Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-08

/ last two words.
She laughed mockingly.
"And you think I could endure that
it shouh be so, In an hours time I
will go to every man and women I
know, and tell them all know now"
"And it would be useless he said
gently and firmly do you think /
have not thought this matter out?
Yesterday, when | learned-just too
late, too late.-that-that 1 had lost
you, do you think that l did not guess
that you might learn the truth, and
what you would do? And | made my
resolution. l vowed that no power,
on earth should persuade me to take
the title from HIM"
you cannot help yourself" she
said, swiftly, recklessly. LAS / have
said, so l will act-the whole world
shall know who is the righrful earl
"And the whole world cannot force
me to take that which l refuse.
Listen, ah, liseten, and be patient
with me! From this day until l die
remain Clifford Raven"
you cannot do that" she broke in.
with gesture of impatience.
Can L not?" he said, gently and
sadly. Kate, there was once man
who set his heart upon gaining a
treasure he knew was hidden in the
heart of a desert. For years he had
planned and schemed and toiled over
his secret desire. He set out on his
search. For months he traversed the
dreary, scorching plain, and at last
he found the hidden treasure, the prize
for which he sought; but the dis
covery came to him as he was dying
of hunger and thirst, and the sight of
the glittering heap only increased
his torture. He thrust it from him,
and with his last breath-he cursed
it.! The old title, the wealth of the
Carr-Lyon, has come to me tco late,
and | thrust it from nc, could curse
1t, but that henceforth it shall be
yours"
Never, neyer!" she cried, tears
running down her face. You cannot.
The law will not let you, and to the
law will 60"
He sighed.
mo law can make a man accept
that which he is resolved to disclaim.
No man can make me admit that 1
am Desmond Carr-Lyon! Desmond
Carr-Lyon died years ago"
She wrung her hands, for she saw
that he had guessed her fathers
share in the villainy.
He died years ago, and you CANNOT
prove that he is alive again! 1t is
better So" he said, in low voice.
| had the title it would but in
crease my misery. Here, in this
solitude, can forget, in my daily
work. all I have lost I may even.
please Heaven, learn, to forget-you!
All, mel" he sighed mot that!
shall never forget you, Kate, never!
You will always come before me as
saw you that night in the lane,
when"
He drew something from his breas,
and put it to his lips.
1t was more than she could endure
more than any woman, placed as
she was, could endure.
With a cry of agony she flung her.
self at his feet.
"Oh, what have l done?" she walled
IF had but waited! Oh, have pit,
on me! | was mad-mad. oh, my
love, my love!"
He stood and looked down at her,
trembling in every limb.
His heart seemed full to bursting.
At his feet knelt the woman he loved,
in al her beauty. in all the abandon
of reciprocal passion.
He was but man, and for the mo.
ment he fell.
Kate, my love. my darlingi" broke
his lips. and he bent and caught her
in his arms, lifted her to his breast.
and kissed the tear-stained face ano
warm, quivering lips. ut is not too
late, See, / am here! You are in my
arms! love you! love you You
shall not leave me! You shall stay
with me, We will go away together
always together! You and I against
all the world! My love. my queen"
With faltering hand he put the hail
from her forehead and kissed her,
pressing her face to his breast, and
murmuring hot and passionate words
of love and devotion.
Don't cry, my darling, Look up.
and let me see your eyes, See,
dearest, l am with you; you and l
against all the world, Tell me that
you love me, Kate! Tell me wano
to hear your dear voice whisper it,"
Il love you love you," she muir,
INJURED. carried away by the storm of
his passion, by her own o'erbriming
heart. Il love you, You are my
master-help me. tell me what to do.
Yes. l love you!" and she raised her
face to his and kissed him,
Blame her. oh. moralist. If you will,
r for she and he were blameable
. Heaven knows; but before you throw
| the stone think well of the misery
t which had befallen them; remember
| their love, and their sorrow. and their
, despair: and let him or her who has
, suffered as they had suffered. and been