The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-05-15

WIDOW S deSOlate anguish, anu IoI "hoih
his mothers gray hairs are going down
to the grave in the quiet, benumbed, pas
sionate grief of tie .4eart that has beat
through more than sixty years OF this
worlds troublous time-Eric Llewellyn.
alive and strong, and full OF vlgor ana
manhoods power, after he has warmly re-
ciprocated his cousins welcoming ca
resses, looks about restlessly and feverlsh-
" still, his heart hungering for another
welcome.
This is Curraghdene, isn't it, Hetue:
he asks, hurriedly, and looking around
with n bewildered glance. 1t is SO al
tered l can hardly recognize 1t TO be the
same place. And where is Murlel, iet-
tieE' he whispers. his voice failing MN
Hectic, dear, where is my poor niue
wife,"
.She is. she isl don't know where she
isl Hester says, impauently, ana hurs'
ing into bitter tears as she lays her hea1
again on Eric's breast "Oh. Eric. Eric:
give me a minute before you give Muriel
the rest of your life.
Hectic, don't keep me in suspense, he
says, and his voice is stern through emo
ton. tell me where Muriel is.'
Il don't know, | assure you, Eric, Hes
ter answers, quietly, subduing herself by
q powerful effort. "She is out spending
the evening with some of her friends |
believe; she did not tell me where she was
going"
Good heavens! | have come across the
world, and now | may wait here hours III
vain before | see her." he says angrliy,
in the injustice of his feycrish longing.
you don't ask for your poor mother,
Erie" Hester says sorrowfully, as she
turns to leave the room.
Eyes. do ask, and | want to see her.
he says, his eyes flashing, but l want 10
see my wife, tool
Il will go and break the news to poor
aunt" Hettie says, in low, trembling
voice of we'll simulated timidity, "and then
| will 20 ysrlf and try and hnd Muflel
for you. since you cannot endure us With
ont her" and the words die away III
choking sob.
Upstairs Hottie breaks the joyful news
as gently as she may, but she cannot quite
avoid the distressing scene that cnsucS
when she brings Eric in and the gray
haired mother clasps her son to the breast
that nursed him. But she leaves mother
and son together and hurries away to her
own room. locks herself in and wrestles
with the demons of jealous despair and
hatred that are warning for her soul
Il could Kill her. l could Kill her." she
says. wildly. as she PAGES mp and down
like a Gagged iigrcss. Kill her. | would
do it in moment without hesitation or
pity. if only coHld. | would shoot her.
stab her. poison her. if | could only keep
her from him forever and ever. But |
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