Arizona republican., 1901-03-18


 - --------- - lumined her soul but she did not ye quite understand
 Destiny had woven a web of thu warp of love, and one end of the warl he had given me and I followed 1 until 1t came to you. l thought fat' had been kind to me. but he was lead ing me to my doom. His fiendisf laughter is now mccking me from thu air. l surrendered absolutely at last l was weary of the awful struggle ant I gave myself to you, and O. darling you cannot fathom the fearful depth' and wonderful, infinite tenderness O a strong mans heart-given love. Yol little dream, love. how my heart ion Ctes you; how it pets and caresses ant idollzes. My God! I would lose an ey' rather than harm one single silky hail of your beautiful head. Your voice tinkles in my soul like holy chimes. approach you in tremulous conscious ness of power, of mastery-I leave yo, feeling as though just emerged from , moral bath. My soul expands to grasp of the infinite when you arc near For days I lived on ecstacles.''
 "But"-and death could not make hi! face more livid-"you are not--fOr me You never have been wholly mine, ant you never could be. Your dear hear has read me alright; your intuition rev- CT was at fault. You suspected m, from the first of being an imposter and-you were correct. for--I-am- not-Jack."
 "Not-Jack Not the-Jack loved Then-where is Jack?"
 Her eyes were stars of hope peeplnl through ashen clouds of despair.
 Jim was an old man now. His face was wrinkled, his eyes red and watrry and his hair had suddenly become g! white as now. The twins would never be alike any more.
 'I do not know He is not dead. know. and will find him for you. Ina is a part of my penalty-to find hln and tell him all. The world is not wide and l would not rest by the wayside but push on and on and on, peering In to faces l have never seen, seeking in formation, here, there, everywhere, anC when I secure a clue will follow 1t t' lflt tIuS bl tIlt tiit lad I've wronged. and bring him back to you"
 And then he turned and walked feeb ly away. and his broad shoulders were stopped and his whrte hair fluttered iT the wind.
 And Vahatha stood like a statue speechless. with bated breath. flushed cheeks and surging heart. and watched him go out of her sight and mt q 5ei life forever.
 CHAPTER XXvIII.
 A year has passed away since the events recorded in the preceding chap ters, and the ex-queen lay dying.
 Her sickness was d puzzle to her friends. They could not understand how a person without a trace of .eve, whose heart was as sound as dollar, whose pulse was normal whose liver was perfect; whose kidneys were al. ways ready to perform their proper functions, and whose digestive organs chuckled at a feast of onions and liver corned beef and cabbage, could be ae- riously i'll. Yet the fact remained that she was failing and failing rapidly; was now even at the point of death
 She had been wasting away: drying up and whitening like vegetation in au, tumn, for a month, or more; 'n fact ever since MT. Black had said to hel one day
 Why, Queenie" Che was very affsc, tionate in his manner these days) "how i.l you look! What is the matt v, n:y love?' slltif
 She chuckled derisvely. I'll! Why, there's nothin' tn matte. with me, Billie, I'm sure"
 70, but 1 know there is, my love You are deathly pale and yous cheek; are the color of a yellow dog. Wha can be the matter. qove?" He seemed very anxious and she warrned towar; him at once.
 know it. I'm feelin' first rate; better'r have sence Hec was pup"
 You are trying to keep it from me my love-" said Mr. Black, consistently ''and that is wrong. Don yon remcm her saying once there should be no SC crets between man and wife? 1 know you are sick. and very sick. too. Why you ought to be in bel this minute Your ambition is greater than you strength, my love. Just go look in tn glass"
 "Wel, if I'm sick, didn't know it, | she answered, but his words and man | ner were so alarming she became ex | ceedingly frightened; so much so tha | when she saw her reflection in the mir l TOT she was pale and ghastly enough. | Why. the lacky-day!" she ejaculat | ed; T am pale's ghost, fer fact Now that's strange. feel splendid, ar kin work an eat like a hoss." She gre, nervous and perplexed.
 l You must be more careful of your ! self, my love-" said her fond husband You are not so young as you used { | be, and can't stand up to the work tha you could twenty years ago. Think o 1 (Continued on Seventh Page.)