Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-09-01

sorrow Tor my soul 10 pear.
1T must be borne replied Pierre,
and he started back with shudder
for a strange, meaningful look had
suddenly Aashed into the eyes OF his
beloved.
oh, not that, not that" he exclaim-
ed. Il divine your intention. 1t is
damnable, your life is not yours to
take. Promise me-
Il will promise nothing. You have
killed every hope of my heart; have
turned my life into tragedy; have
made death a release as sure as ever
was liberty to a prisoner
And II viii be the cause of your
crime, Now, God. be merciful unto
me, Which way shall I turn for de-
liyerance?' His tones were pregnant
with a last despair.
Yes Pierre, my blood will be upon
your soulr Thus spoke Madeline in
that moment of infinite import TO them
both.
"Fiendi Pierre thrust her rudely to
one side, and ran from her presence
as if all the furies of the pit were in
hot pursuit
The place where he had left her was
i'm a secluded part OF the park. She
She had ordered her cOachmau to drive
on an return in an hour. When he
came back he found her seated on q
bench under the fatal tree He drew
rein, and was surprised that she took
no notice Of his presence.
II am here. my lady
No answer Then the maniac sprang
from the carriage and approached his
mistress. Was she aslaep2 Why did
she recline in that awkward fashion
on the seat? What is that bright red,
red stream, dripping from her bosom?
And that stiletto? Why is she hCid-
ing it in full sight of whoever might
pass? The servant stood appalled, i'm
his own weak way. A lark scared ND
from its lowly nest and went singing
skyWard until lost i'm light A serpent
thrust its head ont of a bank of violets.
Kissed, and withdrew And still the
servant stood appaIled-speechless
unable to- understand Suddenly his
arm was seized from behind. and he
turned to confront a man in the garb
of o m0nk-a man whose eyes gl0wed
with a maniacai glare. IJ was Pierre.
Dead" he shrieked Dead and
doomed forever and forever, Oh, had
she but waited few moments I would
have come back to her. but now it is
too late-tOo late-too late, Lost
lost-forever lost, her soul. and l am
lost for timeless time as well!
a summer morning broke in miracle
sDlendor on the Wisconsin coast two
centuries ago and standing on The
blum where the town OF Bayfield, lifts
its spires to-day was a bent and bag
gard man. Redemption, he mut;er-
ed II have sought redemption for my
crime in all the continents, but it
m0cks me still. VIII I find it here?
If not, I viii know that ] was predes-
tined to damnation from the founda-
tion of the universe"
He saw a savage propelling q canoe
along the shore at his feet-a tail,
braWny animal in the form of man.
III I were as ignorant as that crea-
ture I would be happy. he went on
infinitely happy He beckoned 70
the canOeman, and by pantomime told
him that he was DESTROYS of reaching
one of the islands that intensified the
loneliness Of the lake
Apostle Islands I christen sheer he
cried, throwing ont his hand i'm the
direction Of the green group lying in
the serene splendor of that summer
morn. and The. oh. most beautiful
Ct all islands, I chisten Madeline. ."
As he spoke ne set foot upon the shore
OF bis new home and began the minis
try that forms so eventful an epoch I'm
the records Of religion. He built the
church al la POinte and brought TO
the savage heart a fuller knowledge Of
that God of whom even they had an
indefinite sense. And as the years in
creased there came to him the peace
that passeth understanding
The light that never was on sea or
shore
Then broke a day when Pierre lay
dying in his humble home. ~ Indian
whom he had converted, and who had
become his devoted follower, stood at
his side as life Went drifting out into
The unknown and unknOWable mists.
Nah-keeg-ah.'
Yes"
Tell her I cannot see her to-day"
What is it fatheT?'
" Tell her Madeline
Madellne2
"Yes-yes, Don't you see her stand
ing outside the doorway
"I see no nOne.'
Why her very eyes light up this
dull old room. Hear! She asks if she
may come
But I see-I hear no one father"
Are you blind and deaf, you doT2 "
And summoning his expiring energies,