News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1911-08-23

do you know what this mans iOv- ma
been TO me: You are child n warn
hearted ana passionate child. INT yol
do NOT know II woman's heart. Ger
tainly you do not know nine. doub
II any one does--even he. Cares nav,
warped my life. have no charms L
rival yours: | have only love. suct
love as you cannot dream OF at YOU
age. And this Is no longer desirable
10 him!
"iou see that remember every
word she spoke They burned more
tiercely than the iron. That did no,
burn at all just then. ! was cold In.
stead-Ditterly. awrully cold My very
heart seemed frozen. and the silence
was dreadful. hut could not speak;
could not answer her.
You have everything she now
went on. Why did you rob me OF my
one happiness? And you have robbed
me. Carmel. do you know why am
here| ! shook my head. i am here
to end 1t ALL said she.
| IL t0ttered at this threat. and she. q
mother TO me from my cradle. started
instinctively to catch me, bat the feel.
ing left her before she had taken two
steps, and she stopped still. Drop
your hand! she cried. i want to see
| your whole face while | ask you one
last question. could not read the
note. Why did you come here? |
dropped my hand. and she stood star.
ing: then she uttered cry and run
quickly toward ME- What Is It? she
cried. What has happened to you? Is
1t the shadow or
II caught her by the hand. could
speak now. Adelaide said /, you
are not the only one to love to the
point of hurt. / love you. Let this
little scar be Witness Then. as her
eyes opened and she staggered.
caught her to my breast and hid my
face on her shoulder. you say that
tomorrow | shall be free to receive
notes. He will not wish to write them
tomorrow. The beauty he liked is gone.
If 1t weighed overnuch with him, then
you and | are on a plane again-or |
am on an inferior one. Your Joy will
be sweeter for this break
"She started. raised my head from
her shoulder. looked at me and shud-
dered. but no longer with hate. Car
mel. she whispered. the story-the
story read you of Francis 1. and
YES | agreed. that made me
think Her knees bent under her; she
sank Mt my feet. but her eyes never
left my face. 'And-and ElwoodT
He knows nothing. | did not make up
my mind till tonight. Adelaide. 1t had
to be. hadn't the strength toto
leave you all or-or to say no II be ever
asked me to my face what be asked
me- In that note
"And then | tried to lift her. but she
was Kissing my feet kissing my dress.
Eobblng ont her life on my hands. On.
] was happy. My future looked very
simple TO tie. Hut my cheek began to
burn, and lnstinctively | put up my
hand. This brought her to her feet.
You are suffering. she cried. You
must go nome at once. at once, while
telephone to DR.. Carpenter. We will
60 together. said. We can telephone
from there. But at this the awful
look came back into her face, ana. see
Ing her forget my hurt. forgot 1t. too.
In dread OF what she would say when
she found strength to speak. I
ut was worse than anything | had
imagined: she refused absolutely to go
back home. Carmel. said she. 1
have done injustice to your youth. You
love him. toU-not like a child. but
The tangle Is worse than
thought; your heart is caught in 1t as
Well as mine. and you shall nave your
chance. My death will give 1t to you
Il tried to dissuade her. urged
every plea. even that of my own sac /
'i6ce But sbexwas no more her nat
lrai self. She had taken up the note
md read it during my entreaties. and
ny words fell Oh deaf ears. Why,
bese words have killed me" she cried.
the note in her hand.
What will little poison do? 1t can
'nly finish what he has begun.
Poison! remembered how I bad
heard her pushing about bottles in the
Medicine cabinet and felt my legs
row weak and my bead swim. You
will notv I cried. watching her hand
n terror of seeing it riseAto her breast
"'When ! came here. she said, I
brought bottle of cordial with me
nd three glasses. brought a little
'ial of poison. too. once ordered for
ickness. expected to find Elwood
Iere. If had meant to drop the
'oison into one glass and then fill
hem all up with the cordial. We
bould have drunk. each one of us his
lass. and one of US would have
allen. 1 did not care which. you or
Iiwood or myself. But be Is not
ere. and the cast of the die Is be-
weeD US two, unless you wish GER
ainty, Carmel. in which case | will
our out but one glass and drink that
lyself.'
"She was In fever now and des-
crate. Death was In the room. |
cit 1t In my lifted hair and In her
trangely drawn face. If screa med
7bo would hear me? ! never thought