Telegram-herald., 1889-08-06

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; 1e q rhs c0fha sal Auas b.siiss. hola-
lax one II tAs dead nzns E4SSs II hess
1l1 watching ts-s sIr1ngs woA--n VITA
clll ~onaex After LseS4i ssos ha1 -
come accustomed q It's hxtg sic sA~ ths
ether ~oSaz-n. DIT supposed Il Was ooe of
Johns sisters. of y Aona ale llae ks@Id
lizu spe.zk. She said nothing Dag tsklkg
: packet II letters frogn her eFe<-st the
half caxsn sAr had written ~ JoAn. aRa
which Autonis lad Just returned ~ her
shs opened his coat and LAD theAn upoa
his heart. then klsSsd 1Ls cold Aps -gaia
"B0w dATs yo4. what ale you tolngs
exclaimed Amy, rising
~E1cuse NE. elgnorna. ! am return
ing some letters that / know hs ~iA
want 70 have buried with llm, IseOnl An-
.Mersd in broken English
lie doesn - AMI yolT letters. Crieo
Aiay ~lgh indignation Take them
away
Il know that he doas. answered
ieonL You are ms sister you cannot
refuse mey size went On. IA Z low. plead
ing voice.
Il am not his sister. and ten you 70
take your letters away"
Not his sisteTl" exclaimed ieoni. ell
the jealousy of her race rislng IN her
heart who are yoa. then. who dare
70 sit by bis side. who dare 10 hold his
handy
Il was his fance; he was my lover.
tsts
you. that dares 10 profaDe my dead"
The light OF pity filled Leonis ewes;
she hesitated for a moment. and then
said. softly. Il am his wife. he was my
husband"
Amy stared at her as though she did
not understand her words. though she
knew something terrible had been said.
There WAS silence for few moments;
then Leoni put out her hand To Amy.
across the dead body Of the man they
both loved. and Amy r&ok it
"Wll you forgive himY said LeonL
"Wil you forgive me; did not know
anything Of this. only knew loved
him and he loved me. We were mar
ried privately in the spring. am very
sorry for you. but | did not intend 10
hurt you"
Amy listened 20 her words. IL see it
all now she said u was silly fool
that ! did not see il before. / might
have known that he could not love me
as ! loved him. If he had only told me
oh, God! if he had only told me-he
might still be alive His death is on my
headl Oh, John, John! why didn't YOU
tell me? | loved you so well that
would have given you up rather than
this" And. for the first time since his
death. Amy's tears flowed fast and freely.
Leoni's heart bled for the girl. but her
Italian nature did not understand the
self sacrifice of the words she spoke.
Rather have him live and be the hus-
band Of another? Never!-she would
rather see him dead twenty times.
Amy. with exquisite unselGshne1s, had
nothing but the tenderest pity for John.
She blamed herself that she had not dis
covered his love for this beautiful foreign
woman in time. She felt interested in
her at once. and regarded her more in
the light of a sister than Of q successful
rival She asked herquestions about her
self, and was not shocked 10 learn that she
was ballet dancer. She knew little
about this profession. and the little she
knew did not place its members in the
category Of saints. but she was certain
that Leoni was a perfectly good woman.
and she believed too thoroughly in John
10 think for a moment that he could have
married her had she been otherwise.
y strange friendship was begun over
the coffin of John Hurlstore-a friend
ship that grew stronger with years-and,
to the scandal Of Farmsted- the ballet