The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1886-03-27

flush Of her welded happiness. even as I
had been STRUCK down. lseemed to enter
into her thoughts to feel that it was i'm.
possible she could meet me again. could
hear her agonizsd eatreatios tn Grant to
bear her away and hids her from ne 1
could understan now why she took no
steps to clear her name in my eyes How
she even wished n,s to think her ,Nrjurei
aud faithless, 80 long as the secret could be
kept from me--so long a, did not suffer
as she suffered Yes, l could understand
what, rightly or wrong,'. sl,o AMI Grant
had striven to do for nv sake!
On what chance Il life turn,. Why
bad I never told Viola ths st.r.' ~ my
birth and strang. adoption: - .,,- had I
never told Grant, 1t would har:. vlearet
matters in a second.
Strange to say, it had n~ver ,ssurrs1 to
zee to mention 1t to eitts: Of .l,.sn. After
l had succseded to my reputod fathers
wealth, my position was SO as,ured-it
seemed to me 60 natural to be thought and
called tho dead man, son-that In sober
truth my real origin hsd al but faded
from my mind. For years { had scarcely
gwen IL though. But I ground my teeth
now. - redsctpl how Q s.mpls chaacs
might have mai n,s speax, and 10 saved
my wife ond myself from more than two
yeass Of natserys
Than thu iiea cau,e to No that every
moment which Aapssd before Viola Learned
tho news wuD one q BORROW to hsc I
sprsns - my feet and wsas In search At
Grant.
Good fsllo~t l found hs had already
packed his portmsutsat. end wa buddy
engaged On NINA
III you msss haste 10 shail Just cstch
the Southampton tram" be SAID.
Il thanked him by hook tossed things
into my postu,antcau higgiedy -pggiety, and
In three minutes Ne were On our wav hack
to Franco
We wso In plsnty OF lass. Indeed, %
the boat did not Leave Southampton until
nearly midnight, No might have waited for
q later train IL was Letter ~ it wa.
Although starting from London 1t once
meant pacing for hours the quay ct South
many miles nearer to Viola.
Shall ! ever forget that crossinpi The
night was TAR. No Thought Of slsep came
to ma sat ~ deck all night, gazing out
over the sea; looking out for the two great
lights on Cap de Ia Hove; listening to the
steady, monotonous thump, thump thump
Of the engines, and knowing that every
revolution Of the paddle.wheels was hear.
ing mo nearer to Viola; or leaned over The
side Of the boat aud watched the Kissing
water flying behind in q foQminy whits
track. felt that was being borne away
from all my troubles, and that the path tho
sturdy ship plowed through the moon
lighted sea was one which led mo to I'M
spaakable happiness Twas alone with my
thoughts nearly all the time. Grant, like .
wise man. had gone below to court sleen
rerharS. In spite Of the JOY he felt in the
approaching happiness Of his friends, my
craseless and ott-repeated questions became
tribe HOMOGENEOUS He had to assure mo
Thousand times that one, a: least, Of his
messages would reach Viola in time to stay
her departure He had telegraphed to thu
ut which he knew she was stay ing. He hal
simply said, ''On no account 60. to-mor
row." and felt certain shs would counter
n,ond her journey. and await explanation.
Would shs. Would a few words from
him change her plans: What should Idc
II We reached Havre after the American
steamer had sailed. and found that after ali
Viola had gone in her!
"Do:' said Grant. ''Take the next h.nt
and follow fer Ii will b. but the delay IT
Il week. AMI the voyage will do you good
But 1coult NOT contemplate with equa-
aaother week in ignorance Of tho truth So
Grant had again md again to assure nc
that We should certainly find her at Hayre
with his sister, who accompanied her thither
and had promised to SEQ her safely on board
the steamer.
had other questions to ask him, among
them when h. first learned the true reason
OF my wife's sudden fight--how he learned
1t tie was silent for while theu he sail
sravsly:
''Loraine, I will once for all make q clean
breast to You. A month after had placed
Viola in m7 sister hands said to myself:
This man, who should have made her life
happy, has BY his treatment forced her tn
leave him. Why should she waste her lif,
in griefs Hove her" So wrote to her
l could not have spoken tho woris-I wrut
aud told her Iloyrd her. asked her wias
the voice Of the world 1natterei to It's lii,
law might free her from You, and We mi:ht
'e happy! Her answer was to send n,r back
INV letter, accompanied by the paper,
which gave you to-day. She knew that
would quart the secret knew that shs
lett You, not because sour love had wansi.
The hate felt toward you, the passion
felt toward Viola, turued into the deepest
pity. Now you know all."
1t was just after saying this that Grant
| babe me good night and left me to my own
reflections. So watched aud watched
! until morning dawnei, thou broke broad
, md bright; until the sun was we'll up; until
! =. last We steamed into Havrc, and / coul !
/ :tap en- the broad quay and toll myself that
i'll Il few minutes my vito would tn weep.
! lug in my arms.
We reached ,i,a hotel We learned that
tie ladies We're still there. Grant. t.la-
; gram had done It's work. My impulse was
10 rush in search Of my wife Tut Graut
checked me. As he said, she knew nothing;
his message had given no information as ia