Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-06-07
"You, Loonio-you did this?" wna All

| foolish child that | was-of being d
countess. / fancied TO be called NV
lady, and to hold high rank, the
grandest things in the world. | was 50
blind, 80 foolish. know you can
never forgive me, DEAR do not eX-
pect II; but | said to myself that |
would never be false again. | need not
have told you, might have married
you, and have kept my secret. but |
would not deceive you"
"You did this, Leonie?" he repeated.
1T cannot be-"
son looking back, it seems to me- as
IL seems to you, impossible, But did
It, Bertram. You remember the night
when sought for the silver buckles?
That was tho night that found the
will. ! have never had one happy mo-
ment since then. ] thought that il !
married Paul 1t would be the same as
giving him the will; thus | was false
to you, for | loved you, and false to
him, for did not love him. But will
never be false again. | have told you
all, Bertram. | know you cannot for
give mel remember what you once
said-that you could never pardon q
woman who acted dishonorably. 1t
will be Just that you should leave mo
now, knowing what have done"
He had listened TO her in almost
speechless wonder; he had felt sorrow
almost beyond mortal sorrow; but,
when he saw that fair head bent so
humbly before him. the beautiful face
wearing the simple, wistlul look of u
child, for all answer he opened his
arms and took her to his breast
MY darling" he whispered, moth
ing shall part us,
mot even my past di5honor, Ber-
tram?" she whispered, clinging to him
with happy tears,
MY darling" he said, "the very fact
of your having made this confession to
me proves you to b. the noblest Of
women. You need not have told me
your faults, yet you have done so; and
/ say that you are now nObler in your
repentance, in your voluntary humilia,
zion, than are thousands Ct women WhG
have never knowli temptation, and SC
have never fallen. If that Is the only
barrier between us, my darling, let II
exist no longer. We need never men
tion the horrible past again-it is over
and done with for ever and ever. Oh,
my darling, do not look at me with
those humbled, grateful eyes. 1t is
who am unworthy of you, sweet; you
truth and goodness are so far above
mine"
Then you quite forgive me, Der
TRAMP" she whispered.
Eyes, and ! say this atonement has
been more noble than the sin was dis.
honorable. Do not mention it again,
sweet. | shall remember it only when
| wish to realize how good and true
women are by nature so good tnat if
they yield to a terrible temptation,
they rise again even more noble for
the fall. viii you be my wife when
the summer flowers are blooming,
Leonie?"
The sun was shining over them, the
birds sang on the green boughs, and
the breeze brought u fragrance of the
pale spring flowers. A sunbeam, which
Leonie thought was a smile from
heaven, fell over them. and she looked
in her lovers face without Il cloud on
the brightne S of her own.
There were two Sensations" that
year in the great world. One arose
from the marriage of Sir Bertram Cor
don and Miss Rayner, the other from
the sudden wealth that unexpectedly
became his portion Large coaI-bed5
were found on his estate in Scotland
beds that made him in the end u mill
iOnaire.
Lady Fanshawa was made happy at
last She could not live away from Le-
onie, and Sir Bertram asked her to
live with them at Glen Brae.
Five years after their marriage they
were at the very climax of human
prosperity. The immense wealth that
came to Sir Bertram from the mines,
added to the income of his estates,
made him one of the wealthiest men
in England,
Lady Gordon once more reigns a
queen of society. She is one of the
most beautiful and popular women in
London. The world is at her leet again;
but she is wiser than she was in the
days when she considered riches the
greatest good.
She is hOnored among women for her
truth, her generosity, her charity;
and, if there is one quality in her mere
beautiful than another, it is her pity
and sympathy for the eITing and UNI
fortunate How many she has re-
claimed and kept from utter uin how
many she has cheered, ctmiorted and
consoled-how many she has made bet
ter 10y her noble words, will never he
known on earth. There are hundreds
OF men and women who, when they
hear her name, say Heaven bless
Lady Gordon
At the Academy Exhibition few
years back there we've three portraits
that were very much admired. One
was of Child-Rayner Gordon. the son
and heir of Sir Bertram Gordon of
Glen Brae Castle, lovely child with q
charming Saxon face. the second was
of Paul, Lord Charnleigh, avery hand
some man with a slight tinge of mel
ancholy on his face; aud the third of
Ethel, Lady Charnleigh, whose noble
features formed che of the great
charms of the exhibition,
From this it may he gathered that
Paul recovered from his disappont-
ment and in tho after years married
the girl who had loved him and no
other all her life.
THE END
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