The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-06-11

AANAA uIu "OUiNt NC IL SleIl CAiSI-N :ltlt
We might cal! Il lord one day. l
said to him again and again in priini-
tive language, Go in, and win lie
said, Not yet. 1 am net sure. I think
she loves me. and yet l can hardly
believe it. # seems so great 4 th;nc
And if she refused ne I should Kill
myself Then one day this man came
TO ME with . face IS white rs yo2;}ar
electric globe, and eyes that glittered
like the central light within. It was
all over, he said. She had had sec
ond string all the while-a great cl.ief
whom I will call the Sultan Of Ool.
because it was not his name. She had
told him herself that she was engaged
to the Sultan of Ocl, and the man WAS
raging mad. There were scenes, dread
full scenes. The lake was dangerously
near-and lie was killed-kil|ed in al
absolutely mad enterprise, which
meant certain death to him and safety
to his command"
Louisa FELTON, turned on him sudden
was this mans name?' she said, and
her voice thrilled.
"Jack Marshman."
There was 4 silence between th2m.
Neither could see the others face very
well. "Why did YOU tell me- this hor-
rible thing?" cried Louisa Feitoa, with
sudden passion.
ooh. it is an exDerienc1-far away
from us-;n the unknown anu beauti-
full islands. Besides, have not YOU.
too, had your previous states? May
you not have met that divinely beauti-
full girl, floating perchance in canoe
on the great lake. bedecked with fo"-
ers and comraded by melojy-and she
confded in you:"
"What should she ccn1ide in me?"
"Why she preferred the Sultan OF
Ool-three times her age-to that other,
whom I believe she really loved"
There was another silence. Then
suddenly the lady spoke. and her voice
was charged with intensity Of feel
ing
You have done q bold and danger
GUS thing, and one which you might
regret if you had come to the wrong
woman. AS it happens, you have
come to the right one. will tell you.
1t matters nothing now. What he told
you was untrue. I never refused him,
for the good reason that he never pre-
posed to me. I did not tell him that I
was engaged to Lord"
"The Sultan of Ool." interjccted Ger
aid, gently.
Because I was not engaged to him,
and the engagement did not occur un-
til after Jack had gone away In that
wonderful fashion"
"Yet he threw away his life Simply
because he thought it true when the
engagement was announced"
~ can't help that" she cried. "The
fact Is thnt he was 4 very Cdd man,
and he behaved very crnclly and un-
kindly. He made love to HE in every
way that man could without actually
saying Il. He made ME love him, and
he led me on to believe that he in
tended to propose; and then, when all
the place was talking about us, he
suddenly Quarreled with me about a
trife, went straight out Of the ball
room, left the place the next day, and
never came back or gave a sign"
"What was the quarrel about"
Absolutely nothing. But just think
of the dreadful position that l was
in-left the lasghing-stock of the place,
the subject of every unkind tongue.
It was then that my dear old friend,
Lord FELTON,, came to me, and asked
me to marry him. He told me most
delicately that he had always loved
me, and that he knew that could
not love him, but that he asked me to
| be his wife in order that he might have
the right to protect me. Well, he
knew all, of course; but told him all,
and then I gladly accepted the refuge
he offered. The dearest, kindest soul!
There never was an unkind word be-
tween us to the day of his DEATH
"But would you mind endeavoring
to recall what the quarrel was about?'
II tell you 1t was the merest
pretext. He came up to me, as
thought, to ask me for q dance. In
stead of that he said to me suddenly
and very oddly. Are you engaged to
Lord Felton, I said, Yes, for"
"Therew! cried Gerald. "You did tell
him, after ALL"
"But, of course, meant for dance
expostulated the lady in amazement
Lord FELTON, always had a square
with me for old friendships sake. and
| I had just given it to him. Jack must
ieShave seen US talking. If he had come
" n q minute earlier he would have
. ud me give Lord FELTON, his square
20 tion no business to ask such ques
ID RIGHT t9ll, and he certainly had nc
h sonare IA off in fury because of
was merelT to an old man. No, il
text" ciuei' ne'i'ies PIE
# in despair at the the'Sse," pSNse, cried Gerald I'D
revelation opened befSs H. h;,o hao0 v;th " th< M
:. pendant m of suffering S who WHOLLY unde
:, signed "he told me tat yon had saii
that you were engage1 to Tord Fol
:: ton! You now tell me hat wbatevc,
l you may have meant by I,~xon ai;
. saw Won yyero onooro1 J.. '>