Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-03-17

ard snmmoning all my pnas<noe o<
mind. cooliy directed him a &fe spot.
| did not n what had h4npenre.
nor did ! dare retS-u. In ~ tc6rniug
l learned al. when H. grief &syoar
situation ara renaorse for my acE
prompted me to confess, but my cow
! ardice overcoming his tnpu&e, Sper-
suaded myself hat you could not fait
TO prove YOUR Innocence. and That n
Heed NOT suffer for my Iced \ there
fore returned 10 Paris. ~ knew X
had been IN England. l had notsgiven
my name at the hotel. and Fassured
myself i should never he suspected.
~On reaching Paris I Immediately
started for Brindisi. whence < teIe-
graphe6 10 you. The dassardiy part (
had played Ia permitting ycu 10 bear
the blame, followed hut again and
could and must be proved without my
confession. And then I hoped that now
being free YOU might give me- the love
IL had been my lifelong deaire To OBJ
saia. So when the woman Mex21 APP
peared | felt convinced the blame
might be shifted ON her husband. wha
| suppose had returned 20 bis Swn
country, where he would probably new
er be found. And this hope proving
false. Bostock's confession assured me
you need not suffer nor 4 confess
Imagine then my despair on ffsd-
ing . would not believe hiii guilty
that you would have his confession
! proved. and that YOU fosc1 hins.
hated him for the noble example hs
had set me ARA because ha n sue
ceeded where l had failed M Whining
your love. All this drove lnes mad, snd
l said such words 10 ynu an I wouId
now give all the world 90 have left
tn&Mt4 rHfomRa ~ A anxtm 40 &{49n 49,
ond operation and his recovery when
! resolved To GET YOU and hisu fres
from all imputattons OF &HtiI ~ ray
confession. and then to esans the dts
grace and punishment I have mol the
courage to face,
Il know my life has heeft u waste.
and ] feel it might nave Been ether
wise, but 1 loved pleasure too mach
and tasted happiness too li&tk, Tor the
happiness l sought in my youth IswaS
never able TO gain. see now the fault
was wholly mine. for had my b for
you been great. and strcng, AMI nozzle.
IL would not have failed 10 VIII your
own. l have brought froubfts sarrow.
and dissTave upon You, and ntr1e as
deserve your forgiveness \ hope yoa
will not refuse II, made. as X ks. IN this
my last hour.
BE mercifuL. and pardon me. - the
last request az one who, tfsouEh he has
ANtVt1 WiNttkC1 IHas WIVES KR& WIN ~
deeper and better love thans Ne has
ever felt before. | die m the belief
y0a will not withhold II from -nse. Fare-
well, dear Oiive. farewell 10 bless
you now and forever
He read through the letter.. whkeh he
carefully sealed. andthep. fhsst Ks might
reach her without fail next mnfpln8.
he went out n dropped "a int0 =
nsighboring istler box. Aa VA feA With
a thud into the receptacle. jt sAe1ned
al IL he had seaIed his taef. Feeling
his way through the depss fog. he re-
gained his study and them sat klnwn t.
write q second confession, giving the
necessary details which ysonka prove
the truth or his assertion. EhlS whicb4
was Intended for the public, he d&fectef
10 George Eoris.
Everything WAS done now xaye the
most important OF all, hut ftem thisN
he did not finch; ali preparations had
been made. From "a drawer n HRS desk
he took a bottle OF chlorofoem, and held
IL between him and the light There
was more han sufficient there to send
him into a sleep from which in this
life there could be no awakening. He
thought it strange he hould feeh ~
calm and collected now. IN contrast to-
the disturbance he had suffered before
finally resolving TO seek death.
: The strong udor OF the drug nearly
intoxicated him as he raised " to hia
lips and then sat IL down onGe more,
lest he had left undone anything which
he might remember and wished to doA
when IL was too hate. No. nOthfng had !
been forgotten. and with regret he rec
ognized that there Was nothing To de-
lay his last moments. He look the
bottle again, lifted Ii slowly. then with
a sudden effort boldly swallowed it's
contents. His life had now practically
come TO an end; the drug must soon
begin 10 paralyze his brain.
As he passed a mirror he started at
his reflection ~ though he had seen ii
phantom. Then he deliberately looked
into the glass at the face whicn d little
time hence would Dear small se,nAiance
TO its present aspect. He could mot
help recognizing that il was sQmely.
while his rounded throat aud broad
shoulders showed strength. Ahd he
remembered how women had srnAad on
him, how men had welcomed him. how
readily friendship had been extended
10 him, how the world had been Il
pleasant place TO him, the world he
wa voluntarily quitting.
He crossed the room to q couch ora
which he flung himself, thinking now
of Olive and OF the surprise which
awaited herM NEXT
would ave gone--where? He closed
his eyes YEARLY, and presently opened
them without being able 90 keu how
long they had been shut. and all un-
willing TO lose a moment OF the con-
seriousness that was left to him. Olive
would surely feel sorry. n h would
forgive n pity him, and remember
him when Others forgot. "A warm.
soothing feeling was passing through
his veins: he felt himself stalking
through an abyss OF darkness. and then
suddenly started TO ;yakefnslesa az IL
he had received a shock.
And now came the terrible con-
seriousness that he was going to his
death, that nothing cosid save hiin,
that he could retain his fading senses
no longer.
Then he became absorbed into dark
ness. silent. yet surging as IT, with hid
den life-a s~uffocating and appalling
darkness through which he Sunk down.
and down. and down to death.
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