Newport weekly independent., 1903-11-20

l She left my aunt-Mrs Anhesley- years ago." faltered Mrs Arnold.
 With chilling bow Dr. Keith turnedl and left her
 In the lady superintendent privattl room at the hospital. one hand restinAl on the table with unconscious forcesl Dr. Dudley Keith stands. He has deat sired the page to announce him onlY as "a gentleman wishing to see Misx l Warren" What a contrast to the calm aroundA 1 him was the tumult of emotions raging in his breast! The stinging pain of self reproach which had possessed him since his interview with Mrs. Arnold, was fast being overwhelmed by the agony of sus- ! pense, and the wild delight of the | thought that in one moment he would see her again.
 1 So he waited and then watched her coming Up the narrow city garden path the graceful figure moved, now in the shadow, now In the sunlight, slowly, thoughtfully
 She had reached the terrace TOW on which the glass doors of the room opened. The cold drops gathered on his brow, as his keen, hungry glance read the sweet, unconscious face with these sad lines of lip and brow so new to | him
 Wath tremendous effort he held him. 1 ct ho tered and lifted her dark eyes inquiring- Iy to his
 breathless silence. One low cry, then, grasping the back of a chair she stood as rigidly upright as he,
 He drew back a step and extended his arms, his eyes glowing with strange mingling of unutterable tenderness, passionate yearning, and suppressed tri umph-fxed on the delicate purity of her agitated face. "1 will not ask you,'' in low, husky tones, he said, ~so much as to touch my hand in formal greeting until I have spoken-the vilest criminal can speak in his own defense. It will be for you then, to pronounce my doom, but speak l will, and answer me you must!" 1 And in short, deliberate sentences, which could not disguise the passionate elouuence, the underlying vibration of feeling, without seeking to excuse his unjust suspicion-he told his story. The revelation of the idle, dishonorable act, the miserable mistake which had wrecked their lives.
 Then he waited-every nerve braced To an agony of tension, while the time piece on the mantel ticked loud and fast on the pain fraught stiffness.
 Only for one brief moment Then, with trembling steps, but the radiant light of great gladness on her beauti- full face, she crossed the room, and fell
 with shuddering sob on his breast felt his strong arms close around her with the quick rapture of possession, heard his voice in broken accents whis- f per in her ear:
 My darling! At Iast!" And the timepiece ticked or through a deeper silence than before, while they , stood-heart to hearth that supreme
 moment of perfect happiness too sa-
 cred for words
 , The moonlight is falling on Lake Lu- f cerne in tranquil beauty. At a win dow of a hotel overlooking the lake 5 stand Dr. Dudley Keith and his wife 7 Five years ago this evening we first
 met,'' she says, softly, raising 'hsr hand to touch his hair You had gray hairs l even then, DudEsy, through ,yuu were
 only 30''
 VI "Ay, darling! And some ~wr@ even , silver ROW
 . T like them" ss1e whispered Flow
 happy we are''' l God help me" Whispered, solemn ly, ''to keep those sweet words ever on l your lips Have I not five years of lost : happiness tD atone to you foT?''
 "Ah!'' sine said, '"perhaps life is al r the sweetpr for the contrast of those weary years. want to oforget~all-only 3 that we are together at Iast! I Thank Heaven.' he whispered. ffold- l ing her more closely to him Thank
 Heaven-'nyw and always, till death and g through ets~nfty-nay wifees.-AC ACliisago
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