Telegram-herald., 1888-01-01

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nag iAze, sas s<i4 ~azys YEA aay news II
bisns Aud wia yoa tel me af yoa have
heard ssytSizg, ~ mercy - kis ~ifei~
Lady Aaalnssrss tain iips suddenly TO
lsze3 INTO their o2d aBd eruel Ssaile
~ahy Dc you ssk axe aosat ths Loaf
courlsff> she said "a viii kaow what has
hecoue of hinl, Alss Locsw0od, when the
time Is ripe for iLp
Agnss started y doat understand you.s
she said -lIow shall / knowi VII some
one tel incs"
~Sons one viii tell yoa"
Henry could keep silence no longer. "Per-
haps your lads ship may - the person" he
interrupted, with iroaieal Poiilensss.
she answered him with contemplaons ease;
sYou may be right, Ar Westwick One day
or another / may be tie person Who tells
Mis- Loci Uood what has become of Ferfari,
if
She stopped. with her eyes fixed on AgneA
III whatF Henry asked
at Miss Lockwood forces me % it,"
Agnes listened Ia astouishneuI sForce
you 70 ils' she repeated slow can ] do
thati DO you mean 10 say my viii Ia stronger
than yoursP
~Do you mean to say that the candle doesn't
burn tie moth when the moth flies into its~
Lady AontbSrry rejoined. "Haye you ever
heard OF snch "a thing as the fascination Of
terror / am drawn % you by "a fascination
OF terror. | have no right 70 visit you.
have no wish 10 visit you; ycu are my enemy.
For the frs, time in my life, against my own
will, | submit 10 my enemy. Seel am wait
ing because YOU told me 70 wait: and the fear
OF you Il swear ~ creeps through me while |
stand here Oh, don't let me excite your Gu
riosity OF your pity Follow the example of
Mr. Westwick. BE hard and brutal and un-
forgiving, Ike him. Grant me my release;
tell ne TO go"
The frank and simple nature OF Agnes
could discover but ene ineligible meaning
in this strange outbreak.
"You arc mistaken in thinking me your
enemy" she said. THE wrong you did me
when you gave your hand to Lord Montbarry
not Intentionally done. ! forgave you
my sutTerings in his lifetime. forgive you
even more now that he has gone"
Henry beard her with mingled emotions OF
admiration and distress. SAY no florel" he
exclaimed. "You are too good to her; she is
not worthy OF it.
The interruption passed unheoded by Lady
MoEtbarry. The simple words in which
Agnes had replied seemed to nave absorbed
the whole attention OF this strangely change
able woman As she listened, her face set
tied slowly into an expression Of bard and
fearless sorrow. There was marked change
in her voice when she spoke next IL ex-
pressed that last, worst resignation which has
done with hope.
"You good, innocent creature" she said;
"what dees your aIniable forgiveness matters
What are your poor little wrongs in the reck-
oning for greater wrongs which is demanded
"a met AN noe tlNtuB 10 tfiEIscb Ntus L
am only miserable about myself Do you
know what it is 10 have q firm presentirneni
OF calamity that is coming 10 you, and yet TO
hope that your own positive conviction will
not prove truel When | first met YOU, be-
4. fore my marriage and first felt your infiu-
ence over me, had that hope. Ii was n
starvcline sort Of hope that lived lingering
life in me until today You struck it dead
~bopx ffor, E>r
rari."
"How have destroyed your hopesi" Agnes
asked. "What connection is there between
my permitting Ferrari TO use my name 20
Lord Montbarry and the strange and dread
ful things you are saying TO me nowr
"The time is near, Miss Lockwood, when
you will discover that for yourself In the
meanwhile, you shall know what my fear Of
you is ,n the psinsst words can find. On
the day when took your hero from you and
blighted your lite-I am firmly persuaded of
it--you were made the instrument or the re-
tribution that my sins Of many years had de-
served. On, such things have happened be-
fore today. One person has before now been
the rneans Of inA6csnIy ripening the growth
OF evil in another You have done that al
rca5y-aud You have more 70 do yet. You
have stIli 10 bring me 10 the day of discov-
cry, and 20 tse punishment that is my doom.
We shall meet agsia--here in England or
there in Venice, where my husband died, snd
meet for the last time"
In spite cf her batter sense, in spite Of her
natural superiority 70 superstitions OF all
kinds, Agnes WAS impressed by the terrible
eaITestness with which those words were
spoken. She turned pale as sho looked at
Henry. SDo you understand herP she