Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-02-25

al I'M "a II, Tls

"a 1saas s u Ell long ss'I saI.,assI ! q
Philip as he came toward her. There was
red spot on either chees, and her eyes seemed
preternatraraily iarye und staishtS \ IA flrst
kS fasst IA itsg sA otss OF soy ii >secSh Nm
Thea i'rsntifsi If fbqhaa y Elfp&Fof
was intensely 5E1slnnIT uTI
''You don't come as often as you used, but
s s9a p rsis vs,s Il + y :
I lar the virtues III the deDarted.
,saM oLlafMnanisal Hks t6h6h.ee iksiitt ~
couaasrSoshe HSfdwh ibbaebiotdrhAc
70 himi Il was iaegB93ke o funeral She
sass as R.2 E E oYaa I RT'4aTET
\ "1ave been vetIaHdnd hard with you,
Philip, when you wanted me to loxa.xpu!'
She lei1isST q s;SSEs -; us hand TIL her
eyes Sessndcse lingoFingly around the parlor
walls. --oaIA---
'.lt is nothing, my own S'vsetheagtp hean,
ssfsaan iaaidaadsgnaR Ia yatih 1915 &, &
/ e5,nld liz bae T9qsid sldf'Fea dous
/ She aidyssttHgn 10 'teenakini oit nisist
/ yoTt tf1ioi,s,.. efiatt III aif raeant.
| she had hASaiT his Rand, tfrid bent over
toward him with u troubled look,ep her face
She rested os1u htner sn Mis- shohlior, aud her
/ lil.s alIgo TOUCHED his foFsLeasl,, Anayo al
/ ~ sod f0g.ig 8 iiie trshe said softly, and
/ ybs ittd ss5id9 was as diS5passiddhte ~ hn
[ llyefswhist@r.ia989 n9gd ssgit agG@
/ rssiVlly there ii no tbdisg.tb fosghfs!@ Philip
+ answered, his words, Of love fropiao eilrhis
4 lips, there was something so terrible in the
I mysteg iQps mood that was upon her. "But
/ do yot4 FeAShlbef, = he added with q forced
smile, what you promised for tomorrow
"Te-merrowia she drew back from him
feFfulIy Y oEnorroV,f SleE repeated is SO
tha word Ind some mystery tn IT, f'sitaveI
Iseini&tt.yo you anything for tomorrow
1t was not Bertha Ellingsworth at all, as
he had known her--it was rather as no
/ had dreamed she might be. In the. common
/ estlof wornen are dement's of character,
/ gFA'His Of emotions. that Ia their Insight and
/ fused together can glorify her to a creature
of resistless power and dignity, with holy fire
shining ia her face. 1t ia the sleeping god-l
dess men worship in women, for worship is
the trliest form OF love- and when that wor-
ship is lost the part of love for which sa man
would make q iaroo Of himself and riseabove
every groveling tafntin his nature is lost
too. A woman may sin aud not repent, she
may seem as shallow as tho surf on the shin
ing sand just before its ebb, but so long as a
man Believes ID the goddess III her. he waits
on her folly, he strives ID. gild over her sin
jim ennobling reverence for her possibilities.
s'Why, te-morrow was tho day you prom
Used TO let me talk Off
II remember Shedrew back from him
and clasped her white hands for moment
over her fofehead; '.and have, You been
thinking great deal oflitF A M.
''Why not tonight, Berthap he begged in
sudden fervor -f.o-A-
But she started to her feet like one in NOR,
talteUor. |Qh no. not to-nightln1i' 9ti.t
Then she ealpe near hinia4rAin, and looked
down with a liew sad smile as he held her
hand to his lips. you don't mind very
much, do yos2 Il ann not very much Of a
woman really, she said wistfully, t'if II
wasn't for the habit you have fallen into.n
Iliea she glanuslg'a at The cioek 6l the
mautel. 94 "a \ A-A 80
She followed hirrto tho dp9H hG Nlh1ns
How sed The ip0erhght is | ann afgqia
pf3ts? fiias said ds sic, hollf DIT Her hphtd H.
hinh ~, al q Assoa sSh's kssNis
TheaaEe beapsna rokon'V6fs6 coming, ii Il
seemed aigIss ysaJ;to Bis ears iafsA IT'S
s0fS IhiiP; tff61't you g5irts Ito X fy no N
EqoslA sssa, nghtm s9 stESk
HiAlstssion Ne had thotighs s4uafed' car6aa
over liirfi1pja storm. He gittls&eslflGf yietdl
ins gyaTfid1 2lls 'aln4s sds IL tl@ neSerswtriih,
loseb efSagSio; MD lizel her sfesiblif2l al
f1esls9 litas = Yen times pnd her wed Aiflssei
sSrSEs fS~iil Thos ko;s l Is saahsptaadthXaa'
iiealgl ''L cannot leayeyotpso7 ai9'iiaq =
But she lpd :gentlysyeleased1 berself ftori
his ei9Taces i. She tried 10 smile at him
through her tears. "A n f9iH@f q cGg .ea
mo, no, you must go.n Still he hesitated
til Fl strange eagerneSs came into Che blue
eyes, No, no, you must go Goodby,
Philip1 vsse ", ~ ri ~
AsaolNeht down the steps and, out ,of this
gatestie chill Of the last expression in.h
eyes hung about his heart. Then he stopped
and looked about. She had closed the door.
but something white futtered ON the step.
It was her handkerchief. with the perfume
she aJways used in its delicate folds He car
ried it TO his FACET was almost as if he
couched her He stood hesitating moment
"a nlomant- big with issues to them both.
de. remembered her tender words and tho
rare caresses she had had for him; he forgot
the. unaertone that had SO painfully inter-
preted them. 1t was as if he had tasted of
some priceless vintage of wine. He would
return IN an hour and taste again All, ho
had waited patiently for the moment when
this woman of stainless marble would turn
to fleshl And now his foolish heart counted
all its hard lessons for nothing, but beat high
with triumph Tomorrow She under
stood him, then, but how modest and firnid
she was Tomorrow would be for theta
both the brightest day Of their lives. She
was not startled at herself now, no wonder,
at the revelation Of the depths Of such a
heart She wanted d little time to calm her
self to get wonted to thegew woman chat
looked out Of her eyes.
He had made up his mind, and the moon
went under black-cloud for anger. But it
was only, for an hour; then ne would como
back. 4sst
~ Market han wac crowded, and Curran; Yves
speaking at p pitch of impqssioned eloquence
Reyont, anything 'hiiiip had oveF heard aai1
what oSerwhefIns .yop Il your, own enei'-
GIGS fused into yyea OPS, % sl4ad yswarfarusit