Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-01-31
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4 msraids W. Pike spoke these words |
I ~ o'-ar, rigging tones, but beneath the |
rtsDnance OF her vo!oa ws3 faint quiyer- |
iug--ths mere suggestion OF a s0h--that |
would h Va told 10 az itineraut obsriv'r
the old story Of love that ~ts
shattered forever, Of beautiful ar
css,l. in whose halls eiaiksG ouiy the
grim spectr-s OF dsBolstion sad wee sJd
fyom whose tutrets great sorrow kept
silent vigil over world that oould he yer
again seem bright snd joyous. BE = girl
ever 80 proud ip spirit, he her nstuse
even of the stoical, unyieliigg kiGd that
oan bear disappointment and adversely
without tremor OF the muscles or s
quiver OF the nerves, there is yet one
time in her lite, one moment OF supreme
! horror and grief, when the sunlight Of
happiness seems 10 have fli-i torey T
from the horizon OF her .t+u e,
and the black pail of an ssonz d0urt
which has 81 last become teIriole IsAliiy
fails upon the CHASTITY corpse OF dad
l9ve--love cruelty murdered by one who
above all others should have Treasured sud
protected 1.-THE man st whose biddr rg it
has grown and expanded like a beautiful
T flower that needs only care and attention
10 be forever thing of joy.
II is solemn thing for any man to win
the love Of q pure and trusting sirl-s
love that knows no boundaries, that
exists only for the one man in all the
wide, wide world, at whose heart It is
offered up as an eternal incense, and that
when turned aside from the object OF its
sdoratiol burns with even tercer flame
than bsfors, and leaves behind it ouly
blsckened ashes and the oharred corpse
Of a dead and gone affection.
George W. Simpson knew this. He
knew that Rsmeralds's love for him was
not an ephemeral fancy but strong, IN
wsvering, you-msy chew my sum " hile-
Lam. reciting passion that would gather
intensity and force as the years wen: by
and that when the autumn of life hsc
come, would like the ripsuei grain b,
even more beautiful and enduring thar
(, in the days OF its lusty youth. II va
this knowledge that made the psrtin.
forever from Bsmerslds such hard one
But in spite OF tight pants George W
Simpson was a man in whose nstur
there was a strong element OF duty, AM
he felt that, no matter what presen
SORROW might arise trem such action,
together-the solemn, holy tie of
pishted troth-should be sundered
rather than greater grief,s more blight
ing misfortune, should fall npon thel
later in life. And so when he had tol
Bsmerslds-whispered the words to he
softly as they stood there benesth tn
linden trees that soft sutumpsl svenin.
the sighing wipd that waited sub.
aroma OF corned beef from the next hcus
kissing the fair cheek of the girl and to,
ing with the mass OF golden hair that d
upon her head like a crown-there hs
been in his voice certain somethil
that told the girl more plainly than cou
any words that behind the studied cal
of his demeanor, far back in the WOO
shed OF his soul, there was a secret
dark, fatal, hy-in-the cream pitch
Secret OF which she knew nothing.
"What is this terrible mystery tn
enshrOuds your action, darling p ask
the girl, looking up to him IL the dur
agony OF an awful grief. "Bven thou
We are to bs separated forever, It see
TO me that have yet a right TO ku
what it is that has desClated our ltv,
Can you not grant this, my last request
'No," he says in voice that is hoa
with agony, 81 dare not tell you"
I. "But demand an answer to my ql
tion," she says, imperiously.
He regards her moment in silen
and then, just as he turns TO go,
clasps his arms and looks up to him v
pitiful pleading in her broSn eyes.
"For the sake OF our dead love-
whispers, "tell me-
Bending over the trsil form, Geo
. whispers in her ear ole little word
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