trustfulness and love, looking up
INTO his. But despite all this, there
lurked in his mind II vague, shadowy
suspicion, haunting fear that some
thing he knew not was on Caroline's
mind. II was the tone of her voice as
she spoke the words with which this
chapter opens-the mounful cadence
that was almost sob-that had affected
him so strangely and given birth to the
upas-llke suspicion which was blighting
his happiness.
"Why are you sad when speaking
those words ?" he asked.
No answer. The vesper chimes OF the
Cathedral league away came stealing
up over the hills that lie to the west
ward and as their tones-sweet and
faint-fall upon Caroline's port ear
Jasper feels shudder pass over her
lith form. She Is intensely religious,
this girl, anY with the sudden instinct
OF II man who has played third base, he
resolves to turn this reverence of all
things spiritual to account.
"l1sten," he says, in whispered tones,
at Is the vesper hour. The chimes are
calling the faithful to worship; and one /
who deliberately tells Il falsehood ut this
time can never be saved. You know
this, Caroline, do you not 2"
~ es," murmurs the girl.
And would you perjure yourself?'
No" The voice is faint and low.
"Then tell me-" he says, "why you
were sad when saying 'au revoir' to me
II little time ago"
IL cannot" she says.
"But you must" continues Jasper. ~
demand an answer"
For one instant she looks up at him.
her pure young face as white as If the
hand of death were upon it, and then
she whispers softly: 81 cannot"
lie pushes her quickly from him, al
most rudely, and then, rs she stands
there beside cluster of roses that have
twined themselves around pillar, he
sees the dropping lips culver as If i'm
mortal agony, and an instant later she
has fallen at his feet and is sobbing as If
her heart would break.
lie picks her up in his arms as he
would child and rains passionate kisses
upon her face. ''Forgive me-" he cries,
II was wrong to doubt you. 1t was but
idle curiosity on my part, and your re-
fusai to answer my question angered
me-"
81 will answer 1t now" she says.
"There is nothing to conceal, You
wished to know why | was sad when
saying 'au revoir,' and | replied that |
could not tell you. 1t is the truth"
"But why can you not tell me the
cause of your sadness when speaking
those words ?"
BECAUSE" she says, looking at him
tenderly, 81 do not know what they
mean.r