The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-27

Of The cenetery was mine. wanted to say
that had seen my own grave, and that
thoroughly appreciated the daring scheme
which she had carried out with such daring
effrontery.
But had no opportunity Of speaking
with her alone. and so left beexplanation
for a more favorable opportunity.
Cora expressed her readiness to leave at
once If | vas tired. and bidding Sir Henry
and Lady Lascelles good night we went
BE- ok to our hotel
Shortly afterward we left London and
went back 10 Australia. We went to
Venice in order that We might visit some of
the famous places Of France and Italy.
Before we left we received al lat home"
/ card from Lady Lascelles. Cora was anxi-
Gus to go, but persuaded her that she had
better not. | SAID l had heard something
about Lady L9scelles-I was very vague
about it, but Cora, who had the greatest
confidence in my superior knowledge Of the
world. yielded at once.
To say that l was afraid of meeting Lady
Lascelles again would not be true. knew
that was safe, but in her presence l felt
unhappy. She vas the flaming sword out
| stretched between me and Eden. | loved
| Cora with all my heart and soul, and
knew that had bitterly wronged her. and
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impossi ole for me To atone for that wrong.
In Australia | hsd brought myself to
forget the past; in England it all came
back to me. and from tho hour L saw my first
vile was never able to dismiss it from my
mind.
In the knowlege that she lived and that
she knew / had married again, even the
shock OF my false death and burial was for
gotte0.
Do what would conld not help remem-
bering that there was woman in England
who knew what CoTa'S real position was,
and that woman a during. hesrtless and
INSCRIPTIONS adventures was my lawful
wife.
Three years later we cams to Europe
again. During the three years had heard
nothing of Lady Lascelles. Once in an
English paper Cora hai shown me her name
among the list OF guests at a grand enter
tainment, but had studiously avoided talk
ing about her.
Our second visit TO Europe was intended
to be long one. We spent the winter in
Italy and the south of France, and came to
England in.May, about the commencement
Of the London season.
While We were in Italy Cora had told me
something which, though it had at first
delighted me, afterward seriously alarmed
me.
She hoped to become a mother before the
summer
A mother And the child. 1 did not like
to think Of it. The wickedness of my con-
duct in marrying again came home to me
now as it had never done before.
My child would be really illegitimate, and
some day. in spite of all my care, its mother
might learn the terrible truth.
Soon after we arrived in LondSn began
quietly 10 make inquiries about Lady Les
celles.
For some time past. ascertalned, she had
not been much in society.
1t mas understood that she was seriously
i'll, so i'll that her life was despaired of.
Terrible as the truth is, l will confess it {;
from the hour that l knew Lady Lascelles
was In danger I only hoped one thing, and
that was that she might die in time Co save
my unborn child from a heritage of shame.
My position was fearful one. | cannot
perhaps hope to justify my eagerness for
| the death Of the woman who stood between
me and happiness, but at least have said
enough to make it understood.
1t was early spring when we came to
London. / had five months grace-Ave
months in which one woman could die and
another woman be saved from shame
which might one day, when she learned the
| truth, kill her
With wicked eagerness | inquired every
| day how Lady Lescelles was going on.
managed to make the acquaintance of o
gentleman who knew Sir Henry intimately,
and he assured me there was no hope.
| One day | opened the Times in the hotel
reading room. and dropped it with little
cry of Joy.
Lady Lascelles was dead!
| And | was free-free to make my union
| with Cora a legal one-free to save my I'M
born child from the consequences of his
| fathers sin.
How should break it to Cora? What
should | say to hers Tell her the truth,
dare not; and SO, after some hesitation,
told her that had strange fancy-we had
been married in Australia wanted to be
married again in England.
| Cora looked at me in blank surprise.
| FASTENED to reassure her. think at
| first she thought had gone suddenly mad.
1t was purely little piece of sentiment on
my part. 1t should be very quiet wedding,
| not even in a church-just before a regis
trar. 1t was an odd fancy of mine, that
was all, but 1t would pie Sc me very much if
she would consent.
Like the good, dutiful little woman that
she always was, she did consent, and though
| | am sure that sheS still looks back upon 1t
as piece of sudden insanity on my part,
she went bravely through the ceremony be-
fore the registrar.
II never once crossed her mind. thank
God, that she was being legally married to
me for the first time and God forbid that
| she should ever learn it.
In due time our boy was born, and when
| they laid him in my arms, and pressed my
| lips to his sweet baby face, | thanked God
for his mercy in sending light where hither-
| to all had been darkness.
w hen our boy was year old we went
back to Australia, and now we have quite
! settled down there.
1 IL is and Wa horru
day when the boy is grown up we may all
come to Europe again together, but hope
to die and be buried in Australia, which Is
| now my home.
1t is this hope which reconciles me TO the
| fact that another man ras taken mv.place
in the family grave at Higbgate
am afraid he will have TO stop there,
| for 1t is impossible for me to take any step
90 remove him without drawing attention
to the fact that had wife when married
| Cora.
So TO all intents and purposes am still