Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-05-24

II ask you no questions, I desire no
explanations. Don't you know that I
love your"
"You-love me-"
"Yes. with all that ANAL that Is
best and worst in me. all that Is maddest
and sanest--with my heart and mind and
soul. | would live for you II you would
let me. TO die for you would be enough
reason for having lived at ALL"
l would have raised her hands to my
lips, but her gaze followed them In my
grasp. falling upon the sheath Of pearls,
and with a strange. ccric cry she wrench
ed them from me.
Love Is not for me-the love OF a
woman for n man! I am vowed to
cause. What will he the end heaven only
knows! But. meanwhile. do not think of
me as of a woman at all; feel toward me
as though. instead Of flesh and blood. l
was as the stuff that dreams are made
of, an idca-a means toward great
end-nothing more: or nothing more to
your
She took rapid step away from me,
then turned and came back.
III thank you for your trust and loyal
ty," she said brokenly. 81 need the cour-
age which both give. But tell me that
from this hour everything shall be be-
tween us as though these words of yours
had not been spoken. That you will for
get"
Possibly, when die. but think not
even them" I answered.
"Ah! you 'think'--men think! Say, at
least. that you will not speak Of it to Inc
again.
II will not speak II you can tell me
now that there Is not. and never can
be. any love In your heart for me-"
II dare not have a heart. Now you
are answered. I have no heart-for you
or for any man"
Hours passed. And Il came about that
by the grave Of the murdcrcss l fought
a great battle with myself. I dare not
say won. That was for the future to
decide. Despite Consuelo's decisive
words. I had not abandoned all hope for
the future.
After dinner Consuelo bcckoned to me.
II want to ask you something" she
abruptly said. "You will answer me
frankly. I know. You remember that
among other things said to you on the
select the tower room a. your bedchaln.
Der when you should come here to live.
and limited that you could not do better
than devote your time and attention to
learning your Catechism. Did those
words Of mine that day suggest anything
to your mindT
NO." I returned, making the strong
est effort to speak rs though the scene
by the grave had never been. THAT To-,
until next day we all walked over TO the
Abbey, and made rather a strange dis.
covery In the house here"
"Ah! What was that? What did you
RndY sharply.
ut was my cousin, Miss Wynne, who
found something. On the bed In the
room which now, as you know, Is mine,
lay u fading flower. Under It was a tiny
key OF brass; and that key, as Miss
Wynne rather rashly took means to 10.
certain, fitted a small receptacle In the
wall, which contained, among other
things, a Bible and a Catechisn,. Per.
haps you have heard Of the Amory Gate.
chism, though I never had until that
day"
"Perhaps. Well. what else was therer'
II scarcely remember. A few books
one concerning old country houses Of
England. ! think, and"
"Ah! should have examined them all
II had been you. Ishould do SO yet, n
they haven't been destroyed"
"What was that you wished to say to
me tO-night" I questioned. Had you
something more to tell met"
Nothing to tell you. What there ID
to know you must ind out for yourself.
It was question I wanted to ask. Have
you begun taking any steps toward fol.
lowing my advice"
mo. i"
II thought. perhaps. you had. I fancicd
that certain chart might have come in.
to your possession. II Il has, now that
] have given You this one small hint Of
Its ownership, You can sec that 1t would
be scarcely fair to keep It,"
"You thought ] had, and was keeping
something which was yours"
"And you have not?"
"No-I swear IT,"
"You needn't. Your word Is more than
enough. Well, then, the thing that has
happened Is, perhaps. far more dangerous
for me and serious for you-and Sir VIII.
frid-than ! thought. For ! have lost
something which would give almost
anything to regain. Aud more depends
than ] dare tell you upon the person who
shall find that chart"
ITO be continued.)