Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-15
CHAPTER xxx.
The Grave of Memory.

placed in so strange and terrible a
position as she was then!
The man she loved had stepped In
between her and her husband, ano
surrendered rank and wealth fer hei
sake-for pure love of her-and she
was alone with him!
All through the trying scene she
had remained silent and downcast,
leaving her fate in the hands OF the
man who loved her, trusting to him
implicitly and wholly.
She sank now onto rock, ex-
hausted and bewildered. too be
wildered to feel anything but humble
gratitude to him who had stood before
her as buckler and a shield against her
husband. who had confessed himself
base and vile.
But Arthur Carr-Lyon was her hus-
band. after all was said and done, and
how would the world look upon her
conduct?
What was to become of her? She
had not friend in the world ex-
cepting Lady Warner and she, Kate
knew, Hdu lelb OdAuioiu 'h"' '"S
for the Riviera.
To whom should she go? Where
should she find shelter?
The same question was flashing
through Desmond's mind.
He had saved her from her husband
from the man who was coward
enough to revenge himself upon her
hnf H.
fiicted upon him; but he had now 10
protect her fair name. her honor; ano
both would be lost ii he allowed her
to remain under his charge!
And yet to part with her! The
thought was an agony beyond all
power of description.
He paced up and down for a while,
glancing at her now and again as she
sat patiently waiting for his decision
looking at her with the intense sad
ness OF longing and despair.
Then, presently, he went ana
touched her hand.
you are not afraid, Kate?" he said,
in low voice.
Afraid? No" she answered, look
ing up at him for a moment, then
dropping her heavy lids.
"1cu are safe from him. he said,
in low voice, for the present, a,
any rate. But for the future"
lie stopped. Why could he not keep
her near him. or follow her like a
shadow. protecting and guarding herr
Ii was a moment of delirious tempta'
ton, but he put it from him.
Have you any plans-any thought
of what you will do? Forgive me
dearest. but | must think for you! .
he added, tenderly.
mo, have no plans. / do no,
know where to 60" she said. Lady
Waner-she was my friends
abroad. | have no one else" and her
lips quivered as she thought OF her
father who ought to have been her
friend and protector in this awful
crisis. Il must so somewhere. / can
not 10 back to him." she added, al
most inaudibly.
No he said. almost sternly; Il
think death would be Preferable"
Yes" she assented, her eyes fash.
ing for a moment. but must so
somewhere. | will go back to Lon
don"
ITO London, Alone?" he said. al
most with a groan. What can you
do there. alone-you, who know moth
ing of life and its hardships and
cruelties?"
IL must learn to live alone" she
said. bitterly. Thousands of girls
of womer-no older than l have to do
sd Why not |. too?"
He passed his hand slowly across
his brow.
you don't know what you say
what such a life means" he said. 1T
means-"
He stopped, overcome by the
mental picture that his words called
up,
"oh, Kate! oh. my darling, If We
could but move time back for forty
eight hours"
do not reproach met" she said,
humhly
He bent over her with infinite com
passion.
Reproach you!" he murmursd
mo. no, There is no room in my
heart for reproach; it is too fun of
love! Too full of pity for you. and
MYSELF"
She looked at him. with eyes heavy
with tears, then rose.
II must go" she said. do not
keep me-" for he had taken her hand
desperately. and held 1t in a firm
grasp.
But where?" he said.
Anywhere, The world is wide" she
answered. Anywhere from him. and
from-'she stopped and sighed
From me. | understand Yes, il
must be so, l must think of you and
your good name before all, must
not give him an excuse for blaekening
you before the world. Your good
name"
He stopped, unable TO continue.
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