San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-12-30

true realty, lnOugn L nave mucn TO
remember in his dreams of you
Beatrice started little, and her
brow grew dark and angry.
Then you have tried to get what
was not yours by your bad powers"
she cried. And you have made him
sleep-and dream-what?"
''Of you"
And he talked of lover"
"Of love for you"
10 you?"
To me-
And dreamed that you were l?
That. tooP"
That | was you"
lis there more to tellp" Beatrice
asked, growing white. "He kissed
you in that dream of his-do not tell
me he did that-no, tell me-tell me
all!''
He kissed the thing he saw, be-
lieving the lips yours"
"MOre-more-is it not done YETI
Can't you sting again? What ese?"
''Nothing-save last night l tried
to kill your body and soul"
And why did you not kill me?"
"Because you awoke. Then the
nun saved you. If she had not come,
you would have slept again, and slept
forever. And / would have let his
dream last and made it last-for him,
| should have been the only
Beatrice"
You have done all this-and you
ask me to forgive you?"
al ask nothing. Ifyou will not go
to him, ] viii bring him to you-"
Beatrice turned away and walked
across the room.
LOVED her. she said aloud. and |
talked to her of love. and kiss"
She stopped suddenly. Then she
came back again with swift steps, |
and grasped Inorna's arm fiercey.
Tell me more still-th dream |
has lasted Ion4-you are man and |
wife,
I'VE might have been. He would |
still have thought me you for months
and years. lie would have had me
take from his finger that ring you put
there. | tried tell you the whole
truth-but ! could not. / saw you
there bes de me and you held my
hand. Ib'Jke away and left i'm"
LEFT him o. your own free will?"
] could not lie again. 1t was TOO
much. He would have broken a
great promise. if | had stayed.
love him $50 | left him.
lis all this trueP"
Every word
Swear it to me-
How can |? BY what shall [
swear TO you? Heaven itself would
laugh at an oath of mine. With my
soul-no--it is not mine to answer
with. Will you have my life? My
last breath shall tell you that | tell
the truth. The dying do not lie. -
You tell me that you love that
man. You tell me that you made him
think in dreams that he loved you.
You tell me that you might be man
and wife. And you ask me to believe
that you turned back from such happi-
ness as would make an angel sinP If
you had done this-but it is not
possible-no woman could! His words
in your ear, and yet turn back? His
lips on yours, and leave him? Who
could do that"
Zone who loves him"
What made you do it?"
'LOve.n
NO fear-nothing else
Fear? And what have | TO fear!
My body is beyond the fear of death,
as my soul is beyond the hope OF life.
If it were TO be done again / should
be weak. know should, IT, you
could know half of what the doing
cost! But let that alone. | did it
and he is waiting for you. viii you
Gomez
IF only knew it to be true"
"How hard you make it. Yet, it
was hard enough
Beatrice touched her arm, more
gently than before, and gazed into her
eyes.
If could believe it all, l would
not make it hard. ! would forgive
you-and you would deserve better
than that, better than anything that is
mine to give"
Il deserve nothing and ask nothing.
If you will come, you will see. and.
seeing. you will believe. And il you
then forgive--wel then, you will have
done far more than could do
Il would forgive you freely"
care you afraid to so with meP"
NO. | am afraid of something
worse. You have put something here
"a hope"
"A hope. Then you believe. There
is no hope without little belief in it.
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