The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-15

hands on the head of the sofa.
Sir Jaffray could not bear the sigh
of her distress, but went quickly TO hei
and. laying a hand on her shoulder, said
"Give me your word that You know
nothing of this, Lola, and will believ
you against the world. "
She shook his hand off as though hi
touch burned her. and, rising to her feet
looked him steadily in the face.
Were the positions changed SHOULD
need no word of yours 10 make me fee
your innocence. Jaffray," she said in
tone which stabbed him, "but you shall
have my word. AS God is my Judge
know no more than yourself how thi:
man met his death.
D a flood of relief burst over him at the
words, and again he made as though he
would clasp her in his arms, and again
! she prevented him.
Then Beryl, who had waited with
suspense for the avowal of her limo
cence, and who was quite ready 10 ac-
cept 1t and 10 be convinced by il, feel
ing something Of the agony which Lola
must at that moment be enduring, Went
] W ANAf eAhNt AIahAHS SIT uONu ukUlQ
on the sofa, insisted on sitting BY her.
She put her arms round her and held
her in close embrace and kissed her.
Forgive me, Lola, for /, too, have
wronged you in thought. i know what
you must have suffered. Why did you
not come TO mes"
AT first Lola tried 10 prevent the girl.
but the touch of sympathy was too
, sweet 10 be long repulsed, and she first
suffered, then welcomed and at last rev.
eled in the consolation thus offered.
fou make my heavy task lighter"
she said TO Beryl presently, and then.
after another pause, she began her con-
fession, beginning. womanlike, with an
implied attack upon Sir Jaffray himself.
No, Jaffray, the blood of that man
does not lie on my hands," she said in
a low, clear voice. 1T was not for that
reason that would not let you take me
IN your arms just now. Heaven knows,
! am bad and mad enough, but / am
no! like that
yAe bafunet made gesture Of pro-
test, but she checked him, and sitting |
up on the sofa, with her hand in one OF |
Beryl's, she went on, speaking in low |
tones and with frequent pauses:
Il will not try TO make my faults |
less than they are. Do you remember a
story which that man told few nights
ago at the dinner table here? Well, the
husband and wife in that story were
Pierre Turrian and myself. You have
asked me often whether there was any
thing In the past that / had not told
you. There was-that / was Pierre
Turrian's wife Now you can guess
what l have suffered, and you know the
reason why fed
Pierre Turrian's wifep' exclaimed
Sir Jaffray, repeating the words over
and over again as though he could not
understand them. Pierre Turrian's
wife! His wifer' Then after q long
pause he asked, Ibid you know this
when He did not finish, but she un.
derstood.
You heard the story as he told it,"
she answered.
He said you tried to kill him then"
That is true, as true as light" cried
Lola vehemently, and Beryl felt her
start and her muscles harden with tenn
per. lt was an impulse, coming either
from heaven TO free myself from
1evlI, or from hell to bind myself closer
than ever TO him, know not which. ,
but L acted on it, and never from that ,
moment till now, when see you shrink .
and culver at the thought of it. have I
it. l will not palliate my act ,
II bellttle it, but this l may say-I do
lot know that he could possibly have ,
aved himself had l not stamped Oh his
myers, but L did not think of that then.
lie had made my life a hell, and when :
he chance seemed TO come in my way ,
tried to free myself, and ! would do ,
he same again.
She stopped and looked eagerly across !,
t Sir Jaffray, hoping to read on his !.
ace an expression less hard than that q
Which by her words she seemed to ex-
ect and not to fear =,
But he made no sign of any kind, and 6
he went on: =
The rest you know now or can guess ;,
early, except one thing. I will tell :
ne truth now, the whole of it, and
on shall know the worst of me that =,
an be known. ! thought he was dead, y
nd when my father died / dropped the >
anne Of Turrian like hated thing and .,
anne here to England merely as Miss r
rawshay. Then her voice grew harder. -
nd the note of defiance again was per- "
sptible. meant to marry and to mar. =,
well, and had no wish to be known !, !.
the widow of such cheat and vii -
in as Pierre Turrian. Then met You -.
nd resolved that you should marry =,
e, and married you without loving ~
)u." "
The last words came slowly, and when ~ y,
e had finished she hid her face again. -,
though now afraid to meet his look. 81
That is the hardest thing you have r
i'd, Lola" said Sir Jaffray. Then for =,
e third time a long silence came upon 80
EN- all. -, :"
Il have been woefully punished, 80
id Lola in low, half moaning voice W. W.
infinite sadness. "Out of both NV ~
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