Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08

lhcu bIedhS the seal ana mechanically
reads the lines.
Il told you to forget Yet have you
not forgotten! You are still unmarried.
so they tell me. am widow The old
dream is dead We will not resurrect its
ashes, but l need Il friend | am at the
Hotel Nendome and shall be at home
tomorrow evening awaiting you Shall
wait in yaiuY Yours, a.oc 4o
HHH aat eaai ELISE VAUGHN"
J. Tomorrow evening, and he had prom
Used to spend it With his betrothed. OF
course he would not go. lie would drop
madame note in the morning to that
effect or, stay-it would be better to
take no notice. He will go to his couch
and forget her. But Hal Windsor finds
his bed tonight has somewhere hidden
the crumpled rose leaf TO disturb his
slumher, Sleep he woees in vain. The
lips which, in their youth and sweet
ness, but few hours agOne were cling
ing to his own, seem wiped from mem
DRY, while other lips, curved in scorn-
full smile, and other beauty, imperious
and grand, assert their sway, and say,
Deny me if you cam" SO he rises I'M
refreshed, and the letter lying still
upon his table, reminds him the scene
of the night is no dream All through
the day it haunts him. In vain he says.
Il will not go." Ever ringing in his ears
is the question, "Shall | wait in vain?"
until, as the sun is sinking, comes the
determination, Il will see her and will
prove indeed the ashes of the dead may
not be resurrected."
SO when, at O'clock, Nellie stands
flushed and eager to welcome her lover,
it is only the servant who enters, bear
ing OH salver the choicest flowers, and
resting among them, as the hidden asp,
the little note, which tells her how an
imperative engagement has prevented
his seeing her, but that the disappoint-
ment she may feel can in no way equal
his own.
| Poor little girl! Two teanlrops fall
among the roses, as she stoOps to kiss
| their fragrant leaves, with the heaviest
weight on her heart she has ever
known. All, to love is to suffer. SO
early in her dream she has learned the
| lesson. r# ..E
And he, the recreant? Eight has just
struck from every clock as he stands
upon the lady's threshold who has bid
den him to her presence. Have ten
years elapsed since last they stood face
to face? She rises from her chair to
greet him, her fingers as exuuisitely
graceful, her eye as bright, her smile as
winning in all respects unchanged.
Once more the odor of violets floats
through the room. a a
"You have summoned me, madam!
l am herer'
"Ah, Hal, | sent for you. Can you
guess why? Because for ten long years
| have hungered to look at your face,
and now, in its GOODNESS and disdain.
l cannot recognize it. / have suffered
so much. Can you not yet forgiven"
"And 1? Have l, too, suffered moth
ling? Let the dead past bury its dead,
: Mrs. Vaughn We are here to speak of
! the future" -g %
Since you will not be my friend,
Hal" laying one hand upon his Shout
der, while, resist as he would, his very
soul thrilled to the touch Hal, your.
| friendship is so little. VIII you not give
it to me?"a $1,000 fHHf f-4a
you, perhaps, have not heard Mrs.
/ Vaughn, that am to be married?"
4 The suppressed triumph lurking in the
dark eyes vanished, a CLEAN of real
/ suffering swept over the exquisite face,
and a ring Of true pain was in her voice
as she answered.; ..s..
Married. Hal, Hal, who is this girl
who has stolen your heart from me-"
| And sinking in the chair her face
| buried in her hands, she sobbed forth
the question. t s.A 11t-l57 p -9g9aE IN
If acting, then twere marvellous, and
the man who once would have laid
/ down his, soul for her to walk on, locke
| ing on it, felt his whole being thrill in,
answer to her cry. A wild, temptation
seized him, and he seated himself by
I her side, to clasp her to his heart, to
! answer; mo one; none could take from
| you that Which was yoursaWto look
once more into her glorious eyes TO ac-
| eept the boon she had east at his feet
Ito ieSel In her gbeautyGndBut aoyoice,
pure, silyeryi sweet, seemed suddenly to
float through the air. 'iAs IT you. could
do wrong" and How could you, SO
grand, SO noble, ,stoop to mey' ,os sd
A, gentle light came into, his eyes,
! from which the yell seemed to have
fallen. The violet odor, the exquisite;
beauty OF the woman before him no,
longer intoxicated and efithraIIed him.
A girls White hand had led him into
purer regions, chad taught him nobler
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