Daily Kennebec journal., 1890-06-18

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s1,iean hlind Tor Il ~ innocsnce q ~
Ae,r& eud ~ unboundsd TRUSS shs saw and
tAc.,ehe Of upeAing hss devotion 10 hsssen
a - part cf her lpvsr and fidelity On IL
psrs Il hsr frind
-Oh. yoa I've may 70 and practice your
~ dus< Imuse stay With dear godmother,
vAo hes . headache,. said Dolores one even
~. n two went willingly enough, but
afSsr singing few songs, vivien said;
-sinSing q mcouhs watsrs makes one long
for them; cannot we have row peiore
Dolores comes DOWN. And they stepped
from the low window to the lawn, and went
down The cliff Path to the boat house, They
rcwed far up ths bay. then drifsed slowly
back, listening to the fsr-o6 sounds OF
guitar aud the refrain Of . love soais In rich
tenor voice, The perfume Of late rcses came
from The shore, and here was Vivien, with
hsr beguilin9 eyes. talking In . sweet. low
voice.
.You ask me why I cannot be your friend,
end II Is . cruel question DO you ask 1t 70
eerture mel Il is for this reason:
sWe are friends:
And here the music ends"
And she covered her face with her hands -
4 with shame at her avowal Hilary bent
forward and gently took them away, saying:
but the music need not end there, Vivien"
and with tender pleading he bent forward,
claspiuS her to his heart for moment. rain
ing kisses upon her lips Then he resumed
the oars and destiny, watchful ever, guided
the boat close to the shore, among the lily
padA
Dolores left Mra Glentworth fast asleep.
and, failing to find her frisnd and lover In
The house, went to meet them Perhaps they
bad gone for water lilies, SO she went through
the garden. picking flowers As she passed and
singing snatches of Spanish serenade The
moonlight fell caressingly on her sweet, up
turned face, the night breezcs softly waved
| hesG hair and she went down the chn
| p&xhs leaving behind her The scent Of flowers
and fragments Of song.
| And there were the lilies folded and glsAm-
| ing white OH their emerald couchesl She took
| Q branch from . little tree to reach them
| with, and stepped on . partially submerged
log She bad secured . handful and was
| reaching for moro whom the boat that was
slowly drifting down the bay passed by the
ily-blooming inlet; the moon shons full in
| he faces OF the occuparts, and Dolores saw
the hsart-clasp and the kisses 1t daxed her
| for Q moment; that heart-clasp had in IL an
arrow that penetrated herA She attempted
70 retrace her footstrps, but, weak and b.
wildered, she slipped and the lily pads 10
ceived and held her. Some fishermen, re-
| turning late, saw her fall, hastened to the
rescue, and carried her up the kams path BY
| which she came The moon yet shone down
csrs@ingly, but on still white face and lips
| whence all song had departed.
The drawing room was filled with hurry
ing figures, pale and scared faces, and cries
| Of lament; all attempts to resuscitate the in
animate form had been in vain. The hastily
| summoned physicians were standing over her
when Hilary and vivisn came in; and on the
delicate carpet there were pools OF water that
bad dripped from her clothing and hair
vivien uttered . cry Of horror; Hilary reeled
| and would have fallen, but caught at chair
for support. Recovering his self possession.
| be questioned the fishermen
AS near as l ken tell ye, sir, twas this
way: Me an my pardner, a comm ONE late,
'apIened along Jest as this ere innoccnt was
| a reachin' fur fiowerA We was t'other side
| O. the inle:, an seed . white Tiger on tho
boat wi two in il came by, nm she n lookin'
| at that, lost 'er foot old an fell We run to
get 'er out But she wur dead then. poor
lamb Lord ha' mercy on er soull' and the
honest fisherman wiped his eyes.
as there no life, no hoper Hilary asked
physician.
"Therc is no life and no hope"
Hilary buried his face in his hand and
groanea aloud Vivien came To his side,
| clnsped her hands around his arm, and looked
at him bcseechingly; but he shook her off as
II she had been viper and left the room
The long night was spent in agonzcd self
upbraidings, and, when Mrs Gentworth
went to summon him in the morning, the
| gay, detonair youth had chan sed 10 u sor-
| rowfuI, remorse stricken man.
Hours after, passing from the room where
| Dolores lay in woful state, and where he
had bcen pouring forth passionate prayer
for forgiveness over the still. pale form, he
| found Vivien crouching I'm the hall She ap-
preached him with q caRSssing gesture, but
be motioneh her away.
| "And is all over between us~ sho asked.
| "Would to God there had been nothing be-
| tween Us have been faithless, and my pun
ishment Is greater than l can bear. Forget
| that you have ever known me.
There was peaceful nook where the dead
| and gone Glentworths were buried, and
| Dolores was laid beside them. Destiny stood
grim and firm by the coffin lid, sobbing with
mock grief, and, having played out the play,
went to arrange other scenes and actorA-
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