Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1895-07-05
GONE FOREVER.
new Young efrrs Heart was wen x,wA
Broken.

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Il was afternoon. There was a slieht
hsye overhead, and the scurrying clouds In
the western sky bore their warning Of the
coming shower to the passersby on the ave.
nue., who hurried swiftly along, some with
their overcoats turned. up and others, more
free and easy, with the hurried air Of the
metropolitan pedestrian. It was not a
pleasant afternoon in any sense of the word,
and yet to Mildred Twilling, as she paced
rapidly up and down the drawing room Of
her fathers princely mansion on the ave
nue., it was the gladdest, gayest afternoon
in the whole year, for was he not comings
As she stopped to think Of what this
meant TO her, her heart gave great throb
of 10Y Yes, he was coming at last-her
tall, broad shouldered lover, who had said
goodby to her on that terrible night two
years ago and had left her to roam In for
eign lands, and now-now he was coming.
She held his letter In her hands, and even
as she stood thus, with all the eager Joy of
anticipation in her beautiful face, a tall and
sunburned stranger, with the distinguished
air of one who has travelled much, alighted
from carriage that but moment before
had rolled upto the door, walked slowly up
the steps and rang the bell.
It needed but glance to see that Edward
Cashmere was not the same impassioned
lover that had torn himself away two years
before. His face was anxious, perturbed
aud showed no trace of the great Joy that
should have been his. He hesitated mo-
ment in the hall, and then, summoning all
his resolution, threw open the drawing
room door and stood face to face with the
woman who had clung to him so passionate
ly at parting and whom he had promised.
even as he kissed her farewell, to be faith
full to. And now what was he to bring
herr Nothing but record Of broken prom
ises, the charred ashes of dead love-
Edward" !" she said, looking up into his
face with searching gaze, as II she would
read his very soul, 'have you nothing to
say to mei After two long years OF wait
ing, do you come back to me now only to
tell me-ah, have guessed the secretS--
that your heart is another'si"
With quick gesture of despair he hur-
ried from her. and burying his face in his
hands muttered hoarsely: "Alasl have you
| so soon learned the TRUTH Yes, indeed. It
Is but too true" he went on. Zone day
while was travelling through an unfre-
quented portion of Italy met by chance a
beautiful girl from Plainfeld. For nearly
day after that we were thrown almost
constantly together. 1t is the same old
story, Mildred, OFF
4 "And is she your wife" she demanded,
the color gradually fading away from her
face and leaving it quite ghastly in its pal
lor,
.She is" he replied brokenly. 1--WE were
! married in Paris last month But, Mildred,
dear. !" he cried passionately, do not grieve
So Can it be possible that you still love
ME s0f oh, tell me that this is not truet'
With piercing cry the young girl threw
herself. PROSTATE ON the sofa. "Oh, why
did you.not tell me this beforet" she moan
ed, No, Edward, it is not that loved you
so much, but now fear that it is too late"
TOE latefn he repeated mechanically.
why, what can you meant"
II mean this" she cried hysterically.
Knowing that you were coming back and
believing you to be true to me, this morn
ing, fool that was. sent back four ele-
giant engagement rings. Tom Mason in
Life