Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-02-16

tween W. Tor ever. 60 VIII nnisn my SIN,
and tell you that men have loved you and
men will love You, but that 10 man III
the wide world has ever loved YOU or can
ever love you AS 4 DO. Remember always,
through the long blank years in which
snail see YOU no more, the greatest, deep
est, most passionate love That was ever
given To "a human heart was laid ut your
ieet Tor YOU TO trample on-notning more ;
and, II | had "A hundred lives, Il hundred
hearts, they should all be laid there. The
knights OF old were content If they might
die Tor the ladies they loved. Lady Lii
las, l would ask no greater favor from
Heaven than that l might give my life for
you:'
She did not raise her face to his; but he
saw that the white hands caressins the
meadowswect trembled.
81 have purchased \ brief delirium," he
went on, ''Dy i lifetime of pam. l shall
30 from you branded with the fire Of "A Ia
tai love; and yet l would rather, far rath-
CT, have loved you in vain for a few short
days than be loved by any other woman
until death"
His voice died away in passionate MUIR
murs, and he WAS silent. She looked at
him with infinite pity beaming in her soft
eyes.
~ an sorry" she faltered.
"Why should YOU be sorry? 1t is not
your fault that you are the most beautiful
OF women, it Is not your fault that your
beauty and grace madden ihos who look
upon them; you are no more To blame than
the star is W blame because the moth de-
slres it,"
"Still | am sorry" she repeated gently
-''sorry for your PAIN
"My pam. All, Heaven, how can you
know what that pain is: How can you
understand? Ii 4 had 10 choose, | would
rather undergo the torture OF the wheel,
or OF the stake, than that Of a hopeless,
love. Those pains xiii quickly-these live
on. How should you know or understand
the anguish of Il iaccrAted heart, the Bit
ter pam 81 longing, the chill OF despair,
tae terrible Aopeiessn-ss,th weary stretch
OF lille, into which 40 JOY can creep? All,
Heaven grant That none OF this pain may
ever be yOurs!'
"Nonc OF Us know what life holds for
us" She answered in u low voice, is she
White iiusers.
1T VIA never hold hopeless love for
yoU,' he said, how can il, when one look
VA VIZ ~ - . " AihA VI
desire? | suali read some day how some
great MAJ has WoOed and won you. 1 shall
read OF your weallh and grandeur, Of
your high estate, and then ali, then |
shall lie with my lace upon The earth and
weep Is no man has ever wcpt! Then |
shan lnd 10 peace on earth. Sat will YOU
- ASK you tu.s by my great love and my
great pain-remcmocr me kindly. VIA
AgYt o. ...I mo ,.t.Y.llltt,f inn and fItpI .nnIy
ol ny great love? VIA you remember
that i've with y wound IN my heart, and
that ali my lie thc nouHd WIIl biecdy-
VII. you think KINDLY vi me for The sake Of
my %paiA-mili YOU! An, Heaven, / leave
nav lie here"
She saw him In the utter abandonment
Of despair, with his face bent and deep
sobs shaking lis frame. She laid her hand
upon his head.
'Do YOU know" she said in a low voice,
"that | wish my beauty, az you call it.,
had been blightcd before il bad lone this
10 your There is no fear that | shall ever
forget il. No man has declared his love to
lie like this before, | shall think of YOU
and think Of you kindly-as long as |
live"
Tie gentle touch Of her hand seemed to
give him fresh life and courage. The next
moment le was knecling at her feet.
"You are an angel of goodness" he
cried. "Wil you think of me kindly
VIII you let me worship you from "A dis
tance? VIII you let me fill all my life
with work for you-oh, my hearts love,
for you!"
There was Il strange tenderness in her
face, and ii s0iteDed light in her eyes as
che replied
~ wiil-if you wish it--be n friend 10
you always; but, as TO the other, it could
never be, could il? Even if I-if i loved
YOU, it could never be-"
"No,' he replied; ~ know it. / have
not dared to ask. / understand. 1t could
not be. But you are not angry with inc
Lady Lilias:"
"No, | am not angry" She answered.
"l OF forgive me for having told you OF
my love-"
u have nothing to forgive" she replied.
Glove from you must always honor the one
YOU IoNc."
"fOu care for me then a very littlc?"
81 will tell YOU the truth" She said. ~
care for you-ycs, n Hltle. But it could
never bc-neyer! And VIC must say good
bye"
lie took the hand that she held out 10
him.
"Good-bye,' he said, with passion and
despair IN his voice. "GooG-bye, Lady Liz
las. Eeayc me here amongst The meadow.
sweet; and if my earnest prayer is grant.
cd, | shall die.'
Vane Fraser Wharf declined Lord Aud.
ley's invitation to remain for another week
and lett Ulyerscroft that day. He took
With him the crushed blossoms OF the mead.
oW-swcct.