Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-23

| ne nelo the maiden away rom MS nearL
and snatehed her back again; he clasped her
! till she was fain to crv out for sweet pain,
and then to nestle to him as if she would be
elasped and hurt again.
"A blight upon the night, that il is too
dark to see the glory of thy face, my own"
| "Were it not dark, then were not we to-
| gether. oh, my lover. Curse not the gloom
that gives me to thine arms. Why, Lazarus.
I am happy to be herel Dear, my lord. I
| love thee.
"I bless the night, 1 bless the storm, I
bless the wreck, I bless the dark-and thee,
| 1 bless, Zahara. L clasp thee. kiss thee
1 enfold thee-and 1 worship thee"
''Lazarus?'
'Zahara!.'
81 must depart. I must return. I must
get me to my father
''Zahara, thou must stay, thou must re-
main, thou must rest upon my heart"
How long, my lord?"
"Till release thee"
'That must be Immediately, sweet SIR"
"That shall be when elect, fair LADY,
Thou art Herod. Thou playest tyrant
with maiden"
"If thou art not happy of such tyranny
thou art as free as the bird that fieth above
| the treetop."
| "Zahara 90
nat WOuldst thou, IaZarus?
Thou answer me not. Wouldst thou be
free of me? Rebellest thou against thy
Herod? Then leave me. Go, Zahara, By
the oath Of Isaac, who did honor and love
Rebecca, l stay thee not, if thou mislikest
thy tyrant. Wouldst depart, Zahara?
Wouldst thou go from me?"
NAY, then, Lazarus. For cannot"
Il eonstrain thee not. Seel My arms
release thee. Why dost thou not escape
them?''
"Dear, my lord. have said it. Igo
not, because cannot. A power greater
than the force of a mans arm eonstraineth
me. Nay. I escape not. -
Name the name of this power, Zahara?'
Behold, know not, Lazarus. Perhaps
men call it love-"
'Zaharal Princess! Bright Onel Shiningl
Thou deaFestI Thou diVineistl L clasp thee.
l control thee. Thou nestlest to my heart
like little slave"
Behold mel. I am the slave of nv love,
and thou art its lord, and mine. Lazarusl
Be unto me as thou wilt, and what
thou wiflest, that am to thee.
love, theep
With kisses that bIotted out life and
death, and heaven and earth, and law and
consciousness, he sealed those womanly
from the hindrance of ecstasy his breath re-
turned to him, and the voice thereof, he
sought to try the maiden, what should be
the meaning of her soul to him?
'Zahara, thou knowest me what 1 am
Lazarus the builder, an honorable man; but
thou art the daughter of the High Priest.
Thine am utterly and always. What art
thou to me and to the desire of nv heart, .
for it is mighty? Man and woman born Of
one rank and unhindered of their wiIl-these
Wed-but that thou wouldst not. Thou
couldst not-stoop to-me."
II have said ii, whispered Zahara tim
idly.
'What hast thou said? The ears Of nv
soul are deaf am stunned with Joy. Low
est thou me, Zahara enough for
that?"
''My lord, behold thine handmade. Be it
unto me as thou electest.'
So said Zahara; not inaudibIy. but in a
strong, sweet voice. She lifted her face
from the breast of her lover, and threw her
fine head back that she might regard him,
or try to regard him through the DARK. For
a moment silence, sweeter than speech, sue
ceeded to her incredible words. Delirious
with delight, Lazarus leaned toward her
She drew away from him little in kind
of sudden terror, whether of him or herself
or of the thing which she had said. Then
slowly she thrust back her head, till it sank
lower and lower still upon the palm of his
outstretched hand. Thus she Law. with her
trembling face uplifted humbly, and thus
he, bending over, kissed her on the mouth,
eyes, cheeks, throat, arms and throbbing
heart.
Neither Annas nor any man-shall say
me nay"-vowed lazarus, ''but will have
thee to wife,"
A few men and women know for one hour
in their lives, and only one-and most of US
at no time-moments such as came that night
to this youth and maiden, cast by accident
into that precious solitude which they
wrested from fate as his treasure In an age
and state of society where honorable men
and women may converse without witness,
the rarity and value of that meeting be-
tween Lazarus and Zahara can hardly be ap-
preciated.
Who can blame them that they forgot all
else but each other-saving the reverence of
their great love? The storm, the shipwreek,
the rescue, the rescuer, the poor serfs, hoated
to who knows what fate? the old man agon-
ized on the distant shore-these were as if
they were not to the lovers. Was not Zahars
drenched through all her pretty, himsy
clothes? She thought not knew not, cared
not. Was she not chilled to the heart and
with coldY
NAY, my love, thou Warmest me. Thine
arms are robes and cover me. Thy lips are
flames Of fire, and do shelter me thereaS.
Thou commandest, and am at ease. Thou
breathest upon me and am strong.''
Thou lowest me, and am de6edp' cried
Lazarus.
All, then arms meet and lips linger, and
VOWS were breathed and longing whispered,
and hope and desire, and reverence and rap
ture, sway and control the loving, to whom
this snatch of joy may be the first the last
the only concession that they can wrest from
fate. How long they stayed in that desc
late, storm-swept spot neither Of these two
lovers ever knew. Zahara came to herself
irst, and drawing, one might say wrench
ing, her lips away from his that pressed
hem almost too long, almost too madly-
The gently unclasped his fingers from her
yielding arms and staggered to her feet
'This time, said Zahara, 81 shall CO."
"One more" pleaded the lover, zone
little moment more"
'sMy poor old fatherl'' said Zahara
'Wouldst thou love me better, Lazarus, iff
orget him altogether All this time while
ne have Leen 50 happy he mourneth for me
Is among the dead. Shall be the better
wife to thee, my lord, for being 30 poor q
laughter2"
Lazarus. at these dear words, yielded ut.
erly. Without further protest he took
lahara home at once, as he should have
lone hours ago. The walk was long; bless
dly long. The maiden smiled thsreak
Though now, exposed to the night wind, uha
lid begin to feel the effect Of her shipwreck.
he made no complaint Lazarus Iwrapped