The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-07-02

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anguish. Leave me for the present. |
beg, nay, ! impiore you, and Tomorrow
l viii explain ALL
What could do under the circum-
stances but comply with her roQupst2
As passed out ot the house ! told ono
of the servants to 90 10 his mistross's
room, thinking she might need some
one near Mt hand.
Those were the longest hours Of az
Ony | ever endured waiting till |
might call the next day. IL came ut
last, and To my eager inquiry at tho
door Of Adclc's house. the servant re-
spondod that mademoisclle and her
mother had taken their departure early
that morning. impossible. | groaned
IN my anguish. unconscious of my sur
roundings. Then 1t was all too true,
Was there no message left-no let
terp
Yes. there was. The letter was
handed me and with fcycrish anxiety |
tore II open and dcyoured its few hur-
ripd lines which were far from satisfac-
tory. Duprrs was not her husband Mt
all. hut her ailiauccd from early child
hood 10y the wishes of her parents, and
had conceived that mode Of eXtOrtiug
money Size had now broken II OH. and
considering herself disgtaccd, had left
rs forever IL was useless, she said. To
Try To follow her.
~ was as one demCntrd for days.
when | finally recovered enough TO
begin the search. | have looked CON
tiuually ever since I'm every city in Eu-
rope. She had changed her name. COM
mcnced an operate career, and Cludcd
me at every turn. IL was only two
DAYS ago that found her singing here
in Paris ! have not yet been able TO
see her. but am determined To have an
interview ut the earliest possible mo-
mcnt. | understand Dupres is in the
city, though lac dare not approach her
II meet him. let him bcware''
As Ned finished, deep silence
ensued, one Viii h was the first 10
break.
Come, cheer mp. old fellow. It will
oil turn ont right
~ hope it will. 90 was the response. as
he babe me goodnight.
Two days elapsed and Ned did not
come around The morning Of the
third day. rs / was reading the paper
over my breakfast table. the following
notice caught my eve:
~ MYSTERIOUS TE GE Tile POI
lice report the finding Of u man bearing
the nalno of Jules Daprcs. In an almost
dying condition, nj the northern CON
fines of the city, from the effects of u
sword thrust through the left side. Two
raplers were found on the ground. and
tile natural suppositiou is fatal duel.
The man was removed 10 the hospital,
where, on recovering consciousness. he
gasped, %. my sIde-l'iprce -reyenrrr
and some incuhpynt remarks. Whcth-
or hc meant that the sword pierced his
side, or that his adversary was named
Pierce. has not been determined
Ihcle was little on no doubt in my
mind but that Ned had met the French
man and forcing him to fight, killed
INN, hs hr supposed. and fled the cOun-
ny; llcigh-ho' what fools men will
make ot themselves over woman!
The wounded man did not die. but
recovered, and eft for Australia. as
learned by inquiry at the hospital some
two months later.
The affair dropped out of the papers,
and heard nothing of Ned for four or
I'VE months, when | received the fol-
lowing letter, which explains itself:
FLORENCE, Sept. IA, 1881.
"IIcT UchiOn,-I am sure you will
be glad to hear that | am once more a
happy man, and have been married ever
since we left Paris. OF course YOU can
tell who made me the embodiment of
contentment, and raised me to the
seventh heaven Of delight / will tell
| You all about it when | see you again.
heard Dupres had recovered and left
! the country. We will return to Paris
by the first of December, and Adele
| joins me in an urgent invitation for an
immediate visit. do not say call
for mean that you shall stay awhile
Until then, believe me, very truly,
NED PIERCEn
-. SO it turned out all right, after all
Ned married the woman he adored, and
was living happily after all he had en-
dured for love OF an actress. "-Chicr
90 Sat. Ere. Herdld.