The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-05-19
COVERED WITH TEARS.

But let your highness remember this.
he loved me before he loved you, anc
he will love me afterwards; anC
though he wed you with every cere
mony. and all the blessings of tho
church, yet, in the eye Of God, it is
who shall be his wife"
She ceased, ana again the two WON.
en- gazed silently at one another, as
though each sought TO read the 9th.
er's thoughts. This time it was the
! Princess who broke the silence.
Yes, If | marry him." she STAN,
chance and changed her tone.
IF you marry him." she echoed
| quickly. Then 1t is not certain I!
Then there is still room for me to
hope? Be merciful, Princess. AS you
are strong, be merciful. Let me kneel
to you. and beg you. and implore you
to give me back my lover"
And she suited the action to the
word. and Cell upon her knees, and
seized the Princess hand, and covered
Rise. rise, mademoiselle. 1t pains
me that you should kneel to me-" said
the Princess, and the actress stood up
and played her final card.
You think he does not love me?
You think it is | who am foolishly in.
fatuated? Then read this-this letter
that came to me from him this very
morning. Read it, and if you can
truthfully tell me that he has ever
written you letter such as that, then
will confess that he has played me
false"
She plucked the letter from her
bosom, pressed her lips to it, and
placed it in the Princess hands. The
Princess took ii from her and. stand.
ing near the window, read it through
with scalding tears coursing down her
cheeks.
Sweetheart" it began. though |
know that | am to see you soon, |
shall write to you every day. And
yet have nothing TO tell you except
that | think of you always while /
wake, and dream Of you always when
sleep, and that every hour that /
spend with you seems but a minute
and that every hour that | spend away
from you seems an age. oh! how
love you, and how | love to think that |
your love is equal to my own"
There were several pages OF pas /
sionate words. Tt, Princess never /
had known before that real love let |
ters existed outside he story books.
Princess" said the actress, pres. /
emily. in a soft and duplicating voice,
Princess. will you not give me back /
my lover?"
He is not mine TO give" said the
Princess, choking rack the threaten.
ing sobs He is yours; he has been
always yours"
The actress knelt to kiss her hand
in gratitude and the Princess contin.
ued:
Yours is real love. such love as
have never known. but hope to know
some day. No act OF mine shall hin.
der such a love as that Keep him
and be happy. ] shall write to him
and tell him that his duty is to make
you happy. Good-by. Perhaps you
ian guess now why | came to see
gou."
And. with that. she stopped and
Kissed the actress on the cheek.
And the Princess kept her word.
Il shall not marry you she wrote.
I do not wish it. and you In your
leart Of hearts wish 1t even less
four duty is to another. and by mar.
wing her You VIII win greater happi.
less than / can ever give you"
That was her last word TO him. but
When Europe was scandalized by the
Jews of the quiet wedding in the Up
le village on the Riviera. she sent 4
geddlng present to the bride. &c prove
y her that she bore no malice.