New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-21

| from time to time of the complete truth
| This Is what bought of Florine. your old nurse
| | know. You will not let me cross over to the
cottage, ohP You will persist in bavin; me &c
p, rck 10 own are you quite sensiblcp
| pride--whcn l last knew her. PERHAPS she il
CHANGED. But | doubt it, Would she marry
man descendedas YOU are from the basct of canaiic
| court to testify she is not too old for that
lie paused. felt no longer weak then. shook
| his rand from my shoulder.
| "You will tell her this p l said.
| "Yes
"What will it profit you9'
IL love her. You know that"
| "She does not love you" | spoke with effort
lie saw ,nls and counted upon my woful disaray
You rich" he said, with his face close 10
| But | am still richer than you and can make hcI
marry me if you withdraw ! love her and am
determined TO have her. o,A After T tonight
you must break with her You will find some
We'll" i said strengthening my form and
meeting his look full, what will you do ?"
II will tell her. he said
There must have been some startling change in
nv face now i confronted him.
"Iou will tell her? 1 repeated
yes" he answered.
1t seemed to me then as if were not man.
but a demon And yet | believe that | spoke
with something like icpose-the re'osc Of a slum-
boring tempest Tel me-" continued, "what
you will do after you have told herr
Il will he laughed for an instant harshly
Fool" said still calmly "shc dc.srises you
lie laughed aqain. BEFORE she met you she
likcl me When YOU sink back into the place
where you belon: she will turn again to me. She
always hated low descent and ba blood &. You
need MT look at me with that naughty air. Othn
Clallss : not Claud but Clauss ! You sent me away
cove from that room in Paris. But know what
is benin your bravery now ;-nothing but bra
ado is behind it. You think to
| CAUGHT him by the throat then. The motive
that .waycd me was one of absolute jealousy. /
belle, ed for the moment that he could win Ada
if | withdrcw my suit | cared Tor no previous
the woman love should know the truth about m
Size might-though even yeas hencc-p FER him to
me.
That had become my one swayins and dominant
imlnu Sc. iic ieecd / set my gasp whe,e 1
knew It m, hit Kill. wanted 1t TO Kill All scilse
oI mercy haI lett me.
Ium lie twsteu wildly to anu irU. A Thirst iur
Ills life possessed me- Ills nan Struck at me
wnile 1 pushed him down his sLcngth was noun
Ing 10 mnc he tottcIcu anu tel my ti1p Was
sun at his throat; rs his head reached e',lth IL
struck with uuil NOSE. / remember that this
noise Aa,e me a ri-htlul gladness. ciinched my
I'm ELS closer III his throat; L wanted HIM To dlc ,
| wltnoiew for an instant, watclnn9 him, anu then
/ selzel "a stone iOosc DIT OF rock, ana dashed IL
once twice, with awful force downward.
II was with me as though l hal ceased to be
myself am lad become my father The man VINO
hau uuhe that hlucJ.s thing years ago seemed 10
90 il now a. ain i'll my Douy, my spirit IL Was
The cluse of heIeuity. | wrought the horror, as lie
haI wrought it years 40. l repeated his act.
" It'll my BRAN mai, with my blood me, ulu wliI
Leopold ClaIss, who DcSOt me, had uOhe ,'it uaS
| had killed him. l knew it before l looked
down upon him and saw That tins was True past
al mistake.
They who live sleek lives and count their small
daily s. ties gIeeds, IT,, en.es as matter OF ihpJt,
can have 10 conceln with what thought am let
at this time. Starcey was INC acU Pcrpc'laUcu
tlan | became once more myself
Can YOU fathOm the minnie meaning Vi llldI
anguish?
No The voices of all the damned, if damned
they be AMI if human SIN eApates it.ell as l"en'
p.ctIe ana story uesclibc couId not phrase The
horror of my rcmOse . >,
had kiicu him. | bent over him with di-
lated razc ana saw that had killed him 1t was
/ who was his mn deer My Aeals of culture,
thou. INT, refinement, scf-exatati, n, had come tp
this tenifyin- end. All the know edge liht l ma
laIned in past yeaIs-all the emotions lhat 1 Ia
so,nded-ail the philosophy that lai pODcI am
onucrcd, rushed upon me now III one Jcc m
SWIRL and tumult lie exquisite opaline nishi
loued me AM poured urea ilul saic'snis uion nv
l. Dtho Caud. with high hopes. with fine aims,
with culture. with mind OF telllns force, Win
theories of what mankind would become IN some
for art ettcrs, the discnslaling of humanity flom
falst. or foolish clecDs-l, Ohio Claud. called.
Was mere russ, british murderer.
\ mur.e er--l II must be some nightmare
/ staggered backward Cam misht have uonc
with both han before my eyes TO shut out tie
mt uaing mooni hit mufderc'? j. imlo'
slblc, The de- sion must On soon 1t could n0i
1ast Nv ina nation swept back to domesti,
scenes to trivial incidents OF bowlns before ladies'
N alro0ms. To genial moments when iad klsseu
a hand. buttoned glove. been ave: amoM.lS
human INSIDE this bloody and ghast INIT which
now set nc so ncXOlaby. for all future time. be
You'd my fellows thought OF men AMI women
whom | had not remembered for yeas their very
features were accurately lmncl in my memory
old echoes of favOIie music lioatel through my
brain so. no | must be in a dream /
WAS still part of humanity: | could not thus
have lcapt its bounls | would presently wake
-. WHY did ] not wake? Not to wake would
be madness That body lay there But | had
not kiiiel it, /? The thought was folly. | heard
MIS- Dorian laugh her grull French laugh. and
felt her tap the shoulder. "Otho, mon
Was Vas di-amin,? Was that the smile of Casimir
with ms aint-brish in hand an his tossed blond
locks. and lis desire that / should sit to MIN for
as his yawned between me and the bright
gracious truth Of actual living
| dropped my eyes. | looked upon the man J
had killed Shallespeare-thc greatest master in
telling us what human agony can do with the
visible univc that cnrirdS it has made his men
and women speak Of tie sky being drowned in
tears the whoe earth being dra, CT in iveries of
woo. Ii thus with me at tins crucial ana
piercing moment
What Lad | done p cricl my conscience The
blurred and Ieeing moonli ht seemed to answer
| Lad murdered fellow crealWe-I, Ohio Claud
There he lay, bleeding ami dead 1t had come
to this
that bein- icOraIdizel as | was must perforre |
think Of A sinking sensation came upon nc then
| must hide the body that had slain | fell into |
the ranks Of the uncounte1 muTdclcIs who had en-
istcl since the world began. 1t was just as if |
some strong, dark, superhuman emissary of thN
justice had drawn close to me. let me feel the awe
that chung about his presence, regarded me with |
shut lips and lmpa' abb eyes and then colby set |
upon my brow the stamp of frightful fate.
There he lay. | looked down upJn him.
Soon afterward | drew quickly backward. In the |
lovely night a boat. rowed doubt by careless |
vii ers passing sOmewhc c near the rocks |
on which | stood. They SINGING. What |
was their song ? Something that meant life
rcnity. nature. freedom from sin. The boat stole |
nearer and then elided The SOM it "a G me |
had been hap V. and It's recession was new tort |
ure So ,elythiny henccfolth that had in it the |
worth peace and hope of my kind would pass |
me by Hereafter | must be isolated among my |
Horror would hedge me in loath |
ins would stand as my scntnci.
What should | do? Could | escape the charge |
Of this crime? Would it be discovered soon |