Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-08-15

tell you that I intend some day to
make you suffer as you have made
me. You knew you took all the fla
vor out of my life after you went
away. How fiat and weary every
thing seemed. / took no pains to
live; what could / live for? My
mother cares for my brother more
than for me. So / did what they
called running down. / danced and
firted harder than ever, to forget
you, and my heartache, and my Ian
guild limbs; and when this illness
came, the doctors said / had no
strength to get well.p She spoke in
short, rapid sentence. but would not
pause long enough to give him a
chance to stop her or to answer. II
have not the will to get WE'LL" she adj
ded; ssbut have the will to do this;
you shall love me yet. My soul shall
follow yours day and night, until it
wins your love as completely as you
won mine. There win be way. I
shall find it,
Fielding was overcome with grief
and remorse as she went on. He
could not find word to say, until ct
last he stammered:
"Dora, never thought dot not
belive that you-what can ! say ?
Will you forgive me ~
"On, the day you say you love me,
and that is coming she answered,
with solemn impressiveness that
shook his nerves in spite of his know
ledge that her words were utterly fu-
tile. The superintendent life that
had been one of her greatest charms
was so soon to be quenched, and she
spoke ofwhat was to happen between
them after the great final change had
extinguished it.
''Why not now, Dora 2" he implor-
ed, taking her hand. "How can there
be forgiveness if not now"
THAT remains with you,D she said
family, land on that day my soul viii
know and tell you. I shall again see
you with other eyes,
After that she refused to speak
either to him or to the others who
came back into the room they had
left that she might talk at her ease.
"The end" murmured Fielding, as
he stood beside her open grave with
uncovered head. I'VE are born and
we die, and that is the endn
i X x X X
Time passed as usual. Filding
threw himself more and more pas
sionately into his profession, and for
SO young q man was becoming cele-
brated for his microscopic investiga-
tions of the life-germ. He finally
discovered that he needed rest long
after every one else had been urging
him to give up his absorbing pursuit
for time; and he betook himself in
search of health and eyesight to q
pretty village, where SO few went for
the Summer that he would be practi-
cally alone if he wished. He made
his temporary home with a widow
who rejoiced in the possession of one
daughter, as beautiful a specimen OF
humanity as it had ever been Field
ing's good fortune to meet. He
looked at her as a physician is inclin-
ed to regard pretty women, with the
eye of an anatomist and found her
perfect.
He was willing to make it duel
solitude for few weeks, and at first
he was amused at the loquacity oil
the pretty mouth curving upward at
the corners like Cupid's bow. Pret
! ty mouths are SO rare in this world.
Most of those you see are mere cash
es for the exit of the necessary frevel-
elton or concealment Of ideas, or the
| performance Of gastronomic feats; Oh
else the heavy, unfinished lips lie
loosely against each other, as if hea-
ven'sj ourneyman had made them and
not made them well.