The morning call., 1891-02-12
MY TERRIBLE REVENGE.

She lay on her bed decked with snow
white blossoms; lay there so lltelike and
beautiful that it seemed almost as II she
lived, seemed almost as if the sweet blue
eyes would open, that once more l should
hear that gentle voice call me by my name.
Yet she was dead, gone from me for ever
dead of broken heart-dead, because of a
mans faseness- dead because she had
loved too well.
A fierce anger rose in my heart, bitter
rage against the man who had taken up her
love but to dash it to the ground again.
Standing there. in the silence of that
awful presence, l vowed that l would
avenge her-that Edward Cartons life
should pay for hers.
She had been committed to my charge by
a dead mother. Now she was dead, and he
should suffer even as she had suffered. No
| pity should intervene between Us now, or
| for ever 1t was an awful vow, born Of a
maddenod sorrow, and years alter L re-
! pented of my sin.
| imprinted one last kiss on that dear
! face, and rose and staggered from the room.
From hencefOrth | must seek the man
who had won her love, and then gone away
quietly and secretly, leaving her alone.
| would never give up my quest until he
lay before me, cold and dead, even as my
young sister
She had been my all; now 1 was alone
terribly alone.
l travelled here and there. always with one
motive, but for three long years never came
upon him. At length | grew to fear | should
never find him. And then the thought of
my dead sister would rise up in my mind.
Again | seemed to see her, fading daily he
fore my agonized eyes; see the sweet flower
! dropping and dying through the treachery
| of this man. Oh! Edward Carton! If at
that time hated you, had some excuse.
| for loved your fair victim more than ought
| else on earth. In losing her lost my all.
II.
A beautiful summer day in France, ana [
| sitting by the side of a tall fair girl telling
! her the stary of my love for her-of now all
my happiness was III her keeping, and that l
| could not live without her. l remember 1t
all, the soft silver SandS-the blue sea gently
ripping TO our feet, and the seagulls cry as
they whirled around our heads. Tins told
her of my love, and she, with a wan, pale
face, started TO prevent me.
Il never dreamed of this" she murmured.
II am engaged to another mau-tO Mr..
| Edward Carlton"
| stood. stunned and trembling, listening,
| as if | could not believe my own ears, and
| then gave one angry cry, and the red blood
| flushed TO my face.
Edward Carlton I muttered, you can
not meanlt; do you know he is a false de
ceiyer, as good as a murderer man unfit
| to rs much as touch your hand?"
Even then | noticed her shrink back at
my words, as if she could not believe me.
Il do not believe you" she answered,
| Indignantly. Edward Carlton is all that
! Is good anu honorable. 1t is you that are
| false and mean, saying this to one who
| loves him."
l saw the dislike for me growing on her
face; knew that she would hate me for ever
more, but 1 needed not. He was a villain.
| l must save her at any cost. He had caused
! the death of one | loved already, ANA he
should not cause this fair girls if l could
| prevent 1t.
Listen" said, imploringly. Hear
ME and then tell me If | lie. | had one only
sister, . girl as young and fair as you are.
She was all had in the world-all | hal.
This man won her love; won it but to play
with it for time, and then flung it from
him. Without word he left her shortly
before her wedding day, and she broke her
heart in silence, and l vowed a VOW to seek
her murderer and TO send him to death as
he had sent her."
stopped, for on the face of the girl be-
fore me | saw white agony that thrilled
my Who'll e soul with pity. Yet It was hand
OF love that dealt the blow. She should not
g unWarued into the clutches of this vii
lain turned away without another word
though felt she did not believe me-
Ill
1 saw them meet-the girl loved and Ed
waId CaTlton-saw their hands meet in a
tender clasp, saw him kiss her sweet pure
| lips; and ground my teeth together with
mad anger, for l knew then that my words
| would be OF no avail; that this man would
| by his winning plauSibility gain his own
| selfish ends.
| How handsome he was, this Carlton, with
| his tail, 1.-THE figure and nIgh-bred features.
/ could see him stopping over the girl,
whispering words OF love just as yea rs ago
he had done to my dead sister, and, pc rhaps,
10 many IN tile intervening years. l W ouid
60 to HIM and accuse him In her presence, of
m O. gFa IlF.f.r h.. 4
start buck at sig lit of me, how plainly the
look Of guilt would then be seen on his face,
she would believe me then. An! yes, it
would convince her as nothing else would.
approached, and as yet they heard me
not. Full OF each other and their love they
stood hand in hand, he gazing down upon
her blushing face-the sweet face l lovedso
well.
Then they turned and saw me, and no.
ticed tine look of angry scoTn cross Eva Stan
foIds face. and size held herself up proudly
and drew nearer to her lovers side.
l went forward, and looking fully at him,
said, Edward Carlton, do you remember
mel"
He turned white, and saw him stagger
and fall back step, and On his face was a
| look of guilt, plain to see.
Edward Carlton" l went on, do you
remember my young sister; you won her
| love. now the very wedding day was fixed
and then you went away quietly aud
secretly, leaving her alone, alone with her
bitter sorrow to wait and wonder and
| grieve, until her frail young life beat Itself
| out in agony and desparl Edward Carlton,
| you were that girls murderer as much as if
! you had killed her by a sudden violence.
| Justice cannot follow you but by all that is
| just and fair you shall die for it, your life
! shall pay Tor hers
He drew himself together and laughed
scornfully.
This man is mad, my darling. raying
mad. knew no sister Of his; he imagines
l am someone else. Come away, dear, this
| is no place Tor you"
| She turned with him TO 90. turned with
| loving look and clinging hands, and fer me
she gave only looks of hatred and scorn.
pleaded with her for one last hearing,
| entreating her to leave this man who was a
| false deceyeF, who only wanted her for
her money. But she would not listen, and
then l knew that she would believe that
mans words before all the world, that she
would tall another victim to his cruelty and
| deceit. One resolve was in my mind, one
feeling filled my being, that Edward Carlton
should die, that he should never marry this
unsuspeciing, loving girl, and that my own
loved sister should be avenged.
".
would call him forth to a duel. Face to
face we would fight out this matter. One of
us would fall, one of us lie sill and dead for
ever on the soft green grass. | could not
| take his life suddenly and unprepare1 he
| should meet me in fair combat In France
| duels were common as the day, it would eX-
! cite no sensation, no horror. A Shot a fall,
dead body lying stiff and cold under the
| summer Sky-that would be ALL
| might be the one to die. II So what
matter, alone in the world. no kindred, no
| friends TO miss me. Even she l loved would
shed no tear upon my grave-stone. Unloved,
! unmlSsed, unwept, | should be laid deep
| down In the cold earth and the world would
roll on as il had never been in it. / could
| almost pity myself as | thought it out and