Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-07-03

CT COME TO SPEAK g YOU OF YOUR
 LovER.N
 Carol realized then that she had not been mistaken when, in her heart, she suspected tho presence of this man was connected in some way with her whole future.
 She summoned up her resolution and stood there bravely.
 "Whatevor you have to say to me, say 1t at once, and without fear as to the re- suit, for am prepared to hear any thing"
 "You speak bravely, and, believe me. Go not wish to inf1ict needless pain upon you. What I say now may seem cruel to you, but it will save you from much suffering in the future. You be- lievo in your lover-must believe in him, else you could never love him. To you he is, no doubt. the soul of honor, and model of manly chivalry. Poor girl, 1t cuts mo to the heart to tear the veil from your eyes. but it must be done. Besides, you will not be the first who has nursed heart that was broken, and wept tears of blood over the ruin caused by that man."
  which flashed from his eyes, too. How could Roger have wronged him? Carol waited in dread suspense for what was to follow.
 ''There was one whom I know; fair girl whom every one loved, because she was gentle and kind. She lived ,yith her old father, and vory happy they Were un- til a serpent entered their Eden. One day
 
 the house, and carried in almost insensi- ble. He had received some injuries that would keep him quiet for weeks. and, during that time, he was taken care of as If he had been 0 relative. He was hand some, talented, and with such 8 gentle manly air about him that he won the hearts of both father and daughter. Time passed on, and what seemed inevitable camo to pass. He had given his name to them in the beginning-it was Roger l Darrell"
 Although she had suspected this, Carol felt chill pass over her frame, but she shut her tccth hard and uttered not a word. Evidently, terrible as the story of the gipsy girl had been, she was about to 1 hear something that would shock her still moro cruelty.
 ''He was so handsome and devoted, and she so innocent and artless, that he soon won her heart, and so we'll did she love him that therc was nothing under heaven, 1t seemed, that she would not have done for him. I can sec. by the way your checks turn white, that your love for him has also been of that nature and that while you hurl his image away from your heart, it is like death. What fatal power does that man possess. that the hearts of women should bow to him2 May the curse of heaven rest upon him, and his future be full of darkness"
 "Hush, said Carol, almost with a gasp :; 'do not say such dreadful things, but go on with your story. It absorbs mo so that can scarcely breathe"
 II will be brief, for 1t pains me to dwell upon the story. He made love to her and won her heart. She vowed to be his through good and evil report, for hers was love that was worship. Her father took a sudden dislike to him, for news had come to him that this man had done something in Russia that made him a branded criminal, and while he could not order the adventurer from the house, he gave his child to understand that of all things upon earth, that which she must not do was to think of Roger Darrel in the light of lover. It was too late Already was she his in body and soul, SC completely wrapped up in his existence that the words of the father, who haC hitherto been all in all to her, fell upoI deaf cars. In later times, looking back how often did she bemoan the evil influ ences that had prevented her from re garding the words of warning uttered by this beloved parent; but as she made hel bed, so must she lie. It was but jus that she should suffer for her wicked dis obedience; but all the sorrow did not fal on her alone. Listening to the beguilint words of the tempter, she fled with him They were married in the city, but he happiness was brief, indeed. Her hus band soon tired of her and tried to brcal her heart. Something arose whereby was necessary for him to be frec of hel and, in this dilemma, he proved himsel capable of anything. Too cowardly t take her life, even when she begged hin to do soto kill her at his feet, and lc her in dying serve him-too cowardly {. do eyen this, l say, the infamous wrctc had her seized and borne away to n ma, house, where for weeks and months sh was kept prisoner, subject to all tn ITONCOPD BUGGIES,
 CAEE- AGES and