Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-03-06

/ katherine.
$50 there Is. AMI long may she WI
but she will never again have nnythin,
30 with you or me, nv swee. Why, b
you heard nothing, then? Has the Ma
that most womanly of all women, actin
kept secret You really don't KIN
them"
"Know what" family.
''Of Katherine's new matrimonial sche
Why, she has thrown me over"--wit
happy laughs nd is nov engaged I'll
Bro ndrl m Boiler i. sto ~ 10 be mari
! TO him, i hear. n. xt month"
! The lips Of TIE Du hess grow r. Il
white.
"Oh, is IL true > she cricy claspjng|
hands. There IL Sc hope in her ed
voice. Her eyes .ilasa.
AS true as tina; you AMI are here|
gether now, an I at we sail he toge|
for the rest OF on lives" spvs he, ger
"Oh. tn MAJ indeed love You mol
cries she, 81 innot ant y, will, su h a sw
glli tremo- in hei .one, that all his ID
loss OFT 10 her
IF you on'y wiz. my beloyed," h.,
swers, so tlv, with So dued bit c rnest
son. He draws her c. ser tn HIM, an|
if a lit tirel she vel to his embrace
lays her head ulsn the ,ilsen cusI
where his head lies, her little pale Cd
resting contnntedly AGAINST his.
'Are you happy" asks h, presently
q low VIII er.
Happy" scornfu'ly. "No, that
I not explain il. Their, is no worl in
language that can t,ll You how I'd
There is the swe test abandonment in
manner.
"My darling" Then he laughs a |
OFT of the fu ness Of his heart, and pr
her closer 10 him. az 10 think you ar
west sati ifactory litts sweet cart II
world" hs says with touch OF rever
In his tone, Torn Of the innocence
marks each word AID action Of
'But," regarding intaitly her little.
face, show thin you ara my love!
like to see yol look like this. 1t make
feel as though / hal Iii ed You. -
BIZ, Norah," impulsiv .ly. as though
thought hal just retur Ged 10 him, i'd
ever think Of that nigst when you
my life?"
The moment tho WORDS are uttered h
grets them-but too lata. She starts
riedly in'o more upright position.
her white face grows almost ghastly.
DON'T" she says, Ia ring her hand
his chest, as thou IN TO keep him from
Don't speak OF that / cant bear il
hurts me here" catching the bosom O
gown in convulsive grasp. II
abruptly, she moves away little AMI
eyes grow strangely bright
''Never mind, darling. Don't thiI
IL" says Delaney. in low, quick
something in her whole mir has frighX
him.
oh that / couldn't thinkr' erie
"BIt it Is always there. Always
stands out before me Just as it hapH|
l sse-I hear-everything Tho ri
the bullet--the mans grasp upon
throat-that murderous weapon up ID
the blood trickling down your face. ar
rain-the rain falling ceaselesly-'
She stops short; "a strong Studded
through her frail frame, and her
comes in little gusps from betwee
parted lips.
and then that long awful night
there-living through lit seemed
but now / wonder how it was lived.
"Norahl Come here" says De
autholitatively.
''No. Let me speak. All this
have felt that / must give voice TO m
misery, ut there was no one to W
could unburden my mind"
''Was there not my mothSrm
81 tried, Tut could not There
body hut you, / suppose" nays she
mourntul simplicity. Put what tr
me is this" cries she, turning her SO
wildly on him, "why | must speak
why it is not permitted to me to
OH tho cruel agony of rememt
Those moments when I thought you
when half feared to lean over you
should find your breath was indeed
that you were gone-forever; they
with me, / cannot drive them fro
They do not come all together, tho
mems, but one by one, teeripg my
heart from my breast. Al mig It
awake and 60 over il all, bit by bit,
ing TO your lahcrei signs, waiting fc
last breath, until | sometimes think
kill me-"
81 know" she saws, in a voice of
est contlitioD, az know | should
tate you. l should lie calm for you
but"
'Just so, )" says he gravely. 81
urally the one person to be consider
You agtate me any more 1 won't
for the cons quences"
''rhen do rot Ia k to me Of that,
she, with little plantive sob
Certainly not We shall talk Of
thing altogether different, says he,
fixing an observent eve on her.
are many other subjects, are the
You can tell me, for example,
world outside. 1t seems quite
since / s"w il, except from the "
which is but poor way of ICING Il
'You {, rget have not been on
either. TINS troubles me cough I'D
me prisoner. But yesterday, and o.
last week, dad took me for a little
just we two, you know, round the
garden"
"Ahl But even so, you are be
than l am. However, q secret for
am TO go cut tomorrow, and next
am TO be shifted OF to the south of
simply, i firmly believe, to salts
Mother, who still thinks me at the
death; and because the doctor mr.
me something. BY the by, Du
smiling while still regarding her
twill Yen come there with mes''
"Oh, how can !? 1 am afraid cfaa
never 20 so far as that
'Let US leave him at home, then,
Mother too. 1 have reasons for K
that she would positively hate to ga
at this time OF ear. WHAT mean
you marry me in hurry, darlir
come with me 10 tfat nice soft
(which they say is sure TO set us