Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-06-10

uefN more than the mere statement
taa' she reached WaShngton's presence
aad delivered the waiaing she had
brought,
Y told him that our roof sheltered
spy" she wrote. that knew not
INV tar his treachery extended. but
that the visit with which the general
inierd ed - honor my father must be
abandoned found him." she added,
briefly, so courteous in trusting my
information and in ahstaiusng from
question rs shall make my memory
ever Slateml to him"
Even of her Interview With her
father upon her return there is scapt |
account, save OF its conclusion.
When | informed him of the treach- |
cry OF our guest, and how had been
enabled to warn the noble man whom |
THAI treachery would have doomed, my |
father drew me down within his arms" |
she wrate--and the tear b(isters show
upon those lines after u hundred years,
My father blessed me-" THE honor
OF our name has always been we'll
guarded" he said, but II has never
hean safer than with you, my daughter!
Go nov, and bid your wretchcd lover
| farewell"
Mistress lydia has recorded every
! slightest detail of that final meeting
with Captain Pelham to which her
father sent her as though inpelled by
terror of the future. in which love
might reproach dlsdain with too stern
Il cruelty.
They met In the drawing
whtrC II pair of candles and dying
fire made tliekering light, There those
two ga2ed ut each others pale faces
with eyes through which humiliation
aud seorn burned that passion which
would survive either
"The one grace you could have be-
slowed upon the house whose shelter
YOU desired to hetray, was to leave It
whon Your treachery had been discov-
ered' she said; yet YOU aio hcrew
Could YOU conceive that would
depart before your rcturn?"
How should | conceive correctly the
moods or motives Of spy?"
Twelve hours ago you loved mol"
Il never loved you, Captain Pelham!
The man | loved was the creation OF
my dreams.
Take not the past from me! You
loved me- met he cried. sinking to
his HI ees, What | have done was for
love OF YOU to bring nearer the day
when | might claim you-nay, but You
shall listen! With that great rebel
trec, the war, which parts us, may
drag Of, for years. With him pris-
oncr, his cause would fall Peace
we0i come, and with It's coming |
should win my Wife,"
Your wife, whom you would have
dishohored by making her the uncon-
scious means through which YOU be
uNled her fathers friendr'
~ never intended you to guess my
share in his capture, nor could dis
honor reach you!
No God be thanked! Not 80 much
as by the touch Of your hngers!" she
said, withdrawing from his grasp the
hold of her habit skirt
She walked to the door There she
looked back.
| StiIl Rneeling. Pelham had flung his
arms across table and laid his head
upon them.
She turned swiftly to him. She drew
hiS fail. bowed head to her bosom and
passionately kissed his white face, wet
with mans agonizng tears.
Il liedt' she gasped. 81 love you
-yoa always-you eternally--as you
love me. In so much falsehood this Is
truth. Yet better the width of the
world between us than that you should
read daily In mine eyes the memory
of your dishonor--and 80 FAREWELL"
There are other records In that
journal of Mistress Lydias her fathers
death her mothers grief, the triumph
OF that cause for whose safety this
dauRE,er Of the revolution paid 20 dear
a priGc--but no further mention OF her
love:.
Yc' the dozen letters, which were
found after her death treasured with
tde history OF her youth. are all signed
with Pelham's name. Tenderest, most
reveient of love letters they cover
space OF many years, and close with one
whose frail characters bear witness to
thel,' writer's words.
u am near the end now, sweet mis-
tress! The end which Is to be the
beginning" Pelham wrote. at will
not seem long when | come TO meet
you II that country which belongs to
both of US. That country where each
pen'tent receives pardon. and where
yo'. VIII not turn away from him who,
With all his sins, has been ever your
| loyal lover. New York Tribune.