The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-11-21
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BY CLARA AUGUSTA
INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION.

J coming down the steps OF the Aston
Had TO get up early 10 see after tina
g COMPOUNDED store OF mine. Walker
too lazy 10 open Il mornings"
You met Mr.. Castrani?" said Archer
referring TO the point
Yes. Re told me he was going away
= Woman somewhere mixed up in tn,
case. Said he expected 20 End on,
somewhere-well. hanged IL can tel
where. There's always woman al
the bottom OF everything"
He dii not mention who this one
was?"
Not he. cut must be going. It's
nearly lunch time. Good morning"
Trevlyn stopped a few moments with
Mr. Harris. and then went back 10 his
rooms. He was satisfied Hard as II
was for him TO believe It. he had no
other alternative. Margie was false,
and she had gone away from him under
the protection Of Castrani He could
have forgiven her anything but that
II she had ceased TO love him. and had
transferred her affections. he could still
have wished her all happiness. IL she
had only been free and frank with him.
But TO profess love for him all the
while she was planning to elope with
another man. was too much, His heart
hardened toward her.
II there had been, in reality. as he
had at first had supposed. any misun-
derstanding between him and her. and
she had gone alone, he would have fol-
lowed her to the ends OF the earth. and
have had everything made clear. But
as it was now, he would not pursue her
an inch. Let her go, False and per-
fidious. Why should her flight ever
trouble him?
But though he tried to believe her
worthy Of all scorn and contempt. his
heart was still very tender of her. He
kissed the sweet face Of the picture he
had worn so long in his bosom, before
he locked it away from his sight. and
dropped some tears that were no dis
honor TO his manhood. over the half.
dozen elegant little trl1cs she had given
him before he committed them to the
flames.
There was a nine days wonder over
Miss Harris0n's sudden exodus But
her aunt was a discreet woman, and Il
was generally understood that Margie
had taken advantage of the pause in
the fashionable season to visit some
distant relatives, and If any one coupled
her fight and the departure of Castrani
together, il was not made the subject IF
4 1pf los ,,.b
knew TO herself. and Of course Archer
Trevlyn did not proclaim his own de-
sertion.
For a week. nearly, he managed TO
keep about and at the end Of that time
he called at Mrs Lees. lie wanted to
question Alexandrine little further
The idea possessed him that in some
way she might be cognizant of Margie's
destination. And though he had given
the girl up, he longed desperately 10
know If she were happy lie had fel, |
strangely giddy all day. and the heat Of !
Mrs. Lees parlors operated unfayorably /
upon him. He was sitting on a sofa |
conversiEg with that lady and her
daughter, when suddenly he put his /.
hand 10 his forehead, and sank back. |
pale and speeches..
In tho widest alarm, they called a
physician. who-put him 10 bed, and en-
Joined the everest quiet. Mr.. Trey I
Ign. he said. had received severe |
shock 10 his nervous system, and there /
was imminent danger of conge5tiye /
fever OF the brain.
His fears were verified. Archer did !
not rally. and on the second day he was
delirious Then the womanly nature |
of Alexar drine Lee came out AMI /.
asserted itself She banished all az
tendants from the sick room. and took !
sole charge herself Of the sufferer. Not +,
even her mother would she allow to take |
her place When tempted by intense
WEAKNESS 10 resign her pest she would F.
take that stained glove from her bosom,
and the sight OF II would Danish al.
thought Of admitting a stranger.
NO" she said TO herself, people in
delirium speak Of their most cherished
secrets, and he shall not criminate him
self. II he did that terrible deed only
of all the world can bring a shadow of
suspicion against him, and the secret
shall never be revealed to any other"
So she sat the long days and longer
nights away by the side Of this man she
loved so hopelessly, bathing his fevered
brow. holding his parched hand, and
lingering fondly over the flushed, un-
conscious face.
He sank lower and lower day by day
so very low that the physician said ne
could do no more. He must leave the
case. There was nothing for It but TO
wait with patience the workings Of ma
ture.
At last the day came when the raw
ings Of deirium subsidized, and a deadly
stupor interviewed. II was the crisis Of
the disease. The shutdown would de-
eide. DR.. Grayson said ne would be
better. or death would ensue.
Alexandrine heard his opinion I'm
stony silence. She sat by the beds head
now. calm and silent; her powers Of
self-control were infinite. Her mother
came ia to watch for the change, as did
several OF Archer's friends. heretofore
excluded She was not afraid for them
70 come; there was no danger OF Mr.
Treylyn eliminating himself now. He
had not spoken or moved for twelve
hours.
The time passed slowly Tho sn-
crept down the west The ticking OF
the watch on the stand was all that
broke the silence OF the room. The last
sun ray departed-the west famed with
gold and crimson. and the amber light
flushed with the hue of health the white