Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-14
The Lover and
the Husband

| emblematical of their two lives.
| Lovers. Oh, yes-Or why was mel
cheek stained red as the roses sleep
ing within reach of her fingers, which
| were locked in the mans palm? lie
tried to speak, but his voice was chok
ed by emotion. This was their good
| by.
The woman raised her eyes, her lips
and the anguish of parting was forgot
ten in the ecstasy of long embrace.
Il shall remember" she whispered
always! You and l have been more
than all the world to each other-you
and T."
These three words were repeated In
| lingering accents that faltered ano
ended in a sigh.
Stay" he answered passionately
Life is only an hour; take all that II
can give while love is in your soul. TO
morrow the summer may be over the
flowers will slirivel up, and we snail
be old"
And age spells death" murmured
the woman, with a shudder.
The man gazed rapturously at the
beauty of her face. How pure 1t look
ed in the pale light! What mask
what mockery!
Yet, good or evil, he loved her, and
the fragrance of the summer night was
creeping into his very being; every
thing spoke Of hitherto undreamed
possibilities.
why must you go?" he asked fierce
ly. you have no tie in New York!
Your home? Bah. What is wOmans
home before she marries? Stay and
be my wife
The woman withdrew her fingers
and passed them over her brow.
The grass was wet with dew, and
there were drops of agony upon hel
forehead
One word broke hoarsly from hel
lips: "No!"
IF you love me, why in the name OF
But she clasped her hands, entreat
ing silence.
ASK me no explanations. Would
that | had never come to lose my soul
in yours. l return tomorrow, it is in
evitable-I have two things to seek.
Heaven only knows if l shall find
them"
WHAT" he questioned.
Rest and repentance"
AS she spoke she broke away, rush
ed wildly on till the shadows hid her
white-gowned figure and she was lost
in mystery.
The following day she departed and
the man saw her no more.
He only treasured a few parched
rose leaves and her address in New
York city.
But the fire of love burned still in
his soul, and at last he wrote to the
woman who had said NO"
Il must follow you"-he penned the
lines feverishly-"to your home, dear,
est, and plead again for the love you
once gave and afterward denied. Re
member your own words: We have
been all the world to each other-yOu
and l. Telegraph me the single sylla.
BILE Come and as fast as the cars will
bring me will come to kneel at yOul
feet"
A woman was lying dead, with
roses white and yellow in her hands
She was beautiful in death as in life
She had found what she sought-rest
and repentance!
Beside her still image sat her hus
band, his head bent and one hand
stretched across his face, hiding the
awful expression thereon. But the
veins on that sinewy hand seemed
bursting through the flesh, while his
parted lips were dry and bloodless.
Between his trembling fingers he
held a letter. addressed to his dead
wife in her maiden name. He had only
| just opened it.
The mornings mail made the cold
| form of marble beauty horrible in his
eyes. Vengeance was turning his SOU
| to gall, mingled with the intense ieal
| ousy of the bereaved.
He shall follow her to her home,
he muttered, crumpling her lovers
letter with suppressed passion.
Then he wrote the telegram
Come"
Two men stood face to face. A low
er and a husband
One with hope in his heart the 9th
err maddened by his wrongs.
You have come for my wife" he
said slowly. She Is not here, bu
you shall go to her.
| The lover staggered back and fel
heavily with a groan to the earth.
| Only cloud of smoke rose between
his body and the woman's husband.
No horror crept through the muir
derer's veins.
They are together now," he said
Gin the land of falsehood and treach
cry. Let them love there If they cant
Two days later the police received
detailed account of the crime, writer
by the slayers hand, telling then
where to find the murdered man.
You need not seek for me-" h,
wrote, in conclusion. Il have gon,
where no one will discover me. Jus
tice has been done, and that is enough
| -"
Here the writing ceased abruptly
and the two men the woman had dc