The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-05-07

still cla,ped In his. Her hoad Ia in his
heart. Ills eyes arc liked on hors-but
hor eyes.
Ono might pray to DO delivered from
Such Il light as now shines In heri.
Thorc-thero where tho light from tho
open window CLEANS upon tho terrace
tlioy aro iixcd-staring-wild. lIo had
not gone then
A man has stumbled from tho win.
dow OH TO tho terrace. aud 10 coming
toward them. Ills stops 10 not alto.
gcthcr atrady. lIe 10 sufficiently him.
seli. however, to DO able to take In tho
situation at q glance. aud there 10
malevolcncc and distinct enjoyment OF
II on hts face "a he advances.
"My dear Clare, your says no. !
hardly expected to meet you In this 70.
motto apot 4 friend oil youtsT llo
points deliberately At Carlton. "pray
Introduce me. ] am always, my dcnr
cir, delighted TO meet any OF Lady
Strangway's fricnda.'
Carlton arisos.
ut 10 q licw says ho volomently,
looking only at Glare. Deny IT, Ills
voice lie stern, commanding.
SE0 too has riscn.
ut Is the truth" says sho In dying
tone. leave mo now" She looka full
at him, and no can see that her eyes
are brilliant with pain, her lips-hes
dear lips-whitc.
later on will explain; but 20 now,
gov'
Tho voice dies away.
II 10 midnight
Upon tho terrace Carlton PAGES up
and down, with but ono thought in his
mind. 70 500 her, to upbraid her, to
loave her. For n moment he reats by
tho railings aud even "a ho docs 40 he
finds hor beside him. She laya her
small white hands upon tho ratings.
too. very close to his, and looks up at
him with cloar. open eyes. There is no
shame In them-no changc-nothing.
"Woll?' says she slowly.
He returns her glance with q terrible
anger 10 his. %.
"ls 1t your part to question"
'l.et mo have my one question" says
sho quickly. "You can have all the
res,." ..s..
"And your one2"
She hcsitates.
after all 1t can wait" Gays she. ASK
me anything you like now, and will
answer you" Then, inconsequently.
rs becomes woman: docs 1t seem
too bad to your Can you find no ex.
cuse, knowing all you do? Knowing Of
him2"
Timidly she lays her hand on Ills, but
be tlings it back.
"What did you mean2 What did you
hope lori"
~ hoped for love. a thing | had
never yet known. hoped for a happi.
moss l had never so much as dared to
dream OF before. ! hoped"-she filings
up her head-"for life with youw
He is silent; he 10 thinking OF that
little hand he had flung from him.
~ hoped too" says abe, quite evenly,
with the ovcnness OF despair that
once out OF the beaten track OF tho
world, the fact OF my having a
husband alive would never 90 dis.
covered-would, at all events, never
reach you. thought was sure
he would never find me-"
"Oh, fool" says he, passionateiy.
~ know-I know know" Sud-
denly as it came the wild burst OF an
guish dies away. aud the dull tranquil.
ity that had characterized her before
come, back. aye. one can hope agains.
hope, and somehow / never doubted.
Fool. indeed! You have well named
me-"
Don't mind wha. | say Tonight
says he in the tone Of one phyaically
hurt Surely their last moments need
not no full OF bitterness alone.
She turns to him in troubled sort Of
| way. -
"To.night?"
Tonight" sternly, we must part for
over"
"0h, nc"
Tomorrow" doggedly, anguish
rings through his voice, stern though
he keeps it, tomorrow | leave this
place"
Then so do L" Hcr meaning is I'm.
mistakablc.
"Carew
why? What is it? Do you think
shall stay here-anywhere-w you
arc not? love you; you love me-
DO you know what you are saying?
asks he. deeply asita.ed Would you
willingly, with open eyes. destroy your.
self?n
81 shall certainly destroy myself il l
stcy here-it yon desert me-" says She
quite calmly. II shall live for YOU or
die" A little flash OF hcr eyes turns on
the restless. flowing river. e.
In ne tl,,h n l.,
il to hold her, but she repulses him.
"Oh, no. that way" says she: "that
is always vulgar; and think" with
little laugh that makes his heart grow
sick and faint: 'how horrid once
clothes would look a.terward. shall
do it arlistically, you may be sure.
Well" deiarllyi ''are you going to
leave me?"
a deep groan breaks from him, and
at tho sound OF it nil her hardness
breaks up and in aecond later her arms
are around his neck and her check,
warm and soft as velvet, is prcsued
against his.
"Ah, | know it," cries she in little
gasp: between her toars and her. laugh.
tor. You will take mo with you. You
cannot live without me"
God forgive mo; cannot" saya he.
"Oh. my darling, my life, Glare"
lie would have said more. perhaps,
but that at this moment sudden dis.
turbance in the gardens beneath
breaks in upon them.
Cries. rougl, voices, rise upon tho mir,
One voice sho knows.
Stand back 20 into tho housc,n
says Carlton hurricdly.
NO" She presses forward.