The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-06-07
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/ was SO happy in tile thought that /
was your first and only loNaYA
$50 YOU are, Ray. Tie other love
was ut d girlish fancy" Neither one
of them aBfthe man. ihat1BesaAgsapeaE
behind trees ] The sftTee Gsaera5 theft
filed BIS eyes at their last words was
terrible to see. so a,l
win you forgive me. Kay ah.
ceiying you ~ she asked softly !dsifgg
her hand on his. asaat h6Ma
81 forgive you freely, 2DvS,p Tho Said
stoopihg to kiss her. They were the
last words he ever uttered. All of Az
sudden he tell forward on his faqes
with "a cry of agony. a. man stood
over him with . bloody knife III bis
hand.
Puma saw no Ii but her lovers
She. raised his head insher arms; he.
could not speak, only lookedin her face
still with the old love light shining in
his dying eyes.
s.Pinma PISA mans voice said as d
hand was laid on her shoulder. The
voice sounded strangely familiar. With
a cry she raised her head 10 look ats
the man as Rays eyes closed IN death,f
kissing his lips, she laid him gently "a
the grass. She closed her eyes in fear
she knew that the man who stood by
her side was Basil. One look had told
her who he was. h
.sLook up, my false darling Let
me see your beautiful false eyes once
again before + kill youw
She sprung to her feet all other fear
gone. Coward villianl How daros,
Won kill an innocent manm she cried
her eyes burning like Goals Of fire.,
ABecause he dared TO kiss my PROM
ised wife,
II am not your promised wife, for
Ray and | were to be married to-Hlof-
] row.
.tEou will never be married now he
said, CHANGING down at the dead lying
at his feet. sYou broke. your yews
! Pluma, and i killed your lover but Il
iyou win come to me ! will forgive YOU
/ WeWf1l 90 far away. lam rich; | have
made the fortune 4 went to SEEK
nWilI you come after you have killed.
the man I love I Never That dead
man lying there is dearer to me than
all the gold id the world. Oh Basil
Basil! how could do such hIAs4
You who was so kind and true 10 INC
days gone by
isYoa. we're false, Puma. gould
not bear to think that you loved ano-
I'll err
III thought you were dead, Basis
or I would not have broke my VOW
r.Forgive me, Puma. And once
more I ask you to go with me toa dis
tant land. We will forget this and ne
happy
aBe happy with a murdererf You
forget YOURSELF, Basil Miller
She turned s6ornfully around, IL
knealt down by the dead Basil Went9
and stood by her side, looking down
on the dead man. "plHma,s be said,
softly. laying his hand on her head, .I
must keep my word-kul You and tiies
kin myself Are you willing THAI 4
should kill you e
Eyes: it will be best, for neither Of
US will care to live alter the tragedy OF
today
Apiuma.p His voice faltered for the
first time, Hyou will forgive nue. before
} we enter the gates of eternity F 3
She held ont. her hand. He pressed
It to his lips. Goodbye, darling.
J wish that the ship had been wrecked,
and that / was now at the bottom OF
the sea.p Taking the same knife in
his hand that he had killed Ray with.
{ he stabbed her to the heart. She fell
! back in his arms dead. She died with
1 out d moan. He laid her beside her
. dead lover. He pressed his lips TO hers
I once, and placing d pistol to his head,
: sent d buheg through his brains. he
too, died without a moan.
7 side by side they lay all dead through
9 that fatal passion, love. The sun Tose
! clear and bright on the day that was
y to be Pluma's wedding day, but IN
e stead was her burial day. The bells
that we're to have rung the wedding
PEAL tolled the funeral knell
VIOLA PENN.
Y PeEry's Bridge, La