Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-06-18
From Sin to COntFition
Lucy WarFiHgham'S Sacrifice.
The Story Of a HaSty Marriage and
Its Tragic Sequel.
BY ERNST BRUNCKEN,
Author Of ''1he BLbliOmdntdo's Crime, {"
- Terrible Secret etc., etc.
CHAPTER TX.
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1t was true Mrs Warringham had en-
Joyed this last day of their journey,
which she spent in the company of Count
Hohenfels, more than any of the preced-
ing ones
Lucy was not ordinarily given to re-
Election on her sentiments and actions.
But when she had retired that evening
she could not help thinking over the in
cidents of the day.
She had liked Count Won Hohenfels
since the first night of their acquaint-
ance, when he was introduced to her in
the green-room OF a Washington theater.
Her prediction for him had grown with
every meeting, but never had she felt il
to be so strong as this day. Never had
Hohenfels appeared to her so entertain
ing, so chivalrous, and so handsome. She
had felt a strange citation during his
presence, and was even conscious of hav-
ing blushed invOluntarily several times,
when his hand had inadvertently
touched hers.
She never had these strange sensations
in the presence of her husband Her
professional knowledge as an actress
would have told her, If instructive intu-
scarcely six weeks, was in love with a
man not her husband.
She could not help shuddering at the
discovery
Lucy Warringham was not a depraVed
woman. By nature, education, and sur
rOundings she was disposed to take
things light, pleasure-lOving, and sen
suOus- She had always considered the
talk about love and passion very nice for
the stage, but entirely out of place in
real life. 1t had seemed 10 her entirely
natural to marry for the sake of gaining
fortune and social position, and these
were the sole reasons why she had &C
cepted RaIph's suit To be sure, she
liked Ralph well enough, but not better
than q score OF other admirers, to any
one of whom she would have
given the preference If she had
thought him Wealthier than the Doc
tor. AS yet she had had no experience
of the flame that eonquers a woman's
whole being, and either exalts her into
an angel or drags her down to the deep
est depths of sin. Ralph's fervid pro
testatiOns of devotion she had partly
smiled at as romantic extravaganza
partly deemed wholly conventional and
hypoeritical like, the vows to which she
listened every night on the stage.
Now, she became conscious that the
passion, the very existence Of which she
had denied, was entering her own heart
A vague feeling that she was guilty Of
an execrable crime mingled in her minC
with a dreadful fear of the consequence:
when Ralph should discover her secret.
She knew that her husband must dis
cover 1t sooner or later. A man who's,
jealousy was reused so easily, as she haC
already experienced, could not be blin6
to the faithlessness OF his wife. VIVA
then?
Lucy resolved to renounce this dan
gerOus love at Once-to tear it up with
its very roots as, it were.
Alas she little knew the po wer o
passion.
She greeted the Count with queenl,
grace ON the following morning, as h
called on her for the proposed excursion
to the opposite side of the river. Look
ing at her husband, her troubled con
science already imagined that he greete'
the Count with a somewhat eonstraine
ciVilIty, as II even now suspicion hai
entered his mind
Bnt her fears were soon forgotten
when she found herself seated by tn
side of the diplomatic in the little row
boat that took the party across tn
stream.
Just below Bingen the river bed is fu
of rocks, part Of which had to be II
moved by explosives in order TO make tn
river at this point navigable for vessel
OF any considerable size. The passag
through the canal thus produced in
row-boat is not without little excite
ment and even danger, If only Of
thorough drenching by the spray. Mr.
Warringham uttered g little feminin
erY as few drops OF WAS
Re<s est iHte her ssse By q