The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-02-25

srsiion II essape. ialiefed and pressed. no,
the fatal button, hut hls heart.
tine impulsise act an the part al NJ
man had aNelihruMn all the line SPAN plans
1T ~. subllesi spirit that ever attempted Ia
work IT, will IN the face al Ted aud man,
Hut | dld not think Of this then. ! ihi
mol even b.sioa a lhoagls, npnn the mar
IoNn.ss II our -seape, ~ the pIiee which
the darling ol my heart might b- called
nIoh 10 Ia, for this supreme act Of self
defence, Ny mind, my heart. my interest
serv With Felix, ia whom III. hoafnees ui
death had called up all that vas strongest
ani most commanding ia his strong aud
commanding spirit,
Though struck To the heart, he had not
fallen, Il was a. II the viii had sustained
him through thirty yesn oi mental iufiur
held him erect silll. that he might give hsr
| Eva, onr look, the lk. ii which | had ney
~ seen on mortal face, and which wlll neV
90 have my heart nr hcrs until We die
| Then ~ he saw her sink shudderinsly down
and the delicate woman reappear IN let
pallld and shrunken figure, he turned hi.
eyes on ~. and ! saw good God!-a tear
well up from those orbs of stone and fall
slowly down his cheek fast growing hol'
low under the stroke Of death
Eva, Eva, | love Eva" shrilled the
Il
from the hollow vault above.
Felix heard, and smile faint a. the iail
ing rush Of blood through his veins moved
his lips and brought a revelation 20 my
soul. lie, too. loved Eva
When he saw | knew, the will which had
kept him on HE ie.t gave way, and he sank
a. the iloor murmufing
Take her away! forgive. save! Save.
She did not know ! loved her.
Eva. aghast, staring with sct eyes at her
work, had not moved from her eronching
posture But when she saw that speaking
head fall back, the the limbs settle into the
rcpo.e of death, shock went through her
which ! thought would never leave her
reason unimpaired.
I've killed HIM" she murmured. I've
killed him. aud looking wildly about, her
eyes fell ON the cross that hung behind Us
on the wall. IL seemed 10 remind her that
Felix was a Catholic. Bring IL" she
gaspcd LET him feel II on his breast. II
may bring him peace-hope."
As | rushed 10 do her bidding, she fell in
heap on the floor.
Save" came again from the lips We
thought closed forever In death. And |
realizing at the words both her danger and |
the necessity Of her not opening her eyes |
again upon this scene, | laid the cross in |
floor ran with her out OF the house. But |
no sooner had | caught sight OF the busy
street and the stream of humanity passing /
before u, than ! awoke TO an instant recog
milton OF our peril. Setting my wife down,
commanded life back into her limbs BY |
he force OF my own energy, and then drag
ging her down the steps, mingled with the
crowd encouraging her, breathing for her,
living in her till ! got her into carriage
and we drove away.
For the silence We have maintained from
that time TO this you must not blame Mrs.
Adams. When she came 10 herself-whlch
was not for days she manifested the great.
est desire To proclaim her act and assume
It's responsibility But | would not have
i. | loved her too dearly TO see her name
banded about in the papers; and when her
Tather was taken into our confidence, be
was equally peremptory IN enJoinIng 81.
ence, and shared with me the watch ! now
'elt bound to keep over her movements.
But alas! His was the peremptoriness
II pride rather than love. John Poindexter
las no more heart for his daughter than
le had for his wife or that long forgotten
hid from whose grave this tragedy has
prung. Had Felix triumphed he would
lever have wrung the heart of this man.
rs he once said, when a man cares for
Iothing and nobody, not even for himself,
is useless to curse him.
As Tor Felix himself, Judge him not, when
GU realize, as you now must, that his
lst conscious act was TO reach for and ,
nut in his mouth the paper which connect
d Eva with his death. AT the moment OF ]
cath his thought was to save, not to ,
venge. And this after her hand struck /,
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