Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-10

than ever III the pale moonlight. Her
face was that Of an angel, and her white
draperies enveloped her like q mist.
She laughed gently at my look OF dis
| may.
II didn't mean what said Ju, and /
haven't been eavesdropping. just
sauntered up, and overheard the end
Of Guys speech. 1t seemed only nat
ural to make the remark that I did. 1t
came in so we'll" r..
| Guy said nothing. We three re-
turned to the house together, Ismay
talking to us both; I replied i'll an in
coherent way, but he said never word.
| That night dreadful fear crept into
my heart. and until morning I lay
awake, staring hopelessly, blankly, at
a terrible phantom, which grew clearer
and more distinct every moment. And
/ had not even the relief of tears.
Thank God that horrible state Of un-
certainty did not last long. The agony
Of the next two days was almost too
much for my endurance, but when the
last crushing blow fell, it was not so
painful as those frightfui doubts. 1t
stunned me, but I knew the worst !;
there was nothing, either evil or good,
that could touch my heart after that.
Let me pass over the next forty eight
hours. I said I was III and remain ed in
my own room. T refused to see Ismay !;
she made my head ache, said. On the
evening of the second day I went out.
! dor oH
down beside the balustrade in the Ital-
ian part OF the garden, which was laid
out in terraces. Below my balustrade
bank sloped down some six feet off to
another terrace, and q garden seat was
placed at the foot of this bank. I felt
expectant. I was lying in wait. In my
black dress and in the waning light no
one could distinguish me in that shady
corner, and there / waited. The night
was very still. That hateful corn crake
WAS still croaking in the meadows, and
I abhorred the perfume Of roses that
filed the air, for in my mind it raised
up the vision of bygone love and hap
piness. What nockery!
had not long to wait, Iheard voices
in the distance, and soon two
forms emerged from the shadow
and came slowly toward the seat
below my eyes. My heart beat
thick and fast. l feared they might
continue their walk, but no, they stop
ped, and Ismay, for it was she and Guy
seated herself. He stood moment
glancing round, and then threw himself
at her feet.
"Iou are humble" she said, "you may
sit beside me, if you wish, or perhaps
you think that is your proper place."
Eyes" he said, 'you were made to be-
worshipped. had read of such wom-
en-. but never believed in them, and here
I discover one in a little girl whom 1
have known all my life, and to whom 1
have hardly ever given thought.
"Ah, Juliet occupied all your
thoughts"
Juliet" he sighed, Eyes, and she
ought to occupy them to the end Of
tune. There is not another girl in the
world like my old love, and she is better
than you, my goddess"
and yet you love me best of all?
"Who could blame me for loving you !?
I adore you You are so beautiful and
gracious. You are an angel, Venus. !"
"And you are profane. Call me an
angel of Venus separately, not both at
! once"
"But Won remind me Of both. You
are neither saint nor sinner, but the
most charming com bination of both. >"
| IF Juliet were here, she would say I
was all sinner--no leaven of saintli-
ness"
Don't talk about Juliet. Let me
think Of you and of you only; the rest
Of my life must be devoted to her"
Through the gloom I heard Ismay's
sobs. ! could not see, it was so dark,
but I knew that he was kissing her and
bidding her farewell forever, and each
endearing, tender epithet cut my heart
like knife.
Slowly and noise!essly l rose from
my cramped position, STOLE silently
along the terrace to the steps, and stood
beside them without either being aware
of my presence.
And now good bye forever, dear
est. said Guy, and he would have risen
and left her, but she chung to him and
sobbel conv,llsivelv, "you must remem~
Der Juliet, l am bound to her"
''You are mott" Could that be my
voice? It sounded strange and far away.
''E'or the last two days suspected this,
and that is Why have been an unseen
witness to this case. Guy, You are free.
I am thankful that I have found out
this change in your love in time to es-
cape fearful fate. Goodbye"
turned to go. but he spraug towards
me and caught my hand.
Juliet, you are angry"
"No, am relieved"
''Then yon never loved me-"
He spoke breathlessly, eagerly, a
note of joy in his voice, and my heart
stood still. How anxious he was to be-
lieve that all my love. my tenderness
and devotion had been nothing--as his
owe, nothing.
"No, I never loved you," T replied
slowly, and as uttered that lie, I turned
and went slowly away, and he breathed
a long-drawn sigh of relief. I never
spoke a word to Ismay or she to me, but I
know my sister knew my falsehood, and
my secret is safe in her keeping.
! They were married and they are hap
pv, at least she is. Sometimes I look
up and see Guys eyes fixed on me in a
way which recalls the past, but that is
only my foolish imagination, for surely
he can only look back with amusement
to the time when he preferred me to the
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