The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-11
How she had hated him!

And then o goAcn thrcau uWiheu lnto
tho web of her tangieu young iile. ohe'
IN the midst OF the Ignorant ana the care
less, undefstuod that hhe was IA lho prison
house OF despair alid st;lid awhile outsidc
tho grating OF her celi 10 Whisper Oh coih-
fort. Tho dow fell upon the poor parcned
ho"or, anu sne opeheu her pceais W ro-
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tooth Tlo ,no,,tb coe,,ad RI GRIN Gallons.
In Sbe co,,ld farcv thot tho flown co,,l NJ
tho dood man ,yas LAUGHING s~onexybore far
or and +h,+ tho hoav ,ybioh in l;fo nod
60 ofton ohcyod tbp snirit with tbe weak.
ness Of custom still ,pecbanicaIlv bowed ia
its viii stiIl revealed oI,tvrordly that which
was no LONGER nrisoned within it. Yes. as
she locked 1T no mouth. She felt that tho
dead mans souI was launching.
She 1vondcred1 WHY and as she stood
wandoring ovnr tho smooth shaved lawn
mast the SIM dial md tbe leaning silver al
tho fountain ono came to the Garden room
the man who understood her and had
striven To comfort her.
Hc did NOT know vet. He stole so softly
becaneo he believed her husband was liv-
ing and not because he knew he was dead.
He stood nj tho 1vindovv and wbisnered
her name. and. az hc smoke. a rush Of ioy
swelled through her heart. She left tho
dead face uncovered and crossed to him.
aIs he gone2n he asked.
aHe il So,,r ,,.sbc answered oKiss mo -
Flo CAUGHT her p~assionatoly and pressed
bis lina on bors
aUov T Iova vonl p, bo m,rmured.
ssHow I love womb,
Ae bo cold tho yvords sba turned ro,,nd
from him and looked back into the slowly
dar,eninp room.
A strarpo horrible fancy seized her.
She tbonoht sbe hoard the dead man
laugh.
"When will Won give vourself to me?',
her lover yvhisncsad al have waited so
long, Como leaye vo,,r nrison house, Let
the taller And tho cell door omen when he
ret1,rns the nrisoner csca ned.
She answered him:
ssHe will never return to find me-"
Ho held her closer AGAINST his heart.
lyon have resolved to dare all. then:
to dare all for my sake2',
A wild triumph shone in her white
girls face. a wild triumph thrilled in her
sweet girls voice, as she replied:
HThe prison house has crumbled to the
d11sS. T,ho prisoner is free"
He strained her Welding BODY in his
arms.
sYou mean that you will come, that
YOU will leave him to long for you? You
will forsakc him? love youl,'
But she shrank from him again and
trembled. Shc looked behind her into that
still. hadowy room. The warm blood in
her Young BODY seemed to freeze. Surely
she heard the dead man laugh again in the
gathering darknessl
ssYou will leave. him? You will come?''
uThere is no need, she said.
He kopt her in his arms. His kisses
"Wbus,,
auais aood
DO looseneu MS arms from ABOUT her.
His mouth left hers.
She pointed backward into the room
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