San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-14

half gasps, the woman answered n
thought in two words: I
THAT glover et
Hardly rocking TO what manner q
woman he spoke. and moro in mocker
Of himself than OF her. Latour replied:
"The glove? Oh, that is only
souvenir of ono mans idiocy, Of ON
vornan's sin, long years ago
"WhereY The vomanis voice wa
lower than before. .E!t
Where You have never been, prett,
Creole" he answered, all the lightne<
IN the words, none in tho voice. ''Os
Che cold banks OF a northern river, whcr,
enc woman's ono act killed the future @.
tuO men and her own honor ~ wellf'
A quick gesture tore away the satia
mask, and Bonnie Standish raised ha
head haughtily TO the speaker. Then,
was small reminder Of tho pert girl Of
the past in that proud pose of head ana
stern compression of lip; and the man
never changing his attitude of easy grace
gazed at her with dumb, horror fresk.
ing his eyes. rrt .u ta
Then out of his face fell every drop Of
blood, leaving it blanched and ssllow.
But its lines grew hard, and the blood.
less lips set in straight cruel line. Still
he moved no muscle; only the eyes di-
lated and glowed with evil fire.
Equally motioEless was the woman;
bat she regarded him half in sorrOw,
half in anger. When at last she spoke
he voice had only coldness in it, nsither
menace nor sntreAty.
"Adrien Latour, tho last time you saw
thst woman il was to insult her. Do
lot let six years malice prompt you now
to SANDER herr m
"Slander-you! How could n" There
was infinity Of scorn in the mans toms,
bat even through that struggled ssr-
prise. a".#Hi-j 90 r--EI .a1awasf
Bsnaie Sbandish advanced one step
toward him. sar aca"rd aa:a".5
"ThOse days were SO long ago." sl,s
sid more gently. Even than yon
rover dreamed an ! suffered. Since, We
hath have suffered more. Let us FOR
give at least, even 4 nsithar can for
sot..H .nH s;a.r.g .e,ri.,s ~. -, .
She hsla ont ths daiaty. diamond COW
cred hand. He seemed not 10 sse il. yet
the flash Of the moonlight On the stones
made him shaflder. isnia'e5 g1Es 49,.
"Oh, Geds' he sro.ncd, in bitternsss
Of soul. ''thn cursed war has passed
s~cr our country ike blight It has
arsed MP the springs Of honor In mon,
poisoned the founts Of purity in VIC
nenr' ulls EHr T." nfm. .a. n.rf
Thea, as though in mockery Of the
Etrons mans agony. . snatch Of merry
song, with glad refrain of lsnghtsr.
broke on the night air, floating to those
Two under the Grange trees. ... ........,
II Latsar heard it his face underwent
no change. Bat food Of plying mcn-
Dries swept over the wosnan's. leaving it
very gentle, ~ she sid: $50 f,.N ~
"Hare time and nsemory made yen
only more bitter ......A...
Bitter? | am SCARCELY justr' he said,
IN q dry, hard voice, moro 10 himself
bhan in reply to her. For a second he
looked full in her eyes, his own glinting
with cruel, steely glitter. Through sst
teeth, with effort to speak calmly, he
added: .'' '-..h'.'.. s'I.l .."
''That day told yon that you sold
yourself. 1t was only your body thsa;
DOW it is body and soul"
For come seconds the woman stared at
him in dumb wunderlaent. Suddenly
she recoiled As if he had struck her with
has fist; sarprise, horror and contempt
svec her face. She dropped
her eyes, but held out her hands to hi.a,
sntreating piteously: "srG .1s ..f.
'Adrien. you must hear"-- ..... 81
He broke i'll almost brutaliy.
go! Go at onces' he cried hoarssly,
cor you will force me to do what never
feared before-insult q woman
There was no naistaking the tone, evea
had the mere words been less plain. In
stanay her face changed. The hard,
proud look Toss so it and set there.
without another glance at him Adriea
Latoar's old love turned her back upon
him and. drawing her rich laces about
her, passed HRder the orange trees ost
II his sight.
And again the knocking makers che
rus, ringing out upon the night, was
borne. meaningless yet jarring, to his
stunned sense. .lls.....a.. ...
For full minute he stood still as
slough carren stone. Then he dropped
upon the seat, the proud head baried in
nis hands, with the wrang cay: .."' ..
Fallen, and through himr' ..- .
For minutes, that might have been
hours Cor anght he knew, ths still moon
SIGHT flooded the motionless figure q
Then the street gate opened again,
and Dale Everett, followed by his two