Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-09-20

what the ignominy of this moment
has cost me-nor how we'll | love you.
| come of race of men who pursue
their hearts desire through fire and
water. Obstacles are nothing; the
end is everything. In Europe should
have won, in honor or in dishonor.
But this American people, do not
quite understand them; and that Is
why I have played the villain to no
purpose"
He paused. and sad bitter smile
played over his face.
"Mademoiselle,' he continued.
"henceforth, wherever I may go, your
face and the sound OF your voice shall
abide with me. | do not ask you to
forget, but | ask you to forgive"
Again he paused.
She uttered no sound
'Well, one does not forget nor for
give these things in so short a time.
And, after ALL it was your fathers
folly. Fate threw him across my path
at a critical moment-but | had reck-
oned without you. Your father is a
brave man, for he has the courage to
offer himself TO the law; l have the
courage to give you up I, too, am a
soldier; I recognize the value of re-
treat" To Warburton he said: "a
groom, hostler, to upset such plans
as these! do not know who you are,
sir, nor how to account for your time
ly and peculiar appearance. But I
fully recognize the falseness of your
presence here. Eth, WELL this is what
comes of race prejudice, the senseless
battle which has always been ard al
ways will be waged between the noble
and the peasant Had l observed you
at the proper time, our positions might
relatively have been changed. Useless
retrospection" To Annesley; "Sir,
we are equally culpable. Here is this
note of yours. 1 might, as a small
contribution toward righting the COM
parative wrong which have done you,
| might cast it into the fire. But be-
tween gentlemen, situated as we are,
the act would be as useless as it would
be impossible. l might destroy the
note, but you would refuse to accept
such generosity at my hands,-which
is we'll"
What you say is perfectly true"
The colonel drew his daughter closer
to him.
49," went on the count, putting
the note in his pocket, tomorrow l
shall have my ducats."
MY bank will discount the note"
said the colonel, with a proud look;
my Indebtedness shall be paid in full"
CAS- I have not the slightest doubt.
Mademoiselle, fortune ignores you but
temporarily; misfortune has brushed
only the hem of your garment, as
it were Do not let the fear of
poverty alarm you,"-lightly. 81
prophesy a great public future for
you. And when you play that
Largo of Handel's, to a breathless
audience, who knows that I may not
be hidden behind the curtain of some
stall, drinking in the heavenly sound
made by that loving bow? Ro-
nance enters every human beings
life; like love, and hate, it is primitive.
But to every book fate writes finis."
He thrust the bank notes careless1y
into his coat pocket, and walked slowly
toward the hallway. At the threshold
he stopped and looked back. The girl
could not resist the magnetism of his
dark eyes. She was momentarily fasci-
mated, and her heart beat painfully.
"If only might go with the memory
Of your forgiveness" he said
81 forgive YOU"
Thank you" Then Karloff reso-
lutely proceeded; the portiere fell
behind him. Shortly after she heard
the sound of closing doors, the rattle of
a carriage and then all became still.
Thus the handsome barbarian passed
from the scene.
The colonel resumed his chair his
arm propped on knee and his head
bowed in his hand. Quickly the girl
fell to her knees, hid her face on his
breast, and regardless of the groom's
presence, silently wept.
my poor child" faltered the col
onel. God could not have intended
to give you so wretched father. Pow
erty and dishonor, poverty and dis
honor; l who love you so we'll have
brought you these."
Warburton, biting his trembling lips,
tiptoed cautiously to the window, op-
ened it and stepped outside. He raised
his fevered face gratefully to the icy
rain. A great and noble plan had come
to him.
As Mrs. Chadwick said, love is mag
nificent only when 1t gives all without
uIInction