New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-05


man distra,ight you have told me-" he con
tinucd that those people have come and gone
They know nothing-they have seen nothing
| Withdrew my arms from MS neck NO.
Casimir | said wonderingy
But I?7 he said, with strange, pccrihs' hos-
tile look straight into my eyes
"You Casmir p ! faltered
ayes. T." lie graspcd my shoulder. sort OF
blaze capt from his eyes ana dica' 10 you
think that can bear this awful secret as you bear
IT,? II YOU think that you are wronE-fnghtfulW
wronr, I heard every word that steven Dorian
his father-spoke to you was listening ana
| heard You did it all well. You are man OF
such accomp ishmcnt such Sdror dre-you always
,vere OHIO and YOU were then. But what OF
"You. CasimrP7 , ,,..,.,
"YcsHyvLat of me- His face became dist orted
with fury. lie retcdcd a step or two from me-
ami then. looking upon him, saw that chan"e
which is so infinitely worse in those we love IMAM
the dumb. white change OF death useh' SD"
that no was mad And realized that my own
crime had made him So . .,
shah carry this horrid secret to the grave p
re ponted at me- with tremrlous vet accus NJ
forcfineer madmcn point snail diVulge
nothnr because you are without conscience. with
out remorsc? loved you once olIo' put ha.c
and damn you now And will tell everything
can wash my soul from sin by no other means J.
lie shot nast me- an then paused. One OF his
han ms he faced me gropinlE reached DacK-
ward "1hc body lies there in that Ia c where
/ dropped 1t" he went on But IL shail hoC ho
there much longer. /"
AT this | flung myself uron him Casmir,
I cried. wildly "in Gods name do not tel You
loved me-you shielded me-you heIpcd me- NJ thaI
other fine Re mcrciful now IL Is not you !
have heard IL is some devil Of madness ! ON.
in PHYS name think or her-ol Aua "no"
love Casimir.
He had wrested himself away from me- stag
gcrcd backward and saw him dash round 'he
/ clump of trees ] un 'erStood, then ven can e
man who had been my SAFEGUARD my protective
ANGEL nv absolute AMI infalliblc source OF trust
Through his madness was TO meet my doom Not
Casimir would bctray mc-not my ola uilSWerN'hs'
faithful Casimir but some genius or divine wrath
usurpnr his brain. body and soul By TINS
inrrcss the one Of all others least imagined or
imacinable-the penalty of my crime would reach
me ~, $3.50
moved inland and waited there behind some
frees I had no thought Of stoppin' as mir. III
would bc like irving to stop fate itself; for he
had indeed become fate. waited gazing through
the trees at that part OF the shore where the
| gloomy issire could plainly though Distinctly DC
seen | knew quite well what would happen,
now: | knew as well as if | had already viewed
it, And presently it did happen, Just as IL hao
been rictucd in my mind.
Four peopc soon turned the bend in the shore
| Casimr came first he gestculated eXclteiy as nc
spoke though ! was too far OH TO near MS "orus
In little while he had paused beside the crevlce
in the rocks and pointed downward AS he dld
so Steven Dorian and the detective seemed 10
watch his face with the keencst eageIncss.
NV thoughts flew to Ada. then All was over,
! now She must be told l wanted TO tel hcr
| hoforo otbe,s could II was best that way. |
thinl, nv strrs never once hesated as | walked
| toward the cottage ! assembled the veranda the
front door WIS kept closed in this chilly weather
| rang the bell moment aftcrward hda ap-
reared in the hall | saw her through the g'aSs
panes of the door My heart gave great leap
| forgot nv own sorrow. thrilled was | with
pitv at what she must soon he called upon 10 near
| We raised together into the sitting room WIN
it's well.remembered appointments. A separate
| farewell seemed to breathe to me from each one
| I had taken her hand and as | moved along the
hall with her stin hoIdiny it, heard her say that
nv own hand was cy-cold. But l did not an
| swer her until we seated side by SIDE. Iheh
' "Ob. Ada. better If it were the GOODNESS of
deaIn. ..
do YOU mean Tell me. Tell me at once y
"You viii loathe me when have Ioid YOU
| And vet il must be told =.
Nothing would ever make loathe you u
she broke forth passonately, searching my fare
with her alarmed eyes ~ -.
Nothing ?" | repeated "Oh Ada Think III
il only cere sol But when you have heard you,
you win feel all the love die in your breast ana
when have heard Otho ??
"ycs Listen. = DROPPED my face. them
AMI told her no LONGER hell her hand was
composcd enough. at GIst but gradually olce ana
frame bean al ike to tremblc Yet ana not sun
nrrss a sn ~le wrctched incident. The narIati'n
more than once cost fearful effort; OUT
nei severed until all had been spoken Then. amid
the new silence | raised my head and looked at
her. - .. -. 49,,
Except for the horror in her eyes there was no
evidence that she lived at all | seized one Of her
hands AMI pressed 1t To my lips, While my tears
fell upon it. go
oh. nv love" moancd. my lost love ! Give
me one word-just one ADA II IL Is only good
bye'!o
Her lips suddenly ti,htcncd then relaxed and
n deem sob broke from them. In another instant
she had thrown both arms about my neck
"Whatever you have d, ne she cried, you arc
still nv Otho - And then. while she yet cluns
to me- her teas, for little time, rushed IN tor
rents. q,
BLESS you. my darling said II did doubt
Won You were once so proud, you know, Ada.
And even now | should not blame you II you
! chanyed Many womans heart rOHd change
The crime had no eXcusc-nonc Such crimes
novcr can have And il is so bitter a thought
70 me now that | shall drag you down with my
self into disgrace and Infamy But II you re-
pulsed me from this hOur-f you declared your
/ self alienated dis listed, outraged by the deed l
have done-if YOU cast me off and snapped with
ono wrench the ties that love and time have
wrought between us, then the world. while it
could have no rcproach for this dcsertion would
acquit you Of all sympathy WIN man SO nc
graded as l. In that way you would escape all
odum, and
II do not wish to escape it y She interrupted.
struggling with her tears and clnginy yet closer
to nv neck " | wish that | could on take it all
upon myself | love you, / love you-that is
enough DO not srealS of snap ing the ties be-
tween us Your misfortune, your misery, your
guilt STRENGTHENS those ties, Ohio! 1t makes
them like iron !"
, She Withdrew her AIMS from me. I perceived
, in another moment that she was striving TO be
, more composed | read her thoughts, now. as well
as if her auiverng voice had not Immediately re-
vealed them
But Casmir. as you say, has gone mad. Even
if they find the body there, his testimony will not
be believed against YOU hnl-and There were NO
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