Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-14

waves still hung In neaVy, misty iHlds;
mt even Is he pointed great cry
rent the air, for there before them
stood the man erect, and unframed.
and clasped in his arms was " wom-
ans slender form. In that moment
all discipline was forgotten. The
silent, rigid, phalanx threw aside their
muskets and rushed to the spot where,
with an agony and dread beyond all
he had yet known, Pierre Leroux
bent over that lifeless, silent figure.
You have killed herr he cred in
his wild and terrible grief. My love.
nv life, wy own! What was my life
worth that you should seek to pre-
serve it at such a cOst?'
..Hush!" said a voice in his ear; III
she be indeed dead, it is not from bali
or powder of ours. The bullets were
drawn"
L'ENVOI.
Leon Monprat had for once perform
cd n courageous action. At imminent
risk he had sought and secured admis-
sion to the presence of the victorious
and returning sovereign, and with ut-
ter forgetfulness OF sell, poured QUITO
him the history OF his daughter and
her husband.
) A stern lover of justice and
equity himself, the Prussian monarch
: heard him with deep attention, and
moved by the story Of the mans pa
5 tient heroism and the girls long mar
tyrdom, he sent an order for the delay
of the sentence, until he himself had
+ inquired into its details. The order
+. would have come too late save for the
g fact of Ninettes desperate sncrihce
T. and Bohmcr's artful strategem De-
: termined to give his unfortunate friend
a last chance of escaping his fate, and
> with some mad superstitions idea that
" heaven must interfere ere II sentence
;! so unjust could be carried out, he
1T had unknown to all, drawn the bull
lets from the muskes OF those soldiers
g appointed to carry out the sentence,
l. and when the reprieve came Leroux
Il was saved, and Ninette had only
81 tainted from the shock of the fear
e full ordeal she had undergone.
Angry as the commandment was, he
le could say nothing in the face OF that
|? powerful mandate, and when Won
IN Brandstein heard OF all that had oo-
le Cured, and knew what the enquiry
1e that would follow might mean for him
self, he sent in his resignation and left
ou Berlin with all possible haste.
ne The fate of PIERRE Leroux was soon
decided, What the king might not
ia have yielded to any persuasion. he
ed yielded to the lovely face and pitiful
Id entreaties of the girl-wife who had
| and 1nnr With
the conclusion of the war he gave them
DC permission to return to their own
country, not even allowing OF a ran
l. som.
Ter Reunited, happy, safe. the long-triet
OF husband and wife once more 1oun'
to themselves in their own home, wit
ip- the freedom and the peace, and tn
ar sweet delicious sense OF liberty an
love alone filling their hearts.
RI Like an exile restored to h
'ho birthright, SO Pierre Lerou
Toasted his eyes on the wavin
ne golden fields, the glad green dew
ow earth that had never seemed so III
ern of peace and beauty as it SCENE
" now.
Then his eyes rested on the ia
lily, face beside him-on the deep lustrol
eyes from whence all shadow OF SUITE
but ing had departed, leaving only low
led Sweet as the light OF day locke
fish the future before them, all the swee
ny. err for pain long endured-for sorrow
om- weary martyrdom.
olc Nothing shall part us again. del
AN, love-" he murmured tenderly; ''not
Who ing need have done so had but trus
and ed you more. Now we have endure
) TO SO much it seems as if our very Joy hi
4 to been snatched from the Jaws OF Il
grave"
his "Does not that mako it doub
tier precious?" she asked, clnging y
on more closely to the arm she held.
And she was right; for there is
d at love like that which rises victoria
, he over doubt and pain, and in the cruz
+ in ty of despair, lives on and on, unco
pair quercd and undismayed. to find
paradise OF Joy even amidst the sha
d OF Ows of death!
try, THE END.
that