Los Angeles daily herald., 1885-12-20

hut was intercepted by Dsempster, also
pistol in hand. Poor Curly he was any
thing but a hero, but letter or Drawer
man might have felt d0unted. placed be
tween the pistols Of these sialwart and das-
perate men. He loved Flora MacAll ster
better than nything in the wcrld-he ter
even tan lie. II by sacrificing bis own
/ life he could have saved hers | think he
weul1 have found courage to do So But
/ he reasoned @lat she was safe enough for
the present; lesides. while there was life
there was hope. These and thousand
4 0 her Thoughts passel through his mind
! during those fiva minutes Five minutes
did sayi | should hav1 said FIVE ages OF
agony.
''T1me's up" said MacAllister, cooking
his pistol.
zone moment" said Curly. al will sgu
this paIer ON two c1nlition4"
Name Them sail the old man sternly.
FIRST, that you will promise me not to
coe &c Ter into marrying this" Gndicatin,
Deempster) 'or any other man.
MacAllister ruminats1 u moment aud said,
81 promise
''Next-that youth let mo see her to say
good-bye'-before you, fyou desire it, but
not before yonder man.
sYon1er mans" eyes flashed fire, aud
f
hate in his heart gave him courage, aud he
faced Bis en- my to his teeth
MaeAllister-was h thinking, / wond sr.
that he had been young once himseifi-inter-
POSED with:
.sThatll do, Danl Confound i'll we can't
have it all our own way, and our own way
of having it, tool The lal shall say good
bye to her"
'You promise that shall SEQ her theni'
81 promise Now sign"
Good help mei' exclaimed Curly. ".'m
signing away her life and my own with my
hearts bloo1l7 And so ho was, poor wretchl
MacAllister took ths PAPER, and, turniu z
to Dsempster, said. Nov, Dan'l, SEE The
carriage ready"
Strathmnes strobe from the house., livil,
but silent. MacAllister unlocked the inner
door, AMI, going TO the foot Of the stairs,
called Flora
In moments time she was in the room
there was no fear about her. She went
straight over TO her lover, threw her arms
round him, AMI kissed him before her father
face That kiss never left ths unhappy
mans lips till the day OF his death. After
war is she remembered tat he was cold as
ice. At that moment however she merely
thol. h that hs was worn out with the
strain OF the voyage. As shs took his arm,
and leaned her head upon his shoulder, the
rot blood iushei from her heart to her
glowing cheeks, while be- stood pale a.
oeath, motionless as marble.
Not word had yet been spoken AT
length her father handel her thu paper.
Sac read il, and quicz as lightning, with a
movement OF repulsion as though she had
bsen stung by an adder, she Withdrew ner-
sell from Curly's arm.
asnf1 xpt,-siid vat. e. eha In I'm rod Iaoiriu .
at him She migat as well have spoken tC
the dead-ths man was berest of sp .ech
paralyzel with grief AMI sbame-he could
not meet her eyes. Then sic turned TO her
father, AMI said:
'ls 1t truel DID he do this shameful
thingf
The old man, overawsl by her great griei.
bowed his head, and averted his face IL
siience She paused 1t seemsl as if tn
splendor of her beauty was gone-as il To
luater had faded from her eyes, and she hat
in thai moment grown old and gray.
trace Of the old music remained as she said
with scarce tremor in her voice;
''How cold it has grownl Please, father
take me homer And she paSsel forth int
the darkness
And hei Poor wretch For moment h
seemed to lead dual existence His sou
had left his BODY, and looked with loathinl
on the miserable thing it once inhabited
Haiki What's thati
The clatter of horses hoofs-the roll o
carriage wheesI
The sound brought him back to life. Liz
mailman he rushed from the house scream
ing, "Fiora! Floral My dariing-my love
my lifei 1t was for your saks-onlY listen
one wori-one wordi'
He hearl--at least he always thought e
his dying day that he heard-her voice call
ing to him for help.