San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-08-18
CHAPTER Y,

CHAPTER Y.
This state of things could not last.
A shade of fear or mistruSt came in
her manner to me. must repeat. even
at the risk of being wearisome, that |
think no man was ever in such pain
full position. Had it not been for my
fore-knowledge, should have loved
Mrs. Fleming for her beauty, her good
ness, and her devotion to my dear old
friend. | could not bear to tell him the
truth, nor could bear that he should
be so basely and terribly deceived
that he should be living with and loving
one whom | knew to be a murderess.
So waited for an opportunity of APP
pealing to herself, and it came sooner
than had expected.
One afternoon Lance had to leave us
on business; he said he might be absent
some few hOurS-he was going to Vale
Royal. He asked me if | would take
Mrs. Fleming out; she had complained
of headache, and he thought a walk
down by the river might be good for
her. | promised to do 80, and then |
knew the time for speaking to her had
come.
| cannot tell how it was that our walk
was delayed until the cleaning, and
then we went at once to the river, for
no other reason that | can see, except
that Lance had wished us to go there.
But to my dying day can never for
get the scene. The sky was rOseate
with crimson clouds, and golden with
gold the river ran swiftly, trimming
full up to the banks; the glow of the
sunlight lay on the hills around, on the
green fields, on the distant woods. on
the bank where we stood, on the tall,
noble trees, on the wild flowers and
blossoms. Better almost than anything
else remember great patch of scar
let peoples that grew in the long green
grass; even now, although this took
place long time ago the sight of
crimson poppy makes my heart ache.
The withcred trunk of fallen tree lay
across the rivers bank; one end Of it
was washed by the stream. Mrs Flem-
ing sat down upon it. and the scarlet
pOppies were at her feet.
I'VE can see nothing so pretty as the
sunset over the river, Mr.. Ford" she
said ''let us watch it,"
We sat for some few minutes in ST.
lence; the rosy glow from the sky and
the river seemed to fall on her face as
she turned it to the water.
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