The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-04-11

if he clasped the corpse of his dead
love.
They reached the rock where he
had spoken but a few hours since.
He would have drawn her to the
messy seat again, but she lifted up
countenance so ghastly in the
moonbeams, that Il foreboding
smote him. "What has happened"
he cried.
"Guy Hesketh, am come here
where gave you my promise-I
am come to take it back, can
never, will never be your wife.
"Elsie! Surely, you would not
doubt my love. Surely, my moth
er''-
al do not doubt. But I will never
be your wife"
The angry blood surged to his
brow. "And do you think to triae
with me thus? You have permitted
me to believe you love me, and if
you love me, you have no right to
withdraw your promise without
reason.
She was silent
"Speak to mew he cried hotly.
How can you torture me SOP"
30 Guy, GuyW The heart-broken,
heart-rendering cry soitened him at
once. He took her in his arms, and
pressed his burning face to hers, so
white and fearless. She clung to
him convulsively.
"My own love! my sweet l
knew we could not part"
Like moan came her reply:
ave must part, Guy. There is no
hope, no help for me on earth"
He could not think her trifling
now. This could be no caprice, no
girlish trial of her power. Some
thing of the weight on her heart fell
on his. "Elsie, do you dream that
without you there is no hope for
me ?"
"No, do not dream" she said,
slowly "This morning 1 dreamed
and, 0 Guy the waking p
"The waking shall not have one
pang," he answered, strongly. "Did
you fancy I would let you go?
What is it stands between us?"
"My BROTHER" she faltered, striv-
ing vainly and feebly to free herself
from Guys hold. "He goes so far
away
"You would go to him?"
II would"
"But this morning you did not
think this your duty-surely it is
still less so now. Do you owe moth
ing to me?" He repeated his ques-
ton in uncomfortable impatience
"Do you owe nothing to me?"
Did she owe nothing? Did she
not rather owe eyerything-even
this sacrifice of all her hopes, that
his unstained name might not
through her be linked with crimei
Did not her pledge to love mean
this? But she made no reply, and
the pause was broken by him,
Elsie, if you do not not love me
if you can tell me that-you will
not need to struggle from me as you
did but now. If you can tell me
that, urge no more"
She lifted her head, she fixed hel
eyes on his; she said: 81 do moi
love"-and there the, mechanical
tones broke utterly, and before HI
could see how her eyes gave the liz
to her lips, she had hidden then
upon his shoulder.
He stood confounded. Why
should she speak those words i
they were false? If they were true
why should she thus return to him
elsie" he said, striving for calm
eff you can bear to rest against me
why should you withdraw? Othe
women have been taught to love.
cannot think you are altogethe
Indifferent to me; and do you car
nothing that you snatch away m,
happiness?"
"Not at once could she reply, an,
then-"Words are useless, "she sale
quietly; II must go. Nothing shal
break my resolve"
"Then," he said as quietly, ''sinc
you so resolve, l shall wait for yor
Your brother will one day MARI
and set you free. But you are yer
hard upon me, Elsie. Have yo
weighed what that waiting mus
be ?"
at must never be. Neither no
nor ever will renew my broke
promise"
"And why2" he demanded, h
) lips white with wrath.
81 have no reason to give yo,
But | will not" Her voice unshake
} now.
A thin white cloud passed ovt