Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-09-19

disease of the heart, and know 1t lei
love for her. She 10 here now, with
her husbAnd-I have studied her face
when she thought herself alone, and Il
deserve tho curse Of God and man for
bringing such look Of utter despair TO
those eyes She was not engaged to|
Colonel Adair whom told you she was.
| watched my opportunity, and you
took the bait, ~ i knew you would.
She loved yourself, but she was very
proud, and had tainted her with her
love for man who but made sport and
jest Of the love he could call to her eyes.
II was long after you had left that she
promised to marry Colonel Adair for
her fathers sake. / swore revenge
because she refused mcleod knows
how / regret 1t all. have told her all,
and she has forgiven me, knowing r
am dying. Is they say she Isl Gan
You forgive, Tremaine?"
White ~ death, Kenneth stood before
him with clinched hands.
"Godmay forgive you" be said, "but
| never will! Ii Ia only your miserable
weakness which stops the justice fam
would deal youi'
Walking among the rocks next day
he came upon her seated In . sheltered
cove, her beau tiful head thrown back
against dark boulder, the dark-frinR
ed lashes lying on the marble check.
One moment he stood In silence, .
great, uameless pain thrilling his heart
at sight of the beautif fAce-the only
one on earth for him; then she opened
her dark eyes and saw him for the first
time.
With . sudden cry OF mingled Joy
and pain, she stretched her hands out
toward him, the eight that never
shone ON land or sea" in her white
face.
Kenneth, Kenneth, my love /" she
cried. "'Tis all . dream-you have
come back I"
Then becoming fully conscious, she
dropped her hands and rose slowly to
her feet.
She lifted dainty lace handkerchief
to tho lips he would give worlds to
kiss, and he groaned aloud rs he saw
that 1t WAS stained with blood-her
hearts blood.
She was the first to speak again.
"You have come back" she said, and
the sweet, low voice thrilled him with
delicious pain. "Once you wished me
to suffer very much. Are you satisfied
now?"
And again he groaned aloud - he
fell on his knees at her feet and passion
ately kissed her slender hands.
But sm dying" she continued
triumphautly. cannot suffer much
more, and it Ia better 80 I have suf-
fered so much know all, and all is
not entirely dark since know you
loved me and we're not falsep'
And across q chasm 80 wide that no
earthly power could bridge 1t, they
looked into each others eyes and clasp
ed hands over 1t all, knowing there was
| no hope.
After that he saw her but rarely.
She WAS too Ill to leave her room, Colo
mel Adair told him with An unsteady
voice.
Words were not sufficient to paint
the agony Kenneth suffered In those
daxS, whom he knew she WAS dying,
and he could not be near her. He could
not sleep, and his eyes grew haggArd
with somber woe.
Late one night, when he walked I'M.
der the Windows Of the room where
Gwenolyn was battling with death.
Colonel Adair came to him with q
ghostly faoe.
1 oho " ShN youf AhoHneihot 40 esAos
with q dry. husky sob, that fell like
lead on Kenneth's car. "She Ia dying
l-And you must come. know all
and God knows how bitterly regret
Tiny poor little girl Ipromised her
1 would bring you %
And he saw her again, the damp OF
death on her beautiful brow, when her
generous husband closed the door and
left them alone.
81 am dying, Kenneth" placing
her thin hand In his, and lifting hei
glorified eyes TO his face, but, oh
am. 80 happy / shall meet you
again - you will love no Other
woman ?"
"No woman p he answered pas
sionately, brokenly, and SO she passed
away.
| Over her tomb they placed a priceless
stone, but in the heart Of Kenneth Ire
maine lives q vain regret that for hi
sake she lies beneath 1t.