The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1910-02-10

And loved me an her lifc the
old man broke out "Nefer had mar .
love IKE hers viii haf C said
viii haf Il said that she loved me .
always and always. and | loved her
always, with AL my hearth
ayes. said Helena Won Rita, :
"they two loved each other, even a.
they were So here am I. born Of
that love-
Now we an sat silent for a time
"That birth was at my fathers ea :
tates. RESUMED the same even
mcrciless voice After some short .
time az travels they returned 10 tbs :
estates and. yes. there ! was born
hall noble. hall peasant and then :
there began the most cruel thlpE :
the world has ever known.
@The mobiles OF The court and 81 .
the country an around began Co
make existence hideous for nay :
neither The aglstoCracy. ingu.tcd
h. the rcpublleanism 81 these youne !
noolemen. made lifc a bell for the :
most gentla woman nf Hungary
An. they found new ways 20 make !
her suffer They allowed her 90 :
share ia my fathers estates al
lowed her 60 appear with him when .
he eauid prevail upon her 90 DO SO. !
Then they twitted and tainted her
and Knocked her IN an the deyilish ,
WAYS 81 their claas she was more
beautiful than ans courf beauty II
them all and they hated her for I
that She had 4 good mind aud
they hated her for that She had a .
faithful loyal heart and they hated .
her for that
Hut your father resented this
She nodded Duel after duel he
fought man after mqn he killed
thanks 10 his love Tor her and bis !
mauhood He would not release
what he loved lie would not allow
bis elass to separate him from his I
choice But The women All be
could not fight them SO have
hated women. and made war an !
them an my life Ny father couid
not pincafs his Emperor SO. in
short. that scientific experiment
ended To misery and met
The room had grown DINNER
The sun wss sinkiuk az she talked
bfFAE was MNNH|fAAHH NHNNhH ANH ~ 2
long time before she spoke again
In tine thea. my father irfi hi ,
estates and went out 20 q small
place Ia che country. but ms
mother her heart vas broken. .
Malice pursued her Those eho
were called supeFiora would not
let her alone See. he weeps. mY Z
father a. he thinks OF these things
There vas cause. then. 70 weep .
For TWO years. they tell inc mY :
mother wepi Then she died She
gave me a baby to her friend. a
woman of her villaEe-Th
Maxoff You have seen her She .
has been my nother ever since :
she mas been the sole guardian
have had all my life She has not .
been able 10 do with me as she /
would have liked
You do not live al your own
home with your father ! asked
For a time. ! grew up But
my father ! think was permanent. ,
~ shocked By the loss Of the wom.
an be had loved and whom he had .
brought into al this cruelty. She .
had been 40 iovahle. 50 beautiful
she was so beautiful. my moth
err So they sent me away To !
France. to the schools grew up.
! presume. proof IN part OF the 81. !
ceiiencc Of my fathers theory
They told me that I was a beautiful ,
animal"
The contempt. the seorn. the
pathos the whole tragedy Of her !
voice and bearing were such as I
can not set down on paper. and
such az ] scarce could endure to I
hear Never IN my iife before have
felt such pity for human be.
Ing. never so much desire to do
what J might IN sheer com assion.
But nov. how clear II all became
70 me- could understand many
strange things about the character
Of this singular woman. her Whims.
her unaccouniable moods. her
seeming oarelessnsss. yet withal
her dignity and sweetness and air
of breeding above all her mysteri-
BUSINESS. Let others judge her for
themselves. There was only long.
ing la my heart that I might find
some word Of comfort What could
comfort her? Was not life. indeed.
for her 70 remain perpetual trag
edy7
But. madam" said 7. al length.
you must not wrong your father
and your mother and yourself
Those two loved each other dev0t
eddy Well. what mOre2 You are
the result Of a happy marriage
You are beautiful, you are splendid.
BY that reason"
Perhaps Even when was six
teen. | was beautiful" she unused
Il have heard rumors Of that. But
! say 10 You that then I was only
a beautiful animal Also I was a
vicious animal / had IN my heart
all the malice which ms mother
never spoke felt On my soul the
wish 90 iniure women. 20 punish
men, 10 torment them to make
them pay To act even those
balances Of torture Oh, that was
my ambition had not forgotten
that when ! first met you. when \,
first heard Other the woman
whom you love. whom already IN
your savage, strong way you have
wedded-the woman whose vows I
spoke with her-i-l Helena Won
RITZ, with history such as minei"
Father. father she turned 10
him swiftly rlsegoi i can not
nov speak before you. Leave as
alone until I CALI"
Obedieni as though he had been
the child and she the parent. the
old man rose and tOttered feeblyl
from The room
There are things a woman can
not cay IN the presence Of parent"
she said, turning 20 me- Her face
tHilched II takes an my bravery