Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-31
CHATTER XVIII.

dramatic scene than this--thc dark sky.
the great bare trees, the CLEAN OF faint
starlight. the tall. Queenly girl with royal
face md figure. who stood clasping the
dropping, weeping girl. defying the whole
world, "a II were. for her sake; the man
who stood with a world Of passion on his
face, at war with everything and every
one, knowing every word Indy Hilda said
was true, yet lonth to lose the beautiful
girl he loved 50 well.
There came sounds Of quick footsteps,
OF o horse galloping. Of men shouting.
and the little group by the trees stood
.paralyxed with amaxemcnt.
'What II the matterT" cried the earl,
- the men aalloped past, and another
'one ran to open the gate. "What.is the
matterY"
They did not stop to answer him. they
did not stop to see who II was standing
there; but one Of the men. as he FASTENED
BY. cried:
eve are going to Hnrdaie for doctors;
the duke Ii dead" And before the words
had died away he RallOped on.
'The duke dend!' cried Lord Dunha.
ven, at cannot bc true. Dead"
The duchess had flung herself on her
knees on the grass. and hid her face In
her hands. while Lady Hilda said:
"You have cause 10 knccl and thank
God a. never woman thanked Him be-
fore. You ARE saved on the brink. Thank
Him from your heart. II had been five
minutes later. your good name would have
been lost forever. Thank Him. Duchess
Lurlinc. for your dead husbands sake"
Duchess Lurline bowed her head and
wept like child. =,
GLOW TERRIBLE she said with a shud'
der. "that I should have been running
away from him when he lay dying! oh,
God forgive me. for ! have done wickedly
wrong"
The earl raised her and pillowed hcr
head for one minute TO his breast.
MY darling" he said. "forRive me.
should have known better; the angel OF
death frightcns inc. ! SEQ that ! have
done wrong; It 10 all my fault. sweet Lur
line; not yours. Say you forgive me. and
will COL will Co."
~ forgive YOU" she whispered. "You
were no more to blame than !. Heaven
pardon us both; we were mad. Leonard
both Of us mad"
He knelt down and kissed the lovely
pale face, then turned to Lady Hilda and
held out his hand to her.
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