The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-05-02

that, aaid Edward Coosey. swell, " b b
eli this. why did you marry himr
"Why did marry himF she answered,
with passion. because was forced Into Il,
bullied into u, starved into Il What would
kou do II you wore defenseleSS. mothsrless
girl Of Is, with drunken father who beat
you-yes. beat you with q stick-aPologiss
In the most gentleman-liko way next morn.
ing, and then went and got drunk againl
And what would you do u that father were
In the hands Of . man like my husband. body
and soul in his hands, and u between than
pressure was brought TO bear and brought TO
bear until al last Thsre. what is the good
Of going on with it, you can guea the rest"
well, and what did h6 marry you for
your pretty facoF
~ don't know, he said %, IL may have
bad souething to do with 10 think lt was
my eI0OOo, for onO had whole ei0.OO0
OF my own. Ny poor mother left Il me,
and Il was tied up % that my father could
not touch ID Well, Of course, when mar
RED my husband would not have any settle
msntl, and 80 no took 10. every farthing"
"And what did be do with itF'
spent it upon some other woman In Lon
don-most q u found him out. DO gave
her Thousands Of pounds at onca"
"Well, should not have thought that Of
him, said be, with laugh
Shs paused q moment and covered her face
with her hand, and then went on; al you
only know. Edward. 10 you bad the faintest
idea what my life was till year and half
ago, when aTst saw you, you would pity me
and understand Why am bad. and passion
ats, and jealous, and everything that ought
not to Be never had any happiness -
girl; bow could In such homo a. OurSl
And then almost before | was woman !
was handed over 10 that man. Oh. how
hated him, and what enduredI"
"Yes, Il can't have been very pleasant"
"Pleasant-but there, We have done with
each other now-we don't even speak much
except In public; that's my price for holding
my tongue about the lady In London and
one or two other little things--sO what Is the
use Of talking Of III Il was q horrible
nightmare. but II has gone And then." she
went on. fixing her beautiful eyes upon his
face. then ! saw you, Edward, and for the
6rst time in my life learned what love was.
and ] think that no woman ever loved like
that before Other women have had some
thing TO care for In their lives, never had
anything ill lsaw you IL may bo wicked
but its trIla5
BE turned slightly away and said nothing
"And yet, dear," she went on, In q low
voice. II think Il has been one Of the hardest
things Of all-my love for you For, Ed
ward, and Sho rose and took bis hand aud
looked into his face with her soft eyes full Of
tears. u should hAvo liked TO DO blessing to
you and not q curse, and-and-a cause Of
sin. Oh, Edward, should haYe made you
such Q good vito. no man could have had q
n k... k.is O..
l am not such fool as | seem, and now
shall do nothing but bring trouble upon you.
know shall And IL was my fault, too
ct least, most Of IL Don't ever think that l
deceive myself, for don't; led you on,
know did, meant to-therei Think me as
shameless a. you like, l meant to from the
first And no good can come Of It, know
that, although I would not have It undone
No good can ever come Of what u wrong. !
may DO very wicked, but know that"-and
she began to cry outright
This was too much for. Edward Cos1sy,
who, a. any man mus, had been much
touched by this unexpected outbursk "L0ok
here, Bells, he blurted out on the impulse Of
the moment ~ am sick and tired Of all this
ScEt Of thing. For more than q year my life
has been nothing but living lie, and tcant
esA.-N ~ e11 snAs1 = tNSN 49, JoA What
10 iss think We had better iust take the
train 10 Paris and 60 Oh AZ once. Or else give
it all up II d impossible 10 60 on living In
this atmosphere Of continual falsehood."
She stopped crying do you really care
for me enough for that, Edwardr she sAid.
"YOs, yea," ho said, SomOwhat impatiently;
you can 80 do or should not mako the
ofEoE. Say tho word and III do H.
sho thought for moment and than lookod
up agAin. mo" she said, mo. Edward"
"Whyr ho asked "ArO you afFAidP
"AfraidP aho answered, with gesture Of
eoutempt what have TO bo afraid of Do
you Suppooe that such . woman - am has
any care for eonsequencsI We have got
beyond that-that q for ourselves But we
can still feel little for otherA u would
ruin you to do such thing. socially and In
every other way. You know that you have
often aid that your father would CUT you out
y " w yoa oonprOmi'so youEssn ano