The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-07-14

dear assurance ! an waiting for. Bertha.
love. come to me.
His dark face, andspme despite the
lines dissipation hid Lett upon it, grew
tender. His eyes lool,ed down in hers
with eager, impassic red light. B-rtha's
heart throbbed pityilgly as she realized
the pain her words must inllict upon
him.
"Oh. Ralph, had hoped you might
not subject ine to this test! ltwoald be
cruel to give you falls hope, for | can
never be more than yolr earnest friend.
Forget that YOU have ever cared for me,
and bestow your love "a some one who
will make you happier than | ever
could"
Bertha! Bertha! YJu can't mean
to leave me in utter despair; will wait
and work, and prove uyself II better
man than have yet been Oaly tell me
that there is a chance of winning you at
| lastr'
''It never can be, Ralphl Because
because love another
The still, white rage which settled
| down upon his face frightened her more
than if be had broken out in angry
words - g..
h. u shah not give you up, neverthe-
less" he said, with quiet intensity.
I 'siiiye me little hope and an equal
chance, and will try for your love by
| fair means; but by measures .foil or fair.
no other man shall ever ever fat,s you
| from mel" Js2sg @gJ 3f
With taat he returned, leaviuS her ab,
ruptly as he had come, and his quick
steps gave bacs Il sharp rii.g from the
paved malk wishoa sstta little dis
Ftsnss be erEcrn taxed the N eF lAriyon,
I ,wft, at,cested him, tiniiHs his ifisnrely
\ pace ID the others hasty stridss.
! easy, my sena IhgQe sesats informa-
y ton which Is may ba hcst to impart at
ohee. Il liappd;isa to qserhet.r your con-
versaef6n Of q niObisait ago-by the way,
you should neyckmlale love near open
/ windows--and am gratifiad toknow that
Bertha holds such an important place in
i your estimation ~
1 "Ahl' Ralph. waited, knowing that
something more lay behind that s,,ave
address.
s"Yes, but must warn you against your
own irnpetuous nature, which, may lead
you to extremes. AS she said, Ill is4uite
impossible for her to regard yeur suit
with favor.
''May ask whyT ~
Simply because intend to marry her
myself! =.
SPY heaven, you shall not"
The elder Carlyondrooped his eyelids
atrick of bis when angered.
."Did you ever know me to relinquisf
apurpcse?'
'sOr me to fail in making good my
words? | would kill any man ere HI
should thwart me or brave me by tiaunt
ing her preference.
Each read indomitable resolution il
the others face. The gauntlet was cast
between them, and hereafter only bitter
enmity could mark their mutual rela
ton.
A week wore heavily away. Their
Ralph disappeared, went no one knew
whittier, and Bertha awolse to con
sciousness that she was no better than 6
prisoner in the old hall. The maid haG
been bribed to cooperate with the elder
Carlyon, and he himself announced hi
purpose with a,quiet steadiness of man
ner which would admit of no gainsaylng
With his ruthless will crushing dow
all obstacles in his way, and no com
munication with her friends permitted
save such as he dictated, Bertha felt tha
her opposition must give way before tn
cruel forces he brought to bear upon her
At last he gained his purpose. Hoy
he accomplished it himself and the mai
best knew. But the clergymaA wa
waiting at the church, and Bertha
worn to shadow Of her former cheer
self, with her face scarce less white tha
the bridal robes she wore, went treu
blingly down the worm eaten stairs t
90 and be welded to the man she bot
hated and feared. Carlyon met he
with triumphant smile upon his face
but the words of graduation he wa
about to offer never left his lips.
A man, with haggard face, bloodles
lips drawn away from his glitterin
! teeth, and dishevelled hair streamin
| about his neck, rushed up the length {
, the passage and grappled with him.
was Ralph, who had been confined a
this time in one of the vault like cellal
: beneath the old hall, and had escape
r now to wreak insane fury upon his jea
. Gus taller. There was an inherent maC
! ness in the Carlyon blood, and the'
4 weeks of solitude and mental torture ha
81 n
: man,
), A struggle ensued that was fearful
/. witness. Bertha crouched upon Il
stairs, with rigid, blanched face, an
e eyes never wayerng from the horrib
g spectacle. Servants ran screaming, q
O was chaos for a moment, and then awt1
It quietude fell upon the hall.
IA There was a crushed, bleeding, sens
b less mass upon the floor; and the ma
man. his rage appeased, unresisting
n submitted to the bonds which we
:. placed upon him. The elder CarlyC
4 went to answer for his sins before {
|. eternal tribunal; his son drags out Ii
e ing death i'll lunatic asylum.
= But Bertha, sorely tried, found peat
n at last. OloSkeu uey oHu LnSdotuoD W VI
t, frightful tragedy which had been e
y acted, and appalled, by the peril h
daughter had passed, Mrs. Mondevil
E recalled Henry Bernard from the fru
d less quest he was pursuing. 1t is nee
d less to say that Bertha's letter nev
r reached him, and that Mrs. Mondevi
d had sent him as far as possible from t
" actual track. But the young peoI
,s could freely forgive all past injuries