Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1888-10-13


butlerto wait upon the table, a1d II; ard il
structcd them carefully in thoirdlcies. TIci4-
tricatc domestic mechanism mI55 WORK VIZ
not one jar or rattle to disturb the rcw ms
trcss. Ho went into tac drawing room aau
looked about lial The grand piano thai
had been closed and locked 50 long was open,
and the Music placed On the rack as if it were
but yesterday that Bertha had sat before it,
lie remembered how her round, white ara
had outdazzled the ivory keyboard the last
time he had seen her here. The chintz covers
had been removed from the furniture whose
blue damas< upholstery seemed fairly smil-
ing with delight to have escaped from its
mask In the cIl1brasure of the window look
! ing out to the street, where tho three laborers
had stood the evening our story commences,
lay Little volume Of exquisite eu~ravings,
as if some a6E-rer had ju5t put it down.
Philip glanced at the page where it was Open
1t wGs a MaGlalene; and a shadow passed
over his face at the suggestion. lie turned IL
few leaves and spread TIE volume open again.
! This time it was Marguerite. IGlYatiently
he closed the book, which seemed to have no
beautiful picture but it would Insult his bride
lie had not made the slightest change III
the study-his fathers rooin-where he had
learned too to fight out his spiritual battles
1t would be a proclamation to alter one feat
ure Of Tic room; it should be always as it
was the 3ay Ezekiel Breton died. Philip
opened t Goor and looked in for a moment,
then with full heart he made his way up
the oaken stairs. The room he next entered
was furnished in the shade of blue that
Bertha loved best, the silk upholstered lounge
that made one drowsy to look at it, the
sleepy hollow easy chair, the dressing table
and toilet set. Over the windows hung
lambrequins of darker tint, softened again,
however, in the flowing curtains below
Even the drop lamp had blue porcelain
shade so that no such thing as white LIGHT
should ever enter Bertha's boudor. Philip
imagined her sitting i'll tie easy chair lifting
her eyes wonGerugly to him, her husband,
WHO never grew tired of telling her she was
beautiful; or he pictured hcr asleep ca the
lounge one white hand by her side the other
beneath her cheek. How much of his
thoughts were vague dreaming! Could it be
Sac was at last to lie his; lighting the gloomy
old house with the radiance of her presence!
AL lis o,hcr LIE faded il his memory al the
tr.. h.@css Of lis jey in her. 1t seemed
Sal tails to hi.I tHat he had Lifted
1000 lives into a new plane Of existence
that he had given hope to 1000 desperate
heart5-comp&red with the hope of making
THIS one woman happy and Of living in hel
smiles.
But he suddenly started from his fond rev.
oa,,a -, r,o,,rtoi Of now
! ~ ,,,oofoI ,vos of ,nor}In tho curtains
a,or,I ~, ,,,,sso Of s,C,-,- I,,. and ere, tI,a
,,,l1o1,lo,.,, or tI,o cboirs and tha cornot was
Mt aor,os,. H. ba,r+ hoo foet nc be
stood for a roorent IN fine chamber thc, he
yra,+ softI,, ont and locked the door babind
hin, ca that mo foot sho1ld cross its sacred
tLr,sbot5 tin ita ,,i.t-a.s came
II v,os 10 ba y worry ouiet veldinr---no
,-,,osts M cards NO b9nonat The sh0rtnst
and sim,,Ias+ form, +bot rould make n man
ond woman ono vos enouch Rut tbe hour
Voc ,,os4 and ,-o+ thor, vvos no ,vadainr. tha
hrida o1i dressed waited to he called from
bo,, ,,oo,,,. +bo o,,ncr bridarroon pocaJ to
and f,.o ,c.oss the porlor floor There was
M ,,,inistar
The cIocl, st,uclx tbe half bour r. was
bo1f rost oil.,,+ M F1Iioc.,roItb cot j., tIn
norlor raadino the eveniog raper i, unbro,,en
tronoriIit,, pbiIin was wnrdaring v,hera
Jono co,ld no. v.hn+be,, she u9s inJoad mo
narirc, to,,ihIn hloy for the White hoeon,
IF Iis Inido yyhot could she doe
"Ahr I think I hear the carriarer re-
marked M, EujDns,vortb LAYING aside his
nonor witI a IistIe yovn
t.From which direction y asked phil,
rs+onin~ carcrIv while the faverisb blood
rnshod into lis foca
Mr. FIiirrs,vortb went 70 tba window
oWhv from hotb directions II sounds TO
me- l;ka two corriogas will cro ont ord
soa y
Phil, burriod to +ha window and ,,iood II
bnt II was nitch dar,,. ba could soo noth;,c,
who could Ina in thot second carriarag IJe
wanted to he coIIol bnt no one c,,,o fo, hin,
He heard the doors OMEN and shut. and indis-
ting,Iishahle voices. bnt no one called him
Then he made his way ont into the bau in
vague terror He thourht of his bride wait
inc m stairs and set his teeth for th. worst
No earthly power, no vileness of calumnv.
no shameful djscl closures should move him
His bride waited for him. ready to be bis
when he called for her. Ali he would NOT
shame her, thougb all hell hissed at her. But
how fanciful he was. He could hear the