McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-04-16

ed near HIM and he heard Maud say:
''Ellice, shall conquer. II you had
not interrupted us l should have won
his confession tonight. But know
that he loves me. told him that l was
going away tomorrow, but l shall
stay few days longer now"
sis it worth the while, MaudP"
asked her companion, half reproach-
fully. "You do not love him, and
think how much sorrow you may
Cause"
'.No, do not love him." returned
the syren. her voice as silvery as ever.
"But have sworn that Lillias Gates
husband shall bow at my feet. When
l haye disgraced him and wounded
her my work is done, and not till
them"
81 had hoped you would change
your mind, Maud. 1t is wicked
thing. You will not prosper.
those light silvery laughs which had
been so captivating heretofore to
Carleton Leigh, but which sounded
like a mockery to him now.
"Wicked! What of itP twill only
serve him right for being false to SO
fair wife,
He heard no more, and for mo-
ment he was like one striker dead.
Could she be so treacherous and had
he been so vile! Thank Heaven that
he was warned in time. The syren
should not triumph over him; and his
wife, his deeply-injured, dearly-be-
loved wife, should yet be proud of a
husbands devoted love. How would
he not atone for his late infatuation-
the sin of the last few weeks. He felt
as though he could crawl in the dust
to that injured wife's feet and crave
her forgiveness. What had he been
thinking of? He must have been in
sane.
There was sudden noise and out
cry at the mansion, the flashing of
lights and the hurrying of feet. Won
dering what the matter could be,
Carleton Leigh arose and walked
slowly up the path. On the piazza he
came face to face with Janet, the
chambermaid.
"Oh, Master Leigh, poor mistress
is dead entirely. She is lying on the
carpet white as corpse, and there is
not breath in her body"
Carl did not stop to ask any ques-
-tions. The blanched face and wild
eyes of the girl told that she spoke
what she thought the truth; and with
strange look on his marble face he
sped up stairs to his wife's room.
.'Lillias! Lilliasr' he cried, bending
over the stricken figure that lay so
white and helpless On the floor. "Oh,
Lillias, speak to me-"
But the wife answered not, and
though he chafed the chilled hands
and addressed her by hundred en-
dearing names there was no motion,
no response, till the old family doctor
arrived and tried the potency of his
restoratives.
''She had shock. Something has
been wearing On her brain and nerves"
said the grave, gray-haired physician.
''She IS very ill, but by the grace of
God she may recover"
''Save her life, and my fortune is
yours. Only save her."
81 cannot promise. 1t rests with
God, but 1 shall do my BEST
After the doctor had gone Ellicc and
Maud came TO the door of the dim
chamber and knocked. Carl looked
out.
81 shall not 90 tomorrow, Mr..
Leigh" said Miss Armitage. 81 will
stay with Ellice and nurse poor Lillias
back to health
He made fierce, passionate ges-
sure, which, with the black sternness
of his face, made his visitors reeoil.
''Traitress and viper" he Kissed,
''you are the cause of this. This house
no longer needs you. Depart with the
morning, and never let me SEQ thy
treacherous face again"
He closed the door in their faces.
Neither had words with which to- an
swer him. With the morning they lett
the mansion.
Lillias Leigh lived, lived and that
was all, for she never went out from
the house again. She was helpless
invalid all her life. But no woman
ever had more devoted attendant a
more careful watcher than she had in
her husband. He gave her all his
time, and never murmered nor re-
pined at her weak complaints and petty
eXactions.
He is q white-haired old man now,
and his wife is still alive. She has no
other nurse and needs none. Carleton
Leigh has atoned with the service of q
life time for the folly of an hour
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