The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-07-30

Then ' eIiouiHa raised her head and
! faint SlnsIa came over her WAlle
troubled face
You are sU$r Of that, She question:
ed eagerI Iy--''qUitc sure .,.
Yes. indeed | am. replied itdth2-
rine. NO one could even guess HOW
dearly love The Chacc. -,
Now tell me about your loIc. sald
Veronica.
"What can tell you. dear, say" that
nv love and my life are one-that |
have no thOugat. or wish, or desire.
that does not begin and end in Alton?
Now, has that comfOrted you?"
Yes. more than anything you COULD
have said. You could have thought OF
nothing that would comfort ne one
half 50 much. You will leave me now.
Kate am the better for your COM
ing. dear-and when me meet again
all will be forgotten: except that we
love each other
1T 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 mcntion-
ed no more: Sllo tried To boar her life.
She never complained. She was likea
devoted daughter to Lady Brandon.
She was the most loving OF sisters to
she Young heireSs. But day by DAY
the srpw Iuofe and more sad: she grew
pale and thin: she began TO hope that
Heaven would take pity on her and
let her die soon. Snthe Wintor mhnths
came round, aud at Christmas pre-
parations wero begun for the nlarrlage
OF the young heiress. Lady Brandon
had invited a large circle OF guests.
and one OF them, not knowing OF the
recent contretemps, having just re-
turned from Spain, spoke of Sir Marc
Caryll. and said that h9 MAS going to
tai;t pr his residence abroad,
Veronica overheard it, She did not
speak; the lovely face grew pa!er, ana
a mist Of unshel tears dlmmed, the
beautiful eyes: but soon afterward she
went to Lady Erandon's room. her
marvellous self control gone at last.
She stood before her with a look that
Lady Brandon neInl forgot.
You must l3t NC 60 away" she
said: i cannot leInain here. can
not bear it. You must let me so hCme
to Venice 10 die:
Then she wept as she hah
in her life before. as one vi 4
hope-wept until Lady Bra,.ooG was
alarmed, and she herself was exhaust
ed. Then Lady Brandon said to her
You shall 60: l will take YOU. You
shall 60 to Venice. or where you will:
only wait-wait, for my sake, until the
wedding is over"
So for the sake Of the woman who
had influenced her so strongly she
waited, but it seemed to her and to
every one else that those days brought
her nearer death.
do people ever die OF broken
heart?" she thought. "a year ago l
was strong and we'll. l had color in
] my face and light in my eyes: l had
strenth in my limbs and JOY lr my
heart Now my strength has left me:
people look grave when their eyes rest
on me; life is heavy burden that l
would fain lay down-anl why? What
has happened? | have lost my love.
The man who took my heart from me
has left me, and-l may hide it as |
may-I am pining for one look at his
face before / die. oh, Mare. my sweet
heart. could you not have trusted me
even ever so little? shall send for
him when I am dying, and ask him to
hold me in hiSStrong arms. Oh, Marc,
you might have trusted me, for you
were all had in t world.'
So she wore her heart and her life
away, longing only for death, that.
dying, she might see him again.