The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-02-14
FILE NUMBER H3
One Of the Mysteries of Paris and How
was Solved
BY Emile Ga boriaU
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rIAPTER IN conIInuod
BY Emile GaboriaU

cone month after that happy day
"a yoar ago-you gave me back M
promise. told me to consider myself
free from any engagement, and nevci
80 come near you again. II i coult
have discovered in what way l have
offended you. But no, you refuset
70 explain. You drove me away, ans
20 obey you 1 told everyone that !,
had left you of my own accord. Not
told me that an invincible obstacl,
had arisen between us, and / be
ieved you, fool that I wash The oh
stacle was yoIr own heart, Madeleine
J have always worn the medal; but ii
has not brought me happiness or good
fortune"
As white and mOtionless as a statue
Madeleine stood with bowed head be
fore the storm Of passionate re
proaah.
81 told you to forget me" she muir
INJURED.
"Foreeti' exclaimed Prosper, ex
eitedly, "torgetl Can ] forgetl Is it il
my power 20 stop by an effort oi
viii the circulation of my blood All
you have never lovcd To forget, ~
10 stop the beatings of the heart
there Is but one means-deathl"
fhis word. uttered with the fxes
discrimination of desperate, rccI
1oss man. caused Madeleine to shuj
der.
Miserable mani" she exclaimed.
s'Yea miserable man. and a thou
.sxnd times more miserable than yol
asan imagined You can never under
stand the tortures have suffered
Vscn for a year ! would awake every
lEsolning. and say TO myself: 1t is al
nN2. she has ceased to love met Thu
xreas sorrow stared me IN the fac,
day aud night I'm spite of ali my eS
fprfs 90 dispel IT, And you speak o.
forgctfulncssl J sought IL at the bot
soni 81 poisoned cups, bat found j.
D0f- Z tried to extinguish this mem
pry of the past, that tears my hear
80 s.lreds like a dcvouring flame, %
vain When the body succunbed, si.t
pitilcss heart kept watch. With tha
rsrroding torture making life
tprileu, do you wonder that / shouit
gseis rest which can only be obtaincl
lsg auicide?"
y forbid you 20 utter that word
~gnu forget, Madeleine. that yot
,hayc no right to forbid me, unless yos
love me. Love would make you al
Ebswerful. aud me obedient."
With au imperious gesture, Made
8eiae Snterruptod him as if she wishes
SO speak, and perhaps TO explain ali
10 egeuipate herself
Ih,t a sudden thought stopped her
sac eiasped her hands despairingly
n1i3 cried
-Ny God! this suffering is beyond
ee,dn,nnccl"
rsasper seemed to misconstrue hei
words
foRr pity comes too late" he said
S'herc IS 40 happiness in store fol
.D,ie iike myself. f.whohas had a glimpse
of divine felicity, had the cup of bills,
held 90 his lips. and then dashed to
the ground There is nothing left "a
attach me To life. YCu have de.
stroyed my holiest beliefs; 1 came
Forth from prison disgraced by ms
enrmns what is to become Of mei
VainiY do / question the future; for
ns ihere is no hope Of happiness.
gook around me to see nothing but
abandonment, ignominy, and de
spsiri"
Prosper, my brother, my friend, il
you only knew
II know but one thing, Madeleine
and that is, that you no longer love
me and that love you more madly
ti,an ever. Oh. Madeleine, God only
knows how I love youw
he was silent. lie hoped for an
answer. None came.
But suddenly the silence was brolS
en bY a stined sob.
So was Medicines maid, who, seat
ed so cOtner, was weeping bitterly
Madeleine had forgotto.. her pres
cnce.
Prosper had been so surprised al
hnding Madeleine when he entered
she reom. that he kept his eyes fast
ened upon her face and never one,
topiied about him 20 see IN anyone
-.lsga were present,
lie turned in surprise. and looked
az the weeping woman.
he was not mistaken; this neatly
dressed waitingmnid was Nina Clip
sy.
Prosper was so startled that he be
lsane perieetly dumb. lie stood Their
with ashy lips, and q chilly sensation
creeping through his veins.
The horror of the situation terri
ned him. He was there, between th
two women who hud ruled his fate
between Madeleine. the proud heires
vito spurned his love, and Nina Clip
sy the poor girl whose devotion t.
himself he had SO disdainfuliy re
iectcd