Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-06-22

you are but the mask which hides your
cruelty. Please listen to my prayer,
and answer II. I come To you to plead
for Carlos lifer'
Then the woman TO whom she made
the plea knew when and where they
had met before. Again the scene in
The opera painted itself on memory's
tablet. She saw herself idly listening
TO the princes batteries. She saw
Damerof seated beside this girl in the
box opposite. when she had beckoned
him 10 come 70 her, and she had Ubvyea
the ummon
She had taxed him with his betroth
al. and he had acknowledged it: but
already, poor. struggling fly. he was in
the stTNnger web of her weaving; she
had but drawn closer the threads. and
the weaker links which bound him 10
another snapped.
After all, she had but obeyed the spi-
ders instinct. which makes all prey
lawful that listens 10 its siren song.
AIR she answered. after that short
and almost imperceptihle pause, II re-
member. You are Carlo bancroft ar
fianced bride:-
a * tNA- AANlNCA<altL AAAt =
to ner In saving that his engagement
had been annulled, she thought. since
this young girl could come hither 10
plead to her-her rival-for his life.
Blu her answer undeceiyed her.
NO" she said. I'VE Were engaged
10 be married, but that is eaded now.
and has been. as You well know, mad
anne. for many weeks. He loved me
for a fsg-fa xx-hf1a n-l ~as1n x---- Nn.,.-
made him forget me. Perhaps il is not
easy for n oma to forgive another.
but, after seeing you. no one could
wonder that you blinded him TO any
charms save yours. Oh. madame. l did
not come here 10 reproach You with
that: or. indeed. TO speak Of that past
at all. i came 10 plead for his hfe-the
life which he viii forfeit for your sake
for the sake OF a flower. a ribbonr'
"Ah, the old love has revived. then.
and he IN 10 You for sympathy2
He has Informed yoc as Il ali the par
ticnlars OF the eyenty"
The tone was cold and sneering.
Beatrice recOiled as If she had been
struck. The implied insult 10 him
brought fuller resentment than any
personal wrong could possibly have
done.
He seek sympathy from mer she
said Shame. madame-shame. You.
whom be loves, dare impure to his
brave soul a cowardly regret, You
well know that I have @ seen Carlo
DameroT in many weeks. IL matters
Tot how or through whom | heard
what took place last night. Let that
explanation pass for some future time.
when IL shall be yours. IL Won wish il.
We must act now. not waste
in words Why saaGid his blood be
Spilled Why should his young life
pay the forfeit OF his love: IL was
your act. madame you placed the rose
upon his breast. Would you make il
the zeal ON his death warrants You.
who bow all men TO your viii by your
Hateful loyelines-will you not use that
~lorellness for good. not evil. They say
the prince too, loves You. Co TO him
make him swear. for your sake. TO give
Carlo the spoken reparation which is
his dne. How il can be done l cannot
tell. bur You can. and you must pre-
vent this murder"
My dear Miss Leonard answered
Florence, in a calm. impressive tone.
Il have heari Lieutenant bancroft
speak y0ur name You have borrowed
your ideas from or perhaps
from Mr.. ArkwrEghL n counryman OF
yours whom you ma chance 20 know
/ do NOT know. ~ We're I willing 10
~ 10 the prince. what I might say. ex-
cept 10 forget that n glass OF wine had
BEEN thrown In his face. IL boys will
SO far lose their teulperS I do not know
that they should murIaur AT the penal
ty. nor 30 l fancy Lieutenant Damer- 1
It's courage. which l have no reason
10 doubt. would be grateful 10 me FOR !
l leading 10 the prince 10 spare him.
Pray. does his own skill count for
nothing in the contests-
The wine was bur the answer 10 the
insult. madame, and the insult reflect
ed upon you as wen as himself. Dare
you call such manly action the temper
OF = boys No. l do not ask You Ia
Plead for mercy. hut for justice Ycn
know that Carlo Dameruff VIII pay the
penalty OF his life for his love. il he
MEETS the prince to-day. But you.a and
not the prince. viii be his murderer.
Your hands viii be red with his blood: !
your conscience haunted hy his spirit.
Sec. l haye him. yet l give him up 10
you; ! love him. though | am nothing
10 him. love him. and resign him to
your carcss. RGs. oh. let me feel he
hye>-that the same earth holds us
boik-thar somewhere the same sun
shines on rs. The same rain rains ON Us.
For Godrs sake. save him-spare him.'
Florence drew from her belt a tiny.
jeweled watch.
Pardon nse. -ss> Leonard. hut II {
wants but a few minutes 10 my toilet
hour
~Go 70 ycur toilets' she echoed. when
he goes 10 his deathEmile on other
men when ron have ~sharpenea the
sword to pierce his heart. Ar you wo-
man or devils~
Women are never born devils. Miss
Leonarl. was tie calm. almost snil
ing reply. They are made 50. Shall
i spare the lives Of the men who DO the
wcFk OF transf0rmatscnt
Listen. Madame Florence Always
all my life. l have had one r~eSret-that
God had given me no sister Bur to-
day that re-rst has turned into thanks
giving | might have had 4 sister Ike
you--a who used her beauty Jo
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