Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-22

yes. you may come Is can make little
difference. now. AL is worse 'hah
though j. could be-
Cnyiey turned upon him with an in
sorutnlIe smile 40. Hpughton. by
Heaven. the best shall come for you yet.
Your wife shall love yOn yet
What DO you meanf
II mean that she shall know the kind
Of man ] am. lie said " with ineNpressi-
bile sadness
That you are q.
That / an Hyand the hushrangcr
But The man ID MOI tel the truth he
was playing n part Furnishing himseii.
IA hour later lioughton snld 20 ms
wife Alice, stranger has come.
who Is it, she asked, somewhat
breathlcsslv. for she read tho Importance
iu his tone.
1T h the horscman we saw on the hill
side and his eyes passed oyer her face
piyingly "He is coming 10 directly. ]
Will 20 aud bring him.
She glidpd over and touched his arm.
"Who Is IL. TomY Is IL anyone ! known
Eyes: II Is some one you know and
he turned towards the door Bewildered,
thinking yet drpBding To recognize her
thoughts. She drew back from him, her
eyes amazpd and troubled exceedingly.
He tut0ed and looked intently at her: as
though IL were for the last time in his
life he pissed through the door. She
s'tt d0wa Again possessed. yet cold. aud
painfully still
Presently Inc door opened and he who
had called himself Hylond entered lie
tOok one step into the nom nnd paused.
Size started 10 her feet with n cry va
siihed. bitter cry."Oh Iauyr He nd-
yanccd 10 her for she swayed: but she
straightway recovered herself, and. lean
ing against chair. stcadied to his look
Why have YOU come heret' she whis-
pered
10 say roodby to you for always
was his reply
And why for alwaysT
lie was very pale because we are
not likely ever to meet again
Where are yon going!
II do not know.
Since her eyes first fell upon him,
strange sensations had seized her. What
would bc the end Of ~ Her husband,
knowing ill. had permitted this man TO
come to her nlouc She had loved him
for years: she loved him did She love
imi-nOty "Will you not sit DOWN.
she said courteOusly
A stranger had not thought from their
manner that there were lives at stake.
They both sat be- playing with the leaves
OF u rose, she opening and shutting her
fan with slight but not conspicuous
neryouRi ess But she was so cold she
Wuld hardly speak.
How has the world ussd you since
we met last?' She tried 10 say neu-
trally
Better, / fear than I have used It,"
he said in low searching tones.
IL do not quite see. How could You
ill-use the wUrllt' Her voices hud sOme-
thug of irony uow.
by ill-ulug any one person In the
world. we ill-lsc society," he meaningly
replied.
"Whom have you ill-uscdY' She did
not lOJl, at him.
Many Oh. chiefly"
How have -mOst-ill-used meY'
by letting you think we'll of me-yOu
have done So, have You uotf'
She did not speak, but lowered her
head aud caught her breath slightly
There was silence. Then she added:
But you must not say these things TO
me. My husband
Your husband knows nll"
But that does not alter it, she urged
Though he may be- willing you should
speak of these things. | am not. | know
my duty, and ! will do IL"
Your husband is very noble man."
he rcioined. hrnlly. 81 am not"
You are not -noblry' she said.
strangely, uuXilusly
NO Whit do you thinl, was the rea-
son that, yerrs ago, | said we could
never be- muriedE'
~ cannot tell. ! suppose Il was some
duty of which could rot know There
are secret and sacred duties which we