The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-06-20

THE WOMAN COVERED HER FACE wITH
HER HANDS.
Very much in love with her. he felt
that the separation would be trying to
him. She told him that theirs was an
immortal love; that they were united
not only for this world. but for the
next. Therefore a separation of a few
months should not be considered of
much moment. She realized that after
their marriage no opportunity would
likely occur to them to travel: since he
was tied down to the practice of his
profession she had better make the
trip before their marriage.
A refusal to assent to this would
have been arrant selfishness, so Greg
DRY gave his consent. resolving to get
on without his love as best he could
till her return. When he babe her
gOOdby on the steamer be said to her:
IF you meet any one over there you
like better than me don't hesitate to
sacrifice me. l love you too well to
stand in the way of your happiness"
Ernest" she said impressively,
you know that l believe in an eternal
love. My love for you is of this kind.
1t only remains TO be seen whether
yours for me is the same. II anything
happens to me you are free to marry
another If you do it win indicate
that your love for me is not the kind
that require. But heaven grant that
your love for the wife you take may
prove everlastingr'
There was something so spiritually
elevating about these words that Greg
DRY felt that II he lost her his life on
earth would be blighted. If he had
known that his love was to be sub
mitted to a test he would have laughed
at It as useless and absurd He babe
his fiancee goodby and rushed ashore
lest his emotion get the better Of him.
Miss Stanley went to Paris. where
she ordered her trousseau. Her lover
had shown such unmistakable signs Of
constancy that she did not doubt he
would stand the test to which she in
she was ready to take the risk Of pro-
curing her wedding garments. From
Paris she went to Gibraltar and cross
ed the strait to Tangier. There she
fitted out an expedition to go on to the
desert of Sahara.
Two weeks later the Arabs WHOM
Miss Stanley had hired for the expedi-
ton returned to Tangier and reported
that robbers had attacked the little
caravan. murdered the American lady
traveller and taken everything that be
longed to her.
In reporting the case the American
consul at Tangier said that Miss Stan
ley had doubtless been murdered by
her own attendants; that it was com
mon occurrence for a traveller to be
thus dispatched. his belongings ap-
propriated. and in order to escape pun.
ishment the men he had hired would
lay the blame on the robbers that in.
fest the desert.
When Ernest Gregory heard of his
fiancee's death his friends feared for a
time that he would lose his reason
He sailed at once for Gibraltar, cross
ed to Tangier and interviewed some OF
those who had been with Miss Stan.
ley at the time of the tragedy, with a
view to discovering If he could secure
the body. The rascals at once caught
on to plan for making money. They
said that they had buried Miss Stan
ley's body in a certain oasis and would
go and get it for a consideration
Gregory hired them and went with
them. They dug up corpse. but de-
composition forbade opening the cas-
ket which contained it. However, they
gave Gregory enough proof that these
were the remains Of the American
lady traveller to convince any one not
eonversant with the Bedouin con-
science. Gregory took the precious
relic to America and deposited it in
cemetery where he could visit it fire.
quently. Within few months beau
tiful white marble shaft arose over
the grave with an appropriate inscrip-
ton. On the reverse were the words.
Immortal Love-"