The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-15
DEATH STOPPED TIER
QUARREL.

with flaming checks.
"For both Of us; had imagined .
should have assisted at such per .
Torrance as this and | waved my .
hands CONTEMPORARY as though /
words were too feeble 10 express ny I
feelings
"You began Il. she said hreaihlcs'ig.
"lt was All your unreasonlng jealousy'
jealousy ! Interrupted with in'
creaslng sarcasm.
"Yes: you know you were angry be-
cause stephen ssnt the flowers
stephen can send you a whole con
servatOry II be- likes" | rct0ricd with
assumed Indifference. nevertheless
loathed stephen. my wife's cousin, aud
hated nothing so much as the lavish
attention Of this kind that be persisted
| Ia extending 10 her. III you let him
know that you are 30 fond " orchids.
I went ON cruelty. "nO doubt be VIII
keep you well supplied with them"
Il don't hint for things she said
scornfully. but recklessly, saying the
thing she knew would hurt M the
most. ~ really wanted anything
badly. there Is no one ] would sooner
ask than stephen
stop said furIously. Il viii not
hear any morc. stephen Is. ] know. a
paragon OF excellence Well. since !
am acquainted with the fact. let u
rest do Tot Ike stephen, ! do nos
admire Stephen. do not respect
stephen Since we have entirely oppo-
site Views about stephen. we viii not
discuss him at all Understand, l do
not wish 10 hear his name"
Your are heartless, despOiic
fend." said Elaine beside herself with
rage
1T must have been a kindred resent
blancc that made me fancy you" ] ri
piled with a cruelty | did not know
possessed.
Il wish that had died before | me
YOU" she exclaimed. looking AZ M
with her pretty young face absolutely
transhrired with passion.
"NO doubt death would have bccig
preferable" ! returned. but inv0lunia
rily I put my hand 20 my mouth. for
I could feel my lips turning white.
Elaine flung herself upon the lounsc
weeping bitterly.
n was horrible 10 see her In such a
state, anu yet. all that she said WAS
true. n was my Jealousy. whether un'
reasoning or not, that was the cause
81 our quarrel.
stephen was twenty years o3dci
than Eclalne. be was. IN fact. her guar
dian. as well a. her cousin. II was
stephen who had been consulted when
had proposed for Elaine. aud u was
stephen who had been Instructed u.
her mother 10 make the necessary ar
rungcincnts In regard 20 the dispoSi
ton OF Elaine's fortune previous 10 on
marriage.
II was. no doubt this proprietary In
ierest that stephen felt for Elaine tia
lr4itated me. I wished 10 do every
thing for her. but Il was not Ia m!
power 20 give her the luxurlcs be coul'
81 easily bestow. Then ] had an idea
whether true or not. that stephen o.
carlcd me as fortune hunter. and
resented an injustice I could feel. hu
which. not being openly declared.
could not refute.
We had qUarrcled before ab0u
stephen. aud III course We would quar-
rel again As long A. tie condition
remained rs they were u was lnevil
able that we would quarrel.
"DespOf." was the wori Elaine al
ways hurled az he when We ha
words about stephen. There are som
words particularly dislike having ~
Piled 10 me. "Dcspot' Il one OF thes
words: "fiend' 40 not mind at al
, hut 'despot" Is maddeE.ug
= With affected unccnccrn | took up
book that was lying near-it was
< cook book. quite new. Onc page WI
= brown with the stains % coffee. a
D eloquent aud enduring sign OF n
q struggle Elaine and | had had ~
II morning connecting the matutlu.
. beverage when our cook had failed
A make her appearance.
In order 10 make good coffee
= read. 'the greatest care must b. e
g erclscd In order tn make guod ca
7. Zee. the grraiCS; care must IL exc
" csad. In Oricr 10 make good coffee
u read this over a dozen times
}. least hcfoic II conveyed the sllghte
if, meaning 90 my mind.
Il Elaine would rather be dead th.
:. living with mcy My God. Was
:. drtcsiahlc.
~ An. those sohs.
le Nothing Is more frlghtful than
~ hear a woman one loves weeping h
be terry and 10 be unable TO console h
=. Ncs, ! was brutal, and ru.el. and
4, the r,st of II: Still I ~ scented the aus
= had caused; resented her tears
And Il was Just four months M
'e We were married on the sixteenth
80 the month. to-day was the sixteen
al The church. The flowers, the deep ton
rs of the Crnn. our young companlO
be standing about us the immense cO
"a many assembled. the thrilling snnon
!. voice OF the whitc.rohgi priest. w
:. thou have this woman o. b. /
ia welded wifcy'
pc These sacrcd sounds aud emOil,
rushed Ia q fantastic whln through
mind as I SIT pvtenC,ng 10 read
cook bOok l saw Elaine as she loo.
then. verified likeness ~ dream,
N. contamination % all imagined idc
-, ties. aud now. Pour months ago.
was four thousaAd years.
OF Good God! how frlghtfully fast
en- live In times OF gnat emotion! /
ar dram was changed indeed. Z
nd localities gonc; life was hcnccforil
D a wnack.
ma aid not think Of how ! was an
~. lnr Elaine. was too much absor
- IN the feeling of how she was Affect
wv me. The hldc0us fact that she v
an represented the constant, the faith
leh the adciiHg part of humanity
Dse changed dominated my mind 10
,on exclusion 81 verifying else. The
an. r0r OF horrors had come. Elaine
ceased 90 love me-
~ Aud through all Of this those ic
hu. bic sohsi
lid she wished that she had died Def
ces she met me Already she was ilre,l
In my aiiectlOnl Yes; there was h
The drcd things 10 prove ltl She liked
an. walk and talk with others. she '
fond Of entertainments aud sOcil
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