New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-28

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aDctoctivcs arc Mt work. resumed Mrs. Dorian |
and il is POSSIBLE that some clue may be found at
any hour. Pray heaven that il there has been
foul play the miserable, whoever he Is, may DC
brought to JUSTICE
Did nv heart sink my pulse leap at TINS
No: was so thoroughly equipped for it hau
already heard il so often in imagination Woisc
would be needed to discompose me, To sti1Ke mc
with the leastthIin Of real panic And how oh-
must l wait before this worst might ac'ualN
occur? Would it occur at all? There lay 'l'e
most poignant torment of my position misho
bear severe shocks with coolness. But ths "aiV
inn for the shocks to come-wOuld there n)o DE
slow memorable strain in that which no sharp
jeopardy or menace could equal? The ba'tc Is
50 slight n thing with its heat and hurry, beside
the silence and uncertainty that prccedes 1t -.
did not see Ada that night Casimr and
talked i'm WHISPERS long after Mrs. Dorian hal Ie
tired He promised me then that he would go TO
a certain spot on the shore early to morrow
did not like his look his voice his eye his pale
ness as we separated. This return TO RocKsloe
was evidently telling upon him. We must IcaNe
| the place within few days at the futhcst. MIS-
Dorian was anxious to go: and as for the uiaii-
erccys she had told me that evening that hua liz"
formed plans to live modcstly in New-foiK WIN
hcr father during the remainder of autumn and
| the coming WINTER. Inc tOloiclS 'Nh"'iV" ""'
far from promising AMI he had taken dislike to
the cottage which he declared damp and full OF
draughts am sure that Mis-. Dorian wonl Tered
at my not going to Ada before the next day. Her
suspicion that some quarrel had occurred between
us became manifest as the evening grew late. But
suspicion Of this sort was atEer desirable than
otherwise Tomorrow would dispc it, when she
saw my former devotion perret'atcd. AS ii was,
could not go forth into the darkness, even if L
took the inlanl way toward the cottage. At least
for one night l must yield to the horror of thus
going and remain indoors Hereafter l would
CONQUER it if it still continued. But for this enc
night-the fist l had experienced since The com
mission of my crime-I dared not, | could not,
would not go!
On the next day. in the morning, saw Ada She
threw her arms about my neck and gave way to
| a burst of tears as we met. But they were haIpy
tears Her love, shown with so sweet an abandon
mcnt was a surprising joy TO me- 1t gave me
fresh vigor Of hope. fresh vitality OF defiance
against all tlat the future might hold in store
How could be really vile when such love PAID
me such a greeting
The brief autumn afternoon nearly spent
when returned to Rockside Never since that
woeful night had felt so brave and calm as now.
| longcd for some stirring development to try me
and prove the mettle of my resistance. The love
not only to live for but to breast immense ad-
yclsity for as we'll II should be talismanic with
me in the exercise of whatever transcendcnt tact
and cunning events might demand. For, II the
truth ever tIanspired it could drag her down with
myself iii common calamity. BY saving my
own life therefore, l would be saving her happl-
ness JOY was in that thought, and immeasuaDlc
incentive also.
"Thc DAYS without you dragged so drearlK,
Ohio" she had told me as we sat together
think / needed your absence to make me COM
pletcly conscious of how dear you hal become
OF course we spoke of Foulllc Dorian l my
self first referred to him. There seemed brutal
daring in this voluntary mention of the man mad
killed, but until did thus mention him doubt
Of nv own cGuipoise had re- force to haunt and
dspirit me.
On reaching the house I went straigltway in
search of Casmir i found him i'll his studio,
seated before one Of his canvases brush IN hand
"You have been painting, Casmir?' said.
lie gave me a smile that compared almost spec
trally with his smile Of the past.
IL have been trying to paint" he said. But
+ somehow | cannot seize this subject with the old
power. 1t evades me. You remember what
wanted to make of it beforef' That pregnant
little word as softly pronounced by him, had a
volume of meaning for me- "See-this Magdalcn
she was to have Weakened from her first dream
of Christ There was to have been sorrow on he.
face but heavenly comfort. too Ana now
/, have put only despair there Look OHIO th'
lrs will not curve Alright they are bitter In silt
! of me- And the eyes-I wanted them to melt IL
unshci tears but they are still SO hard, SO hole
= less -
He tossed his brush away and rose. As h'
did so the words of Ada were reuttered within my
memory:
q IlNo cd wit
And yet if some great grief or disaster came u
him. ,coud not the sunshine die out Of all that he d'd'
Might not his cork turn grin, and eren mdtgn' :
"Casimir" | exclaimed, going up to him anC
4 eraspng his arm, "you must paint no more a
, present. 1t viii be torture for me to see genlu
like yours fail and seem almost to PERISH becaus
God help me y have"
"Hush !" he broke in. with an alrighted start
o "What are you saying. OthoP And so loudly
l. too Some servant might be passing. And do no
&c imagine it is that! You are wrong wholly wrong
Il ami"
81 am right / answered him.
lie started again and looked at me fixedly. The
he took both of my hands in his, slowly pressin
e. them IL will do as you advise" he said, Il
II measured tones, as though convinced by me.
will paint no more for the present promls
a YOU. Yes, it is surely best -
A little later / asked him. "Did you 80
the shore, Casimir p
a, He had seated himself again he was starln
down at the carpet he seemed not to have near
nv question: for he neither lifted his eyes nc
l answered it, / repeated it, and then he met m
gaze His voice, as he now addressed me, wa
! nearly inaudiblc. and combined with his mannC
to betray vaclllation, nerveleSs, force'ess II
q security which had never till this moment WI
IT messed in him
n "Otho,7 he faltcrcd, II went as far ms thu
an dead tree You know where it stands-Just mt
N way between our stretch Of shore and that VINO
o. fronts the cottage. IL went as far as that' an
" then IL could go no further. weight can
: | ,.ror, my limbs q freezing scnSatlOn hlled m