Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-04-16

mlttsJ. he 1ound Beatrice alone She
looked pale but very beautiful He noticed
at once change in her manner. A certain
graceful imidity and shyneSs seemed TO
have fallen upon her, which added a new
charm to the girl he had hitherto found SO
calm and self possessed. Beatrice, it NAV
be, noticed a change also in CarrutherS'
bearing.
Tell me all" she said in low tones. as
after quiet greeting he took chair near
her.
He told her all How the man some
nights ago had been picked up on the rails.
almost cut in two by the wheels of an en-
CINE which had passed over him How he
had been carried into Munich and placed in
the wartsaaL How, the usual formahuss
having been observed, he had been left for
Identification, and then, with or without
Identification, for burial He told her what
instructions he hiu2self had given, and how
yesterday he saw his grave.
Beatrice heard him without INTERRUPTION.
| When his recital was finished she sat in deep
! thought. Frank watched her in silence.
'HOw did he come there, en- the railroad,
lmeanF' she asked st last.
! Frank shook his head. No one can tell
/ he said. 1T might have been accident. it
might have been suicide. From the position
! in which he was found the authorities in
Z
! money in his pocket | don't know how
much, for in these eases the exact amount is
never stated. In short, no one knows how
it happened
Frank spoke the truth. No one knew
The railway tickets having been collected
long before Munich was reached, for all the
officials of the train knew, Hervey and Mrs
Miller might have disembarked with other
passengers. Tho woman's box, which WAS
registered through to Munich, was lying in
the baggage office unclaimed. Perhaps it
lies there till this day. Her hand bag went
where such things so when left in q train.
Could the steward or the guard have seen
/ the dead body they might have recognized
it as that Of a passenger; but it was put out
of sight long before the great train came
tearing back from Cons tantinople. So no
one in Munich knew more than was embod-
led in the official report.
; What brought him to Munichr' askel
Beatrice. How did he know l was here!'
| Frank could only shake his head again
| He must have seen Sarah she contin-
ued, answering her own question. He
must have learned from her where l was.
Why did she not write and tell met Some
harm may have befallen her. l wish she
| was back
Would you like to see his gravef' Frank
asked after pause. Beatrice Shivered.
NO" she said, Il think not-unless you
would call it unwomanly not to do So"
No" said Frank. II can see no reason
for it,
What could l do at his graveF' asked
| Beatrice softly and dreamily. lone goes
| to grave to weep | could not weep
After a load, which one has for wears car
ried day and night, is lifted from the mind.
enc does not weep, one rejoices. Frank, l
dare not stand over grave and feel like
that Let me say | forgive him. | can do
no more
No one who knew all could ask more
"'Speak nothing but good of the dead,'"
she continued in the same dreamy way
Frank, l cannot recall any good of which
to speak For few weeks l loved him, or
thought loved him:s but that was years,
years ago All me- those years! All l can
now do is to say will speak no evil of him.
He is dead. ! forgive him, and will try and
forget him"
For the first time the tears rose to her
eyes. There was a long pause. Beatrice
and Frank were now standing He took
her hands in his and held them.
Misunderstanding, he whispered. DO
you remember the words You said few
days ago-said in this very roomi When
there seemed no chance OF happin eSs for voC
and me. Dearest al is nov changed Wt
are in a new world Beatrice, Will You sav
once more in our new world what YOU said
in tia Cld.'
Lower and lower she bent her head, AMI
the blush rose and deepened on her white
cheek. Then she raised her head and her
gray eyes looked into his.
Let me leave you one moment" she wills
pered. Without waiting for the permission
.l,a l,.n,. Io,, Il, IL
away, swiftly as she had left that evening
at Hazlewood House, but this time without
leaving him hopeless.
She came back in less than minute, ami
her boy came with her. Holding him by
the hand she stood and looked at Frank
He understood. He drew the boy to him.
sat down and put the little fellow between
his knees. Placing one hand on his head,
he looked up at Beatrice with a grave
smile.
Dearest" he said, children may come
to us or not; but this boy shall always be
to me as my own son. He shall never
mourn for his unknown father; never, if l
can help, know shame covers that fathers
name"
He raised the child and kissed it. Harry,
with whom Carruthers was always prime
favorite, put his chubby arms round his
friends neck. Beatrice watched them and
smiled softly
Carruthers, after disengaging himself
from the boys embrace, put him gently
aside, rose and held out his arms Beatrice
came to them laid her head on his shoulder
and wept happy tears. He whispered words
Of passionate love, kissed her again and
again, and all the while Master Harry
watched the two with childish attention,
and wondered what was the meaning Of the
| J,.;n J. Lot l.
presence, and Beatrice handed him over to
his Bavarian nurse-an act of expulsion
which he much resented
Somehow, the thought that death alone
had given the right to love made Frank and
Beatrices love-msking quiet and restrained.
They We're happy, of course, or Frank was,
but not demons tratively happy. After he
had told her thousand times that he loved
her, Beatrice kneeled at his side and held his
hand
Frank, my own Frank" she whispered.
You will never bring the past up against
me. | have been wicked, deceitful, but,
dearest, have suffered for it. Frank, you
shall know every thought of my heart
will be a tue wife If any thing ever told
me that the remembrance of the past made
you doubt me, / should die-I should die,
Frank"
OF course he took her in his arms and
vowed she was the sweetest, truest, noblest,
etc, etc. What, in fact, every one vows in
a position similar to his.
Then she asked him to leave her for awhile
leave her to think over all that had hap
pened- He obeyed. He, tco wanted to
think.
Naturally he called again later in the day,
and the two began in rational way to dis
CUES their plans for the future. Beatrice
was very uneasy about Mrs. Miller. She
blamed herself for not having taken the ad-
dress which would reach her in London.
1t was settled that they should wait
week longer in Munich, in the hope of hear
ing news Of Beatrice emissary. Then Car
rutbers spoke of something which all day he
had been revolving in his mind.
&" Listen, Beatrice. We ere to go back
together and your cause is now my own.
There is something to be faced. There are
those who have right TO ask you to explain
your absence. But there is q right you can
give which will override all Others
Dearest, let US return as husband and
wife,
She flushed and trembled. "On, Frank,
how can II So soon p
" Soon Beatece, it is more than five
years That man was dead to you more
than five years ago. He died when your
love died"