The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-06-06
COLONEL QUARITCH--Cen,In--A

aid. don't let rs part like this"
She shook her head, and once more put hSr
arms behind her. "No,- she answered, ~
will not take your hand OF my own free
vii will nsVF touch Il again, for TO me u
70 like the hand Of the dead 0oOd-by, once
more. gOod-by 70 you, Edward, and to all the
happinen that ever had built up al my
lie upon my love for you, and you have
shattered Il like glass do not Feproach
you; yOu have followed after your nature
and ! must follow mine, and In time all
thlngS will come rhythm the grave shah
not trouble you any more, provided tbat you
do not try TO marry Ida, tor that win not
bear. And now 60. Tor | am very tired"
aud turning she rang the bell for the servant
70 show him out.
In another minute be was gons. She list.
saed Till sh0 heard the froutdOor close behind
him, and then she gave way TO her grief, and
ninging herself upon tho sofa, covered her
face with her hands and sobbstl and moanSd
bitterly, weeping fAr The past, and weeping,
too, for the long desOlato years tlat ware 70
come Poor womanl do not let u judge haP
TOO hardly, for whatever was the measure Of
her sin, II bad assurediy found her out, a.
our sins always do end Us out In the end.
She had loved this man with . passion which
has no parallel Ia the hearts Of well crdOrsd
and well brought up women. She bad never
really lived till this fatal passion took pos
session Of her, and now that Its object bad
deserted her, her heart felt - though it had
died within her. In that short half hour she
suffered more than many women do In their
whole lives; but The ParuxySm pasIod, and
she ross pale and trembling. with ~ teeth
and blazing eyeS
He bad better b careful" abe aaid 70
herself: "be may 60, but u b triSs 10 marry
Ida kwill beep my Word-ye, for her SAKE
= well 81 hiA" -..s
when Edward Cossey came 10 consider
The position, which be did SsriOusly on the
following morning, b did not and e very
satisfactory. To begin with, hO was not alto.
gother o heaFtless man, and such . scene q
that which be had passed through OH the
previous evening was In itSeR. quite enough
20 upset his nerveG At one tina, ct any rate,
be had been much attached to MrN Quest; be
had never borne her any violent Affection
that had ali been On her side; but still be had
been fond Of her, and II he could have done
10. would probably have married her. Even
nov he was attached to her, and would have
been glad 10 remain her friend n she would
have allowed h. But then came the time
when her heroicS commenced TO weary him,
and ho on his side begaL IN fall In love with
Auh Oo - mOsle0 uitu ~ ne ufeW DoCk 20 ulo
came forward, tillat longth be was worn out,
and things eliminated - has been described
he wAs sorry for her too, knowing bow
deeply she was attached to him, though IL 10
probable that be did not In the least realize
the extent TO which she suffered, for neither
men nor women who have Intentionally or
otherwise been the cause Of intense mental
anguinh 70 one Of the opposite sex ever do
quite realize thiG They, not unnAturally,
measure the trouble BY the depth Of their
own, and are therefore very apt TO come 70
erroneous conclusions OF courso, we are now
speaking Of cases where all the real passion
Il on one side, and indifference OF compare
tive indifference on tho other; for wharo Il 10
mutual the rrief will IN natures Of equal
depth b mutual also.
At any rate, Edward CosSey was quite
sensitive enough to feel the parting with
Ar& Quest acutely, and perhaps he felt the
manner Of it even more than tho fact Of the
separation. Then came another considera-
ton HO was. Il d truo, free from bis en-.
tanglsmSnt, which waS In itself an enormous
relief, but the freedom was Of . conditional
nature. Belle had threatened TROUBLE In the
most decisive tones should DO attempt to
carry out his BscrOt purpose, which she had
not bssu slow to divine. Of marrying Ida
From some occult reason, At least to him IL
seemed occult, the idea Of this alliance was
peculiarly diStaStsful TO her, though no doubt
the true explanation was that she believed,
and not ineccurately, tint Il was In order to
bring Il about that he was bent upon desart-
Ing Der. Ths question with him Waa, would
she or would she not attempt 10 put her
threat into oxecutionl Il cSrtainly seemed
to him difficult 70 Imagine what steps she
could take b that end. SEEING that any such