Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-25
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palace was paved with gold" they oy
one OF Violet as she had stood wi, h
the love-light on her face and the
scarlet flowers on her breast. The
terrible present died for time; II
seemed to elude him; he could neither
grasp nor realize 1t. He was IN st.
Byno's woods, with the girl he
worshiped by his side, and they were
talking of love that would never die;
he was in the old church at st. Byno's,
and Violet, with a small, soft hand IN
his, was saying, IT'LL death us 10
part" he was with her on the .snine,
where she was giving him pretty wise
lectures, about not spending so much
money; he was with her again when
she upbraided and denounced him,
then kissed him with tears, and
promised to try to live the life that
pleased him. And now it was all
ended She was gone, and according
to her own words, she had hidden him
an eternal farewell. Her beautiful
face was before him-the violet eyes,
the golden hair, the delicate brows, 30
clearly marked, the lovely lines and
gracious curves of the sweetest mouth
that woman ever had. Every charm
that she possessed rose before him.
the graceful carriage of the proui
head. the graceful gestures and move
ments the gentle touch Of the white
hand.
Gone. What nonsense 1t was IN
evil dream that he must shake off.
Here was the waning yellow light of
November evening-just the time for
a terrible dream. for horrible fancies
he must shake. them. off. Surely in
the distance he could hear his dar
ling's voice?
"An eternal FAREWELL" Go0l
Heaven, what horrible words They
seemed to come to him from the
depths of some dark abyss. She was
his on earth, and she should be his IN
heaven Love above all, love sancti-
fed by marriage-could never die.
she annulled the marriage herself,
poor child" he murmured. Yet had
he not heard her repeatedly denounce
the present law of divorce? "And
she thinks that by this one act of hers
she can free herself from me. She
is mine through all time and eternity,
in virtue of the vows that made her
so. She is mine in this world and in
the next"
But where was she? No beautiful
face shone in the empty rooms; no
sweet and gracious presence brought
happiness to him. Where was she!
And, when he asked himself the quss-
ton. terrible sense of desolation
came over him.
These dreadful words could not be
true. If they were, he must have been
mistaken; she could not have loved
him as he loved her. He remembered
that he had a foreboding of this many
times. Love bears with anything,
love never complains. If she had
loved him with all her heart, she
would have borne with his mothers
pride and temper; but she did not,
she could not, and the November
shadows fell around him. leaving him
despairing and heartbroken.
should never move from the chair On
which he was seated, that he should
never quit his room, that life was all
ended. that the darkness and GOODNESS
of death were gathering round him.
Strong men do not often weep. A
sweet singer says:
Talk not of tears till thou hast seen
The tears of warlike men,"
Any one seeing the young lords head
bent low and the tears that rained
down his handsome face would HAYS
had some idea of what he suffered
would have had some idea of how he
loved his wife.
CHAPTER XII.
He must face it-this horrible
trouble of his, AS for going in
search of her. of course he should do
IL: but il would be quite useless.
Even IL he found her. she had told him
that death ives preferable TO return
ing home IL was useless TO stay
there In his room; he must go out and
face his trouble; but for the dreaming
poetical. artistic soul the brightness OF
life was ended.
He read the letter again, and this
time he saw in its true light the con
duct of his mother. She had no right
to have written such letters at all;
she had no right to have written with
out specially mentioning the fact TO
him. Having written. she had been
criminally careless in allowing the an
swer to her letters TO fall into Violets
hands. She had also evidently mis-
represented to Violet what he had
said on the subject.
How cruel his mother had been to
his beautiful young wife, Instead of
making her welcome. adopting her as
her daughter. cherishing and caring
for her, she had insulted her so great.
Is that the girl preferred death to re-
naming with her.
Hot anger and indignation filed his
heart. He went at once in search of
his mother: he must learn what she