Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-11-04

Dt W perish IN your arms tndn
linger on to die of grief"
"Still. they may spare you.
you live. here for your hearts con
fort ! leave constant witness OF IN
love. II Is my Will and testament
written by my own hand, In which
give you all my yorldly goods AM
here are our two portraits which
have loved to carry married over m,
heart az we once hoped TO be. The,
must not be profaned Here Is a SUR
hiding place. Watch me now and re
member"
No need. dear love. Alone
shall never find them If we are
spared We may come back for then
together"
! being In the next chamber heard
all this. but could not see nor guess
where the things were hidden.
Upon this the great long clock In
NJ de preyilies room struck the
three-quarters. and Mile. Alice gave a
loud cry. for the smashing of the
heavy doors by the Infatuated rabble
caused the whole mansion to tremble.
and ere ! could spring to the door the
rioters had rushed in and fred.
- For me there was little danger, |
being of the faith. but TO save the
others was powerless
:" The marquis fell, MORALLY wound
ed. Mercy" he cried Mercy for
her. She is your own religion
Not so" she exclaimed Il am
Of his religion and will have no
otheri"
And they swore and raved and
fired again and laughed when they
saw her dying.
"Renault," she said, family, I'VE
shall find each other. | love you
we shall meet again"
And so she died"
Here ended the manuscript The
marquis was agitated, the marquise
was very pale.
Suddenly in the next room a clear
vibrating stroke was heard. the hour
sounded, then after an instant's in
teryal the half
The two old people started nerv-
ously
"Oh. | know" said the marquise
u remember now 1t is a long clock,
a horologe, which was found to-day
in the attics with some other things
behind a partition. | thought the
clock so handsome that told Anatole
to dust it and have it brought down
He wound it and IL seems to be going
all right. What events It must have
witnessed-what fateful hours it has
sounded"
The clock struck again The mar
quis felt an uneasiness which he could
not understand Each stroke of the
hour sounded like funeral bell, and
he fancied he heard the cries of
woman, shots and the clash of arms
The marquise also was troubled
She shiyered as though awaiting, |
dreading some event What, she /
could not have said
Recovering presently from this sort |
Of stupor they began to talk tenderly
of their youth and their early love.
The marquise took up her favorite
theme. They had loved for centuries,
she insisted. Falling In with her
mood her husband wondered If this
might be true until. thus having en-
-ered the domain of dreams, reality
was efraced. and they scarcely remem-
,ered who they were; they lost count
If time forgot that they were old,
orgot which century they belonged
o. 1t was as though two souls
dipped into space.
The clock struck one, then the quar-
er and halfpast
The marquise gave cry; Re
lault' she called. Alice" he an
wered
Pale. frozen with fear, they chung
o each other Their eyes were fixed
n invisible. dangers. their ears atten-
i've to imaginary sounds.
The wilbur portraits are there"
aid the marquise. passing into the
Their room and pointing to the base
I the clock
The marquis pressed secret spring
'hich caused panel 10 slip aside;
archment fell out and two miniatures
~ inside.
The marquis picked up the parch-
lent and read 81, Renault de Pre-
lie. captain of the Guard for the
riuce de Condo. do bequeath all my
orldly goods to my betrothed be-
IRE God. Alice de Rivelne. Signed
enault de Preville.
The portraits now," exclaimed the
arquise.
The marquis took them up and
anded them to his wife I'VE our
Ives. my dearest, as We were at 20
Il not a miracle?"
no" she said. softly. when hearts
q true, death itself cannot dissolve
le tie You see it is as | have al
avs told you. we have loved each
her for centuries"
This time he did not laugh at her =
ncy
Yes. he said. thoughtfully, three
indrod Vears and over