, 1890-07-03

Uwered.
Every well, " said L; 'Pu go alone"
turned from her without a kiss for ths
first time since our Engagement, and !
went away and hid myself where / could
watch her. Soon / saw a curious thing.
Some one carried a trunk to the door Of the
house she boarded at, and / saw her speak
to the man about it. Then l watched her
window from an upper room OF the factory.
She was packing the trunk. Then again I
saw Mr.. Richard call a boy TO him and give
him a note, and saw him give it into An
MES hand. After that she let the curtain
down and l could see no more.
Nh. Richard kept about the place all day,
and the July evening WAS long and bright.
l watched him constantly. He was arrang-
ing papers, seemingly fixing matters as
though he were going away. He thought
nothing of seeing me about; ut least he
said nothing. AT last he sat down to his
desk and wrote a letter, which he set upon
a rack, and then, his work being over, he
seemed to get ready to go away.
When he was gone l went to the desk,
The letter WINS addressed to old Mr.. Law
renee. The edges of the envelope were not
dry. acted like a mailman, 1 know, when
1 opened it; but l did it, and this was what
l read:
MY DEAR UNCLE: hope you will not think me
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marry some one of whom you are sure TO disap-
prove. We love each other-that is my only ex.
cuse. RICHARD.
1 sealed the letter again and staggered
down into the open air. 1t was quite dark
now, and the place was very empty. Most
of the people were away on visits or excur-
sions. There was only one thought in my
mind. That wa to kill myself. had a
pistol, and l found it and loaded it. My in
tention was to go to that spot in the woods
where / had asked Rose to be my wife and
there kill myself; but as 1 passed out again
/ looked up, Mr.. Richard had returned to
the office. There was a light there, a swing
ing lantern, directly over his head. He had
apparently come back to make some alter
ations in his letter He opened it, added
some lines, and sealed it again. And now
he was ready to finish robbing me of the
joy OF my life, of the only thing that seem
ed valuable to me on earth.
Satan took full possession of me. | felt
him enter into my soul. lifted the pistol
and took aim at the handsome head on
which the lamplight fell so brightly. Not
good aim, though. The bullet missed its
mark and struck the swinging lamp. 1
saw a great blaze spring up in an Instant;
the firework factory was on fire. The next
instant there was "A horrible report. / was
hurled a long distance away, and came to
myself bruised and giddy, but able to rise.
All the place was full of people now. 1
heard my name, and turned and saw Rose
at my side.
Obi thank God, darlingr' she said;
thank God OH touch me, that I may
know you are alivel oh, my love, my
Lowell"
She threw her arms about me. | held her
close.
'But he is in there she sobbed. ''Nfr.
! Rfrhard-ahf ha 10 tharaf and vuh,3 ,,gI1
poor Miss Lawrence dos They were to be
married tonight. They were to elope to-
gether. L was to be her bridesmaid; / have
been making her dress, for she did not
dare to tell any one else. Oh, poor, poor
Miss Lawrencel He must be deadr'
The truth rushed on me; / saw all my
blind folly, remembered the feud between
the two families, and knew that Rose had
been helping Miss Lawrence to correspond
with her lover; and l had murdered a man
who had done me no wrong. God knew
who else was abou the place, with how
much crime my soul was assorted. Then
a great hope thrilled me.
Perhaps he isn't daad," 1 said. 'I'm
going In after him. I'll bring him out
alive or die with him. Good-by, dearest.
IL l never see you again, remember l loved
you. I'm a wicked wretch, but L loved
you"
ia ANA AAb W 4 vi SCREAMED TOT
me to stay, and then l dashed into the
burning place.
-Afterwhrd they said II was-al miracle
Perhaps it was. The angels may have fell
hat 1t was well that ! should live to repent
my sins a little longer. l found my victim
in what seemed a red hot furnace. lyinl
senseless on his face. covered that face
with my own soft hat, and l dashed ont
again. don't know how 1 did it. 1 wa.
very strong, very big, and he was slight
and slender.
They brought him to first. He had only
been a little scorched and singed about the
shoulders. AS for me, / knew nothing fol-
n week, and l had some ugly scars about
me that did not improve my looks; but
Rose seemed to love me more for them, and
Mr.. Richard had his fair girls beauty quite
unaltered.
They called me a hero, but it was only
while l was too weak to speak tina | per,
mitted it. One day 1 made confession. ]
called Rose to my bedside, and / called
him. l told them all, and they forgave
me; yes, they both forgave me. think
they were angels.
No one had been hurt but me, and Their
was onlyysome loss of money.
jealousy Is insanity" Mr.. Richard said
land | owe my life to you. Had L been the
%scoundrel you thought me, / should have
deserved death"
As for Rose, she cried as if her heart
would break, plying me. And L think
Satan left me forever then, and l nave had
neither hate nor jealousy in my heart since
that day, and often l turn to that page Of
the Bible on which these words are written.
Jealousy is cruel as the grave, and the coal.
thereof are as Goals OF fire, which burn with .
most vehement fame;
and think how true it is and how nearly
jealousy ruined all our lives, and how clost
my soul has been to perdition.-Mary
Kyle Dallas in n. Y. Ledger.