Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-15

umperamens. Ne bad 10 i3ea that ths sxhfD
thesc would interest him any more than The
commonplace realities Of the village itseiE
He repaired 70 the prison- The warden was
very kind and urbane-he could 60 through
ths prison IL be 20 desired An usher who e.
coftei him through the different departments
explained every point In the workings OF the
place, hut be listened indiherently, be felt
that not one Of The hardened criminals be
passed BY could b more choptulsen than be-
In going out be bad to pass by a waiting
room He casually looked through hole IN
the panel Of the door thst opened into that
room In that room . sight met his gar, ths
effect Of vhici almost froze his blood
IVES it Cora's face BE- saw or was 1t the
phantom Of his lover
To assure himself he peered again. the truth
vas very patent Her arms were eEtwinsd
around = tall, manly form. bu. be coad not
sse the face as the back was turrei toward
him The usher, naticing his wild. feed gaze.
drew him 70 one side and asked him II he was
SICK
A glass Of water was all that he requested.
Is be- sat or rather fell into chair He told
the man that il was an attack Of the vertigo.
IL would .ool t4s over He felt as though Lis
reason was fast leaving him; strange pnaa-
tane. shot through his brain
Thai Cora loved another, and that pei >on q
couvict-i feion, WAS his first deduction Tbs
horribl, truth sank into his soul Ike pol
,on@d shaft A craving for revenge on the
man b. had Just seen all out contIo oiled him
That man should never live To enjoy the
happiness that should be his.
Tb.. usher in bis dismay was about 10 silout
for help, thinking he Was Gagged with mad
man, y ben Harlow suddenly sprang To ms
SIDE and boarsely answered:
who is that man in the other room;7
The latter, seeing that his companion had
subsidized some what in his wildne>s. deigned
reply.
1t was John Lane, who WAS about TO be dis
charged from prison. He had been convicted
Of forgery and had served fifteen years sen
tence The woman was his daughter. This
was all be knew.
The sudden revulsion in Harlows feelings
stunna him; be rseled and would have fallen
had not the usher caught him in time; then
reason again found its way to his brain He
slipped gold coin into the hand OF the usher
and left the prison in rush.
He sought . tree near by, whose large,
dropping branches afforded a good ensconce-
ment, and. throwing himself on the green
grass, began to ruminate over the exciting
circumstances which had Just taken place.
That indeed was one Of the hafpiest mo-
ments OF his life His heart never beat so
lightly before.
The words mobile, grand girl" escaped his
lips in the delirum Of his delight All now he
knew the reason Of her magnanimous sacri-
fee; of her refusal to accept the hard OF the
man she loved The filial love was paramount
to all other affections
Why had she not told him a!lf So great was
his love he could have forgiven everything
He lay On the cool g ass for some time, turn
ing o, er future plans, but was at last reused
fIom his b,issful thoughts by the noise Of
the approaching train which was to bear him
and his love back to San Fra, sco
He watched the devoted couple until they
boarded the train, and then took n seat him
self in t',e rear coach How different was the
journey back. Every object Glorg the road
sparkled like a dazzling gem, every plot of
grass dissolved some new born charm; the very
air seemed to breathe happiness. Harlow's
new life began when be boarded the train
that afternoon. For reasons better known
to himself h. did not Cora Lane for two
weeks after the prison epis, de
He allowed the excitement OF the past few
weeks to completely die out before he ventured
to see her. Then he found her and reiterated
his undying affection. They were soon mar
ried and returned to the east, but the father
remained IN San Francisco, where fer many
years he led good, useful life, and fully ex-
plated his past misdeeds. John buried tie
secret of his wife deep in his heart; as regards
that his lips were forever silent Often as he
sits and gazes into her large. liquid eyes he
wonders il she reads his thoughts but US she
never speaks of the reason why for three long
years she avoided the man she loved, he rests
contented that his secret is unknown to her.