Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-01-20

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sweet sensitive mouth slightly apart
with a smile.
And then this woman, who for years
had believed love but second or third
accessory of life, if even that, indeed.
had found it the one thing most to be
desired on earth.
Day by day her passionate love for
her husband increased, kept burning to
4 feverish flame by the knowledge OF
how far she was from reigning in his
heart.
Not that willingly, by word or deed,
lid Glendon Withers give sign OF the
terrible truth of the knowledge OF his
awakening from the passion Of temper
that had conquered his reason for q
while.
Under the spell Of her dark eyes. un-
der the subtle wooing of her manner,
and half maddened by Helene s cold dis
missal, he had yielded to passions i'm
pulse, and wed a woman he felt by in
tuition was far from worthy to fill the
place Helene had once promised to
hold.
The past was past, however. The
words spoken could never be recalled.
For good or i'll, for better or worse,
Leonetta was his wife.
One evening Leonetta strayed down
by a glade that lay below the notel to
which her husband had taken her.
Her beautiful face was unusually pale.
and she sat thoughtfully down on q low
grassy mound.
at is strange" she murmured half
aloud. that this evening. in particular.
his memory haunts me so persistently'
Not strange, had she known the
truth, for coming events cast their
shadows before.
Even then. down in the shrubbery
below where she sat, q pair Of dark fierce
eyes were watching her with an express
sion not good to see.
81 will await my time, "the man muir
INJURED; lin the height of her triumph I
will humble her in the dust"
A brilliant ballroom. the mirth at its
| height, dancing and music, mirth and
laughter, the order of the night.
The grounds around the mansion
ablaze as well. and nothing that money
could procure left lacking to add beau
ty to the scene.
And one of the fairest maidens there
was blue-eyed Helene Carleton. robed
in ivory -colored satin, her soft gold
curls clustering around her dainty head.
her soft white throat clasped with
creamy pearls. while a few priceless
| ones clustered above her brow.
And below in the lower corridor, two
men faced each other. pale-faced and
stern, while the bride OF one Of them
impatiently awaited her husbands COM
ing in the ante-room.
| The men were Glendon Withers and
Halbert Astor, and with pale set face
the former listened, while Helene's 8
guardian told him-what7
Simply this: That Helene knew moth
| inc of the letter sent him. that she had
| loved-nay, did love and trust him still,
and knew nothing of his marriage with
Leonetta-
You must break the news yourself, "
! Halbert said. Il dare not. 1t will kill
her"
| What answer Glendon would have
made was never known, for this instant,
| flushed and pearl-crowned, smile on
her lips, Helene came up the corridor
| leaning on her escorts arm.
| The next moment, forgetting all else.
Glendon was holding her hands in his.
| Only for moment--the next he re-
membered all. He must tell his sensi-
tive blue-eyed girl, whom he loved with
! all bis heart, that in a moment of pas
sion he had made another woman his
wife.
He led her into the grounds, and then
Halbert sought Leonetta.
Your husband commissioned me,
he said, and Leonetta laid her hand on
| his arm
He led her to the grounds As we'll,
,nd near rustic seat, half screened
from careless eyes by magnificent shrub
berry, and then
"Look!"he said slowly; "do you know
who they are?'
With naughty paling face Leonetts
'ollowed the direction Of his eyes.
lone is my husband" she said quiet
ly; 1.-THE other"
The woman he still loves-Helene
| Carleton, his betrothed wife, who by
some fatal miatake was parted from
him."
1t seemed at that very instant as il
the fury of Hades was loosenedin in Leon
etta's bosom.
The next instant she had drawn .
1agger and leaped toward Helene.
A wild cry rang out on the night air.
startling all the bright assembly.
Leonetta had grasped Helene's arm.
1er poniard uplifted, and then Glendon
had leaped between them.
1t was mans cry of agony that rang
| out, for the glittering weapon was bur-
led to the hilt in Glendon Wither's
oosom.
He had saved Helene. He had given
his own life to do so.
They carried him into the house, and
n moment sympathising friends were
gathered around, while anxious enquir-
es flew from lip to lip.
He opened his eyes with an effort
lit vast was an accident"
he said. then lapsed into unconscious
ness.
None contradicted the statement
he meant to save the honor of his
1ame.
Then suddenly into the crowd pushed
man, dark-eyed and pale-faced.
He looked around till his eyes fell on
Leonetta, who fell back, white, and al
most senseless
He pointed to the shrinking woman.
1T was no accident" he said; that
woman is guilty of crime
His wife-bis wife" ran from one to
the other.
..No-not his wife but mine. She
tried to murder me, but failed, and l
am here to avenge the attempt. For
years my mind has wavered between
justice and mercy. but to-day justice
has lowered the scale; and as for mer-
cy-even from God that woman deserves
none.
The next moment the group in the
room was swaying from side to side
shrieks and Mortified cries, the report
of a pistol, another Mortified shrek more
terrible than the rest, two white arms
thrown in the air, a slender form that