The Lamar register., 1893-09-16
Madse was weeping unwilling. strang-

ing tears OF dumb misery
Before she could commlnd her voice
the parior door was abruptly opened
py an evidently excited Lad. who step
PED hurriedly toward young clayering
| Yer wanted, sir-over ler Stony Clin
lessly.
| stony clin:" Ma,lge and her compan-
ION echoed simultaneously, with startled
voices
| Stony Cliff WAS n wild and dangerous
elevation of the riverbark, on Il lonely
road between the Fayne .nand IN and
the village.
lhe descent from the summit to the
water measured some two hundred feet:
IT was nearly perpendicular, and it was
marked by ragged lodges. which were
oyergrown with bramblas and rank
vines. A number of tragedies had
been enacted there, and many people
Regarded the place with superStitious
disfavor.
Who wants me?' Clavering present
ly inquired
1t wuz Mr.. Scverne sent me. SIR
And he wants somethin' that's 'portant,
Ter ne promcrsed me er dollar when l
gifts back wild yer. Be yer comm, mis-
tert the boy painted.
les, my boy. Say to Mr. Severne |
VIII be there at once" the voung man
answered
The lad bounded away Ike n dear.
For moment the unhappy lovers
stood looking earnestly into each 9th
crs eyes, their young faces white with
misery.
Guy knows; he will XIII YOU the
girl suddenly cried. as an awful, new
fear rent her heart
He has right to KIN me-" was the
/ despairing answer Il Will not defend
myself, IL Is better SO. my life is wo TIL
less without you Farewell. my dar-
ling"
For one brief. deIirious moment he
hold her in his embrace. kissing her
on lips and checks and brow.
Then he released her. and the next
instant She was alone
| She stood as he left der. until the
sound Of his rcceding footsteps had
ceased altogether.
Inen she seemed to IrIusc rs II from
dream.
Il am mad to stand here idle. she
suddenly said TO herself. i must pre-
vent this dreadful thing. Dear heaven,
let me not be too late.'
| Pausing only to snatch wrap from
| the hall rack. she darted out If the
house and sped up the path TO the cliff.
! She was only few PAGES behind Sid
ney Claycring.
But he was concealed by the low
brlnched trees which boriered the up
per portion OF the path and fringed
/ the summit itself.
As She pushed through the fringe of
trees and bushes at the top, she was
stopped by her bcwildcring surprise at
the scene before her.
! on the ground. so ncar she might
have touched him, lay Guy Seyerne.
his handsome features ghastly and
stained with blood from Il gaping cut
on his forehead
Beside him knelt pretty Dora Mon
fcrth. holding his wounded mead TO her
/ bosom.
She was crying softly. 1mi her charm
/ Ing face was pale as his own.
] Il sent for you because Dora needed
help" he was saying TO Sidney Claver-
/ ing only for her heroisIn | should
/ be dead at the bottom Of the clih-
I And the life she has saved belongs to
I her, since she Is kind enoush 10 'aIue
H."
I W Us ne EdNbe
| That was the thought which occurred
to Sidney. and which MS countenance
I expressed very plainly.
I "Oh, / have all my wits about me,
said Guy, answered the others question
ing glance. ''Madge doesn't care for
me. and she loves you I've known
/ that all along. And so. my dear fellow,
none OF us need be unhappy. please
heaven"
Madge uttered an irrepressible little
cry, and her lover turned to behold her.
trembling and unnerved. as -he looked
( toward him from her frame OF emerald
foliage. In an instant his arms were
about her.
My dear love,-oh, my own forever,
he exclaimed. and thea Spcech failed
him.
This ending OF their misery was too
marvellous; neither could Just yet dare
believe that heaven had given them to
each other.
What actually happened to Guy Sew
erne only himself and Dora ever knew.
She had certainly chanccd to be on
the spot when he went over the clin $
brink She had seized him, and in the
struggle he fell upon Il narrow ledge a
few feet below, and from that lerilous
and crumbling bit of turf md clay
she had dragged him up to safe, solid
ground at the risk of her own life.
1t was claimed that this fall was acci-
dental. and that he had long loved
charming Dora. to whom he proved Il
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