Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1912-02-14
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heHef were iffetrieVahiF pledged, he
had then seen her Tor another who re:
mafkably fesembled herr for the seant=
lest of ihstants and finally he had
mystefieusiy received a letter which
could, he believed, have been convey
ed to him by no other hand but hers,
And now he was persuaded beyond a
doubt that the person of the aleave,
the eavesdfeppef fer whose fair fepute
he had chosen ia risk his life, was no.
uedy In the world but that same one
woman,
But iaefe than ali else, perhaps, he
expected and feared TO find the room
deseftedi for the balcony outside the
windows afforded a means of escape
toe faeile to be neglected by one who
wished not to be discovered. 4. &:
His first definite impression was of
CONSERVATION and despairi for the
lights had been shut off in his alb
sehee. Then quickly he diseerhed,
with eyes dased by the change from
the lighted hallway TO the lightiess
chamber, The shadowy shane OF a Wam=
an, metieniess between him and the
windows, waiting:
An electric switch was at his ell
bow, With q single motion he could
nave dreRehed the place with light,
For an instant tempted, some strange
seruple of delieaeY, ahetted It may he
BY his native love Of romantic mystery,
stayed his hand,
hMadame," said he, ''er mademei=
seiie, whichever ye may be-the win
deWs are epen, meseif's not OBTAINING
ye. If ye choose, Ye may gei but
yed favor me by going quickly. +,
| give ye," he continued, seeing that
she neither moved nor replied, this
enc chance. In thirty seconds | turn
On the lights"
The woman did not stir but he
thought he could detect In the still
ness her auiekened breathing.
hWhat ye'Ve taken," he amended,
ND thank ye 10 leave as Fe GET va
came to steal. 'Tis little | have to
1889, !, ;"
Thafa= was no answer.
lie touched the switch with an i'm,
patient hand, stepped forward single
Raes, caught himself up and stopped
short, now pale and trembling who had
a moment gone been flushed with
calm.
dDeatFi1!" he cried ihiekly.
hambiy his wife lifted her arms and
effefed herself to him, unutterahly
lovely, unspeakabiy radiant, -.
ttlWere worse than waste OF time
to attempt portrait of her as she
seemed to him, Seen through her hus,
bands eyes, her beauty was inGompar,
able immaculate, too rare and fine, too
delicate a thing to he bodied forth in
words, dependent upon the perfection
or na single feature. Not in her hair,
fair as sunlight on the sea, not in her
eyes OF autumnai brown, not Ia the
wonderful fineness of her skin or In
the daintiness OF her features, not in
the gfaeieusness of her body, did he
find the beauty of her that surpassed
expression, but in the love she bore
him, In the sweetness OF her inyi0iats
soul, In the steadfastness Of her I'M
pfegRable heart,
But It's doubtful ii ever lie had an
aiyzea his passion for her sG minute
~, Mostly, think, al that moment 6i
her abrupt disclosure 10 him, he long
ed gauttefabiY for her lips and Tho
wreath round lis neck Of hei
slim, round, white arms.
Yet he would not, Trembling though
ha was, with every instinct ahd every
hbef OF his being straining toward her.
with The hunger for her keen pain IN
his heart, he held himself back OF his
conception of honor held him back,
That which he had voluntarily forfeit
ed and put away from him for his hon
of's sake, he would not take bach
though II were offered freely TO him,
"sa,Y he said, after a bit, shakilyl
then pulled himself together, and
controlling his veiee-"aa twas your
self, after all, Heatrix Me heart told
me no other woman could have sung
that song as ye did"
The woman dropped her arms. 'Yauf
heart, feFeneaW she asked little bit
terly.
What elseg Do ye doubt it?"
She shock her head sadly, wistfui
y, How do know? How can teii
surely dear, no two people We're aver
happier than we-Yet within year
from eur wedding you you left
me, ran away from he, :, Why?"
well ye know why, dearest and
well ye know twas love of va alone
mat drove me from ye, Could lei
lt be said Fe had husband who was
incapable of supporting ye? Gould |
lot It be said that your husband lived