The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-08
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WISH that we should die together, here in
the wide heaven, far from the earth that
nave execrated ever since learned to know
you there as you really are-ever since the
mud OF which it is made splashed the idol
that my superstition adored in YOU
Lea uttered a cry Of establishment in
which fright predominated.
u sac staIumered, IS it of mer
frotest not.' continued Olivier. ''all
pretense is useless; with a word will con-
vince you, For ten days l have known
That You had betrayed me-that you had
deceived me like girl. l know that you
nave lover; yes, a blockhead an imbecile;
that Count Moreno, who followed us from
Venice, whom we found again at Milan. at
florence, AT Rome, whom you have forced
me 10 receive as a travelling compauion to
whom have given my hand daily-fo1l that
l am-and who doubtless has laughed with
you at my naive confidence. Yes, knox
all this! How have / learned itq Il matters
little. Have it that have fol
lowed you If you wish, that l spied upon
you. The word does not trouble ma in the
least, swear it. The essential is 70 kuow
1t, and l know 1t with a certai1'v that
admits OF no doubt; my eyes have been
scare by the fiery points of the evidence.
And It Is you who have done this-you, the
noblest, the purest, the ideal even; for you
were all this TO me, as YOU know too we'll
IN fact, divinity before whom have bent
the knee of respectful and mastered passion.
Yes, have respected you, never even
daring to prOfane by so much as a thought
the purity of the feeling that binds u.s. But
why should l repeat to you all this? You
know 1t as well as /; that six months
before we left New York YOU
had become widowed and liberated. and
that |, attiano ed to beautiful girl who
loved me truly, broke with her and left her
to follow you, according to a sacred prom
Use. Since then, despi conventionalties
ana all social convenances, | have travelled
In your train and Travelled there with your
permission, defying the opinion of men, the
gossip of the prCds and the Drejudlced
Both OF US rich enough to pay for our indie
pendence and to impose upon the world re-
Spect for our fancy, we have done as we
pleased. Have l said a word, single one.
that betrayed In me the cowardlY thought
OF abusing the advantage that our singular
position has given me over you? Have |
not always and in everything been a sub
mlSslVe save 70 your will and caprices!
You wished to wait; you said to me that
the term of your widowerhood had not
expired; that you must give to the usages of
the world the pitiful aims of tLis cJnces-
sion; but that when the regular delay had
elapsed you would be mine-mne alone! A
touching scruule-easily satisfied since it
pleased you that | should be the only dupe!
The exception was factoring permit me to
thank you'll In truth, Lea it has been for
you piquant role to play You would
have made most excellent comedienne,
you to whom love is but poetical aspirations,
ethereal dreams, aimloss flights into the
aZure-you who nave the voice Of a siren,
the face of an angel, the heart-ah, well,
we will talk not of your heart mon ami,
but Of your whim of toe moment! Bohold
it realized-behold yolr dream-a page
from your own fantasy! We are here, az
you SO often wished to be, alone-soariug
i an eagles hight-alOne in the skies! IL
was your own idea this hiriug the balloon of
the aeronaut, mounting it, and departing
with mo thus; a caprice of the season, to
finish wOrthlly the days Of the Neapolitan
carnival. | accepted tit was my
revenge you Offered me- seized it, 1
say; | learned the art; we are together; and
now it is to ve1 geance that l deliver you
the vengeance of the heavens Knocked by
your poetical ticJion5, your sacrilezious lies
and ironies. All, but they will avenge
them elves cruelty, those impossible judges!
And know you the punishment they will
inhict? Listen while l tell YOU One day
two adventurers of the air, too bold and
venturesome like us, experienced it. They
were found in their aerial cradle, rigid and
frozen, the visage tumefied, the blood run
ming from their ears, their eyes, their
mouths-the end that awaits you.
"Soon, my dearest. red foam will
highten the carmine of your smiling lips,
red drops show themselves at the Ups of
your ears like pendants of coral, and your
beautiful eyes shed tears of blood"
The young woman, wild with horror,
threw herself upon her knees, trembling
convulsively.
You would not do this. Olivier; you
could not; il is too cruel. For Gods sake
do not make me die this frightfuI death!'
Olivier shrugged his shoulders.
81 could not hinder it If | would he
answered II am not able"
Then" cried Lea, flinging herself upon
him, and Selling the knif9 that he still held
in his hand, 81 will save myself | will
pierce this wicked webn Aud she raised
her eyes to the lounded lily of the bal
loon SO far above them.
TRY It'll" said Olivier, coldly.
And Lea did, grasping tle cordage with
her delicate fingers, placing her foot upon
the edge of the car, and striving with all
her strength to lift herself within striking
reach. Vertigo seized her; she fell to her
knees gasping for breath; the knife escaped
from her hold and turned in the air. She
remained where she had fallen, half un-
conscious.
'See," cried Olivier in his knocking voice,
chow the hO5 sun of the south warns the
balloon and dilateS the gas We shall rise
now with redoubled speedr' Lea raised
her heal, contemplating the clouds about
theu, the man beside her, with bewildared
air
"You would do thisW she murmured.
you who loved me-n
All at o ca, even as she spoke, she started
with Joy; the light Of hope illumined her
face. Slowly, softly. she carried her hands
to the folds OF her dress and drew forth an
object, small, glittering, and that she care
fully dissimulated be ind the folds of her
handkerchief.
"Reason is lost upon mailman" said She
Nevertheless, my dear, you have reckoned
without your host. A go ID American trav-
els not without her revolver"
She raised her arm; two reports followed,
and, traversed from end to end by two
balls, the "Aerostat" began to descand.
For an instant Olivier paled and leaned
from the basket. but quickly rose.
80 b. it," be answered; 1--WE are in the
middle of the sea--blue for blue. We can
die therein the water-the same as in the
sky"
The balloon, growing smaller and smaller
as the gas escaped, went flster and faster;
the speed had become frightful-the speed
of the thuuderbolt!
Oliver himself, blind, suffocatej, his lungs
like fire, knelt upon the floor of the car
awaiting the end. And in the silence of the
sunlit heavens the air-ship pursued its dizzy
ing course
NAPLES, March 10, 1SSs.-My DEAR SIR: