Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-12-11

Covcntry's heart had been sur
charged with love and devotion to this
woman. and because his life had gllded
of love II was until he had been 50
shaken that it had overlooked. He
would. he thought. cheerfully ha".
taken the others place, sentence OF
death and all. could he hear but once
before he died the ringing accents Of
such sublime confession and for him
self. HIS love for the woman Of his
choice was of the most exalted charac-
ter and miget we'll, were merit or fit
ness alone to be considered in such a
case, have claimed her own deepest
feelings in return.
When Elizabeth had appealed to him
to intervene, with magnanimity as
rare as it was noble, he had subordinat-
ed his happiness to her own and had
endeavored to procure a mitigation of
the punishment imposed upon his rival,
though he knew his success would
throw his promised wife into the arms
of O'Neill. He had not done this with
Jul ttAlipAC on ~ was a 6Auy
faced, broken man who looked upon
the world Of today in place Of the smil-
ing youth Of the night before-but he
had done 1t. He felt that the sacrifice
would cost him his life, and for that he
was truly glad: yet he had offered 1t
not hesitated to do so. for with him the
happiness Of Elizabeth Howard was
the paramount passion.
If she did not love him he could at
least show her what love truly meant
In its highest sense, give her a lesson
In love like to the lesson in honor that
other man had exhibited last night.
For her he stood ready to give up ev-
erything; his own future he did not
allow to weigh q moment in the bal
ance beside hers.
There was something grandly SUBJ
lime in this utter abnegation of self. SO
simply done for anothers happiness.
Coventry had been a Christian after
rather better fashion perhaps than
most young men Of his time; his asso-
Citations with the sweet, pure girl he
loved had kept him so. All his people
for generations had been churchmen;
this seemed to him to be the right
thing to do, the thing demanded Of q
gentleman; the greatest Gentleman Of
them all, who had shown his breeding
on a cross, had set the example Of self
sacrifice. A sentence quoted by the
chaplain In the service a few days be-
fore which had struck his fancy ran
in his head. He had good memory.
II will very gladly spend and Big
spent for you. though the more abun-
dainty love you the less be loved"
Yes, that was it.
At the first moment when he found
last night that his pleadings were Of
no avail and that O'Neill was doomed
to die his heart had leaped in his
breast ut the thought that his rival
would be removed. but he had crushed
the thought rs unworthy gentleman
Of his high ideals. and there had come
to him in addition consciousness that
to love like Elizabeth Towards the
death Of a beloved would make NO
change. Such passions come but once
in a lifetime. and when they arrive
they are as eternal as the stars. He
had given her up. and she belonged in
life or death to another. A glance at
his own anguished heart enabled him
to feel for her. Time would not soften
q blow to a nature hike to hers.
In the execution Of O'Neill Coventry
saw the death warrant Of Elizabeth.
He had passed the day racking his
brain and thinking Of some way to de-
lay the execution. but without avail.
He would have stopped at nothing tc
save them both. In despair he had
come to consult with his rival.
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