The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-06-21

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! righting the wrongs that ] have done
! others-so far as wrongs can be rishted-
| This is why have crossed the ocean TO
make yor my wife VIII not ask you to
| forgive me the sorrow have caused you
until you understand q little OF what IT'S
reparation costs me. Before sunset you
viii be the duchess of NJ"
I1seste says nothing only beckons Little
Lisette. who is playing with the bounds IN
the street. The child dancss toward them
laughing and shaking her golden hesd-
Lisetfs locks lccg and directly into tia
child's eyes. but the Man of the Cloth only
, toys with her curls. He does not look into
, the child's eyesA
And do you say thss she viii grow NJ
into fine lady and have everything thai
money can buyF' Stin gently scbhing.
YES. everything he answers.
And must you marry me before thai
| can come to herr"
YES" he replies.
They part.
Afternoon It is all overI Lisette Is thu
Duchess OF NJ The clergyman who
has wrought this change Is too astonished
at the fee which his highneSs, tia Man of
the Cloth. has pressed into his hand TO no.
TIC Sh9S nc oAAdSeEOo1A 0Vc5 Aos AS Aes
bride
They return TO the hotel. At evening
the duchess is excused 70 so up the alley
10 put Little Lisette TO bed for the last time
in her own little truudIebed. for tomor-
row father, mother and child viii leave
Virgin alley forever.
Little Lisette wonders why her mamms
hugs her 50 tightly and why her mothers
e..-~ 4.
her sad mamma kiss her so hard and 50
many times : IL is all = mystery 70 sleepy
Little Ilsstte, who never knows how many
more kisses-tears and kisses !--are show
cred upon her when asleep before Mamma
Lisette leaves her bedside and passes swift.
ly into the alley.
It is late, and his highness, the Man of
the Cloth, is anxious less his nartyrtom
should have niscarrisd By some accident
TO the Duchess LsSette
He goes slowly up the alley, thinking
how good he il TO endure alt things for
conscience sake. He wonders whist tho
virgins, who stare at him from wladew
and fence top, would think II they knew
what he had sacrificed 70 do pO1aRce foV
the sins of youth
Suddenly the air quavers with a pro
longed. doleful howl. such as a dog delivers
when lost or listening 10 the telling of
bell. IL is tins wall OF hound. The mourn
ful brute is in a field few rods away. Sit
ting upon his hannches, with his nose
pointed high in the air. Ills highness is
first 10 investigate this strange canine pro-
ceeding. Lying close beside the hound,
face downward and moaning deeply, Is
Lisette.
lie takes the paper that Is shut tightly in
her small. clinched hands. thrusts It into
his pocket, liits her in his arms and carries
her hOne.
Aphysician is summonedand the.wrotch-
edly aimed knife drawn from her brSzHt.
They almost despair OF stopping tho fear
ful flow of blood, but az last IL is done
No; his martyrdom has not miscarricd.
Lisette lives. She slowly RECEIVERS.
IL the days that follow I66sle Ilisette
wonders why the Man OF the Cls4h kisses
her mamma and herself 80 often aud 50
teaderly, and why Mamma Idsetlea4ld tha
Man Of the Cloth are 10 longer Ead, al
though nlammaHsSo sick and must lie 50
very still. Perhaps we may UNDERSTAND IL
we glance over has shouldsraS hs snads, for
the hHndredth tiafe, the letter>tal1en fran
A@i0SSeR . tAsAN- - ap fAIAtA W
the field that night. IL nesuas;
To His Higheess. the Duko af NJ.
/ love. SoH too wcll To eunsa your Ito with my
presence. shoakl haHs e0snpniled ron 10 re-
turn without pe-ycs. Should ga vebflied my
self before marrying you had Il not been for
Little LisetAe- Perhaps have dcas wreng TO
allow yoa 80 bisxiIa Your AsFslc. even for has
sake, but tho temptation Too Erre1- Shess
sweet and beautiful, and yOu viii sapsiy iesra
10 love her. foa c0uld never learn 60 iososse.
should always be shame and-a Fupreach to
You. DO not waste regret GA mr. / am un-
worthy Of b. Ion never brought me- anything
but good. for shouia never base know a love
II had not Known yen Oh. Il ] could only
haEeOno word Of lose from yolr lips before /
disi Rut l oahEot. That. aud leaving mg
precious Little Lisette. aro the only hsrtftliBga
Hb0nt dying " lovo yosI il5sch that II u
easy for me r. ole that yOsi rlsy nssoE have "a
blush because Of my presence - war side
IL what have doae fer Little Iisotts'a saka
Is wrong raAy God forgive me- ana foo MS aaks
and for pity q nae do 40 let IL nst your heart
against Tie child. Goodhy forever
LdsTTre.
The marriage kisses which bis Eigbnses
could not give bis bride AZ the np,rriasa
are scattered through their welded life.
Llsette's passionate love far her husband
and her native Intelligence aad social tact
enabled her to put far behind her the things
Of her youth. and MANI noble dal.e has
less 0ccasion % BE- proud 81 his wife and
child than his highness. TIE Man Of tia
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