Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-03-03

Lord Inchcape and his restored wife
could not feast their eyes too much upon
each others long unseen faces
sab. how you have suffered" MUIR
INJURED Lady Engeionde, in her sweetest
tones and she SmOOthed. with her small,
thin. burning hand, the deep lines craven
upon the forehead which she had last
seen as smooth as her own.
HBut you-but you, my Engelonde, oh
HeaVeni have 1 come too late?" exelaim-
ed Lord Incheape in gathering dismayi
are you dying, ny wife? dying just
when 1 have awakened from my fatal
delusion-just when we might be happy
again?7
He gathered the shadowy form of his
injured lady close to his strongly beating
breast; he scanned with infinite pity and
anguish each trace of the grief which
was consuming her; he lifted her trans
parent hand, with the feyer-rose burning
ia the palm, 10 examine it closely; and
then he strained her TO his hungry heart
with passionate cry of rebellion.
Il viii not give her mp now! / cannot"
said he; and then his kisses fell like rain
upon her mute, smiling face, upon the
dark eyes which hungered no more, upon
the worn cheeks which grew rosy under
them; and he pleaded with her, eagerly,
hOtiY, as If she, poor, loving mortal, held
the key OF fife in her hand!
@YOu will not leave me, Engelonde?
/ Say it dear; you could not, now that we
have got each other back again?7
She drew long sigh, and nestled in
his arms Ike one weary TO death who
had reached the desired haven at last.
Leave you my husband?7 she said,
wistfully. -oh, could not, could not!
/ Surely / may live now. No, no, no. not
death now, oh, let me live TO drink a
/ little more Of this sweet happiness! For
am happy, my lord; your restored love
] IS a divine elixOr which pours new life
l into my veins; why, how could 1 be Ill
/ when my heart is bursting with joy?"
and she wept some Of earth's sweetest
I tears
After a long rapt silence she spoke
again.
my lord. tell me the good news Our
I enemy has spoken at last, then? You
| are indicated? You will once more
take your place in the world? Tell me
all, Raleigh, no romance was ever so en-
/ traneing TO me.
But my lords brow clOuded.
mo, sweet wife, Colonel AceringtOn
I has not spoken; he has died like a das-
tard, with his guilt uneonfessed, "
said he.
%He is dead?" faltered my lady, pallng
l fearfully, 1and your vindieation is hope
/ lessl Oh, my lord!"
She wept, pressing his hand to COM
/ fort him; but suddenly started from his
! side as new thought struck her.
But has he not indicated me? Else
I why are You here?"
lie drew her back to her place with
/ loving insistence
My own noble hearted wife, " he said,
sin every thought and word you uneon-
/ sciOusly prove your loyalty TO me My
vindicatiOn is your first thought, not
! your own. And this IS the Jewel threw
I h, rsrffT rrfr~ h.. L.
lost five years. Listen, sweet Engelonde,
with your head on my heart, its rightful
place, of which my jealous madness
robbed you so long. Co onel Accrington
| has died without a word, and l never
sha ! be ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS shall resume
/ public life; yet now that You are re-
stored to me, cleared from the last
shadow of doubt look forward to a
/ sweet and noble life, which shall have
/ its elevated duties, tCo; and I shall ac-
cept in all humility this one cross as a
! just chastisement for my sin toward
you Tears, Enge oR6e, for me? Oh,
believe me, the sweetness of our re-
united existence will far outlast the one
bitter drop in our cup"
~Yet your doubts Of me will return, II
you have only come to me from gener-
Gus impulse" said Lady Inchcape trem.
/ ulously.
Il have come to you because those
| doubts are forever laid" he returned.
Il thank God who put it into your guile
less heart TO write that story of ouI
misfortune, for through the resistless
power OF truth it helped me TO believe. .
-Ah! my heart spoke to yours there.H
cried she raising herself 10 look at him
with timid tenderness.
"And have you really accepted my
simple WOrd-whch is no proof"
Il have not been so generous. Enge-
| londe, answered the Earl sadly. MY
stubborn pride fought against my yearn.
ing love; we men are hard and stern
I sweet soul, not like YOU gentle beings,
/ whose love makes you so self-forgetful.
In reading your narrative, I saw that fl
was in my power 10 prove one point
when that was proven, accepted al the
rest joyfuily. and entirely"
-And that point"
%Was one which could be proven by
| John SircOmbe-and which wasp
She considered a moment, then the
whole scene came back to her; she
turned with burst OF joy, and threw
her arms about her husbands neck
sand you believed ne through thai
| one trihing piece of eVIdence2" she cried
| exultingly; because these few words Of
mine were cOrrobOrated you could a ccepi
the Wholei ali, your heart could not
have baen very cold or hard towards me
or you would never have come back L
me on such insufficient testimony, which
the world would only laugh at. Now
indeed, l am happy, for I know how
| great your trust Isl l thank God. oh
/ how grateful J. for the gift he has given
me to-day is without one flaw. my hus
band not only loves but trusts me-"
Another sweet silence, then she looked
up with wondering face.
~You say you have read my story; how
I can that be2 In my happy bewilder
ment 1 looked at everything through s
mist; 1 did not realize what you had said
I But how did Won receive that manuscript
| which l thought lOst?7
Il received IL from the faithful hand
TO which you confded it said Inchca pc
gently; @yOu chose your champion we'll
my EngelOndei7
She uttered charmed, wondering cry,
half terrified though she was
@Did Captain Edgar escape after al.
then? is he a i've? but how can it be? oh
| am awake, l hope!"
@Yes, he is alive; he escaped by a mir
! acle; and the first use he made of his
safety was TO fulfill his promise to you.
no BE COSTISUED.
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For years the inhabitants Of thesC
islands have been making a living by
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