The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-30
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"What have you donel' shc repeated
with q little hysterical laugh. and hel
eyes flashed upon him. "You hayt
trampled my heart under foot, you have
put my good name where everybody
may fling at 1t who chooses; you have
taken from me NIL my old happy life-O,
what haven't you donet" and tho girl
broke down completely, and covering
her face with her hands and sobbed out
aloud. Livingstone was unnerved. He
had not expected this.
"fou arc wrong" ho said hoarsely. ~
love you too well 10 do any Of these
things"
"Lovo mel" she said, all her woman.
hood flaming into her face. "You have
no right to love my woman but the ono
you have married"
1.-THE DEVIL Who said anything about
my wife, Miss HoliiEg8wer,h ?"
"iou never did. Did you ever tell
me, give me any reason to suspect yor,
were married? No, YOU led me on. l
Was innocent, and you knew Il. o! l
was bitterly fooled. DO you think any.
thing could atone for the wrong you
have done me?"
Her manner made Livingstone furi.
OTIS. He WAS no longer mastor of him,
self. lie would have battered his soul
for the right 10 kiss her as she stood
there, her great eyes flaming, her color
coming and going, her lips curved with
anger aud scorn.
"Eioise," he broke forth, Nor Gods
sake forgive me! You have made mo
love YOU" and he grasped her hands as
in a vice.
VI have no choice in the matter. You
draw my love from me % you might my
life were you to drive u dagger to my
heart"
Have pity on me-" no goes on IN his
deep, soft voice. "You know nothing of
my life, of my marriage, but remember,
! love you us l never loved n woman be.
fore.H
She tremhled before him like n leaf.
He drew nearer; he clasped her In his
arms; she felt his hot kisses on her
brow, on her lips, her checks; them
Oh, God!-she remembered that other.
In that moment OF unuttcrable 70.
morse that she should have suffered his
embraces once more. EIoise tore herself
from him with a violence that startled
him. In all bis life hc never forgot the
look she turned upon him. 1t was su frer.
ine womanhood loosed. Her voice was
scarcely more than e whisper, yeti in its
intensity ho read his doom.
"lIave you not done enough? I was
innocent once; then your love seemed
tn me the preatest boon in life. Now |
it. Go! and may God forgive you,
f)- I never can"
She wasimperial once more, and there
vas abnu: her now that he would not
have daredapproach her. lie had played
and lost. he had not m~iscalcula.ed her
love, hut he had miscalculated her
strength and purity lay behind it.
"Hear me this once" he said bro
mo; I will no. touch ynu," as she
moved further from him. "Thatis over
this moment. You are rs far re-
moved from me as the angels" +
"But hear Inc, Eloise. Ihave wronged
you. never realized it IS | dothis mo-.
nent, and feel l could give my life in
Yet, ], too, hava suffered.
[ love you'll shall always love you-
nopelessly, for l i never expect to see you
igain. But remember me, and pray for
me, and in your womsn's heart try to
'orgive me-"
Without another word, another look,
le turned and was gone. The door
softly upon him and henceforth
ier lie knew him no more. The cpl.
lode was finished.
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