The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-10-01

my ear aiOue- 1 cOulu recall the mo-
ment he passed me his word and his
firm look as he said, with his hand
lifted to heaven: You have been good
to me and given me your precious self
while was poor and nobody. In re-
turn / swear to keep our marriage a
secret till great success shows rue to
be worthy of you or till you with your
own lips express forgiveness OF my
failure and grant me leave to speak.
Nothing but death or your permission
shall ever unseal my lips When /
heard that he was dead 1 feared lest
he might have spoken, but now that 1
had seen him alive knew that in no
other breast save his, my own and
| that of the unknown minister in an al
most unknown town dwelt any knowl-
| edge of the fact which stood between |
me and the marriage which all these
people had come here to see. My con-
| fidence in his rectitude determined me. |
| Without conscious emotion, without
fear e-en-th ending of suspense had
ended all that told the boy to seat
the gentleman in the library Then
ITO turn and turn a miserable crank
after those moments of frenzied action
and silence-that was the hard part
that was what tried my nerve and first
robbed me of calmness. But I dared
not leave that fearful thing dangling
there; had to wind. The machinery
squeaked and its noise seemed to fill
the house, but no one came nor did the
door below open. Sometimes / have
wished that it had 1 should not then
have been lured on, and you would not
have become involved in my ruin
afraid of failing in courage. Ishall have
, the pistol tied to me; this will make it
seem inevitable to use it. Oh, that the
,, next twenty-four hours could be blot
ted out of time Such horror cannot
be. was born for joy and gayety, yet
+ no dismal depth Of misery and fear has
been spared me! But all on account OF
my own act. do not accuse God; dc
! not accuse man; 1 only accuse myself
/ and my thoughtless grasping after
pleasure.
3 IT want Cora to read this as well as
you She must know me dead as she
g never knew me living. But 1 cannot
J. tell her that j have left a confession
8 behind me. She must come upon i
u Unexpectedly, just as 1 mean you to do
y Only thus can it reach either of yoJ
|
r of some excuse for sending her to tn
70 book where l propose to hide it. Tha
"a would give her a chance OF reading
10 before you do, and this would be best
ID She may know how to prepare or CON
Il, fort you'll hope so. Cora is nobl
I'd woman, but the secret which kept m
thoughts in such a whirl has held u
OF apart.
mr. rhof II cd
e- place for Raucher's waiter in the vo
ng unteer corps. Surprised as you were 6
be the interest i expressed in him, 20
1t honored my first request and said mott
ne ing. Would you have shown the san
vn anxious eagerness if you had know
en- why 1 whispered those few words
ell, him from the carriage door, why
be- could neither rest nor sleep till he al
re- the other boy were safely out of tow
ed .'I must leave line for you to sho
E a to people If they wonder why I KILL
r l myself so soon after my seeming
i'm happy marriage. You will find it
adj the same book with this letter. Son
on one will tell you to look in the book
ups 1 cannot write any more.
an. 1T cannot help writing. 1t is all tn
led connects me now with life and wi
yer except forgive forgive
ing .Do you think that God looks at
d / wretched ones differently from WI
vay men do? That he will have tenderns
of for one so sorry-that he will ev
sier find place But my motner is tue
nth my father, Oh that makes it fear
the to go-to meet-but 1t was my Iatl
ess. who led me into this-only he did
| rr1 I
laid God.
not "Goodby-goodby--g
the That was all. 1t ended, as 1t beg
without name and without date
ont final heart throbs of soul awakel
the to its own act when II was quite
lare. a piteous memorial which dat
de- ed each one of us as we read II,
when finished drew us all together
o in the hall out Of the sight and hearing
o To the two persons most intimately {
few cerned in 1t.
that Possibly because all had one thou
,eiv "a thrilling one, which the major
rider the first to give utterance to;
Gin 1.-THE man she killed was buried
, the der the name of Wallace. How's t
fort II he was her husband. william z
me An officer we had not before ~
when was standing near tne iroh. uooi-
here. came FORWARD at tnis anu Pi"ee
-et second telegram in the superintende
Won hand. 1t was from the same so
onse as the one previously received and
/. will peared to settle this very question
then Il have just learned that the
No FOL married was not the one who
e-rol store I'm Owosso. but his brother
man liam. who afterward died In Klon'