Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-04-07

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life has made You morbid. The unheslthy
impulse you mention is common to sensi-
tive minds. particularly when the sur
rouudiogs iavorit Pray, has your demon
presented himself in tangible form?
Has he an eye of coal and o
tongue of 1ams?n
She turned away her face with look Of
relief
FL know am childish sometimes.
did not use TO he SO. - ia q ALTERING
voice. "DO trouble and persecution make
one grow imbsCilt2' she asked suddenly,
looking at me.
"Tney do sometimes, 1 answered. "But
they never would have that effect upon
you--it would be S. worse effect, l am
afraid
Worse. How Is that2" she asked,
coming q step nearer me II ner interest.
MAKE you cynical and unbelieving-
make YOU doubt the eNisteaCs o! faith, love
aud purity in the world. God deliver you
from such a tate, for there Is none worse. "
/ uttered tie last words with all the fer
gency i ielt I took the hand that hurg
By her side. She did not withdraw it i'm
mediatsly. She locked down and said
yith unutterable sadness;
Il have distrusted everybody, every
thing; I have almost lost faith in God Him
SELF Such treachery, such vile, inhuman
wretchsduess as I have knOwn-and to
think that I ooce 0hndly believed and
trusted iu them. Csn you, Mr.. PerrOm,
after your vears Of battle with the world.
can YOU still tell ore to believe IN human
ulture-to believe ia trustW0rthiness once
morts'
Her voice changed from the cadence OF
sadness 90 the clear, impetuous question
ne that viii be answered
hesitated for q moment. The power
ul. hery owe within me pleaded hard for
. utiersnce. I broke cut with rapid words:
Miss Glare, l offer You my lie to sGoW
that Il yau. Of Sll women IN the world, 70
You, one man viii be true
All my soul was IN my words. could
have died, gladly and worthily for an
issuance o. love from Nvlane Glare.
S1e averled her face, but / BAN the droop-
irg Ed. the Quivering mouth. For mo-
ment She did NOT speak-at last she said:
NV last words were not said to extract
chat expression from yOu, Mr. Pefrom;
YOU AN uUa huUM " 4AAN AtatN y ga aN~1r
Sne walked away a little distance.
When she came back, her face WAS quiet
hsr manner that indescrbab.e m1gl Dc
of tie utuos, cordiaiity with the utmost
reserve
81 trus. to you, Mr. Perrom, to point
oat NV faults OF position and aim; for N
tsis sb05tug I must rival friend Of mine
wh1 hiss declared that woDan's nerves
IKE no. steady enough to bat a target.
Coald give up thus easily my heppi-
uesi for life? ] could, at least, control my
face and tons The voice in which l re.
oiled TO Mis- Glaze wss the same IN which
mieht have spoken 20 Mrs jordan
Sae raised her pistol flr another trial,
when her hand was stayed by the sound
1- rapid footsteps on the frcz,n ground,
lnd the appearance OF g man walking
toward us icom q few yards behind the
argst Tae hand fell 20 her side with her
f1eer still GA the trigger. Instead Of look
.rg toward the man. I instinciveiy, and
with feeling of dread, looked ct Miss
Clare All the color chat the sharp air
had called to hex face gradually left IL.
Her very lips pale1 and seemed TO grow
uovsiess
The man stopped and leaned against Che
target -rae.
IbsE s. thousand pardonF, Nivane, ~
he sad. ''bu- really TINS IS very FORUM
a elc- me.
Attha frs word his voice seemed iemli-
is~. and wnen I looked ST him, l recog-
riz.l the lect1Ier whose name had called
The thunder gust TO Miss Clare's face 81 my
ir,t interview with her.
"Why is - fortunate Mr. Gllroy?
i was Miss Clare who spoke. hsd
no. expected spe-ch from her any more
than enc would e. ten for the woes Of the
marble Niohe Sac bad n0J changed her
auau5e. it did not seem herself that
poke. o1ly the stony lips Enclosed, ana
f,gm .Aem dropped like icicles the words
addressed 10 The stranger.
He laughed little as lie replied:
WHY fortunate. A strange question,
- Viv;are. for YOU 20 ask me. I am lcr.u-
nate because I have been seeking you
b without rest for the past SIX months, ana
WAS i-st or NV way TO the village near to
follow ND Che clue I Thought I han obtain
. ef. when. behold, here Won Gre. 1t IS very
. evident shy I consider myselt fortunate,
is il not, Viviant:'
watched Miss Clare while he spok3
Every time he uttered her name an ex-
preston OF intense loathing wnthsd
ecross her face, the remainder OF the time
she vas quiet, like the quletnoss eff The
volcano when the lava ia boiling in its
bosom. but is still held down by the eirth
s-mor which presses il go heavily. There
was silence for few moments. For the
FIRST tine locked earnestly at the man
He had not moved from his first position,
a graceful leaning against the tree. He
was .sI. elegant, with al appearance Of
,srfe,s satisfaction with himself; hand
some blue eyed, with fair hair snd
heard. u his eyes there dweit the smile
NJ ibe internal deibes. His form ana face
VISA the shrine of that evil which IS more
6ideous when beautiful than when ugly.
His was the penetrating. evedlng SIN
which ore can feel, but never dissect and
,r.vs Yo1r heart might r6c3il, but your
o-,iu could give no reason why it did SO.
Ills was not the tangible wickedness that
defeats itself-it was the subtle power
tbst sbslrbs coDQueTs snd destroys, and
gives no sign OF deioTmlty.
..Whst do You propose doine?' Miss
Glare ,skei A slight flush cologed the
delicate skin Of Mr.. Gilroy' 8 lace
81 propose making you my wite, s5 yGn
6sve 50 long bse0 mine by contract An,
Vivisne, / nave 50 wished for you. have
Visited long fer the touch Of those far
hands. for the caresa Of those royal lips.
Tsit strange that I an inpatient
He spoke like sn epiCure, sensitive, re-
fned one, and his eyes gloged with ante
in,iion. Could mortal woman endure II!
But Miss Glare did endure it-heroicaliy
and with rigid resolve. 1 thought de-
te,ted in @ .lroy's face The intention to re-
~ r,;,,9aIf with tsunts for his long search