Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-12-26
shs left you. 1t was to my sister 1 took

A thought crossed me. Surely" I said,
"'v.ola, a married woman, can bind herself
BY no vows, She is not one Of the sister,
hoodf'
1.-THE sisterhood is a purely charitable
one. Persons can leave it at discretion.
Viola has been my 81 ,ters guest, thatis AL"
'Grant," l said, Il am now un Ter ths
same roo as my wife. Shs shall not leave
it until know everything. From her lips
l will learn tho maan.n , of hsr conduct
Go q ID send her to ma
He said nothing. He left thu room, and
in a few minutes returned. lea1ing my wife.
She sank weariiy upon a chair, with her fin
gers nervcusty moving one against the
other. l had now tina to no ice what
changes the two years had msde in her.
Beautiful as she still wa, it was not tn.
girlish beauty which had won my heart; il
was thu sad, sweet beauty o, a young VIC
man wno has suffered. Youth was still
there, hut the gayetJ AMI exuberancs Ct
youth wer, mis- ;iny. VIC as cheek was
paler thar Of OLD; her figure looked slighter;
altogether she was more etherea.-mors
fragll, looking. For a while she kept her
eyes away from ms; th,n, finding l did not
speak, she looked at ma. Her eJes were
1ull of tears.
'Eustace tells me you want to speak to
me-" shs said. Twill you not spare me,
Julians lam very u%nhapp5."
Unhappy Spare you! How hive you
spared mel Think wuat my life has been
from the day ycu left me-5hink of it, and
pity mel"
Sac pressed her hands to her brows, and
/ heard ner sobbilg. l could not bear to
witness her gr.eL lkneeled at her sida.
'V.o.a, I whispered, tell ma al. Let
me know what blacx c.oud lies betwesa uA
Tell me why you left INST
II CAM ).i [ %can1otl' shs walled.
Hee lless Of Grant, who wa stili with US
l be sought Ler, implur,d her to entiyh;en
me, or at least to soy that she Lowell me
still; that, now we Lave met, we should
Part no more. IN vail! Again and again
Ger lips formed ths sad Jed firm refusal. At
last she sail: '.Asi me no mor,, Jc4iaa; i;
is Tor your sake that l am SCENT"
For my sakoi Grant, plrro5 cyl rose
in bitter anger and turned TO Grant.
"leA her." l sa.l-"Ge.l TINS woman, who
bears nv nem, and VINO i; still my wife,
thai moth. cal max life more tesribl, to
me tnan lh-s conc,l.mel. Tol nor In
wnao frame Of mi III 4 m,5 YOU. Biz h.r
srea- You have rowe ovsr hei. Sne
Wi. listen to you, Il no., to ma"
~ lola" sail Grant, in O stra II ,ly
solemn voice, "ne i. II :at; We are wroay.
He must know the truth"
Sue raised her VALID faca. Never
neverr' she moanel.
1T M st BE-" continue! Grant. "He is q
man; and a. tl,r1 .s a burden to b, born,
he has a r.sat 60 bear 1t. he must know
all"
She STRETCHED out hsr arm, imploringly.
"Eustace." SIC gasrei, ''th.nx Of tn,
norrorI La him ua5a m,, ours, me, 20
/ way and lor!ej ma!
''Hs mutt De TOLL" said Ora 1t. firmly.
SIZE pr,ss,l noe nan IL to ler eyes, AMI
WIS s4lent for som m.nu5,s. As.esl,l my
heart, and naCn,r spoke nor novel,
although l saw tins teas U4okllny through
Ler c.os,d fing,rA
Presently sns spo 70: mot until 1 have
gone, E4stace; no. until tn ship ha, sailed
"SaIeIl What snip" ] exc.aine1, turn.
ing to Grant.
"V.ola sails for America next week. Some
friends Of her mothers live IN Now YORK;
sue goes to tnsln."
I Walked across to Viola. "Why DO you
gof 1 ASK ed, f,rcs.y. She seemed to trsm-
bic at tn, change in M voice. l repeated
tho question.
8" am TOO near-too near to England"
aAo o9k1s AA q AO"V pAlucA ROlGh
100 near to mo, you meanF
"Yesi there must bo thousands of miles
between u.s."
lstampea in nv rage. was tried past
endurance. Her one thou 5ht, her only
wish, seem,d to be that of avoiiin. me.
'Go!' l cried, ''and may / nev,r gaze
again on your tal'e, far laos! Col! and carry
with you thu m,mo:y Of thu life you navs
ruinei, tho hopes You hav4 Dlighte1. tie
Iowa YOU ave thro WI awayl Col"
turned on my he,, but in the small
nj. rror ovsr the tirepllce 1 saw Viola rise.
pale aud tottarlng. lsaw GRAFT place lbs
arm rou I'd mar AMI Support her.
Il annot bear IT. l heard her soy. ~
can bear all for his saks, oxceot his re
proaches. Eustacs, wbel I am gone lei
lin know All. Not until l am gona. Julian,
farewel4l'
Iturnel at tho last worla Viola wa:
passing throu Ii. the doorway. sprahg
forward, Tut G ant checlel me. Tho tear:
we're rolling down his cheeSs.
NO." he said. 'Leave her. No gooj
can be done. You Will kill her if you sen
her a gain. Julian. leave The house for al
hour; they will I've gone by then Trus5 MI
he .leve me, it is bet er So"
but ain to be- ted everythingl'
xoS, NuSll SAo uas ECU GuTiUNl.
mo, nowi Tell me now Whatever 4
may be that divldes us. I can sweep i, way
can hinier her from going. l can holG
her to my heart aid keep her. Speak, i
you are sworn to keep her secrst awhile
for my sake, fer her 50 70. break that vow,
and let ms know every thing this nome ! tt
He laid his hind on my shoulder. "Ju
lian, my poor fellow be sail in vcics fu
OF feeling, III you nave any hops, abandon
IL. No owe, no power on eartu cal bring
Vio:a back to your
His word seem,i to turn nv heart into
leal. l said no more, but. obey ny bis
request, left the house But I wa. tod at tho
roadside for tine carriag, t, pass; 1 would
eaten one more gimp, 3 of VIOLA bsfore she
left me as Grant prel.csei, forever.
At last ths carriags passed M. Viols
saw me; our eyes mo-. her looS was on,
Of hopeless, yearn.ng misery. Shs IN ,ie q
faint movement as il about to sSre,ca GU,
her arms, thea In a mom,ai pa;sel froa
my gaze. And this wa u farewell
Conquering the impul,s which urged ms
TO rush after the clrria,e, err M wiz
from 1t, and swear shs should aot leave me
l turned away IN struck down toward til
coast.
HIRE ] wandered abou. until late n;
Mi9h. Then. weary aud mi ,erab.a
dragged myself bacx to tue farm.
Gran, with q face ful OF si.xietv, vaa
%fMa'tiug nj, rs urn. l threw r,yself NC
a chair, b !ried ,uv face in NV hands, ami.
believed sobEed. Til, d sapno,n.me it
OF the da', til, threatea,i horele lie, snes, OF
tie III W. al compel. y broS n me loNn
felG as a maa mus. feel woo il on iht
verg, Of su c. Ie
"FuMaca." I criel, "can you give me nc
ho err