New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-08-02
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II cannot Wait tn tomorrow. Then
you win go the depth Of my love for
you-what I owe you, what owe
A0slaida."
! was conscious that not Q look or
movement Of mine had escaped the
eonA1afats but watchful ~ 81 ~
0an bs6bre NJ. ss
yes % not relish NJ question:"
b dsyly observed. perhaps you
woul1 rather tell your story without
integ1ugtion. II % beg you to b
. explicit % possible. The circum-
Gtanca9 are serious enough for per-
1sct eandor on your part :. Is. 81
I took quick resolve. I would %.
pear 70 throw discretion to the winds,
to con6ds to him what men usually
hold sacred. to risk my reputation ~
Q gentleman, rather than incur q sus.
pic1on which might involve others
more than It did myself.
II will give you an account OF my.
eel" said I. II did love Adelaide once.
o. thought 90. but my feelings chang.
- y great temptation came into my
hfA Carmel returned from school and
-you know her beauty. her fascina.
ton. A week in her presence and mar.
riags With Adelaide became Impossible.
But bow evade IT. I knew only the
towards way-to lure this inexperi-
enced young girl, fresh from school.
into Z, runaway match. This evening
had ret as the limit Of my endurance
Of the intolerable situation. During a
minute Of solitude preceding the din
ner atSMiss Cumberland's house on the
hill wrote few lines to her sister.
urging her to trust me with her fate
and meet me at the station in time for
the 1920 train. l meant to carry her
at once to P, where l had friend in
the ministry who would at once unite
US In marriage. l was very peremp-
tory. for my nerves were giving way
under the secret strain to which they
had been subjected for so long, and she
herself was looking worn with her own
silent and communicated conflict
ITO write this note was easy. but to
deliver 1t involved difficulties. Miss
Cumberlands eyes seemed to be more
upon me than usual. Mine were oblig.
ed to respond, and Carmel. seeing this.
kept hers on her plate or on the one
other person seated at the table. her
brother Arthur. But the opportunity
came as we all rose and passed togeth-
er into the drawing room. Carmel fell
into place at my side. and slipped the
note into her hand. She bad not ex.
pected It, and fear that the action
was observed. for when I took my
leave Of Miss Cumberland shortly aft
er was struck by her expression.
had never seen such a look on her face
before. nor can conceive Of one pre-
senting more extraordinary contrast
to the few and commonplace words
with which she bade me good evening.
II neither knew Adelaide nor did I
know the girl whose love | had so
overestimated. She failed me. DR..
PerrY.lsl was met. at the station not
by herself, but by letter-a few bur-
ried lines given me by an unknown
MANN which she stated that had
asked too much of her-that she could
not so wrong her sister who had
brought her up and done everything
for her since her mother died l have
not that letter now or l would show
it to you. In my raging disappoint.
ment tore it up on the place where
received it and threw the pieces away.
l had staked my whole future on one
desperate throw, and had lost If
had had pistop'- l stopped. warned
by an easy movement on the part of
the man addressed that had better
not dilate too much upon my feelings.
I pulled myself together and proceed
ed to finish my story with greater d.
rectness.
Il did not leave the station till the
1920 train had gone. 1t was from
sheer preoccupation of mind that
drove this way instead of straight out
by Marshall avenue. AS reached the
bend in the road where you get your
first sight of the buildings saw
thin streak of smoke rising from one
Of it's chimneys. and. anxious as to Its
meaning. drove in
"Wait, Mr.. Ranelagh, / am sorry 10
interrupt you, but by which gate did
you enter?"
"By the lower one"
"Was 1t showing at this timer
mot yet 1t was just before the
clouds rushed upon the moon. ] could
see everything quite plainly"
My companion nodded. and went
breathlessly on. Any question of his
staggered me. was ignorant Of the
facts at bis command. was not able
to conjecture by what chance or at
whose suggestion the police had raid
ed the place and discovered the trag-
edy which had given point to that
raid. continued. but I omitted all
mention Of the most serious part of
my adventure-said nothing Of my VI
sion OF Carmel or the terrible conclu.
sions which her presence there had
awakened.
"There is no more to say" conclud.
ar I, Co oil a