Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31
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you to be my friend again, to talk to her,
TO persuade her. Miss Dunn, love her
very dearly and want to marry her."
He saw the color die from her face and
lips; she looked at him with eyes that
held an angels pity and an angels 6ve.
"Mfarry her." she repeated; but you
cannot. She IL free-but you"
She paused.
"But 1-what3" he said.
"You have wife," she said steadily.
"A wife-a shadow, you mean. ] have
no wife, my home Is desolate, my heart
IL empty-no man on earth has less wife
than l."
Her noble, beautiful face dropped sad
": then he said:
"Niiss Dunn. I have more faith In you
than In any one living. Let me tell you
my story. Nay, do not shrink from IL;
there IL not one word In II which need
shock yOu-let me tell you."
She bowed her head In shy assent, and
he went on:
II married a child. I cannot tell you
what led to our marriage; that IL not my
secret. married a child whose very
face was strange to me; to my deep and
bitter shame, I married her because she
had the money which was needful for me
to keep NJ my state. She was . girl OF
noble mind, and had I been patient We
might In time have been happy. She
overheard me, one day, say to my mother
| that wanted the money, and not the girl;
the words ranked in her mind; they were
cruel words, I admit. but did not mean
them as she thought. We were married
and started for Paris for our honeymoon.
Miss Dunn, my wife ran away from me
on that Journey, and have not seen her
since; that 10 more than five years ago.
Am wrong In saying she IL Q shadow,
but no wife? She left q letter bidding
me farewell. saying she should be dead to
me for all time: that had the money and
should not be troubled with her. Five
years passed. During that time I have
sought her high and low, far and wide.
Surely you, who are honor itself, can SEQ
no harm In my getting a divorce from
what IL but shadowy tie"
She looked into his face.
But II you knew her living and well n
she said.
even then she will never return to
me-" he said. "She was Q romantic,
warm.hearted girl; she would never care
to see me again."
Suppose that she lives somewhere and
loves youi" she said.
"There 10 no possibility Of Il. II no,
dead, she 10 thoroughly alienated from
me. Why should I live always dreary,
lonely, without wife or child, because Il
was her within to leave mel Miss Dunn,
you cannot picture my home, In which NO
woman's fair face eves shines; you cannot
imagine my life-a life without love "a
/ htnss vVh, shcsstd 49, 4 "a
vocate Of divorced do not approve OF
me there IL really no tie to break"
'fou married her," she said after Z
paY:e. ,,,,..,,,
self 10 dissolve the contract that same
day forever"
'She could not dissolve Il, even though
she ran away from you. 1t was no mor'
In her power than It 10 in yours to die
solve IT,"
"Be reasonable" he said. do you thini
that either the laws Of God or man com
mand me to be true to q wife who lef
me on my wedding day, and whom I hav,
never seen since2 You cannot believe
that"
II do believe H." she said 10 low voice
her face averted from his.
"You will think differently when yot
have thought for some little tlme--Quit,
differently. ] will not press you now
but ! leave my cause In your hands.
shall say nothing to the duchess now. bu
a. soon 90 get away I shall write 4
her. I know beforehand that she vii
come to you for advice. that she will b,
influenced by you. Be my friend-I hav,
had no happiness In my life hitherto; b.
my friend and help me-"
She could not answer. for the next mo
ment the duchess, looking lovely 20
fairy queen. came Into the room. tn
carriage was waiting-they were oil goinl
out for . drive. The duchess and Lor'
Dunhaven talked necessarily; Lady Hid,
spoke never word.
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