Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-02

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!. terment CT horror and grl,f and righteou!
. indignation within him that would make
his marriage With z cjsrd Phelps daugh
,4r viz ual separation from hef home. anc
pareEts. Eo could never .gain ioiy
.epdly hands With tce m4n who hac
coae this thing. she must see him be
tore lie me-. the foiled acheUe-, and tes
nit i II Ee-ssE 20 :ae utnost-ssk o.
GssDt-olind and Ignorant obedience Il
wost might sound like q TesgoEless be
nest
This done, she might get her ont o.
e:g1th.t = iit.ie while; might trust her
se,t tc ID iairly a. the Rsain see had sci
il her arui.
Elr tGiG was what II vas. For the
frs: slime Ii her recollection she had been
guilty II downright lie-"pefiury," she
Lsmed i, WIKI q cold, lick shu0ter; hen,
lasded back Inemcry al d conscience, that
streng' might be ltfi Tor rhe intervie "
! with nim wHo, IS youth and map, had be-
iieved IN and loved her IS son his very
! own mo.htr.
/ r casrd sighed IN his Sleep sobbipg
orseth inst brought her to his side. He
was terribly prostra!ed OF the exci.-
.
/ lxpee r:ign. be tGR result. Les1Ing on
! earning heart sud seddened Soul in her
strained gsze, Uatil. nsw, she had TEX
pned Ne the most direful epoch In her life
not sscoud 70 that great horror Of dsIk-
! ress in which she had become tine Irno-
cert SPY upon Ger husbands correspon-
0ence with her bosom friend-:he light
WleE RShsId hso called heaven TO wit
/ ness lENs ne had always been true to h T
| ia thought, wcrd and deed. Weak enc
had Known M 20 be prioT 10 thsr time
WicAediy wesk-a slave to impulse, and
prone 10 See things IS he would have
! them SpDear, rsingr than IS they were,
! Nos usn WHO would volunteer false
ho0C, snd tEke his solemn oath that i,
wSS s!uta.
1t fs . sentimental tsllscy that love can
not exist spaFt from respect OF the
twain, love is iae n ore robust, snd liVes
on Divorced, Cr widowed, IL isois.ion
! mat may rot oe resigned, jnucn less con-
teDted, Yet which is, TO al EppeaE,ace,
asia eXlsIeIce.
W>iet3 respect; TIE GID homage oi her
upright soul &c ftr kusb5nd a. her Rupe-
rior II moral aad mental s;renglh-died
aGd had dlshC1Crs5ia buritl, oae mock
iDg big at a 1gust roon, six Se1fD ggcpe,
when, iesy!ng her claVslescins AGs0tnd
asleep II Salcme's charge, she summoned
cousSge, without speaking Of II to shy
one, 10 log over and pat away the
f3cts Marion Rad commended, il writ
ing 10 reT, 'sbcGd she survive ne"
The f ut sentence her eye lighted Tp0l,
"a drawing re paper from tie elvelop&,
told ter the worst S1e bsd EeGd ali,
each word orapGing I.sef Upo5 her mem
oTJ forever; tier, E she Esd truly dsted,
lcCked away 6uSIGd SrT5lopa il the
dr&Her ss IL shameful grave, and Jeff It
there, IS kda . li5vet,1o De- sees no more
oY huMss eJe whLe 2Ae end R,chsId
Phelps 51'h lived.
Love aad made wiieiy duty more t9ler-
ebie 10 one way than # be hsd become
oJioa, 10 ner WIZ Tia knowledge G! his
:z!itit Sencss. II.FEc!HeT ssGse, II had
made sne cross Sharper, Mrs LapGoa
H.uid have sUslrad exCitiDGly, Esd she
,suImisei how after the Yite's Eesrt had
CIiad-aot slrg-:da tcsYEsty Of the
u Iuc1.ul old soGg--a tr.yesty Isaael
,0Ck credit 20 herself Tor irgeEGlrg-
"TaaGe. nc UAt.ue!" IA har anguish
81 lCTe ct which resgon shoaid have
5iaeEgC, size Asd sometimes though: the
ester ssh s..iTe should be Inscribed upon
ser ch!Y;,rcus, winscme HUSBANDS tcmb
S.o2e,
This hour sha knew deeper depth OF
deg:flS.ior-sYeH tnG lowering CT her
self 70 shield him The ssivsuo2 OF his
lsiT fame; lne shs5oW WoTsdipped ~
him; the pgOieGiion Of 5ey children from
biorHpg scandal; S.l3me'e happiness;
:2e uns peaksbie dead Of seeing her bus
band aie under the scourge Of detection
--Gy go much mare iesftul to cG&Tacters
Ike his than awakened conscience, as
3hsy LCva themsslses mora thsa others
I'll these g1ii gg stsTtad up, before hsr, IN |
the Cne instant OF rsc0H from actual AMI
CONSCIOUS and hurled hCT ioTTa1d. she |
cried o 81 oF5ried Gcd Tor forgiveness.
&c ku5H the Ioight Ct the temptation,
sid beirg I'll merc.iul, might Essoil her
soul. Tae blot would be forever more
Visible 10 her. l. YES Pyrrhian VICTORY
WITH Disasters never 10 be retrieved.
Lit lin who hiss rot been tried beyond
his Strength; ioE Thcm eXpediency has
EeveT suddenly usurped the place Of.
recesslsy, foIbear 10 judge this woman.
L love Wss OF temper so divine that
it wI!hstcod The fifes or the furnace
Eested seventy times ssvtp; SO pure, that
i. gathered no base elements lreIn con-
tEct with psIfiiy; SO strong, that Ii
triumphed over all possible rivals. l,
who etAGd With bowed head in her pres-
en9e, R0rdlesg, when l seek for terms |
that nay FLY convey my reverence snd
8orCeY, frsnBly OWE, with her pious |
critics, fiat the thing for which she |
risked her soul and bartered peace Ct
Coincidence, Was not worth title CT the |
pr,ce paid tor Il. TIE love Of q msn like |
R;ChaId Phelps wSs not to our coal, per-
specuvs view i;for her having or holding |
We heard i; said long SGD that her Casr-
scter Yas laid oue in grand, simple lines. |
Her stesdfastness TO her marriage VOW,
the literal reatiDe OF the obligation TO
render low, honor SID duty Until the |
Wedded ones were parted by deaLh, her
silence On tee 8ack, her sender sssidui!y
ot care, fheabysve tront.-;urned to her
1orl-, 0e-edho CutcGms Ct -tiIs nature
All me tswsSfsnch principles Sis hat !
5eeraec L al ifSeasrtsiity a0i sigE}aLess CT
nesri. Comc!aec, they Ds6e na faT her
-wiiehCcG.
SIow, scaiticg d,ops trieklsd d1gg Der
cheets, as she ncor toward hec sleeping
a1grs' 4
A-'' So i lfGP ire7t upcn YONG elr,
my Y10i, wsAA, tempted, unrepentant
dear"
CHAPTER XIX,
The oriental gsrb OF the riverside hills
was suffueed with roseate glow as SIS.
lone end Rex, csrtering up the drive on
their return from their ride, saw Mrs.
Phelps standing on the piszzs, evidently
expectsnt.
CHOW is pspe?" asked Salome before
she touched the earth.