Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-11-17

A shaIf truth then A suppression OF
something "A something done or per-
mitted by Alexis-a something not to
he recalled. What is done is done.
No prayers or tears orr agonies can
wipe it out Boa Had Alexis used the
words sherwould have, made an !, easy
discount of, them. She had told him
that morning that he estimated
everything His whole nature was
exaggefative e His 4 joys and 33griefs
were notg like the joys and griefs aof
other people. But Aloysius was i'll q
man who weighed his words, and the
more she pondered ION them, and on
the waycir which4they had been spok-
zen. gthe2 more serious stheyi seemed
h Alexis had laidua burden on him
/ self What burden?f2 IL was8hisE aklng
that burden on himself which .t1aq
given his cousin a bitter grief winch
b he must carry to the grave She dared
mot think Of what the whole trend Iof
that brief interview had seemed ito
HIhint. At last she could bear her own
thoughts no longer, and betaking her
self to her escritoire she wrote IN
living haste a letter of appeal 70
Alexis: - !.
"You must come to me at once. l
cannot endure myself until have
seen YOU, and have freed myself from
d dreadful fear which has fallen on
me. i have seen Alloy sius, and - his 81
count of the reason for the miserable ga
division which has come between5.you
Il so absolutely different from your
own that i am filed with dread and
wonder You have done something or
allowed something to be done wh al p
has caused him grief which ne ga says
he must carry to the grave. It s. has
nothing to do with any suspicious on you
may have permitted yourself TO nurse ~
with regard to him. It is nothing IN
the nature of an injury to himself 1t
is something which can never be "a un-
done, something which creates bur
den Won have laid upon yourself. !
use his words, 1t is not I who am
in1placable. Not God himself can
call back yesterday Alexis, you
must not leave me to my thoughts
They will drive me mad. Indeed,
am half-distracted as I write. 4 can
dream of nothing which will explain
it all. There is something YOU regret
so much that it seems to break your
heart. But it is not the thing you
made it seem to me. Come to me,
Alexis. Come and tell me all. am
your promised wife and I have "a right
to YOU'D complete confidence, yourrafuli
and undivided trust. For PHYS sake
Alexis, come to me- Do not delay an
hour ae1f 4ahra EuE vgar 3a 1@l@aFas
Again she signed and sealed and
again she summoned the man who had
done her errand to- A4oyslus carrier
in the lday5 He was too well trained
TO betray surprise; but her manner ana
this hurried correspondence seemed TO
bespeak something out of the common
+ "frake this to Mr.. Brangwyn,s cham
bers instantly, she saidrs Wait Tor
an answer and send awire to me tell
inc me what it is aas9 soon as you re-
ceive It," J9eqtp lt3 ~ colt 2" @.#f
Eyes. Miss Lillian" he answered, and
o1llv a minute later she saw him ca
reenfrg down the avenue upon his lbi-
cycle on his way to the railway sta
ton. A little later yet she heard the
whistle of the approaching train
The indoor air seemed to choke her,
and she walked into the pleasance,
striving to escape from her thoughts.
They logged her in her >shodow, and
she scarcely dared to give them house
room. Size feared-she feared-and
that was allGshe knew But a great
threatening cloud hung over ',.f her, with
hints of thunder in it., It could not
burst and reveal the. terror it held I'M
til her her messengers return. Only one
thing she knew for, certain. Alexis
had deceived her and he had some
good and sufficient cause for his lis. du-
plicity-somethin with which he had
not dared to trust her .va,4 j
,..@aax ITO Be continued,) .a