Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-04-30

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ca sile f1 sr Ee1vlly-
Enoll.s ss booking a. soceethirg
{ t,es al as.. srsd did not htar me TN
81 lc rzted my ques-5U1-
S1 7us 10 noi believe she wss
kla-ar sl The eru1austson d5d
4 not cg44 Lrum ht-- tut from snUfher
quarter. p DC flnaIlY proceeded She
was dellTiuus for naarly 9 week tefC7e
hc- death. In har lucs5 u.ome1tE
she would ak the date. then strive
80 r-oollec1 sunne1hinE thar elusive1y
eTa5ei her She was cunI1ually
uluE1nurlug about suDe uuuey thst
was 20 he seut 10 su-1e o1e-whoul-
they could not ds-Ermina- Smith
had bean with her al the day. and
toward evening teelsn- he must he
alone for awhile 10 give vent 90 his
r1iseTT -eut 10 the library The
Mornings r1ail Was awaiting him
The topzrus4 le1rer was a6drasssd 10
her II a man s unfamiliar hand He
tore Il open E1lad with insane 5eal
1usT
All u course. you psrC'ive from
whom II Was You are IN the same
position 81 The novel reader. who.
knowing bosh SIDES Ct The story. Is
aware Of the eld long be lore the hero
and heroine have lived il Uut In
fo,turstely Snilh knew only his
norton Cf the tsle The znlss1ve p7zr-
ported to cone from her first hus
band whom smith had helped bury.
bg1f whom ste believed TO be still
alive. and caurl0nea heT 20 forward
his monthly allowance al once, OF he
would he under the painful necessity
u declaring himself to Smith with
Uz1r delay. II was a pity be had not
done 50 long befOre. as Smith would
have RECON lied the scUundreTy but
ler. You see he had for months in
posed Cd taG wife and blacEmailed
ne- In the belief that her worthless
1 first husband was SIN alive and de
naDded money. She believed that
# Smith learned Of his existence she
would lose his love and him Does
it not seem altogether impossible that
she should have been SO credulousi
so, you see, the mystery, which
Smith had believed TO be 10 mys-
terry, was cleared without her speak
ing, but a little too late. for while
Smith was reading the letter she
passed away, leaving him IN a maze
of maddening reflections He has
had long while TO appreciate the
bitter pathos Of the incident, and
sometimes ponders On the problem
of whether she would have confessed
had he not suggested to her the eX-
cuse of kleptOmania. Knowing the
simplicity Of ner morals. he cOmpre
hends the struggle there must have
been while the butler was suffering
for her. think Smith would have
pardoned her for taking the money
TO buy the man, so that he should
not make himself known; even her
own silence, had he been conscious it
was done that she might not be sepa-
rated from him. Her love for Smith
was the one passion Of her life. and
she paid for it dearly"
Poor woman, murnured tritely.
Knollys raised his head, his lips
parted in a shadowy smile. Note
how we differ. should say, Poor
manr She is in a place of peace"
Il am glad l am not acquainted
with your friend Smith, l observed
trying to shake off the gloom Of
Knollys' story. He must be very
somber companion. Do you SEE
much of him 4
The world knows nothing Of hii
history; he does not wear his hear
ON his sleeve. 1t is only to me tha
he confesses how dull he finds life
Yes, l see a great deal of my frient
, Smith-a great deal too much. LIE
us drink to his early demise Believe
me, it is what would please hin
best. "-Argonaut