The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1902-08-01
tlienJ \, I 6 Y eronica taised her LEAD md
~ 1aliit, smile 9 came over her White

tlien5 4, I 6 eT0nica tliised her lead, md
Y iaii15, smile q came over her White
~ y J, on, ,tre sure Of tlat,'ii she question.
ed dfeAgefly.--sssQI,itt sufe?,' I.
I % Y es; indeed Il Al1i, !, replied lkathc-
Ilne; NO one could even guess now
dearly l love the Chace.. 2 I, f5s'I
Nov tell mo about your love . said
Veronica. & "a, a. 80
!" What can tell you, dear, sayc that
my,loyc and my life are one--l hat i
1iaYe 10 In0ugat, or wish, or desire,
tnat does not begin and end in Atom
N0W, mas tnaI comforted you?"
Yes. more than anything YOU could
have SAL. Yollcould have pthongnf, ot
nothing that would comfort ne ono
half SO much. You will leave me now,
l<atc--I am the better for your com,
Ing, dear-and when me meet again
allWill be forgotten, except that we
love each other"
"It had not been all in vain then;
the sun Of her life had set in darkness
and gloom, but She had made one at
least happy. SO the past was mention
CD no more. She tried to bear her life,
She never complained. She was like d
devoted daughter to Lady Brandon
She was tho most loving Of sisters tC
silo young hoiross. But day by day
tno grow more and moro sad; She grew
pale and thin, She began to hope that
Heaven, would take pity on her and
lot hordie soon. So tho winter months
camc round, and at Christmas pre-
partitions Woro begun for tho marriage
Of tho young lloiFoss, Lady Brandon
had invited q large circle Of guests
and ono OF them, not knowing OF tho
| rnHRnf, nj I'm tt,rr ft1ot
turned from Spain, spoke OF Sir Marc
Cnryll, and said that ho was going tC
take up his residence abroad.
Veronica overheard 1t. She did not
speaks. the lovely face grew palcr, ant
q mist Of unshed tears dmmed tllC
wenG to lady Brandobu's M room, hel si
lmNryolo4a, self G0litrol .gnilo at last
Lady brandon never forgot.
You must lot me go away she
saidi ! cannot remqln here. ! can
not bclr IL, You must let mo go homt
to Venice to tle."
Then she ,wcpt as she had never wcpt
In her life before, rs one who had nc
hOpc--wcpt until Lady Brandon wa.
alarmed, and SHE herself was exhaust
ed. Then Lady Brandon said to her
| on shall go; l will take you. You
shall go to Venice, or where you will
only ,W3aitE=wait, for my sake, until th'
So for tho sake of the woman vii,
had influenced her so strongly sht
waited, but II seemed to her and tt
every ono olsc that those days brought
her iloarar death,
"Do people eYor die OF a broker
heart" she thought, "a year ago
was strong and Well. I had color ii
my face and light In my oycs; l hat
strcnth IN my limbs and JOY in IN,
heart. Now my strength has left me
people look grave when their eyes res
OH me; life is q heavy burden that
would fain lay down-and why? Wha
has happened? j have lost my love
| The man who took my heart from M
has lett mo, and i may hido 1t as
may--l am plning for one look ut hi
face before die. Oh, Marc, my sweet
heart, could you not have trusted m
even ever so little? 1 Shall send 70
him when I am dying, and ask him t
hold me In his strong arms. Oh, Mare
you might have trusted me, for yol
were all | had in tho world!"
| So ahe wore her heart and her lif
away, longing only for death, that
dying, she might see him again.
ITO DE Continued