Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-09-08
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her heart three days, and il achnd III
the harder; it cried out to her all the
louder as its complaint grew, and lei
words could not still it, and the faniI
lar Old home only made her think 81
how happy her mother had been in il
with 4 man more than twice her age
Had not her father WrOnged Lord
Iovcl when he snatched her from tho
young lover 10 whom She had vowed
her love, and was not this LancclGt
nobler in his love than Mr.. Eyre had
been, since he would not take love N
the price Of conscience?
MOI once had She gone to the green
hollow 10 which rs n girl she had led
him - GLADLY; but today, with her
fathers arrival expected, and the BOYS
10 follow on the morrow. she turned
her steps 10 the place where unrun-
81 onsly She had learned, and must I'M
learn, that bitter lesson Of love that
none but foo,S ever found sweet 10 it.,
Utmost core.
Her eyes were downward bent. the
old delights Of woodland gone, as me
chanically she went her way, and
climbed III" hollow 10 her old velvet
seat, only 10 find that il was flied.
For moment the gap between hcI.
thoughts Of him in the spirit, and his
presence in til" flesh here was not 10
be bridgrd: an awful joy. like an awful
SORROW. numbS, and she had no power
sense Of relief that she felt rather. than
10 speak; SO that it was almost with Il
heard her fathers step behind her,
while 4 cry burst from his lips of
'Frankr
At last the two were face to face:
and Madcap shrank back, as woman
will, like two before the scorching
breath Of mems passions, as Mr. Eyre
IN tn" hollow and the man she loved
above looked in each others faces.
every line distinct in the broad June
sunshine
"Mcthucn,' said the other. doggcdIy
You lie"' cried Mr.. Eyre, with geS-
tUrc aS though he could have. StrlIcl,
him across the mouth. at has been a
liz" deception, from the beginning
and find Won here. Il coward to the
last, and making for me traitors among
even my own houSchold."
"McthHcn. ut Your service" said the
man who stood nj The foot of the
hcech-trcc, his face set like Il flint, his
eyes hard rs steel
BY Cod" cried Mr.. Eyre, "cither
yoH or | shall not leave this wood
aliv" today unless ! drag from your
lips the TRUTH
IF you have weapons with YOU" said
the other. you may murder me-but
You shall not force me 10 speak,
Murder YOU said Mr. Eyre. and
looking ut the man above him with the
bittcreSt hatred and loathing Have
Won not murdered me. body and soul:
have You not poisoned my life with Il
written down Il false accusation
and rim away fearing to face it out or
hear my reply? To lie, to deceive, to
srb"rn my very daughter, my only
daughter. to take another mans name
and Wear it. dcceiving the doting old
mother of 4 dead man-to act from
first to last a hideouS would muir
der be punishment enough for all this
coward. liar, trslitor?'
With the last word he deliberately
struck the man before him heavy
blow on the mouth. and aS the blood
spr"ng MadcAp trembled with that
pure feminine Sickening ut the sight of
men in conflict. and ran forward. cry
ing out. Father
You here?" he said. and turned on
her Il look beneath which her mother
chad she seen it, would have covered:
get Won home, and pray God to make
YOU more like Your mother"
SHE is dead said the girl. pale as
snow: "and my place is by you. 1t is
all a mistake. and it is Major Methuen
who stands there"
She did not. could not lift her eyes
To the man who had taken the blow
SO tamcly: but Mr. Eyre thrust her
away violently. and said. "Home with
you-homet' and with sob rs though
he had beaten her. she turned and flew
without one backward look: TILL her
foot catching in the root of tree.
she fell against its bole and lay
stunned; though whether for moment
or an hour She did not know. When
she came To herself and looked around
She was far out Of ealShot but within
sight of the two men who now stood
in the green hollow that had so long
been her peaceful retreat: but from
their gestures. however controlled ex-
pounded the heart tragedy in process
of being enacted. Here was one of
those awful scenes over which the
pen faltelS. the brush fails for only
human voice and eye could adequately
describe and So" it: but out of its pro
longed agony Mr.. Eyre came forth vie
toriouS. AMI. having torn the truth bit
by hit from his enemy, his features
Dim and dank and gray.
Like storm eNtinguiShed day.
Travelled DER by dying CLEANS
He moved hlindly. and with uncertain
steps. toward home: but had not gone
score when his daughters arms
caught him. ana he looked 1T her rs
one might II the long forgotten dead
-. in the awful wrong he had done
her mother, the girls wrong doing was
eNringuiShed: and he did not even re
member his anger against her rs they
Went 4 few steps along the way thai
with only anxious. not hopeless. hearts
they had trayerSed such a short time
ago.
Child he said. stopping abruptly
take Your hand from mine~it is rec
with hlood-the blood of your mother
Father she added. struck to tn,
SO,ll and for u second racoilin,r fro,,