The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-10
The Garden Of 0 ] Lies
By Justus Miles Fornfan N
Copyright a. Company
BY Justus Miles Fornfa11
Copyright 1902 by Frederick A. stokes Company.

think"-she turned her head and looked
out through the window to the trees that
swayed in the warm breeze-"I think that
all the love has gone out of me forever,
Perhaps I'm wrong. Perhaps 1t is only
paralyzed for a lime, But think it's quite |
dead. I seem MOTTO be able to feel that
that sort of thug for anyone now
.Ah, it was a cruelfscrlel trick they played
upon me, wasn't it? We'll meant though
it may have been.
. MOL :don't44ove You, Karl, not in that
way, but I've brought you SO much trouble
and grief that the least can do is to
give you the rest of my life,s If you want
it. I shall be a faithful wife to you and
If it shall seem best, later, to raise me
to sit beside you, I shall try to be a good
princess and a kind one. shall try to
make your-our people love me. Is that
enough. Kari? Do you want me on such
terms? It isn't the way a wife should
come to her husband, is it, offering him
the remainder of crippled life for which |
she has no Loves, finding In herself none
Of the thing that makes life beautiful, to |
| offer him? But such, as / am, such as I
| can bring you, you may take me when
YOU will. 1T mustn't be now, must it?
We must wait till this danger is over, till
the country IS %atNspeace again. 1t would
| but give your enemies a fresh grievance.
| No you must. go alone. this time, but
I when you re ready, Karl, send for me, and
| I'll come. You have my promise.
The Prince of Novodnia dropped upon
! one knee and took his wife's hand in both
his and kissed it. His own hands
trembled little under hers and his eyes
| were moist.
| s'You are the noblest woman In the
world, Eleanor" said he, "as you are the
most beautiful You promise. me life so
! near to Heaven that tremble to think Of
It, You do notaloye me now -- Nay,
let us be honest, you never really loved
me, even long ago before-before that
dreadful veil fell. But I pray that you
may come to love me in the future. 1t
seems to me that no love so great as
| mine could fail, in time, to win a love
in return. l sllaal =be an ADLER general,
Eleanor a brave Soldier, a better ruler for
what you've promised me just now. Old
! Won -sAItdorf shall have g. better word to
1 say, for me before the next month Is
over" .>f .@.
, He rose to .hisGfeet and stood before
her. heels together, at attention
slave L your. leave to go. Princess"
he asked. He, was holding his lips in
thin firm line ana he frowned q little in
his effort to remain calm. It tore him
sadly, poor gentleman, to leave her as he
must, for what might be the last time. He
knew we'll enough the peril that lay be-
? fore him.
But the Princess Eleanor bent her. head
) with little, Kind, tender smile. and
} of the room, turning at the door to
bow again and go through it backward.
= bowling still, as one leaves the presence of
royalty.
Then the princess turned her head upon
7 the high stuffed back Of the chair, and
laid her cheek against1t with d little moan
, Of utter hopeless dreariness. IN -
Her cousin Jessica Mannering happening
into the room an hour later, found her So
and dropped upon her knees beside the
chair holding the princess hand against
her cheek. }asss5 si&Ga84..sl a:.- sac
Hes gene, Eleanor" she whispered.
1.-THE prince has g6ne,::i,Ii &, I.a srs ssss I
Eyes, Oh yes,s he's gone5y,, said the primo
; ess. Il have promised to follow him when
! he sends for me, when the troubles and
fighting are over" ~ =. ,,,i. g.
Il s"Eleanor, Eleanor" cried Miss Manner
ling into her cousins face. "You-you'r re
ffgoing to him?-to the prince? After
:. everything? Oh, Eleanor. Why, she
) went; on presently In a shocked, amazed
voice, why, it's wicked-it's, it's-almost
never love him after-what has-hap-
, pened. Oh, say you're not going, DEAR
''Why, yes,'' said the princess, quietly
: I'm going Love him? Oh; no. T shall
, never love any one again. You don't seem
to understand. That part Of me IS quite
t dead. But shall make him happy. What
$ does my happiness matter?'
-"And you'll co." said Miss Jessica Man
! nering, slowly. You'll go to this simple.
t faithful gentleman, as his wife, when you
Y love another marl--will love him as long
I as you live? All, surely, you're not the
3 Eleanor I've known" ~: -.
f II don't love the other man." cried the
!. princess, in q hoarse; shaking voice. II
t don't love him. I tell you I hate him. I
can't think Of him without d shudder. Oh.
4 Jess, Jess, help me not to think Of him,
dream mad, sweet dreams of him. see his
d face, night and day, before me. Don t
u talk Of him, Jess darling. Help me to for
: get him. Help me. to hate him as must
9 hate him, Jessica. I'm another mans
wife; I'm the princes WIFE, and I'm going
4 to him soon. Jess. help me to hate the
p man love. God forgive me; the man /
Q must love till I--die. Oh, Jess Jess, do
t YOU know what love IL? It's the bitterest
0 agony in all Gods bitter world