The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-05-28

often different. 70 the practiced eve, from
that OF ordinary slUmber. There is a fiNity
IN the expression Of the face and in the atti-
tude Of the body which cannot continue
| under ordinary circumstances. lie had
perhaps noticed both signs in the Wanderer
/ She went back 20 his side and looked at
! him intently. She had scarcely dared to do
| so before. and she felt that she might have
been mistaken. The light. too had changed
| for il was broad day. though the LAMPS
We're still burning. Yet, even now. she
! could not tell. Her judgment CT what she
| saw was disturbed by many INTERVENING
| thoughts.
At Least. he was happy Whatever she
had done. if she had done anything. it had
not hurt him. There was no possibility of
| mIslnterpreting the sleeping mans eX-
preston.
She wished that he would wake. though
she knew how the smile would fade. how
the features would grow cold and indiffer-
ent, and how The gray eyes she loved would
open with look of annoyance at seeing her
before him. II was like vision Of happy
ness IN a house Of sorrow. 10 see him living
there, sOhappy in his sleep. SO loving. SO
peaceful. She could make il all to last too,
If she would. and she realized that with a
sudden pang. The woman Of whom he
dreamed, whom he had loved so faithfully
and sought so long was very near him. \
word from Cnorna, and Beatrice could
come and find him is he lay asleep. and
herself open the dear eyes.
was that sacrifice TO De asked of her be-
fore she was taken away to the expiration Of |
her sins Fate could not be so cruel-aud |
Yet the mere idea was an added suffering. |
The longer she looked AT him the more the |
possibility grew and tortured her
After all. ii was almost certain that they |
would meet now, and at the meeting she felt |
sure that all his memory would return. |
u b Z .t..a, tn
she raise her hand TO bring them 10 each |
other! 1t was too much 10 ask Was il |
not enough that both were free and both |
IN the same city together. and that
she had vowed neither 10 hurt nor hinder
them: II Il was their destiny TO be Joined
together. il would so happen surely in the
natural course; II not. was IL her part 10 !
JOIN them, The punishment of her sins.
whatever ii should be, she could hear: but
this thing she could not do
She passed her hand across her eyes as
though TO drive II away, and her thoughts
came back TO the point from which they
mad started. The suspense became uubaar-
able when she realized thai she did not
know in what condition the Wanderer
would wake. nor whether. if left 10 nature
he would wake a all She touched MS
sleeve lightly at first and then more
heavily She moved his arm. II was pas
sive in her hand and lay where she placed
made him Sleep. She drew back and !
looked at him. Then her anxiety ovcrcame |
her.
Wake, she cried aloud. For Co.'s
sake, wake, ! cannot bear it,
His eyes opened at the sound of her voice.
and quietly Then they grew |
wide and deep and fixed themselves in =
great wonder Of many seconds. Then |
Inorna SAW no more.
Strong arms lifted her suddenly from her
Feet and pressed her fcrcly and carried I
Ter. and she hid her face A voice she
lnCw sounded rs She had never heard ii I
sound. nor hoped to hear IT,
Beatrice" it cried and nothing more.
In the presence Of that strength. in The
1ngln% oi that cry, Cnorna was helpless.
She had no power of thought left in her. as
he felt herself born along, body and soul.
n the rush OF Il passion more masterful
nan her own.
Then she was on her feet again, but his
rms were ro,Ind her still. and hers.
whether she would or not. were clasped
bout his neck. Dreams. truth, faith kent
i broken, hell and heaven itself were
wept away, all wrecked Together in the
lie of love. And through it all his voice
as i'll her ear.
Love, love, at last. From all the years
gu have come bacll-at last-at last!'
Broken and almost void of sense the
,orst came then, through the storm of his
lsses and the tempest of her tears. She
)uld no more resist him nor draw herself
way than the frail ship. wind-driven
trough crashing waves, can turn and face