Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-18

a been about to
 fight.
 She had only known that he was a wealthy young Virginian whose estate adjoined that Of Lawrence Richmond, so that when she warned Carol against Roger Darrel she had not the slightest icea of the great harm she was doing one who had ever been exceedingly kind to her, as the unfortunate victim of his cousin.
 When she learned of the mischief that had been done, she would not rest until the wrong she had unconsciously done had been lighted, for she felt very differ ent toward the Roger Darrell we know than he who had been the bane and curse of her life.
 Roger, on his part, when he rushed away from Carol, had no idea of the vast ness of the temptation and overpowering evidence that had been placed in her way, nor could he realize how circumstances, yes, even his own words, had united in the effort to deceive the trusting young girl. While not comprehending the na- lure of her questions, he had as much as admitted that it was all true, and looking at it in the light she did, what a terrible thing this must have been to hear man condemn himself of such terrible crimes.
 The memory of that night when she came to him in the avenue of elms and put the question to him, was as fresh with him as though 1t had happened but yesterday, and he began to realize the horror that must have entered into her soul when, immediately after acknowl- edging that 1t was all true in relation to Nora Warner-and Carol understood him at the time to be acknowledging the fact that the woman in the mad-house was his own wife, not his cousin's,as he SUD- posed she knew-he had pleaded with her to be the same to him as before. | How nobly she had resisted tempta- lion, and won the victory against him and her own heart, even refusing to let him kiss her ere she went from him for ever.
 | AS he looked back at this time he was filled with admiration for her courage in resisting what she then thought was deadly insult from the man she loved.
 Yet Roger Darrel. in spite of the sup erb qualities that distinguished him. was but human after all, and, like other men, he had his failings.
 His self-pride had been wounded by the fact of Carols believing he could be guilty of such fearful acts. In his heart, he gave her no credit for her fearful struggles against such @ belief, and the overwhelming evidence upon the matter, but seemed to be seized with the insane idea, quite beyond reason. that If she loved him as we'll as she professed to, che should have believed in him. yes, even when his own words condemned him.
 This was how he deceived himself, however, and In so doing, kept up his anger. Had he allowed himself to sit down and calmly think over the matter, his good sense would have soon won the victory, together with his love fof the young girl; but he kept the fire burning by repeating to himself the words he had used in that last interview with Carol when she had mortified him by disclosing the fact that she had-and even then believed him to be the evil man who had ruined the life of the gipsy girl, Barbara Merriles, and shut his wife up in the mad-house, when she was as sane as he himself simply because he wished to be rid of her.
 ..Yes, will bring proofs to her, proof: that will convince her of my innocence beyond all doubt; and, having done that I will throw her love from me like a tat tered glove, for it is false. She neve really loved me, else she could not be lieve such a terrible thing of me" Thus he allowed his thoughts to run ol in the same channel. He would not le . his mind dwell upon the other side o the case, and in this way he was un1us to Carol and himself. It was not lik Roger Darrel to thus be ungenerousj bu there are times in a mans life when, fo ;, a while, his whole nature seems pel N verted, though generally 1t swings int ,; x place again ere long.
 i; There can be no doubt that 1t Is wis ,l Providence that wells the future from uf
 SO that we know not what even the nez = minute may bring forth; but surely
 would have been a mercy could Roge
 have looked into the time to come, an
 caught glimpse of the sunshine there !, for his own life was so gloomy then.
 He was paying the penalty of his ange
 toward Carol. and soon he would ente r. into the second stage, when he would fin d himself so miserable, cut off forever frol le her love, that death itself would seem t. relief.
 When this time came, Roger would
 rapidly nearing state when he would t
 in fit mood, not only to forgive Caro
 but to sue for pardon himself.
 He now understood the game his cous R was playing, though, of course, the
 were parts of it entirely yelled from h
 eyes; for instance, he did not know tn Nora Warner had escaped from the ma
 house, and that 1t had been her vengef
 hand that had given his cousin the wou1
 that prevented the duel between the ty 2 Roger Barrels.
 " Then, again, he was ignorant of u
 fact that Nora was not insane. a Before his cousin had had her conf1n . in the mad-house, he had been enabled
 do her several favors. without his ide
 tity being known to her, as he thoug
 at the time; but when he heard she h' <, gone crazy, he did not doubt the truth @ the report, although he had felt sure !. had All come through the man who bO