Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-04-06

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 so completely clouded as to let him be- lieve he had ever been amorously thrilled by 1t till now. And yet now there entered his soul q reverence, a ycarning, despair which dizzied and distracted him. He wildly told himself that never in the whole history of human experience had man thus been placed. He loved this dead creature devotedly- or was 1t merely that he could have loved her if he and she could have known one another in life? Yes, 1t must be that-assuredly it was that and nothing else! In such little while she would be spoiled and tarnished by the one hideous fate of all flesh. Would he go on loving her thenY "Ah, yes," his spirit seemed to respond, flor her mem ory will abide with you always!"
 He still gazed down at the beauteous, hueless face. Anguish filled his heart, and slow, heavy tears dropped from his eyes. The kiss he had given her had not repe1led him, but it had seemed to teach him, through the agency of an in- tense pathos, how futile death had made this new, fierce emotion. ''There she lies" he reflected, ''a mockery of all the love I had in my nature to bestow on mortal woman. My ideal-that is just she, frozen, stirless, Inexpensive" And now the thought that he had ever seen her before forsoolx him and did not re- turn.
 Suddenly, with almost bound toward the shelf on which it stood, he remem- bered the flask of white liquid. For many minutes he had wholly forgotten it, and there is no exaggeration in here chronicling that he recalled it with desperate tremor of delight The ready means of applying it waited for his hand to seize. He knew from his fathers instructions precisely how to use the fluid-first by pouring certain amount down the throat of the dead person, second by simultaneously inject ing an amount yet smaller. Before an- other five minutes had passed he had done all that he dared to do.
 The world stood still with him while he watched. He was no longer in the least agitated; he simply felt himself under the spell of mighty suspense. His new passion begot in him a new hope. Would she wake at the summons of the drug? He intensely longed to have her do so, and with the increase of yearning came diminution of doubt.
 Soon fierce joy shot through every fiber of his frame. She moved, ever so faintly, her lips betrayed the slightest of tremors, and yet one which there was no mistaking. Then she sighed, heav- fly, painfully; at the sound great com passion took hold of his heart-strings and wrung them till he feared that he might cry aloud. But his mouth re- mained firmly locked, and in minute more he perceived that her features were twitching as if some inward tort ure raclled her. When, with extreme abruptness, her eyes unclosed, they darted forth wild, affrighted lusters.
 Consciousness had come to her, and with it strong alarm. She raised her self slowly, shudderingly, from the level where she lay. It was then that Gerald sprang toward her.
 Don't be frightened" he said. "You're quite safe.' And he helped her to rise, wrapping closer about her shape the large loose rainment in which 1t had first been clad. She tottered little as she planted her foot on the floor, repelling him in a childish, terri fled way with one hand, while the other grasped her drapery just above the breast.
 "Safe?" she now repeated, staring at him and still tottering. He wheeled up an easy-chair behind her, and, pushed backward by his gentle pressure, she sank into 1t.
 "Where am I?'' she went on, her voice full of scared quavers. He was about to answer with at least some semblance of accuracy, when she continued to speak, her white fingers grasping be- wilderedly the long, thick fallen strand of her hair.
 "I-I thought I had died," she mur- mured. "I thought"
 Gerald dropped into chair at her side. "Ten me how you came to do itl" he said. "Remember, I'm your friend. No matter what made you do it, I'm pre- pared to give you nothing but the most absolute sympathy"
 She look at him blanlkly. 1 don't understand you"
 Why, you said that you thought you had died" oRH0NAg.TA El~~s-A