Telegram-herald., 1889-10-31

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lns dresses Be- admired aEd Ehe 12sefs
hs gathered ioE 1er ss @srs 1sllz =
very 4a-et llfs tAat s,l1luler. A1e ( E9gs-
thaE Dora really ueang o. m4ze nsl
eh.iee, ald ceass tEs foolish egli letting
II tae @iLtsT
~ls s4s ATE ID : ~, wien ons evening
the ciolz tran cro-g1E @-l~i
Browne, q4i-e 41sz pecLe1-y hs 5eS--1-
very U1-l excited 80 m lL1 tl4L -
afraid be lad 1esn drilAi1g Ay 2 -e-
1alo s4s away Tor q sseA IA business
"Trip zLl before Wa.-er la1 .eel 1Af 81
aglr ~--l - l s4s in a. agony ~ neg
gous terror. and even bora / CO ..-1 see,
as ha1 Ls zhtelsd. H. "a ksd wildly.
All ALs eyes sere l0l fox a. instant s-t-
-.s1 / hurried Tea. hopes ls No4.1
cave 80 earlier he ate bat LITTLE. aa0
aand-sd lis knue Win . sor- az ferOcl-y
llAL llaI9 ms lolx % scream Nll1 terror
rs lcl Lea a. over ~e aelt - TIE
5orch aud we're quietly conFersllg 11en
-4ldenly Heury WILCOX came ~ the
s-eps lie hAd arrived While Ne we're Ia
-As d-alnz-roOm. au1 lQlLered about ia
Tie garden unul Ne cane ouL. HIS 4P-
searauoe destroyed the last yestige "
esn Poslre ln v alter manner. Spring
.az ~ lls feet. h- cried
I've are both here, DOra-both the
.aen who adore yo4! Choose Low De
tween Us
Nonsense. Dora said. lightly.
"' Choose choose Walter cried
" hon 90 you lover Let 10 end this IL
Falry here and nov.
with one quick look a. Henry. Dora
rose - her feet.
10 may he better 50. she sail. Henry
las been my 5eLToLhed lover Tor month.
But DO shall never DO your hu5-
band = cried Walter. drawing a revolver.
? talse giri, you shall never be a wife
Henry -prang forward. but before he
could reach Waiter he had fired a. Dora.
who fel .nto my arms. tue blood stream-
ing f-0u q wound ia her breast. ~ nlle
i bent over her. screaming for help. " al
or fired 80 Henry. the ball penetrating
Ike brain and causing instant death. ana
.en turned tie weapon upon himself,
iuhictIng gha,tly. but as 1t proved not
fatal wound When help reached us. the
ueighbOrs hearing my screams the two
men lay unconscious and bleeding upon
the porch. and Dora ia my arms, appaT-
entity dead. IL seemed hours before
doctor came, and the confusion was hOr-
rlble.
willie and Jack. your brothers. were
screaming IA agonles OF fear, having run
from their nursery on hearing the shots.
The servants were rushing aimlessly 10
and fro, the police came IN, and the gar
den was crowded with people. / do not
AnOw all tho particulars OF the scene.
Ny whole attention Was given 20 Dora.
''N itu the assistance Of the servants,
carried her - her room. where her maid
and undressed her before the doctor
came. she was unconscious. but she
Dreathed, and her heart beat family. We
checked the flow OF blood as much as we
could but feared she would die before
competent help arrived. When the
ioctOr came. he gave but little hope. and
for days my beautiful sister lay raving in
brain fever, while her betrothed lover
was buried, and his murderer was in a
prison hospital lying between life and
death He recovered his health, but
never his reason, and for fifteen years
before he died was the inmate OF a
luuatic asylums
"And in the long, weary weeks Of
August and September. Dora lay upon
her bed, making no effort to recover,
praying for death TO end her misery, as
soon "a the delirium left her.
"Such agony OF remOrse | never wit
messed, and 1 pray l may never see
again. l watched her day and night,
fearing she would commit suicide.
iistenectO her prayers, her piteous ap-
peals 10 Heaven for patdOn, her passion
ate mourning for the lover whose death
certainly lay at her door, ana from my
heart | wished all frivolous cOquettes
could see the agony caused by one
woman fllrtatiOns. In those weeks OF
illness, Dora's superb hair turned COM
pletely white, and her complexion took
the deadly white hue il has never lost.
She was not II when she once again took
up the burden Of life and she looked So
you say she never laughs, Nellie
For years she never smiled. She spent
her entire time in church or in charita-
ble work. sewing for the poor. and visit
ing dens OF misery. No self-sacrifice
seemed too great in her remorse, and
We who loved her let her have her way.
'As years passed this excess of remOrse
has sOftened, and her deeds OF self-devO-
ton are more governed by moderation.
She is no longer the despairinS sinner
longing TO throw down her own life IN
atonement for those she had lost, bat a
noble. selfsacriicing woman, who lives
only for others"
Both girls were sobblng as Mrs Bar
lowe finished her sad story. Well they
knew what a life OF self-sacrifce Aunt
Dora lived. but the ghastly story Of her
youthful folly was new to them. When
they could speak 1t was to utter words
that proved the story had not been with
out its lesson OF warning. and Mrs. Bar
lowe noted that Nellio mover again gave
a coquettish smile or word to her gen.
tlemsn friends.
Popular and admired, she was never
again spoken OF as a ilirt. and there was
no one who could accuse her Of tridng
with the love Of all honest heart. When
her own heart was won it was given
frankly and lovingly, and her lover was
not tortured by caprice or jealousy, but
could trust the true. noble heart he had
taken into his keeping.-N. Y. Ledger.