Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-10-20

bars the light falling on it showed
the jewelled rings she wore and
among them he saw band OF gold
with a magnificent ruby. He idly
pondered what that ruby was worth
and thought how fortunate some peo-
pie were to have such jewels.
She whispered something TO her
son. and the man was on the alert
Pardon me my lady but there
must be nothing OF that kind" he
said.
Her troubled eyes rested on him for
one moment and then he heard Sir
Carlos say:
Mother. your beautiful hair has
turned white"
She went up TO the warder and
spoke TO him. He had never seen
such woe in n human face. and had
never heard such anguish in u human
voice.
Let me kiss hin" she said Il
am his mother. | have nursed him.
His arms have been clasped around
my neck a thousand times. Let me
pass my arms between the bars and
clasp them around his neck-just
once that may remember it until l
die
1t was only human, and he turned
away with dim eyes.
The eyes Of mother and son met
He bent his head. and she passed her
trembling hands between the bars.
She clasped him with murmured
words Of anguish. Then something
slipped from her finger In another
moment her hands were once more
holding the bars Had the warder
looked more closely he would have
seen that the ruby ring which had
shown on her finger was gone. But
he did not think of the rings; he was
afraid she was going to faint
"Good-by, dear mother!" said a
voice broken by tears; but she held
out her arms 10 the warder
Take me away" she said. MY
sight is failing and cannot hear
He caught her ust as she was fall
ing and no one ever knew in what
words Lady Carew said farewell TO
her son. They took ner back TO
Firholme. and the governor OF the
prison who was warm-hearted
man, advised Lady Gladys not
to let her come again. 1t could do no
good he said, and was simply torture
TO her
The night passed and when the
morn ng dawned it struck the warder
the same man who had granted
/ Lady Carew's request he had lust
/ relieved his fellOw-0 officer OF the task
/ of watching the prisoner that the
4 convict was very quiet He no longer
/ heard bitter sobs and long. drcary
signs and the restless turning on the
miserable bed had ceased. Sir Carlos
was strangely still. When the war.
der spoke there was no an wer. when
he went to him. he found CHIN dead.
A few minutes later on he found on
the stone floor of the cell ruby ring
the one that he had seen on Lady
Carew finger on the day before. lie
saw the broken spring and the hollow
space. Perhaps he guessed what had
happened for before he gave any
alarm he destroyed the ring He had
IA wife and children to keep. and could
not afford to run the risk of losing his
post
Then he gave the alarm. The
governor came ut once and sent for
the doctor; but it was too late. Sir
Carlos had been dead for hours; and
it was ne err known how he died
No one but Lady Gladys knew what
the unhappy mother meant when. in
the long illness that followed her visit
to the prison. she raved OF the ruby
ring and the love that was like no
other love.
Lady Carew lives in the North OF
England now. and every day she lays
fresh flowers on the grave marked
only by white marble cross. on which
is recorded no name.
Firholme and all its revenues have
gone to the next of kin. Lady Carew's
eyes will ne;er again rest on her
ancient home She devotes her life
to charity and good deeds. The one
bright reflection in her life is that
Lady Gladys after time. married
Captain Adhesion. and her happiest
days are the days she spends with
him.
When the young heir of the Athel-
stons a handsome. sturdy lad, is
rebellious and defiant and refuses 10
obey. Lady Carew's gentle voice says:
GLADYS chasten thy son while
there is hope"
Her ladyship sees the flowers bloom
and hears the blithe song of the birds;
but her heart is ever full OF the
anguish and the sweetness that come
from The LOVE LIKE No OrHEa
| LOVE.