The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-26

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"bue ~ Is - hard Tor You, Nellia
cannot ne you 10 . cripple, to q life o
toii for one 90 hotpioas Is am. Oh, It'll
hard that this should have happened t.
me. when six months ago ! was stroni
and yigorouA'
Maybe 10 Is better. dear; IL SHOULD
bring Us closer together, and in year
you may recover, perhaps. And now
win read TO You, or we will talk to
gether." And 80 the brave. stronl
woman helped the man she had loved 81
long and still loved, even now that b,
was condemned to lie on couch for hi
lifetime through an accident In Lon
don street. He was poor, and 80 wa
she. The working and waiting woult
be very hard, but abe would persever'
and conquer. Drascovy was often to bt
found at Mrs Vincent's house during
the next fortnight, and one afternoon, K
his great delight, he found Mrs. Vincent
out and Miss Manifold alone in the
drawing room.
Ten minutes later he had told her hs
loved her-had asked her to be his wife
She hid her face in her hand and bad,
him be silent.
"You do not understand; how should
your she said. Il cannot think of what
you ask, for il ever marry it will be tc
some one very different to ypurself-tc
one who loves me, whom, ! too, love, and
who is now helpless invalid on his
couch. You are rich, and he and are
poor, but I am going to work hard, and
some day l shall be his wife il we are
ever rich enough, for You see it will be
On up hill task getting singing pupils,
You understand now, do you not, and
will never ask me any morep"
She looked at him and saw his dark,
handsome face working convulsively.
II am sorry if have given you pain,
she said, for he did not speak, "but you
will soon get over it. You are rich and
have the world at your feet; all that
fame and fortune can give you"
Except yourself, the only gift that
can bring me happiness. All, child, you
little know of the curse there is on my
fortune, on my life itself. But you shall
know, though / cannot tell you now.
Goodby; forgive me If you can"
He hurried from the room, and pres.
emily she heard the hall door bang. She
sat still for long time, pondering his
strange words and distressed manner
wondering what he could have to tell
her.
That night the mystery was solved
By the last post there came registered
letter, thick and bulky. She slipped il
into her pocket to read in her bedroom
for she knew it was from Drascovy.
For long time she sat before the fire
that was burning brightly, and her beau.
tiful eyes were full of tears as she
Thought of her poor crippled lover an
asked herself why she was SO moor wLv
some people had SO much wealth and
she 40 little that she could NOT helm and
live for the man she loved 40 well The
tears fell one nv one down her cbaels
and as she nut her hand in her nocl,et
for her handkerchief she encountered
Drascoyy's letter.
/ She broke the seal and found 10 bo,
amazement that besides n closelv yr;+
len letter there were 90 hank notas eocl
for eI0o. She was too utterly aston.
ished even to conjecture the meaning n,
cause of this, She could only goze nj
the notes until she remembered the LET.
ter.
What need to 90 into detailsp IT WAS
simply a complete confession of VIII
Drascoyy had done TO Obtain the stradi,
varius, begging her forgiveness and fin.
ture friendship and Enclosing notes for
e. 900 as payment for the nstyument