Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-18


over him, and said TO myself, he is deaf
Rut, Basil, my love, my husband. though
u was put dream. drove it awav.
SAID, It must be a dream hated him. an
SO dreamed that killed him Basil deaY
81 esS BASIL tell me, if you can, that dreamer
Her voice sank into accents of piteous en-
Tea5y. cay She looked at me yearningly
IDearest 1t must have been a dream"
?. she threw out her arms wildly. "No mn
~ Was no dream Even now see myself
sseslulng soI In the night over that motionles.
T Urn. l can feel the cold air on my cheek
psiI Cdu zee myself flying through the snow
DaSii' l mated that man and Killed hinln
.ai ane Tears were streaming down my cheeks.
! selzed her hands and strove to draw her
tS' 70 me. She tore herself from my grasp, and
ilto iEntowlng herself wildly on the bed, broke
hn~ tn.o a. Z paroxysm Of sobs As approached
her sne turned her head from me.
in a,ra niliea MIN! killed himl" she whispered
,ic,ttH ~ tat"He-struek tones. ooh, that fearful
hlgntl 1t has haunted me ever since.
nuom nog why. Now know! He wronged
HG' ana killed him! killed him!"
ohodII Iiaceu my arm around her neck and my
cheek against hers AS she felt nv touch
sne ,ST STARTED up wildly
sh, No, nor. she cried. ''Touch me noti
S SSnuh me! Shrink from mel Basil, do YOU
dered mani" '-'"'
once more she threw herself on the bed
her "hole frame quivering with anguish
snamed-a ruined womanln She NUT
t,~d Uoredi "A villains forsaken toy, and now a
well, Basil!" 'D''0n So"A "'A0
Sweetest, I love your l whispered.
love y , ule! how can you love me! Such
Ese AZ D P, not molly If you love me, aid me to
LII lii pa, Dasll; ~ Give me something that will
az nPao o.to! why dld you save my lifep
nown 'ou' 'neil' as l love you
nne was silent, and hoped was growing
caaliner. was but waiting for the first
@ onock OF her newly-born knowledge to pass
away, IN order to reason with her and
0?t, snGr. ner tnat by every moral law she was
gulltless Of thu fearful crime. Suddenly
she turned to me.
shudder. ''0 ''''u' "l'H "
o,,+iLo Dearest rest We will talk again pres
,-o% How did I kill him1" she repeated with
he was found shot through the heart,n l
answered, reluctantly.
Snot through his heart-his wicked |
leart! Shot by mel How could l have |
shot himl With whatl Basil, tell me ali
OF ! shall go madi l will not have the
smallest thing concealed. l will know alIin
He was shot with pistol"
ltf Where is itP'
y! threw it away"
,You3 Then you knewT'
bowed my head. / felt that conceal.
hent was useless. She must know all.
}, -, ! tolo her everything. told her how she
nuu promised to come to me; how, as shedid
uot Keep that promise, went in search of
her; told her how she had swept past me
"a tne snow storm; how had overtaken her
!, repeated her wild words, and told her how
.he latal weapon had fallen at my feet. and
low mad, ON the impulse of the moment
luried 1t away into the night. how she had
broken away from me, and fed down the The
onely road; how, excited and terrified bv
ler words, had gone on to learn their
meaning: how | had found the BODY of Sir
'lerVyn Ferrand; how, without thought of
the deed, had laid the dead man
y tne roadside; how had rushed home and
1und her, fhilippa waiting for me, and in
ne iull height Of temporary insanity. |
olu neI az thlS, and | swore that from the
moment l discovered that her senses had
,one astray ! held her, although She had
one, SO dreadful deed, as innocent of crime
S "nen she slept, babe, on her mothers
reast i-0U-ioi
She listened to me with fixed, dilated aves
he interrupted me neither by word nor eyes- 49,
ire; but when had finished speaking She
overed her face with her hands, and Sreat
ars trlckled through her fingers, esNo
opeI NO hope" she cried. ooh Basil /
lred to hope that something YOU wonld tel1
e. would show me it was not NV hand md
hich did this thing My love, nv own love
have been so happy while could ner.
ade myself all this was dream! We shall
happy no more, Basiln
Although she still shrank from ma nv
rec drew her to me, and laid that moor
'ad ON my shoulder stroked the smooth
ack silky hair, kissed the white forehead
ID used every endearing and soothing ex.
esslon Unat love such as mine could sug-
Id my wife fed from my side. '
- Basil, she cried, "you knew It'll You
ew the blood Of man was on nv handsI >,
gain say such love is not holyIn So
" Dearest, again | tell you that in NV
es-if the truth we're known, in the ewes
all-you are innocent as babe"
She shook her head hopelessly. saw
at nothing at present could move her
rhaps Il was more than l had right to g.,
pect. So for the time gave up arguing 10
legged her for my sake to retire to rsst
We her soothing draught. sat bv her uS
; hours, and held her hand. until at last
eyelids fell, and, worn out by grief, She
)h, how right l had been in CHOOSING 10 10
,htl Although cursed chance had re sFb Fb
aled what fondly hoped would he for- ;.a 2li
n buried in oblivion, how right I had ha iln
m! Had the hands Of justice grasped nv no no
eet wife. although she might no donbt D. >,
ve been found guiltless, the trial. the en- 10
sure, would have killed her Thank No No
wen, she was safe, and amenable onlv IN 4V
tribunal of her own sensitive conscienceJ q,
When heard her breathing grow reotI. taI
and knew that she was in a deep sleen I 81,
ssed my lips gently to her fair cheek and M na
her went in search OF my mother ~
| made the best tale could think of 70 ~,
cunt for Philippas indisposition, ev, sv'
ced myself to wear smiling face, and In IVY
sn with show Of interest TO the account
mother gave me Of certain difficulties
ich had during my absence arisen with
10 of the native servants But tbera ve,a
hing which could really interest mo 4
IN thought of my poor love living there wn
ping, to wake, alas to sorrow and re-. upS
rse. No wonder that, as soon as had Inl
1T with my mother the smallest portion uof
ime which f1lial duty and gratitude av- ~
ID. | fed back to Philippa's bedside. no
watched beside her until she awol,e- ~
Il h.. .plandid darlr aI,aa ,,,, ii = Cue
: -. Hoi ggaoraS or.r onJ IhI;veAea h; them- Me-
ately. Between sleeping and WAKING t.';a eea
le consciousness was yet in abeyance sbs Sns slle
rned by caresses. Then came beck nOt
1ory and It's terrors. aiTi any
Leave me, she said; "I am a murder nen pen
ace more denied it; Once more told Nv
she was innocent. My only hone was the,
by continued argument might In time mai
her mind She listenaj a1rnoSt ~. 4Ito -.io M -