Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-12


revenge suiiices' AS you say IL IL hea''
en- VINO TOOK you from me-
And you VIII iorg'Ve! ne saiu.
she was silent ana thoughti"' ior
minute, then she san, gently
les ! nave ,"'"'eu NY 'o"' ""'
VIII forgive you
She looked W mn 'n W"n"c'' ~. m
was crying IKE ch''a' great tears ,a'n
ea down MS I"ce al" o'''cr soos s"ooN
MS frame.
am broken uown. ne s"ln, ', ,
. nave no s'r'"s'" U,'' 1t T. my So
rom heaven on me; inc peace Una. c"'''
WIN your WORDS 10" P''te lorsNe "'''
rene
she iaid her h"nu WIN S'n"'s c"'ess'
rug ,oucn on ms 'oreheuu' ,,,
les l pardon YOU 'i"'oe'' !o" ,"
ca my me- but l forgive YOU as pray
'ne good Hod 10 lorsNe nie:
snaiI we o"rS '"t "o'''o'c p"'' ""'
oe ,rienos! ne ashcu. .,..,.
-, mat can never w. sne s"i"' q""'s,,
VIII speak lu..e i'"nN's " Wv,
can never DC ihdinerent 10 sou IT,, mus.
e''ncr loVe you OF na.e iV". ne.e ''u
oe no medium. no ir,cnusn'p ,ot us.
forgive you' put we must W. as s''"use.S ,.
ion must promise me grauu",y u preah
on your triendsh,p WIN .ne ""Ne' w w
cine MS INVITATIONS always 10 a'o'a
meeting me- for tnere "a" w 'o i''enu
snip between us,the TWO wno nav NV.
cucn o'her SO ue"r's hn" "a'U eo"su'
each others lves-on ms cohuit'oh we
par,. ana ! forgive you.
iou are r'ght, as you always are, IL.
SAID humbly thanN heaven ana
thank you for my PARDON. let me KISS
your hand once before you go, irene,
She iaid nor mana OH MS lips "gh''F'
ana then went away.
mat night she slept the souhdcst steep
that had ever visited hcf eyes since the
day at Beechgrovc on which he had hrst
tolu "er that sne was not MS wire =,
| vengeance Is hinc' anu VIII repay
SAID the Lord.
These words haunted her until she
slept. Assurediy III ever heaven had
wrestcd vengeance from any human
hands 1t had from hers.
he was better IN the morning. an'
JOY. He told the story Of his accident
to her then, and how, when he was ay'
ing almost of despair, the little white
dog that had belonged to the duchess
came up to him and began TO lick MS
hand
Then the idea came TO me. nc saiu'
ito tie my handkerchief round his neck
| felt a certain hope that 1t would be
seem
But said his wire, II cannot 'hihR
why you wear that ring on your niger
or where 1t came FROM
II found 1t In the woods. lie SAID
"and l mean to Keep II. u VIII remind
me of all ] thought about while l mag
incd myself to bed wing there.
What did you think about. HulbertF
she asked. curiously.
That IL heaven would but spare me
my darling. | would be better man all
my life long, he said.
You are n good man now she said
with the faith 50 natural to a loving wife
But ] will he better, DARING. he said
with a long shuddcring cry; Il learned
my lesson while l lay all night In th'
lonely woods. Kiss me, Lira-l am goins
TO sleep
The duchess told her husband that hc'
nerves had been terribly shaken by I'M
accident, ana that she should INK" TO x
to the south OF France Tor some months
They could leave Snxonhnrst nt the dis
posal OF Sir Hubert ana Lady Estmer'
until he recovered.
Sir Hubert Kept his word fnithtnliy u
the duchess; although the duke demurrer
at first, and was hurt at his cooihess' n
refused every ihVitation sent To h'm' IL
never saw beautiful SaXonhurst again
Whenever he could avoid meeting IN
duchess he ala SO; nut there were time
when the exigencies OF society compe,'e'
them TO meet. lheh the! eAcnn"seu pu
Few words, they never snooK hahds' tue;
never looked INTO ea'h o.her Incrs, eae'
knew OF the other secret more p'"o'"'
than death.
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