The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-02-19

was reduced 10 a minimum. These results
Of my Investigations and inquiries gave mo
immense relief, and my heart was all but
gay as, armed with the proofs OF the first
lady Ferrand's death, ! hurried back 10
Seville, Phlllppa, and the happiness which I
vowed should DO mine.
We were married. Philippe and I were
married. Married; and a few months ago |
sat lonely, miserable and hSart-broken,
deemlng that the ono | loved was lost TO mo
%foreverl What matters the things which
have filed those months, and made them
tho most painful Of my lifel To-day We arc
maj and wife, Joined together TIL death us
do partl
lsaid no word a. TO tho result Of my In
qulries In Liverpool had no difficulty In
persuadlng Philippe, who In some things
was aS simple and trusting as a child, that
II was necessary, or at least advisable, she
should DO married under the name which
her first certificate OF marriage affected 10
bestow upon her. She signed hor name for
the last II may, for aught | know, have also
boon tho first time, ~ Philippa Fsrranl;
and | noticed that she shuddersd m she
formed the letters.
Although my bride was by birth half a
BpaniRrd, and although | had by now In
many ways conformod 10 the Spanish mode
OF life, We were stlll English enough 10 look
upon going away somewhere for u honey.
moon as indispensable. 1t would be but q
short trip; and az my mother In our absence
would DO left at Seville alone, or with tho
servants only, we did not care TO 60 very
far away, 10 30 happened that, although
30 close 10 Cadiz, We had not yet paid that
town a visit, and thought the present a cap
ital opportunity for so doing,
To CadiA We went, and stayed several
days at the Hotel do Paris Wa liked tho
white walled town, rising and shining above
the dark blue sea, like, as | have somewhere
seen II dOScribod,a white pearl In a crown OF
Snpphires; or, IA tho GaditAnos call II,
tdsitd de plata, a silver cup. We likod tho
row Of tall terrace topped houses We
liked the movement. and hustle on the quaya
and In the port. We liked tho walks on the
broad granite %ramparts, and the lovely
Wow Of tho busy bay and country beyond
IL, but all the Same 1--WE agreed that Cadil
bore no comparison 10 our beautiful Seville,
and the sooner we returned 10 that gay city
tho better.
Now that l had gained my desire, was
happyi After all that had passed, could
have been happy during those early daya OF
our welded lifoi Az | look back upon Thorn
dt and muse, trying In vain 10 answer tho
question 10 ny own satisfaction, Phillppa
loved mO--aho was my wife; come good, como
evil, she was mino forever. In 40 much ]
was happy, thrice happy. Could | have
lived but for tho present my Hiss would
have known no alloy,
But there was tho pastl could not alto
gothor forget tho path which had lod 10 such
happiness as now was mine. | could DO
thankful that / alono know all tho horrors
and dangers with which that path wai
studded. alone know tho secret OF that
ono night Although / could keep II for.
ever, would It DO always n sccroti
Yes, and there was tho future. Behind
the happiness which was mine at present
lurkod a dread az 10 what the future had In
store for mo-for Us, II was n dread which
day by day grew stronger, Tho creator my
happiness the moro dreadful tho thought OF
its being wrecked, Tho feeling that my
house Of Joy was built upon sand was always
obtruding on my most bliasful hours, and
not, ] know, without good reasons,
PhIlIppo's worry avoidance Of speaking OF
her past life lont some justification 10 my
gloomy forobodings Not once did Sir Nor.
vyn Forrand's namo pass between my wife
and mo. Not once did she aslt ma for any
further particulars concerning the events OF
that night upon which, In tho height OF her
short llyod mania, sho reached my cottage.
True that upon becoming my wife, and DO.
ginning a new and happier stage Of lifo, 10
might DO but natural for hor 30 wish 10 con.
sign 10 oblivion tho wrong, tho shame, the
suffering wrought by a villains craft; yet |
was NO mixed up In tho catastrophe that
silence on tho subject seemed strange. Hor
rotioonco alarmed mo, | fanclod II must 10
caused ~ aomo vague unoasinoss connected
with that night-somo doubt which she dared
not sool 10 aot at rest, Ills, | know, not un.
usual for women, Hftcr their recovery from
that mysterious disease which had for awhile
driven my poor girl distraught, 10 DO able to
recall and accurately describe tho doluSions
which had afflicted Thorn during those wan.
dorlng hours. myself had In ono or two
oasop noticed this popularity, and tho author
itics which ! had studied during phllippa's
illness mention II Gs an indlsputablo fact.
NY great dread was that nj some moment,
perhaps whom our happiness was NJ perfect
an II could be, somo simple chance, some
allualon 10 certain eyonta, oven tho baro men.
ton OF n numo, might supply tho missing
link, and tho fearful truth would DO no voalod
10 my wifo.
Our return journey 10 Seville was made
by water Although tho Guadalquivor IA
not n worry interesting river, we thought
travelling by steamer would DO n pleasant
change from tho journeys In tho hot, atuiry,
slow trains, full from end 10 end with the
odor Of garlic and tobacco; no carly ono
morning wo left CadiE, and woro soon
Htoaming up tho dull, sluggish, turbld river,
with tho groat Hat stretches Of swamp land
on either hand.
There woro not many passengers on hoard
tho steamer. Tho boat itself was a wrotchod
affair, aud before an hour was ovor We
wished wo h" | chosen tho train ~ n mode Of
transit NJ nltor mile OF tho lovol deserted
land through which tho river flows passed
by, and presented, no objects OF interest
creator than herds Of cattle or flights OF
aquatic birds bavo that Phillppa was by
my side, II was tho dullost journey I over
made.
or course there wero English tourists on
b card; no spot Ia complete without Thorn.
Two OF them, young mon, and apparently
gentlomtn, had eeatod themselves noar us,
and after tho usral ndmlring glanc@ at my
beauttfa phillppa, commenced adesultory
talk ytt5sSch other;
1 ySvSSh lbMunrostrainod way In which they
y. epsbAnpivJl,s from the strength OF some Of
eary ve,srahlss comments on Tho scenery
I,N,p W. ansry. & was l,ur That tony
pllensk ,sbtpp Yativea, before whom they could
sytsr@ being understood. Philippe
iosfHSSSIse TpNted q thorough spanierd, and
catp,.b.Ns fooe' had become NO tanned by the
"A san NNaaIteA Night have boon Of any nation.
! Nlittte,nn ,e ~
pevyAsly VNctellow ohsttsd on, quite obliv-
/, vtawse tSS,pet that two Of their neighbou
ssa,sf'SSSss s''s'r word 's'1 spoke s''