The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-05-18

effort 10 force upon myself the semblance of unoon-
Germ.
eyes," she rejoined, "and you must ever look
back upon II as the nightmare In your dream Of
life"
mot a nightmare, but parts of the dream have
been feverish."
"Some of your trouble, appearing to have been
sort Of fate, could not have been avoided but upon
the whole, believe now that we could have made
your stay more pleasant for you. Where do you
expect to go1" she asked, not giving me time to
reply to her statement Of implied regret
al don't know-will again return 10 my inclina-
ton to drift aimlessly, / suppose"
al didn't know but that you might go back to
Tennessee"
"Why should want to 20 there2" asked, rails
ing up on my elbow and gazing steadily at her.
ooh, didn't know but you wanted to see Miss
Mis- Hatton again"
"You ought TO know better than that"
"Why?" she asked, In exasperatiDg surprise.
"Because you ought to know that don't care
anything for her."
"Care anything for her." she said looking MP at
the ceiling. "You love her."
"Luzellep l cried in anguish starting up, chow
can love her when worship you"
She uttered cry-the cry of an excited bird,
and, with one bound. she reached the sofa, threw
her arms about my neck, sank upon her knees and
sobbed Now her tears were my face now her
ringlets blinded my eyes.
1t was some time before either of us spoke She
would not let me arise, and, with my arms wound
about her, pressed her to my bosom.
"Oh, you have been blind, ;" she said, In choking
voice $50 blind"
al thought that you disliked me, angel"
"a have hated myself for loving you 90 much,
and here | am now, kneeling and feasting on your
love, drunk at the banquet table of idolatry. Who
Is so humble as proud woman who lovesl could
not believe that you loved me. Sometimes could
hardly keep from seizing you in my arms, but then
that cold look would come into your eyes. On
that awful night, that night when you rode away
in the storm, | went heart-broken to bed, and in
the morning my pillow was wet from the rain of
the storm that had ragged in my soul. That night
Boyd Savely begged me to marry him. turned
upon him with q madness that could have killed
him. With the hand that for moment had rested
in pleading on your arm could have choked him.
Tell me- Philip, tell me that yeu do not care for
that woman"
"Luzelle-"pressing her closer and closer to me
from the first moment saw you my heart has
been timed by the expression on your face. could
see no love there for me, and my heart since,
with the exception OF the day when we rode from
CHICHESTER, has been bruised and bleeding. The
next day, had seen you smile, should have told
you Of"
"Oh, but you would not let me smile. You came
and looked at me with Unconditional eyes, Then
thought that you loved that woman. hate her
could kill herl Oh, you must never have loved
any one Philip. If you have, will curse the past
Il will hate every woman that has ever lived.
My pride Is broken, and am simply woman ter
rible in her love-"
al have never loved any one but you, Lucille.
Romantic, perhaps foolishly so, 1 have looked
upward, believing until met you that an all-con-
Stunning love existed only in novels"
"And l" she said, passionately kissing me, twas
afraid to indulge my thoughts of what love
could be-was afraid to set up ideal lest he
might be knocked down and shattered Common
place men came and went, and sneering at the
reality of true and soul stirring devotion
crushed into the belief, by society and realistic
machine, l consented to marry the sen of my faith
ers devoted friend, but one day cloud blew away
and there in the sunshine-n the sunshine OF glo-
rious truth-there stood the man whom loved.
Blind, we have both been blind, Philip"
Looking through the ringlets that were tangled
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