Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-29
BY ouIDA,
III

Loon5nshlea Issa.

Fchruary the corn spread green farpel
evcfyNhcrci the himond trees hlfJss0mod
on The hillsidps, the glolets op'sntd The
ways for the wind iowcrs, and the will
; lows budded hcsldo the water-Ddr There
we're hraylug Of buglcs, twWrgDg OF
i,itca, cracking ~ shots, Cninking OF
wines on The farms aud Ia The Village rs q
rustic celebration or carnival. Not much
of lt, Tor times are hard aud m1n's hearts
heavy W those days, aed the aupllt grace
and airy paycfy natural ia y. are things
forever doHd ~ Italy, like No Hex forests
aud the great gardcrs that baYo puflshod
forever and aye,
Lent came, With ,es church bells sound.
iaa 10 melancholy iteration over Tho
March iddA. w!erc tho dGnndils were
blowing bV millions, and tha pnroecO 81
San Baltoi0 iastiyl and prayed nud mortl.
He'd his flesh IN cory way that bis creed
allowed, aud hoped bg such miserieE,
rains, and peuFucca b. obtain grace ia
heaven, II not on onrth, for Generusa IN
her misery, AZ Through Lent he woatied
the car 81 God Win inccmant suppica,
tlon fof nor,
Day and night he mckod bis brain 10
discover any cvidruea nc 10 who The nH.
saasin had been. ia never once doubted
hcr; y the worry apostles aud saints Of
bis church had AL descended on earth to
wlnpsa against her, be- would have cried
To them lhat efn WIS Innocent.
The aiekcnlug suspicions, the haunting,
irfepoaEiOic doubts, winch now aud thon
came over tho mind OF her lover as he
walked 20 ana fro by the edge OF tho
river w night looking mp nt what had
been thc easement OF her ehamher did not
hasali Tor an inHtdn' the strong faith OF
'lcsunldo, weak ~ he waa In body and
IN aonie ways weak 10 character.
The truth might ronnin IN horrid myA-
terry, ~ impenctnblc darkness, Tor
cyeri II would make no difference TO
him, We would be always convinced
that she had been innocent Had he not
known her when She wasn little, bAro.
footed Guild coming lying through he
shallow green pools and The great yellow
glHsaee and Che sammy cnnc-brcuss OF
liOroo d'ArnOY
Most innocent indeed, had been his roe
latipns with the wife of 1nssilu, but lo
MN N HVpmed Tint Tie Interest ltc had
wkou n her The pleasure be- bad fclt la
converse VIII her. hGd hceu criminal
Thcre had been ilnog WHOM his eyes,
which should have only hpcn iu ben soul
o. mye, had bCrOmr aware Of her moro
hudly bAuiY and had dWrli on bor with
un aWhkenWG ~ carHg HdmirHtiuu a.
HHilcad tp uube him guilty m hits own
siei5 lhia agony winch no lelt Tor nor,
Wiie 'he sympathy vi d personal affection
lie kutW y, aud his cuuHeipuspca ul a.
ilung BIN ai Tho feet vi bt cuucid4 I'm tor.
iGrW ~ coincidence
ne sneW, too, thul hr bnd done her
harm by the uuohcrence aud tho reiicoucu
OF hie testimony, ny tho mere yrhcmcncc
VITA which he had unWholy nutu no
niilrn an innocence which ho bad m
power % plOloi even by tlmt natural Inns
pulse OF humanity which had moved him
70 bring her husbands CORPSE under the
ROOF ~ the cnHrh and CLOSE tho door
upon tile ClamorOus and STARING throup
who saw IN The tragedy but pnstmc.
lici moro than any other, nad helped 10
east on hur the darkness of suspicion. he, |
more than any other, had helped 10 make
earthly peace aud happiness forever de-
Med to her
Even II they acquitted her Ia thr house |
81 law yondor, She would ho dishOnOrOd
Tor liio. Even her lover, who loved her
with all thu hot coarse nrlur Of "A youup
mans uncontrolled dtalres, had declared |
that he would b0 ashamed lu walk beaide
her IN broad day Ho long as thi4 slur of |
possible Il unprnycn, crime were ON
hers uutil bis sensitive soul began to
takeGiarm lost II were not Il Kind OF sin To I
be SO occupied With the fate Of ono TO
Tho npglcct aud dcumnut OF others
candida aaw him growing thinner and
more shbdow-ilkc every day with cyot-n.
oroaslng anxiety 10 fast she know was
needlni above all Tor o priest ln Lent, but
he did not touch what he might nwiuUy
fully hive eaten, tie ueW-la eggs and .
the crisp lrttuCca OF her providing failed .
TO tempt him, aud 20 mortal msu. she
told BIN, could I've ON air and water A.
no did
NIhtre should DO reason Ia an picfy. - +
She said 10 him, aud ho aHsentod
Eat be- did not change his Ways, which
were rather thusc OF monk OF The 1hc.
bald than ~ aycaf Of parish. No hnd
the soul ~ hm 81 d 50, Anthony, at n M (
fmbcis and he had been born too late,
The world as q IA waA too conrso nnd too
incredulous Tor him, oven ina lulo rus
TIC, primitive Village hiddrn away from
INC eyes OF mon nnacr It's iailet and its I
iig trees
The people u Alarca noticed the great
change in llim Pale he had nlynys brcn. (
but now he WAS tho color OF hia own iyory
hrlNti laoiturn ilke, too, he had always
ntens yet he had ever had playful words 1
Tor the elldren, Kind words for the
aged those were silent now. The lIst
less and mechanical manner with which
hcwent through the onlcOa Ut the church
eontrasted with the passionate aud 40. /.
spaifing cries which seemed "a come from
his very s0ul when ho preached. aud
which vaguely frightened a rural conere,
cation who were wholly unable to under
stand thom.
''Ono would think the good rarocro had
SOME awful SIN on his sbui.n said NO.
man TO Caudida one oyenina.
Nay nayi ha * ha pure ~ ln,nb -
SAID tnndida, twirllng her AiStaff. iDllnt
ne was always helpless aud chlldiike, nnd /
too innch taken W wlth heavenly ihinps
may the saints forgive the Tor saving N.
lie should he IN 4 monastery a!onn Win
>, komelo ana :. fNncisn
iiIet, the housekoeper, though LOYALTY
ITSELF was, IN her own secret thoughts.
not little troubled nt tho change .be
yaW IN her master she put II down ~
the score o. his agitation ~ the Peril 81
alepefosa l'g shut this Ia itself seemed
~ her unhttlhg IN one o. his sacred call.
ing = mere llaht-o'-laee ana snueeboS
az she bad always hereeA called tbs mill
er's vile, was wholly unworthy to occupy.
eycn ~ pity, abe thoughts Of 20 holy
man
There ccilld not be n dorbt that She lad
9lYcn that knlfe etroku snlonrat the cnnes
10 iie dusk Of che dawn "a ~. Peter ana
Faul, ihOaght Candida, amongst wloap
virtues charity had small place Asit What
"a IN ; a. "