The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-02-03
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ind each Of ms drew tav,l It a shining lock.
and these locks We still have. tho sx,fe ma
mentn that H. left to us OF Aycshn M wa
knew her In the fnllness Of her grace AMI
glory. Leo pressed the 'perfumed hsif to
ssShe called to me not to forget her! n \.
said hoafscly-"and nwore that No shouii
meet again. BY Heaven, | never will for.
ret her. Here ] swear TINT. IL va iive e.
get out of this, I will not for ali my davs
have anything 70 say to another LIVING
Eonan. and that wherever l go I will wait
Ives" 4 thntig6t tomyself, III She come
Ick beautiful us we know her: But sun
POSING She cnfie bacs like that"
Well, and then we went. We went. nnd
left those two In the presence OF tho very
tSs e ond sp mps q 81 rs bs,., but faith EgHthef ,sd.. e
they looked rs they lay there, and how iliI.
assorted That little heap hoI been fnr
two thousand years the wisest, lovciiest.
prOudest crentare-! can hardly call heI,
w!omanIttn tho whole universe She had
been wtGSea too. IN her way; but, alas!
wtckedness had not detracted from her
charm. Indeed, l am by no means certninn
that 1t did not add to 1t. 1t was, aftcr ali
of a grind order; there was nothing mean
OF small about Ayesha.
And poor Job, tool His preserfinent
had come true. and there was an end of
him. Well. he had a strange burial-piace
mo Norfolk hind ever Ind n stranger mr.
ever will; and 1t is something to lie in tho
same sepulchre with the poor remains ri
tho imperial She. W
We looked Org last mon them nyd ,,,o
indesc,is:.JieT rosy glow in which they Inv
n then with. hearts far too heavy for
words we left them, and crept thence hrek,
en-1own men--sO brOken-tlown that we even
r%enounced the chance Of practically i'm.
morta! Life, because NIL that n,nle life val.
then that to prolong our days Indefinitely
would onlybc to prOlong our sutfuriaws.
% we tclt-yes, both of us-that huvinS
once oke Ayesha in the eyes, we could
not forget ler forever and ever while mem.
her now and for always; she was stainnei
una carvcil on our hearts, and no other
woman could ever raae tiiat splendid die.
And l--there lies the stfng-Iiu and have
no right 10 think thus of her. As She told
me, I Was Maugilt to her, and never shall
be through. the unfathomed depths Of Ti,nc,
unless, indeed, conditions alter, and n davs
comes ut last when two men may love one
woman, and all three be happy in the fact.
1t Is the only hope OF my bro:sen-heartei.
ness, u 9 rather faint one. Beyond it
I nave not:sf'ag. l have paid down this
heavy. price, all that 1 am worth here md
With Leo it is different, and often and Of:
ten ! bitterly envy him his happy lot, for
Il She was right, and her wisdom and
knIo,wledso did not fail her at Tie last,
which arguing from the precedent of her
own case I think unlikely, he has some
future to look forward to. But j have
none, n yct-mark the folly and the
weakness of the human heart, and let him
who b wise learn wisdom from it-yet /
would not have it otherwise. mean that
am content to give what l have given and
U always give, and take in payment
those crumbs Tint fall from my mistress
table, the memory of u few Kind words, the
hope one day in the far undreamei future
OF = sweet smile or two of recognition, and
Attic show of thanks for my devotion to
her-and Leo.
II that does not constitute true love, lido
not know what does, and all I have to shy
Is that 1t is q very bad state of mind for q
fnll into.