New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-14
IN THE FIRST PERSON.
BY MARIA LOUISE fOOL.
XVII.-(Concluded)
TUE WHOLE STORY.

her cloak together; from IL the'c Ae "
bit Of paper which picked up $500.
"Read IT," she commanded; read IL aiouu.
Mrs. Olive Hiidreth now living Will ~
mother at Rue - No IL.
gazed at the words after had spoken 'ne'i'
, did NOT know what they meant; but they must
he charged with something terripie'
"Olive Hildrethr' repeated in nan
And waited for was not ready 10 ASK a"''
tons . - Mice
&c, ,,,,, Ia &c brief as is possible. went on MISS
,o,r,or at don't believe much In explaha-
,ions And YOU need not try to act as Il !ou
were not moved as If you did not suiie'' Sp"'N
yourself that effort WOW
"It Is nearly FIVE years since my heP"
r,ed Olive Jewett. Dear Billy, doh' uS ~ ~
.a,o ,,aaeo No matter who Olive Jewett was
The marriage was very dispieasins ~ s,,r,-
friends and they let him know It, lie was LUZ.
..,o,,, ,,digrant founced off to Europe Win ms
,,-,ao ord swore he would never mention "e' -
- ,ar,,cular,v to me. because l was more ans'
,., hi,, than any one else. That was NM
= i,arco that I could very well pear, W
Ia t. 81. declaring that would not i'' -
,,,. donation concerning Nahes wiz
AN tx months they were tired OIL e"'' ,.
L, will saw that Olive Jewett was 'No' 10 S
% whom men had made love, but Wno'' 49,.
Rad married. Nane got IL ih'o no ,oh
ho was a lovely creature who hau ooV -
.uaduced and he thought he was IN ioNe,
-. ,er relatives in the wine business
,,o,so IN Rordeaux and Olive took up d ies,Ne
tbere with her mother Ihey ,is
o,,..o nod done very well. for Nane made mo
,,.,fo on allowance that left him with very i''"'
money. indeed ...xoo for his folly
,, ber hv thus sending her so huc"'
49,, M one tells me anything OF the Je"
oan that neither Vane nor MS s's'''
It, mo any information. But frlehu Vi ''
,,,s,,,ng bordeaux this last spring wrote nv
that Olive was dangerously Ill OF ie'ei.
tbis same friend then in Paris WIZ. 80.
bod heard that Olive had died. Iha' Is '"e
7 have known and since neither ' a"e Nv.
% O,,,,e Won may be sure that dlo ho''
In no way Vas the girl PieaS""'
vanA's marriage was never alluueu - "
manner I thought of it when sa" Una. on
uas attracted TO you, but CONFESS Una.
no serious attention to the 1ac'' wa" ,
- o.her things. But did give you casua'
Al ~ r. IN more than speak casually
soor,.a 70 me to emphasize matters 100 ihuo"'
.vyhor Won told me yesterday that you anu
W. moro married. the first thing thoue"' Vi
.,r was IN send direct TO Bordeaux 10 'he a'-
aross NV friend had given me- This Is 'iie
onswer You see that girl did not o'e' sun
neon,e don't die-they live. 1t Is o'he's WIZ wv
You have followed me. BLY,!
YES" WI,
>,,ss punc,man turned toward me now But
withdrew further from her. ,,,
Co vana was married While he was writing
ma these letters he knew that ne hau wiz
living. He knew 1t; and yet he wrote IKE '""''
And he knew 1t when he had PLEADED WIN me
on the train. had old-fashioned IDEAS hau
been thinking of this man as man "no''' '"O
every right in the world 10 love-
"R,,lv" said my companion again
7 did not make any response. 1t did not seem
O.. mo that there was anything for me to say
1rhot was fortunate. for I could not speak Just
then II was simply impossible for me TO utter
word. Perhaps Miss Runcman perceived TINS
for she kept silence for few moments. AL Ias'
she spoke again ,,,
"1,m not straitlaced. I'm not particularly
strict" she began, land perhaps I'm not shocked
AT things that would shock you. Billy; but M
M, Going 20 try to justify Vane Only let me
say this He used not to be a BAD leii0"' nc
must be very much in love with you
trembled as / heard these last words.
,,,sned that 7 might see clearly. There was a
blackness over my vision l passed my manu-
ocross nv ewes. But could not see.
There was nothing that could DO Just now
recaI that wished to rise and walk away so
that might be by myself. but did not dare 10
move lest | might fall. Yes. all the time that
Vane had been writing those letters he knew
that was not his wife.
And he must be aware that there was chance
Of my being told OF his former marriage. lie
might say that he would risk that chance
Rut could not follow out any train OF thought
If began coherently. my mind Immediately
became obscured. and like the mind OF an In
sane person.
Hanged 70 get away. but still dared not rise
What II I should fall down there at Miss Runci-
mans feet? What strange people there were
In the world!
NV mother had dreamed that was in danger.
DID she guess this? No she could not by any
possibility guess this This was too dreadful for
her to think Of Oh. II only could get upon my
feet and walk away to my own room!
hoped that Miss Runcman would not speak
again now.
But she did speak, and tried TO listen and
to distinguish what she said. The words had
no sense-I could make nothing Of them And
presently the light seemed to go out OF the sky.
When / could and hear again was on
mothers bed in her room and MI Dreer was
putting a cold wet towel on my head His wife
was sitting on the edge OF the bed holding my
hand She uttered some kind Of an exclamation.
At first thought only or her. ana that Tor some
reason she had tainted.
"T suppose you were a little faint" she said
soothingly. land Robert brought you in here.
You'll be all right In few minutes.
Then It wasn't you who fainted?" l asked
did not yet remember anything; but before
she could reply, all that she had been telling me
came back with burning distinctness l tried to
sit up, but fell back again. despised myself
for having swooned; 1 had never had such a
thing happen to me before. had had con-
tempt for girl who could be 50 weak.
you may leave us now Robert" heard Miss
Runciman say but be within call"