The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-05-30

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The Officers, lie flrds Tint the baroness
arrived on tho warshlp.
CHAPTER XXyll llo calls on ser I
She learns chat her plot to prevent his /
marriage succeeded She rcpents ava
tells him OF a note which she had placed
a .he slipper for tie purpose Of caasag
Elizabeth to doubt him She declares her
intontion e returning alone 70 Washing
Ton to repair thc harm She has dcne.
CHAPTER vllL-Nicholas decides
to follow her.
CHAPTER XXlX,--rhc baroness tells
HIN that he can not hayc oregon Hxcept
through her aud laq hc can not have
Elizabeth except tsvougL her.
CHAPTER NNX Nicholas follows the
haloncBs llo earne on the way Chat
Polk has been elected president and'
Texas has been annexed Wntcr catches
him aid the baroness ecats him 20 Wlen-
linEl5n.
|. t-tiAprER NHXl Arriving u Wash.
hspsecA he learns ihd there 10 be war
sssltll Mexico He calls on the baroness
and lssuna that ahda.is tho dpNshter Of
Won Eitienhoion.
CftAP1VaRsN y YNNiI. ,4Pakenham sails
aut. .the baron,sg. gete rid Of him without
| hi SlcSrhine otithA presence o. Nicholas
shA tells rMohohs, that Elizabeth Is en-
tirey worthy Of hint She tslla-him that
IN return forA The compromise Of the ore
gen boundary on the line o. tho ieth
degree, she has sold herself lo Pekepham
and that he ~ coming Tor the price.
Nicholas refuses 70 perm' the sacrifice
and tears up the agreement
I'm time, then, my father left his es-
tates and went out to a small place In
the country; but my mother--her
heart was broken. Malice pursued
her. Those who were called her su-
perlors would not et her alone See.
he weeps. my father, as he thinks
of these things.
There was cause. then, TO weep,
For two years, they tell me. my moth
er wept. Then she died. She gave
me, baby, to her friend, woman OF
her village Threlka Mazoff You have
seen her. She has been my mother
ever since. She has been tho solo
guardian have known all my life
She has not been able to do with me
as she would have liked"
"You did not live at your own home
with your father?" asked
"Fbr time grew up. nut my
father, ! think, was permanently
shocked by the loss Of the woman he
had loved and whom he had brought
into all thls.c cruelty. She had been 30
lovable, so beautiful she was so beau
tlful. my motherl So they sent me
away TO France, 10 the schools
grew up. | presume, proof In part OF
the excellence Of my fathers theory
They told me that ! was beautiful
ANIMAL"
r The contempt, the scorn, the pathos
the whole tragedy Of her voice and
. bearing--were such as ! cannot sci
. down on paper and such as I scarce
/ could endure to hear Never in my llfs
/ before have felt such pity for {
human being, never so much desire
to do what might In sheer compass
sion.
But now, how clear II all became u
u me- I could understand many strang'
u things about the character Of thi
singular woman, her whims. her Nm
8 accountable moods, her seeming care
d lessness. yet withal, her dignity AM
u sweetness and mir OF breeding aboy
9 all her mysteriousness. Let other
Judge her for themselves. There wa
+ only longing in my heart that nigh
find some word OF comfort Wha
could comfort her? Was not llfe II
!" deed, for her TO remain perpetuf
4 tragedy?
= But, madam" said !, at lengtl
s you must not wrong your father an
10 your mother and yourself These tw
10 loved each other devotedly. Wei
In what more? You are the result OF
ID happy marriage. You are beautifu
g you arc splendid, by that reason"
Perhaps. Even when ! was 16
was uFdubtuit hht iuurFbf ia
~ heard rumors OF that But ! say
" you that then ! was only beautif
!. animal. Also. | was vicious animi
: had in my heart all the mall
3, which my mother never spoke. II
nv in my soul the wish to lnjure wome
ed TO punish men. to torment them,
make them pay, To set even tho
on balances Of tnrturel -ah. that "
IN my ambition! had not forgoit
ny that. when | first met you, when
nd irst heard Of her. the woman who
~ you love, whom already in your 81
~ age, strong way you have welded
~ the woman whose vows ! spoke vi
''o her-I-I. Helena von Ritz. with h
!. tory such as mine.
s. Father father"-she turned to h
Ihe swiffly; rise go, cannot NJ
nd speak before you. Leave US alone !
The III call"
OF Ohedient az though he had been
in child and she the parent, the old m
rose and tottered feebly from
the room. F2t
IN, There are things woman cam
ne say In the presence Of parent" s
ne said, turning to me. Her IA
sho twitched. 1T takes all my bravery
au' talk to you"
:. - "Why should you? There Is l
need. DO mott"
an "Ah. must, because IL Is fair" 81
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