Weekly commercial herald., 1885-09-18

oath that you were at the time IN a r,s;,,
aeLlaum | could pledge INV proleSsi5ns
reputation that your actions were the rssl,i,
my wife" 'Ai ''a' sCoFei
spoke boldly; but as spoke a thought
sno5 through me-a thought which biancSsS
Ily cheek and brought the beads of nar.
4 oPuanon to my brow. knew eno1gh
~ ~ Jaw 70 be aware that a husband colild
sSi 10y m a criminal case give evidence for q
i5na is",lsS ~ nls wife. My marriage with Phil.
testir,ou usu deprived her OF the benefit of my
az SIs1iInony as to her insanity I tranblad
iAe leaf as | picturrd what MIGHT hannan
A. =. .ne event Of her being tried for the InTr-
uur Oh Sir Mervyn Ferrand, The very
NS. Iulses mad but seen her sane. No one bit
hy hiiyseI and perhaps my servant had seen
her In her madness, '0s''
nny utiIsmay was such that l was bound To
ro,.ore re sne room in order to recover INV
tbenIrcs OF mind. Again and again
soii 0T III heaven that we were on foreign
low ,,,;nI tle thought that my unreasoninQ
almost more than could bear. ""'
+bat ttancy have fingered long enough over
iaan5 In"S D5srrlole time when my wife first
bar Hou '' tnat Gne dream which had haunted
10 was feality-that her hand had nm
mnGJW;lugly avenged her supposed and pre.
1lou.tated wrong. Let me but saw Chat the
ri',n Iun.al anguish into which the knowledce
a1;I AseH ner was not unattended by physical
was az II, II iact. Tor many days my poor girl
ber -rt., sni, very Ill. My mother and l nursed
and n ,I s,,io every care, and by and by youth
selves and, shadow of her former seIf ~ she
vas vas aDle TO leave her bed NV mother was
Cenu9erness itself to her daughter She knaw
Iot1lng OF the true cause Of her illness. in.
ueeo, she blamed me roundly for NOT bavino |
Cahen proper care Of my beautiful brides
anu vowed laughingly that for the future
nosnlslg should induce her to trust Philinna
out Of her sight. : ilippa |
y NOW that Philippa knew all she had done
ba 'Iougnt u better to tell her that, although !
ne Ne nau no intention of so doing. Sir MervSn
Ferrand, in causing mock marriage To he |
celeprated, had by strange chance really |
nlaue ner his wife. This gave her little |
comIort. ut makes my crime the creatar !, |
sne SAID, bitterly. 81 have killed INV bns-
to live!" an nOO n0
o. weeks went by. Philippa gradually grew
ro!hger, and, what was even more a canse
VI Joy 10 me, calmer and more reasonable
on oo,,1s z ceriain subject. With all the power
Houlu s prlng 10 bear | had never ceased to
impress upon her that morally she was inno.
Ssent, and believed my words were bearing
LrulD' Her fits of mental anguish and SELF
rfeproach grew Of less frequent Occurrence.
on, She dld not, whenever we were alone. con.
nnually harp on her crime. Calm seemed
70 settle upon us once more, and ventured
70 nope that the great physician. Time
would one day bring to my wife's heart
something that might be called sorrowfni
happiness; but knew must wait wears and
years for this. '0A . AnA
g, She was changed, greatly changed. Her
Ups seldom smiled; her eyes never BRIGHT
sned, Sl unless when she saw me drawing near
one seemed older and graver. But Tknew
n spite OF all, she loved me with q deathless
owe. -'-- . ""aUnleSS
Although at last we had ceased to discuss
ne ne sorrow of our life, / suspected ii was
eiqom absent from her mind. Sometimes
$ i lay beside her heard her moaning and
1iKlng In her troubled dreams, and TOD we'll
X Knew the cause, As my arm stole round
er, and assured her Of the safety and Ger
ainty of my great love, in my heart |
ursed the dead man whose evil deed had
ri,o;ught such lasting woe on the fair head
lilowed on my bosom. All me! what life
night have been for us two, now that love
eiigned between usl
Once--lt was shortly after PhIlippa began
creep, weak invalid, about the fragrant
dtto-,she said to me, with evident mean
lg in her voices
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