Telegram-herald., 1890-01-06

l continued, speaking rapidly:
Il never was SO utterly unhappy as
when ! was forced 10 believe that could
not find YOU in Montreal IL was abso-
lutte torture 70 me 10 think shat you had
gone: that you might still think Gilroy
fatally injured; that you were alone with
no friend to soften that dreadful soli-
tude."
Miss Clare's head drooped ts her han6
her eyes were shaded.
you are very kind"-with an intonis-
ton that expressed how grateful she was.
"Kindl' | cried. But you are not
kind Miss Clare. You have made me
suffer. You only can repay me for that
misery"
Silence that seemed dreadful to me,
for she sat turned from me, her face
hidden. Did not, then, this girl care
for me?
rose. l had reached that pitch of
excitement when l aDpeared cold, be
cause if did not l should fall into the
other extreme. / spoke, and my voice
congealed on the air as it left my lips.
"Mns Clare, once | offered you my
life. which. since / have seen you, is only
another name for love. You did not ac-
ccpt it; it may be that | ought to have
believed that that meant only rejection,
but for the sal1o OF my future | have
tried not TO think So
Mis- Clare looked up and interrupted:
Mr.. Perrom, you may call tomorrow
night; now beg that you will leave me"
Her face was calm. her eyes deep and
steady; only her voice had an almost i'm
perceptible tremor in it.
In the afternoon Of the next day let
ter WAS left at the door for me. When
asked who had brought it, the landlady
said it was the servant who lived the
next door below.
l was from Miss Clare AS | read
felt that the mystery of her past life was
melting before me. 1t commonccd:
1t is my desire that Mr. Perrom know
something Of the life of her TO whom he
has shown himself every way noble |
am Cuban by birth. Ny mother was
descended from an old Andalusian fam
ily whose pride is only exceeded by their
love. To me my mother has always been
the handsomest and best woman | have
ever seen. No scorn. no jeers could ever
prevent me from reverencing her rs we
reverence embodied truth and purity
Of Archibald Clare. only know that he
was villain and my father. That hand
some Louisianian came 10 Cuha. 10 the
plantation of mv grandfather, on visit
10 my mothers brother. 1t was only
necessary for him To see my mother in
order t. love her I DO not mean to
love: call IL what you viii. Wo never in
ju-e those we love. My mother loved
with tho strength, the purity, the pas
sion az 2 life time. She Was married to
Archibald Clare.
During his stay in Cuba. my father
made frequent visits 10 his homo i'm Lou
isiana. There Is no need of relating 20
you the details Of that time. IL wg5 dis
covered that Glare had been married 10
q lady ia New Orleans, two years before
be ever saw my mother After that dis
C0very Le came no more 90 our planta-
ton in Cuba.
To tell YOU what my mother suffered
would De to reveal that which can never
BE- told-tho utter anguish of a human
heart
She had loved traitor. she was a De
Cana. and shewas dlshou0red. I'm those
words are death and blackness Yet she
lvel tiil was t. Then / was alone.
for the family had died impoverished.
OH but my mother brother vbo was in
spain
It appeared that my father he'd not
forgotten roe. for ho sent for Ioo 81 come
20 New Orleans. but I refused Alter
two years there came q family from fle
northern statcs. Bo-ton 10 ernd the
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