Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-09-10

Ing was 10 emu, anu maui ioi hiANe~DtS
preparations for campaign. Hence
forward / need not shrink from a con-
test with the spruce and fashionable
young men who made Fedora circle.
"At 8 O'Clock one evening towards
the end Of May Fedora and were
alone together in her gothic boudoir.
feared no longer. ] was secure OF
happiness. My mistress should be
mine or / would seek refuge in
death. / had condemned my faint
hearted lovs, and man who has ac'
knowledged his weakness Is strong in
deed.
"The countess in her blue cashmere
gown was reclining on q sofa with
her feet on cushion.
"At last | spoke, feeling thar the
last hours Of my frenzy were at hand
Hear me, madame. | love you, and
you know it; have said so hundred
times; you must have understood me-
DO you remember the day when you
wished to go to the Gymnase without
me, never believing that should be
there?" went on.
She nodded.
81 laid out my last five-franc piece
that | might see you there. Do you
recollect our walk In the Jardin des
Plantes? The hire of your cab took
everything had
4 told her about my sacrifices and
described the life | led; heated not
with wine, as | am today, but by the
generous enthusiasm of my heart, my
passion over1owed in burning words;
i have forgotten how the feelings
within me blazed forth neither mem
DRY nor skill Of mine sould possibly
reproduce It. 1t was no colorless
chronicle OF blighted affections; my
! love was strengthened by fair hopes;
and such words came to me, by loves
/ inspiration. that each had power to
/ set forth a whole life--like echoes OF
\ the cries of soul in torment. In such
tones the last prayers ascend from dy-
4 ing men on the battlefield. stopped,
for she was weeping. Grand Dieul
! had reaped an actors reward, the sue
cess Of a counterfeit passion displayed
/ at the cost Of five francs paid at the
I theater door | had drawn tears from
( her
4 IF II is any comfort to you, she
4 retorted, cheerfully, j can assure you
that | shall never belong to any one
Pardon me. | went on, 1t was a
delight to hear those cruel words you
have just uttered, so well love you.
/ oh, If | could testify my love with
every drop of blood in met
Men always repeat these classic
formulas to us, more or less effective
! w. she answered still smiling But
it appears very difficult to die at our
about everywhere. Ii is IL o'clock.
Allow me to 30 to bed
Madame
Monsieur
shall never see you again
i hope not, and she nsolently in
clined her head.
For fifteen days | never left my
garnet. spending whole nights in pallid
thought | worked with difficulty and
by fits and starts, despite my courage
and the stimulation OF despair. The
muse had fled. could not exercise
the brilliant, hooking image of Fedora
i Something morbid brooded over every
thought, vague longing as dreadful
as remorse. | initiated The anchorites
of the Thebald. IL did not pray as
they did | lived life in the desert
like theirs, hewing out my ideas as
they were wont to how their rocks. l
could at need have girdled my waist
with spikes, that physical suffering
might quell mental anguish.
One evening Pauline found her way
+ into my room.
You are killing yourself. she said.
imploringly; YOU should go out ana
see your friends
4 ~ am going to leave you, dear
Pauline.
knew it, she exclaimed.
Good-by Pauline
II gently drew her towards me anG
set kiss on that innocent, fair brow
OF hers, like snow that has not yet
touched the eartha fathers or
brothers kiss She fled. | would not
see Nine. Gaudin, hung my key In its
wonted place and departed
Il was growing drowsy when Rastig-
mac kicked the door open and shouted
Victory Now we can take our
time about dying.
He held out his hat filled with gold
10 me and put 1t down on the table;
then We pranced round it like a pair
Of eannibals about to eat victim; We
stamped and danced and yelled and
sang We gave each other blows fit 10
kill ~ elephant III sight of Hi the
pleasures OF che world contained in
That hat
NeN day | went 10 I4esage ana
chose MY furniture. took the rooms
that You know in the Rue Taitbout
ana left the decoration 70 one Of tho
hcsi upholsterers | bought horse. /
plunged into vortex Of pleasures. at
once hollow aud real