San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-14

the terrible mental inheritance from
my mothers family would be foreve,
disowned. The beautiful one capt..
Yates me. Love possesses me.
Why should not succeedP
She is young, beautiful, WIN
ming, of ancient lineage, possessed
of wealth, has the world at her feet
and yet l am not without my attrac.
tions and advantages. l take the first
steamer, for America. discover her
quiet retreat. l give up my life 70
studying her, to knowing her unknown.
before make myself known. The
long awaited moment for first discover
ing myself Is at hand, whe' you, Paul.
appear on the scene. Igusss the secret
of your hearts before it has been dis
closed, perhaps, TO either of you. Per-
haps, here and now, am the first to
disclose 1t, at least to you, Louisa.
Perhaps TO you, Paul, l make certain
what you have only ventured to hope
tremblingly. The eyes of man mad
with love are keen. save your lives.
I seek You out in all-enveloping fog.
All, how easy 1t would have been for
me that night, while you were floating
sure that you, Paul, would never again
wake to consciousness. But by a
mighty effort restrained myself Will
heaven remem Der 1t, now that l am
suicide?
l fed your thanks. returned to the
chateau, my only refuge. On the same
steamer you, Paul, were passenger.
You little dreamed that a mailman was
fighting with himself to spare you.
when but thing of planks and iron
separated you from the bottomless
deep. Even that was not enough. You
went out Of your way to thrust your
self into my solitude. Later you par
AIDED your happiness before my eyes, in
my own house. Great God! and l
spar Yes, for Louisa's sake
sp apd now, from self
wish you Joy. You
< SCI + ! baye styiven SO long
to from the world. Il Is Secret
buried with me. never do things by
halves. All my property is left to you
in my will. There is no mention
in it of this sacred shekinak.
No vulgarity touches the gift. Freely
it is given, freely take. 1t will remove
the one bar of DISQUALIFICATION there
be bar-between you and Louisa.
You, too, have money now, wealth. 1t
is the poor madman's doing. All, Paul,
had but started fair with you, the
race might have been different. But it |
was not to be. Vs victis.
And now is the boon of eternal as
ISOLATION in your united lives, Paul and
Louisa, too great boon to ask? l
know the great temporary shock. /
know that this will be a strange WOO
ing, fastened by the blessing of a sui
eide. But look forward. A year-nay,
even a month-from now even the
mention of my self-taking off will be
as dead as / am. Then men will yawn
when the strange ending of my unique
career is alluded to. But your happi-
ness, Paul and Louisa, will
nave only begun. AND then,
as that happiness increases
with each passing year, your thoughts
will turn more and more kindly to the
lead mailman, who loved much. That
will be my reward, incommensuraDle,
Tor quenching here and now this poor
spark of fated life. Farewell, yet
not farewell, Paul and Louisa. leave
you, yet am not left of you.
ROBERT GRAHAM.
Before Paul and Frank had finished {
his shocking letter, a messenger came
n with telegram, addressed to Frank,
that Robert Graham had y
hot himself that evening in turret of 9
las castle, and had left written instruc-
ions that Mr.. Lebourgeois be notified I
The telegram was s
igned by the local notary. The next +
nornings papers confirmed the news.
CHAPTER XIII. 4
The result of reading the letter 7
hr"st upon Paul and Frank the dis b
uasion of question which both had a
ither.o carefully avoided-Pauls re- b
atoms to Franks sister. Paul at once D
wp"d up that he had long loved +
C sa, but owing to the difference in C
,rtune had felt delicate about pressing Il
is suit. Frank assured him that no d
Ich reason should for a moment stand fl
/ his way. Frank added that he had h
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