Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-11-17

J And she had saio, strangely calm and
/ un.tirred
let 1t be now
Then, silence for each was struggling
with emotion: and a great awe seemed
to have fallen upon the hour. He was
tho fist t. spcak
'.IIelen, need not saw, in words, L
love YOU All the Summer lon. | have
Nnet a. yo4r feet. Tel! me that it shall
not end here"
She did lot speak He sought to
touch her baud, but she drew It from
hia. Tier white hips moved but they
framed no wo.ds-so parched and dry
were they; and lie continued
Il have had tanc.es. Helen, but never,
unit | met YOU. have kaown how man
could loye. ! think it would Kill me to
q re you up: YOU have become my life
SPEAK to mc, Helen Say that l may
love yol al my life" he said with
strange humility. 1'I,o not speak, Helen.
If yoH would say me nay Only listen
while tel yol no" | will devote my
self to al good works for your sake
how ! viii toll for even the barest ten
deInes, Of your tender heat See, lav
my life at our feet. Helen, my love
my queen Tor the pltiful Gods sake, do
not bid me %
Il was his soul Pleading for its very
life.
And then. white as the robe she wore
white as the still face floating in liquid
/ ght above them she arose and stood
before him. The moon poured down its
FOOD Of silver upon her and she seemed
4 very Nemesis, a, She lifted her slender
hand, and looked him steadily in the
face,
'IIu,h -he aid "1ou have brought
your doom upon yourself | warned yon
hat my life was devoted to the aveng
n- of a wrong. believe you love me
| hope YOU do-eyen az YOU say else
would my work have all been done in
vain. Nay" she sad, repulsing him
! with her extended h4nd ''let me tell
you my story. \ few years ago so few
it seems to me now = was a wife and
mother. For one short, happy year |
knew only Joy, and then my world dark
r ened. Ny husband died: but for the lit
tie flower faced child which lay in my
: arms, | think | should have gone mad
, with agony and grief; for my husband
was a king among men, ,,and II loved
love Well, the baby came to claim my
are and vowed to 1--we only for her
his child and mine; | lavished all good
: gifts upon her; never left her for day
. until She was grown to womanhood, and
| watched her growth with idolatrous
pride She was 50 sweet and true and
loving; so trustfal-so pure herself, that
she saw no shadow of wrong in any
other.
zone springtime, yielding to tn,
; advIsa of my physician-for | was
| strangely weary / left her Left her
T as | supposed, carefully guarded from
!. all harm, because she could not bear the
rigors of the climate to whose tonic airs
. wa baDi>hed intended only to be
:, gone few months Circumstance
: wllcd otherwise and it was year;
y whole miserable year-before could
: return DO yoa know how found her
Dying. My pure, white lily, broken ane
| fading. because tod grant me patience
; because of IL mans treachcry, Praying
G for him, too with the last faint breath
: that tluttcrcd up from her drawn lips
Her last words were Mamma, do no
, Judge i.im too harshly; l was only
:, Simple little child, and | loved him So. ;
well. she del Died in thes
! arms, and on this breast; and laid he
matchless yonng beauty in the grave
; y hen knew that she was dead -whel
the soft light had faded out of her dea
+, blue eyes, and her limp hand fell ava
from mine, | did a strange thing.
+ made no moan. | wtpt no tears
left to stranger hands the task of r'obin
her for the grave, and went to my room
. l knelt before my dressing an
: looked long and earnestly at the fac
!, reflected there knew was beautiful
"a but had never cared until now. lcs
:, | was still fair The matured woma
i M CHIT win what the child lied in losing
knew could touch the heart, as she
/. cod pity me. had not; and going bacl
u to her still form, vowed that | woult
90 to you nay, DO no. start 'Thu4 ar
= the man and bring upon you all yo
k had brought upon her. What your lov
e h4d been to her, mine should be to YOU
J on broke her heart yours, too, shoul,
t break.
le Il have succeeded. You do love me
even as YOU >ay. | hold your false hear
| here IN my hand, and all crushed an,
bleeding fling II away even as 70
=. flung hers. |, - allow you to love me
I. on. the srorn, the loathIn. | give yo
i in loves ,tcal !"
le All white and breathlcss She stood be
# fore him royal in her Just wrath an
. he cried our. IN an agony Of tears
DO not scorn NE. Helen. | shall .
n mad without your love-
IS For answer, >he turned upon him on
n look one bitter, scathn1 io9h Of ,corn
/ Then. a, man ~pcaks who never nor