The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-08-17

such doubts are dispelled by the faci
that Mr.. Ferrars is shortly 10 b,
married 10 charming lady who
lie heard a knocking at the hal
| door below. And then a vo.ce-low
clear, sad. A womans voice: the
voice that had answered him not al
hour ago-Lotties voice. Here,
lie stumbled across. He hao
| heard the maid answer that Mr.. Fer.
( rars was al home. He stood rooted
hand 10 his forehead. staring out
Was il real? Should he wake
/ presently in sweat 10 find himseli
still upon the ocean liner? For
| door on that lower landing had
| opened. and Ferrars' pale. clear-cut
| face looked out. Ferrars. unconscious
of his return 10 the house, had been
| in that other room all the. while
And Ferrars had called anxiously
| down.
Miss Haynes, is it, Why, dear,
what has brought you here? What
! is the matter? ] was not we'll
/ night. How strange you look, Come
this way-sit down-tell me-you
! must
Flat TO the wall the listening man
I shuddered back as Ferrars leapet
! up the stairs, sprang in. set the gas
! blazing, and reached out for n chair
'No-no,' II was the same dear
voice, but trembling and somehow
different; it went through Dams
brain with strange thrill. Il coulC
! not rest was going straight or
! 10 the theatre TO find you" She
! paused. Framed there in the door.
way SO close she seemed TO strain
her hands together.
He is back" came her whisper
'Ile is back in England--in London!
| He was seen only this afternoon.
He went to my old address, some one
told me. He looked i'll and troubled
| No, no-let me think
Archie l can't can't he your wife
| yet. think OF him still must
whatever he has done, however faith.
| less he may have been to me out
! there. You don't know; you couldn't
understand a woman's heart. oh
| il would break If ! thought he had
come back TO realize the love he had
thrown away-come back to find me
another mans promised WIFE ]
wrote that letter. Yes, you made
me; but something told me that q
true woman would have waited to
know from HIS own lips that he had
| met woman he loved better. I
have lived in agony, and ] wouldn't
tell you you had won my promise
when all seemed SO dark and bitter. 3"
| "Lottie." IL broke In a moan
| from Dams lips. "Lottie, He If
here! Yes; here for love OF you"
lie stood there. his shaking arms
put out All was silence. The cry
in her throat seemed to be frozen
Ferrars, his friend, had reeled back
| and covered away as from dc
scending death-blow. Only his lips
worked soundlessly as Dan Joyce
took his second step, his finger
pointing, his voice suddenly strong
and calm.
Il know. know now. What
have you done? What have you
written, 10 blacken my struggling
| life in her eyes? What part was IT
YOU played to-night-you. the actor
as the last vile resource of man
| in extremity? The part that that
| paper says you play with such rare
success
There was no answer. He waited
for none. He turned his voice going
soft. "Lottie, The light has come
heaven meant this to happen. An
hour more and | should have lost
| you-lost you TO this man who has
sunk himself body and soul TO win
| you away in my absence-this man
who could veil himself I'm angels uni.
| form as a nurse-aS your own self.
! TO crush me with q lie, You never
doubted me; you were blinded, as
[ was blinded tonight, by the genius
OF william"
You wrote" came the weak
! breath in that pause Her filmed
eyes looked past at a something too
deep TO be understood You wrote
twice, saying that You wished TO re-
lease me. was crushed; ] had NO
one TO turn TO. And yet-and yet
oh. Dam"
Come 10 me" he whispered ut
| Is all dawning now. ] never wrote
| that. Ny real letters have not
reached you. Look lie has played
many parts, trusting that ] should
never come back In time; but TO.
night he has played his last. Come
20 me, Lottie, Only believe, and
love will bring the light"
Next moment he stood in the grip
Of happiness that paid for all
Two soft hands had framed his face;
a slight breast heaved against bis
own; trembling figure was locked
within his arms, and he knew for
| certainty that woman's love, once
| given. can never be taken away In
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