Telegram-herald., 1890-09-03


dear iaee ag2in NoW shs ionslY, re-
lnofsslsss sea ~o14d hide Il fFe@ a.
osaer eyes - Ee.l - hers AfseF a.
perhaps. she soeld rather have u -
B1r thrss ysArs passed away, and
Zoe, aftsz = long period q mourning
ana lsecl4stsa, oass a10Ee oeg@n u
nlnzle viii TIE world
Agiiia sae Vas mentioned in society
as '-shs beautiful Mrs. Dzasszn, snt
again her eagsr ad9irs7s All saitoss
tAronged Egou1d her
A-cag EheZ gas. aa1 ever hat been,
Fred hzmnon1. the handsome. essAing
fellow Ehosc a11irztion fOr her IN the
pest h4d led - that fatal quarrel
TO hin SIC was Arrays colder than -
any other nan ia the whole circle OF
aeqaAinsapce. yet her eoltnsss did not
caunt bim from try ing again and again
- Eln the love 10 had yainly sought
before Der marriage.
"ioa must learn 70 look kindly on
ny suit ia tine. ks urged once more,
after cla.y failareA ''He Is gone. ami
il IS foolish. nay. IL is terribly wrong.
% wzste your whole lie Ia useless
mourning fer him On. MrS DGnstan
Ice. dear Zoe-try 20 forget-try 10
care a little FOR one who has loved you so
lcng and faithfully as / !"
Zoe sighed wearily.
How oftea she had told him the same
old story-that 81 he never could forget
tho one she had loved and lost
But she was on the eve OF starting on
long journey throughout Europe and
the East With some old friends-Mr
and MrA Soynour-and perhaps this
would put fnal end TO the annoyance.
you are asking still in vain, Mr..
Hammond" she answered, calmly.
with the usual touch OF coldness in her
voice. And il must ever be IN vain.
were you 70 ask the question every day
10 tho end Of our natural lives / have
no love 10 give 70 you-I never had
loved Earle Dunstan only, and shall
never forget him or cease 10 love his
memory. - But here comes Mrs.
Seymour; let Us say no moro about it.
Only this-you have my fnal. irrevoc-
able answer Never mention love TO
me againl"
"Ah, my dear Zoe" murmured Mrs.
Seymour, half-reproachfully. as Fred
Hammond bowed himself away with a
white, dospairing face, I'm afraid you
are really doing a foolish thing. |
heard enough TO know that you refused
that poor fellow for the fiftieth time,
and he absolutely worships you. Don't
you really think that you have mourned
poor Earle long enough? 1t can never
bring him back, you know" she added,
gently.
'No. it can DO nothing but prove the
love he doubted when he left me, "
sighed Zoe. drearily. But that man"
and her dark eyes turned, with flash
OF scorn, toward Fred Hammonds dis
tant, retreasing form-''why, his pro-
LESSONS Of love but seem like sacrilege
to mol IL was on his account that we
had that fatal quarrel which drove my
husband TO his death. No, no, dear Mrs.
Seymour. no living love-much less his
shall ever take the place of my poor
Earle's memoryl"
For months tho little party of tourists
wandered about the Old World. and at
longth found themselves in one of the
famed picture galleries OF an Italian
city.
AS they strolled slowly along. stop
ping now and then to examine some
work of striking merit, Mrs Dunstan,
happening to turn abruptly, came face
TO face with handsome, noble-looking
man, whose proud, stern face and sad,
blue eyes changed at sight of her, as
though she had been ghost.
And shop She grew so deathly white
and faint that Mrs. Seymour. who stood
near and saw IL all, thinking her about
to fall, hastily passed her arm around
Toes slender waist
But the young widow did not faint;
the very strength OF her emotion re-
vivcd her and kept her up.
.'Earler' she gasped, in strained, un-
natural voice. "Oh, is 1t you? Il
thought you dcad!''
"Did you?" he retorted, with tho old
bitterness, mingled now with a sad
pathos indescribable. ''Oh, no, have
merely been dead to you. left you for
your own happiness, you remember.
And yoa-you have secured IL, l sup
pose? Tho law would not refuse de-
serted wife her freedom and the right to
marry again. By the way"-glancing
about him with proud disdain IN his
blue eyes-"shall have tho honor"
''Earlcr' broke in Zoe, proudly.
There is no other-never has been. and
never will be. I mourned you at dead
for years. for believed you lost at sea
With tho rest who went down on that
doomed ship. 1t was mistake Oh.
the Joy"
Her sweet voice waverod. and again
Mrs. Seymour thought she was going tc
faint. Bat this time Earle Dunstau
took his vito by the arm ard led her
still farther from tho small crowd, who
he'd not perceived the little drama 60
ing ca SO near them.
And You have never married. be-
lisving no dead all these yesrs7" be
ASKED. his low. deep voice filled With
wondering tenderness. "Ob. Zoe. for
give uc-sorEivc nc. ny darlingl But
I never knew that you thought ne dead.
dear. was rescued from the'vreck.
but was III and senseless for long weeks
sfterward did not know that | was
reported lost. but 7 should not have
cared thOarht ron would seek your
freedom - time. and 50 have wandered
about asking no questions. and only
trying 70 forget And oh. Zoo, you did
love ne. your husband. instead
swelI. IL you had heard her refuse a
csrtain gentleman. a. I did smiled
Mrs. Seymour. whom theJ had reioined,
''you woald never doubt that fact again
Earle D1nstsa."
God helping ne. / never VIII Mrs
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