The evening world., 1894-05-30
Am uSements.

do to llnk her sorrowful life. so cruelty
tinged with disgrace, with that OF his.
not only for his own sake, but because
of the fact that his father had sternly
forbidden him to even know her.
n Harry replied ~impetuously:
Dear Edith. whatever your father
may have done, 1t shall never change
You can no more be held responsible
for what your father did. than l can for
any an act which my father may have com
And Edith had withstood his pleading
with a sinking heart SO heavily laden
with her sorrows, that she dearly
yearned for some one with whom she
But she said It must not be,
1t was in the morning that she per-
formed this sacred mission, and was
usually accompanied by her old mother,
Haines had been too feeble to venture
out and Edith had been unaccompanied.
She had not been there long when a
The fair young girl started up with a
frightened little cry Of alarm. but uttered
a sigh Of genuine relief when she saw
you, Harry" faltered Edith. a flush
creeping up into her cheeks and a happy
light glistening In her eyes. still suffused
with tears. But her n changed
why win you come to me when It Is
SO painful for us both?" entreatingly
, whose Eden asm. i%naerr1 aonVInd sss S Keqn hat ma ne
was bent upon pleading his hopeless
cause once again.
"If you do love me, Harry. please spare
me a repetition OF the last meeting. l
can't stand 1t again. My heart is nearly
broken!"
II am pleading for. the last time.
Edith ! I'd .na Today saon ! ,t 9Stai ant IN my th ma} woriS
for myself. If you refuse to share my
life, here I cannot remain, for to do so
with the realization that I may not call
you my wife will only Increase my mis-
II shall sail to Europe" he continued
excitedly, 'and there attempt to forget
that that, I ever ri,n sne ,Ss you; c)a reai,1lns all the
He spasmodically caught up the agi-
tatod young girls hand and pressed 1t
passlonately. Then. without another
cradle. and nearly crazed with despair.
He had traversed only a brief distance
when he was met by n servant from his
fathers house, who appeared to be Ia
was almost breathless and very pale. the
result OF his hurried approach. -.
Make great haste. Mr., hairy,
ing. and he keeps a-crying' fer you!'.
When he arrived at the house he
learned that the servants words had not
D IlttIl hANi ia Nv NAFA L ~
family physician gravely stood In wait
ing on the porch and confirmed his worst
fears.
Your father has only an hour at the
longest TO live, and I fear hat even 20
long a time Is not allotted him, should
ne be subjected to any great excite
ment." cautioned Or. Hurst, as he
walked with Harry to the sick chamber.
Though Col. Cation had been an eN-
tremely hard man., he had always shown
a f1ndness for his son In excess OF a
man possessed OF his peculiar tempera-
Softly entering the room, Harry APP
preached his ather's bedside. Col. Cat
ION, catching sight OF his son, feebly mo-
toned the nurse TO leaye them alone,
Tho grasping Harry's hand, he pressed
II nervously.
weakly, that awful pain. you know,
us about to finish me. pr. Hurst says
I've only a little while TO live.
! over his deathlike face. II dare not die
yet. Gods everlasting curse will follow
me from this world!''
"Be calm. father" soothingly said
Harry, feeling that Col. Cations mind
was wandering. "You must not excite
: yourself"
''There, I see his facet he yelled.
don't you? Take II away, for II haunts
me eteTnally. 1t vas | who killed him.
not Donald Haines! Forgive me, Don
aid, for Gods sake. Have ! not been
suffering the. fortunes of hell, with his
face always staring at me? Why, OH
why can't l die in peace1 But mol I
killed him, not Donald. and that's why