Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-09-04
MARTINsBURG W. VA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1885,
others faces, but Marquand's wife
must have felt the calmness of her

others faces, but Marquand's wife
must have felt the calmness of her
foe.
$50 on" said Sybi in her smooth,
low voice. $50, on, and say what
words you will"
"Hussy!' cried the other, and
then hurled a still more shameful
name.
LISTEN" said Sybil. She moved
slowly backwards until she stood
just before the open window. Her
arms hung loosely at her side; there
seemed no passion in the soft, sweet
body. Listen, have broken no
law. ] have meant to break none.
When yon married Gordon Mar.
quand you knew he loved me; you
knew that had | still been free, he
would have waited years for me.
You knew that had been sold for
a price, despite my bitter tears and
entreaties, to man | had never
dreamed of loving. And you had
money and you schemed and labor
ed and succeeded in capturing my
lover for your husband. You knew
he did not love you, handsome as
you were. = Well :?
You see l do not lie. | walked with
your husband tonight. Do you
know what we said to each other !?
Pat down your hands, you do not
frighren me; | may never see him
again; do you understand And
his love is mine, do what you will"
her voice was thrilling with passion !;
/" loved him first. =
Do you want to know what We said
to each other :"
Marquand's wife sprang forward.
"You fauut yonr shame in my
face" she cried hoarsely, even as
Hamilton Denning had cried.
"There is no shame,n said Sybil,
"no shame. Only love"
II will choke you, if you dare say
so!
Her hands were on the white
throat of her enemy. In her fury
she must have lost all reason.
They struggled so in the open
window then, forced outward past
the sill, white form fluttered for an
instant. There was stifled cry, and
then
Marquand's wife was stunned for
q moment, then she ran shcieking
through the hall, shrieking and
beating the air with her hands. The
other guests made out presently
what she would have them know
that Sybil Denning had fallen from
her window. She had not fallen to
the ground, but thirty feet or more
to the level roof of the verandah.
They carried her in off the roof,
senseless carried her back to the ST.
lence of her own chamber, and look.
ing in her face saw gray shadow.
"She cannot live" the physicians
said, who were hastily summoned.
Marquand's wife stood at the door
when it opened after the consulta-
ton.
Sybil Denning lay motionless, and
the gray look deepened on her face.
Friends and strangers tiptoed past
the door, and whispered in the cor
ridors.
No one knew where telegram
would reach Hamilton Denning.
The moments crept by. Some one
else crept up along the hall bu5 dar.
ed not enter. 1t was Gorden Mar
quand.
He had in his eye the look OF
death, and on his chest deadly
weight. Something barred him
from the chamber of the woman he
had loved. He fingered in the hall
stunned and deathly pale.
He saw his wife come out with
her hands pressed upon her fore
head as if she were half distracted
then he saw her re-enter. He crept
closer to the open door.
SYPHILIS eyes Enclosed. The physi
clans bent over her, but she looked
away from them. Sue seemed to
sec only Marquand's wife, tall
CHASTITY, old.
She tried to speak, her eyes still
| fixed on Marquana's wife.
"No law never-lied-v
| She breathed irregularly, and her
lips moved again.
"What we said-to each other
never to meet again. Her voice
grew stronger. 81 fell leaned
too far-God forgivc-it was my
fault-to Iean-so far. Be-glad OF
this-I leaned-too-far.r
| Her voice had sunk again to a
whisper. The gray look stillcd her
features till they seemed but wax.
en- mask. Her clinging oliye-scent-
ed draperies lay like unstirrcd snow
her breath was spent forever. She
was dead!