Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-08-14

sure, murmUred the guilty woman,
thougs fully; Il wish I did.
Shall you see him?~,
Il am trying to think what IS best to do.
If refuse most likely he viii say 1 was
afraid If see him But pshRW!
viii see him" And hastily recalling the
footmans who had discreetly retired she
said:
show the gentleman in here Then,
turning to the Secretary: You 90 into
Mr.. ElIistOn's private room; it viii be
quite as we'll if he doesn't see yoC.
Slyme, who was Of that opinion him
self, fastened to retire. and the door had
hardly closed upon him when Eugene
was admitted from the reception-Foarp.
Cora slowly Ose to receive him.
The young man advanced, and when he
had nearly reached the table, by the tide
of which she was standing, stopped and
regarded her fxedly, yet without speak
ing.
For a moment Cora bore his close
scrutiny, then. feeling that she CoulO not
keep herfeet another Instant, rapidly said:
Please take seat, SIT, and tell me OF
what chance I am indebted for The hOuOr
Of this call, and, without waiting for
him to accept her invitation, she sank
back into her own easy chair.
toward seating himself, but advancing
another step and resting his hand upon
the table, he calmly said:
Mrs. EIliston. I have called to ask you
if you are now quite satisfied with your
completed york;"
"Siri L do not understand you" an
/ swered the lady, with quiyering lips.
And vet it seems to me I have spoken
| quite plainly" said Eugene, bitterly.
From the night Of our interview IN this
very room you have pursued me with
! YindictiYeness that has lever rested nor
! slept. And now it has come to this: You
/ have cause d the death of ny wife, AMI
not only that, but she, poor innocent
! child, died, thanks to you, believing me
/ IN: aithful to her; /, who never wronged
| her even in my inmOst thoughts.
You have married, then, since 1 saw
/ you, and your wife is dead?" said Cora,
/ IN low, questioning tone.
@Yes; but I apprehend there Is no neces-
! sity of telling you about it..
/ "And you accuse me- OF your misfortune
! of her death?" persisted the lady.
! Il do, most positively" said Eugene,
| firmly.
/ @YOu do so wrongfuIly, then. I have
never lifted finger against you. have
/ not had the heart. And the words were
! uttered in a mournfUl, melting tone that,
] spite Of himself, thrilled the hearers
whole being.
He regarded the woman with look of
! amazement.
an that case" he managed to ask, at
last, why did my uncle cause me to be
/ dismissed from the bank?"
| Your uncle is q person who does not
| like to have others set up opinions IN OPP
! position to his own. He told you it was
! right to take the hundred dollars his wife
offered you, and yet you refused. He re-
! garded that refusal as a direct insult
! offered to himself, as we'll as an upar-
/ dOnable slight to me, and in spite of all
/ 1 could say or do, he insisted upon hav-
! ing you turned away from the bank.
Eugene continued to regard her fix
/ eddy.
I "Then you soIemnly declare to me that
/ you did not persuade my uncle to have
| me turned away from the bank?"
on the contrary, I urged him, even
! with tears IN my eyes, to have you re-
| tanned in the place. More than that, I
| showed him how hard 1t must be for you
to live on the meager salary you were re-
ceiving, and begged him to have you
| advanced SO that you might live as you
had been accustomed to from your
youth.
Eugene was still incredulous,
Mrs. Elliston, he said, so far as I
know, besides yourself, have not an en-
envy on earJh-yCu remember, you told me
you were my enemy, and that, sooner or
later, you would make me feel the weight
of your wrath. Now. then. can you tell
me- how it is that all my movements were
watched up to the hour of my marriage,
and how, before I had been married an
hour, was decOysd from the side of my
bride, and how she soon afterward was
reused to jealousy and induced to flee
from the man who loved her with all his
hearth"
At know nothing of all this, said Cora,
sadly. Indeed, air. Cleveland, she con
tinued, fixing on him her wonderful eyes,
since the interview to which you once
referred I have been ilI-a part Of the
time, very i'll. "
Can st be possible, madam, he said,
drawing ger step nearer, that have
wrOnged you-that L have accused you
unjUstly?"
IF you really believed ne capable OF
what yOU have charged me with, you have
indeed WrOnged me most gTevOusIy," an
swered the lady, in the same sad tone.
and with downeast eyes.
Then will you-can you forgive me?'
exclaimed the young man, carried away
/ by a sudden impulse.
WillQgly-fgeely, cried Cora, start
ing from her chair. And with an hyster-
zeal sob she threw herself into his arms
At that moment the doCr connecting
with Mr.. El1istOn's private apartment
! nojseIesSly opened, and q face, as il
might have been the face Of a hend
looked cat upon the couple, united, to all
appearances, in a passionate and loving
embrace.
CHAPTER X.
EUGENE RECEIVES A yZsITOR.
Eugene Cleveland left his uncle's house
in a straRge state Of mind. His head
was diZzg-eOn6Esed as though he were
drunk with wine.
BE had promised to spend the evening