Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-05-15

"Good night, Mr.. Bingham, y she ,ui
She went to her room. Elinfaa :
shared it, was already asleep, or appears,
be asleep. Then Beatrice undressed ana !,
into bed, but rest she could not / n
''only good night" last good night \
was going away-back to his wife hs
the great rushing world, and to tie h
which she had no share. Very soon hsuu
forget her. Other interests would Il
other women would become his frieas !
he would forget the Welsh girl who * i
tracted him for a while, or remsnbg i
only as the companion of rough adrzr|
What did it meant Why was her hs,
sorel Why had she felt as though snsa.
die when they told her that be was da.
Then the answer rose in her breast
loved him; it was useless 10 deny The tn
she loved him body and heart and oul \
all her mind and all her strength. 81,
his, aud his alone-today, to-moroE
forever. He might go from her vi.
might never, never see him more, bn
him she always must. And be was nan
Well, it was her misfortune: It Ngg
affect the solemn truth. What shoul
do, how should She endure her life VIA
eyes no longer saw his, and Der eanH
heard his voicel She saw the futur ID
itself before her as in vision She urs
self forgotten by this man whom shsm|
or from time TO time Remembered olyr|
faint regret. She saw herself FiT|
slowly old, her beauty fading yearly Il
her face and form. companioned only i
love that grows not old Oh, tutz|
bitter: and yet she would not hawras|
wise. Even in her pain she felt fkz
have found this deep and ruinou y |
have wrestled with the angel and
worsted, than never to have looked pll
face. If she could only know that w
gave was given back again, that hsloA
as she loved him, she would be contest
was innocent, she had never tried ID
him TO her; she had used no touch
no woman's arts or lures such as hs q
placed at her command. There hsi l@
word spoken, scarcely a meaning gail
passed between them, nothing but I'M
free companionship as Of man and ma
knew he did not love his wife and =
wife did not love him-this she @l-
But she had never tried to win him ifls
and though she sinned in thought, to4,
heart was guilty-oh, her hands YER
Her restlessness overcane her -
no longer lie in bed. Elizabeth va
through her veil of sleep, saw Bealfs
put on a wrapper, and, going to TIE y
throw it open. At first she though q
fering, for Elizabeth was a prudsl
and did not like draughts; but X =
movements excited her curiosity any,
Trained. Beatrice sat down on toe @N'
bed, and, leaning her arm upon ia''
sill, looked out upon the lovely al1
How dark the pine trees massed AZ
sky: how soft was the whisper o. 'l' !"
how vast the heaven through Whl'n y
sailed on.
What was it, then, this love Of l3s
it merely earthly passioni NO. w
1t was something grander, pureT, -,
quite undying. Whence came ~
she was, as she had thought, OH,
earth, whence came this deep asl.
was not of the earthi Had she erl
Had she a soul-something thal ~
with the body and through the uog
yond the body-something Of Wnlo'
with its warnings was but the sn'u I
hand or Instrument Oh, now y
Beatrice that this was 50, and taal q
being by her love she and her s'u y
to face acknowledging theH uD
she mad heId that il was phan,ai!! "A
spiritual hopes were but exhala'"-
heart unsatisliea; that when love
on the earth, in our despair We ~
immortal, and that we shah l'n'
heavens. Now she believed lAs
Love had kissed her on the eye
kiss her sleeping spirit was a"aA''
saw a vision Of the truth
Yes, she loved him, and nlu'' =
himl But she could never Ang'
that he was hers. and if she n-u
be freed after some few years ~.
spirit have forgotten hers u '
after OF their meeting
She dropped her brow upon y ~
softly sobbed. What was iaels
to do except to sob-till her neA' y,
Elizabeth. lying with wideopsa,
the sobs. Elizabeth, peerlns '- ~,
moonlight, saw her sisters foln n
the CONFUSION of her sorrow
smile of malice. ,A,s..s
"The thing is done, she 1-''n M
cries because the man Is golHs. -
Beatrice, don't eryl We vii 90,
thing back for you. On, WIN -
will be easy. He is as s"e''
on him. =, ,,us;..<
most devilish in this scene Of inss
ing woman holding cleN = =, .ssas
the secret fortunes Of the o'n ',arsi
while to turn them to per "a
destruction and her own aas' sItts >
beth's jealousy was, Inoee
grave. = s,bshs
lifted her head, and by hs.rt =
threw out the passion OF ne, uiDi -
her concentrated strength !. = -
the man she loved, murnlur'ns -, -
some passionate. despairne
knew. .t,.uug 3.
At this moment Geofre,, !. satsi
dreamed that he saw Dea... - sgs
window and looking at ni1' sS,a >
no earthly obstacle co0lo tnt -
speaking; her lips mo'e0'