The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06

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s SSf%ssn h s9G s ,Sl9 ss HlP Rp: stsmsH s%S! Al fn thI Sa tsS9
could now. FOR The fss:t time, voice ali these
terrible memories Of tho past which had como
loft her. Sho concealed nothing. she yelled moth.
Ing; there we're intervals when her tcars no
Longer SSSwC s,n and a srncl II hT wnInc sn ard m rstnTn
TenHnse and took q utter satisfaction in laying
e'TG ir! sGT E'G sGc sow %hI 10 rtsp: "sh "Tce' w aSS
women who prosecuted me with their Jealous
iiRR Sir sSI IhiFg a Tssi %sn WIZ WGt SSrff0f frSl sa awe y YOU,
you seemed, something 80 opert and, different
know you. i wanted to tell you, even then, nl
hat have told YOU now. wanted you to DO
ny ISst FRIEND ySM ,as sGiGr .sp"r 1Hme i f1o, sn my y pSs foT that
you could tell mo what 10 10; that you could
make mo think MS you thouvht, sec HE as you
people ns YOU did. And in this faith | thought
that. ypn could understand Inc now, and even
She made a slight movement ns u TO discngeGo
her arm. and possibly ;olook into his eyes. which
east head. But he only held her the MOI tightly
until her cheek, was close against NJ. breast.
sorrow and trouble may go to a woman for sym:
pnthy and support and the world will not gain
say or acknowledgement him; But a woman.
craving for lisht.must not in her agony go to a
man iHr srccor and sympathy" 49,,
| into hor' fncc. "Whnt man dare refuse hcr p"
Not that" she snid slowly, but with still
ayertcd cycs. bat because tho world would say
And what should shc care for the opinion Of
n world that stands aside and let's her %sufIori
Why should she heed its wretched bnbblc y he
went on in fssshinS s, insditE sGM ,r;r, nor mo,.,
eyes and moist and parted lips toward him. be
There WINS a silence so profound that even tho
spring seemed to withhold its murnur As their
eyes and lips met. When, tho spring recon.
droning OF a ice above them and the rustling OF
tho rccds, she was murmurinE, TOO. WIN her
strange that | Should follow youNthat ! should
risk everything to tell you what ! have told you
before told yon ANYTHING clsci You will never
lonred, and when he looked again into tho
"Ihavc always loved you. I know now I loved
you from the first. from tho day when l leaned
saw your tenderness FOR him in your eyes. l
could have have kissed You then. AS DO now:. 49,.
smiling nAnsi breath sni again ssidi % isou s win h ssiHwssTSss n rsme nsr
Der. George. that, yon, told me this before | told
'"IIerf OF whom, dearest T. he asked. leaning
t"ot Kitty. Of your. wife" she said impa-
tientiy, as she drew back shyly with her former
He did not seem to grasp her meaning, but
Later we shall have much to say OF her. For
he added quietly: = You know must tell R her al:
ALI" she reported v%acsntiy; then Suddenly she
turned upon him eagerly and said: Put what
II shc is gomez
Yes. gone. What il she has run away with
Van Loo What II she has disgraced you and
ho What What. do &c you meant =, r nd he cs sai,a,; scinins both
eagcrness. q that she hns already gone with Van
Loo. George George T. che burst put suddenly
him. " do Won think that / wDul1 hn We followed
you here and told You what ! did II l thought
She had now the slightest. claim upon your love
to- tell HiiiIy You Of her flight to BoomTiil Es with tina
man how I accidentally intercepted them there;
but how she deceived me as she has YOU. and
were with me. Iceme to tell you that and moth.
ing more. George. swear it; Bnt when you
Wild Ni" Vented to to win shu You p1n.eT fir ge' out T" Of " your
own love; wanted YOU to respond to mine be-
Then she hurriedly told him all; the whole
into the sitting room with Van Loo. her later
appeal for concealment from her husbands un,
oonpceaiment to ~ with her lover. She spared
no detail. and even repeated the insult Mrs.
reproach that her husband would not believe her.
Perhaps" she added bitterly. you may not
ren' Gsd me n Il T. could j G9u MAKE keen ro saA bep .as1 from 5%'
you would still have to believe it from others.
The :. people 'phs, at the BOomville hotel saw them
downces, eyes: and If ! did not love yon before
y ysT y ySsa have %s ,n tasen :H snsI io!e g Hs Stopped aSS p .sf the
You love her still." she burs! out and
you love her the more that You have lost her:
1t is the way OF men-and women"
his frank eyes to hers. could I'D not even have
wished to-asI did three years ago-as l did last
night. Then ! feared it was my weakness. now
ever since. even while waiting my wife's return
here. knowing that | did not and never could
save her for mine. and II I fail. dearest, 1t shall
her back bent with the burden Of her shame. II
] loved you and told you so. thinking her still
guiltlcss and innocent. how could l profit now
Mrs Eorncastle say, her mistake, You
would take her back I, she said frenziedlSS:
hear And , NJ F.. saiS p Mys. H Tss thsFS;" with . ou,v.r
ing lip; /" where do ! go when YOU have settled
ms ! Back t9 my Rast aSaini Back to my hns
in his arms sEnins NO he said, bis Whole face
suddenly raaIstinE with hope and youthful en-
tell her all. You do not know her. dearest. as
do, hoW good and Kind she is, n spite OF all
means by which. without the scandal Of a di
voree she and may be separated. She will
lake dear llttlc STA with hcr-it ia only right
poor girl; but she will let me come and nee him
She will be II sister TO us, dearest. Courage
All will come right yet. Trust TO me-"
A hystericai laugh came to Mrs. Horncastle',
lips and then stopped. For as she looked up al
him in his supreme hopefnlness, his divine con
fdence in himself and others at his handsome
face. beaming with love and happiness, and his
clear. gray eyes. glittering with an almost spirit
ual presciencc-she, woman of the world ant
bitter experience, and perfectly cognizant of hel
own and Kitty possibilities. was, nevertheless
GomDietely carried away by hor lovers optimism
vincing. Dear boy for he was but n boy in eX
perience-only his love for her could work thil
magic: SO she gave him kiss for kiss. Target!
believing. largely hoping that Mrs. Barker wal
And in this hope an invincible belief in the folly
OF her own sex soothed and sustained her.
We must go now, dearest" said Barker
Rolnting TO the sun, already near the meridian
Three hours had fed. they knew not how. 81
will bring YOU back to the hill again, but there
we had better separate. you taking your way
alone TO the hotel as you cane, and will go {
little way on the road to the Divide and return
later. Keep your own counsel about Kitty fol
her sake and ours; perhaps no one else ma,
plunged again, hand in hand. through the COO