The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-09

moi halns her. Slss iukt Stood md
looked At her. She tout hi valI1nstp
Tor aeli.cdntfcl d momphT OF two and
tlsi utterly pblIyioes to mo betrayal
u her feelings involved ID inc dlel-
4 tioR-t npments wer6 too sgei for
c6naldefatio OF such tfivinls mhtttt1
s-7shs faltered.
You mean there 81 some OH E NO.
tman?i $ y Il "a e
He shook his head In tisgatior
II don't understand, There wan
some other woman
ayes.
;'where Is abe noNi',
e t'Dead.n Ig-t ~ 80 s y
'But You said you were not ire6,r
HeSroaded.
ibid you care no much for her thRts
now--that now,
, sinid, he cried despstaleIy ,'Ise.
itcge NC, neyer knew what love
was until Ismetlyon.'
The secret was out now ityhnd
tbesn known to her fiung dincs, Bit
now 1T was i publicly proclaimed.
Eyenta man as blind as obhesied, q
he could not mistake the 10y that Il.
luminated her face at tkia annclhet
srnent. That very 10y ana sstiitsplicn
produced upon him, how Ster, d ytr
different effect than mn ht have u On /
FanticIpatea s HID he Do Ia sffee, I'M
deed, he would have swept her to hla
breast and covered her sweet faco
with kisses broken by gwhlaptfSd
words Of passionate endeahm ID IN
stead Of that he shrhnk back ffomhe
and II was Fshe. swlo waa forced sot
take up the burden Of tho converse.
ton. ".
SiesYou saysthat she ;iss dead, = hhe bc.
gan in sweet appealing bewiidsfmeht,
eand that you care 90 much Tor mo.
and yet you z, :
II am murderer he broke out
'hatshiy. There 'is blood upon lly
hands, the blood IT. q sSeInHh Who!
loved me and whom. boy as ] wnp. II
thought thhtI loved. She Wa my
wife, ] killed her"
iN"Great GodiScried tho girl amazed
beyond measure or expectation By
this sudden asowaf which she had
once suspected. and her hand instinct:
lively went to the bosom Of har dress
where she kept s. TINT soiled water
7stained; ;pacltet,,of letters. '.are JON
that man?p 4 II; +. "A Y
S.it'I am the man that aid that ting,
but what do you known. he aided
quickly, amazed in hisiturn,
y "0ld Kirkby, my uncle Robert Matt.
land, told me your story they Said
that YOU hade dlsappea Fffom stha
haunts Of men,, III
And they we're right what eifos
was there for;me to ido2 Although in.l
i,hoeent ofterine, Is#aaa blood guiIky.
/ was mad. No punishment could 30
visited upon me Ike that imppsed ~
the, stern, awful, appalling iact: sIs
stwore to prison myself, TO have h5tllg
ing more forever to do WIN mankind
orswomanhnd with whom I,Waa ntl.l
worthy to SO associate, to iiyega alone
until God took me, 10 cherish my
memories. TO make such expiation a.
31'could, TO pray daily for forGfyenesG.
Lcames here to the widest, the mort
inaccessible, the lonelieat spot In tho
range; No oneyeyer would come here.
l fancied, no, one ever did como but :
you. I was happy after. o faShi6n, OF
atiileast content ] had chosen tho
bettertpa fihad wopl. 3Itcouldj
write. remember and dream. But you
came and since that time life hiia
been heaven, and hell Heaven
cause love you, hell becRase u; love
you means dfsloyalty to the pbst, to
"a woman who; loved me. Heaven b
cause you are here; / can hear your
voice, Lean see you, your soul u !
spread outibeforei me in itB sweetness.
In its purity; he'll because 4 am ftide
TO my determination, to my vow, TO (
the. love Of the past
."And did you love her 30 much,
them" asked the girl nov tefce ~
Jealous and forgetfuf OF other thinge
for the moment. ~
tits not that said the man. n
was not much more, than boz, a yeat
or two out oftcoilege. i Ind basn IN
the mountains q year. this woman
lived in mining camp, she vas & (
fresh. clean healthy giri. her father
died and the whole camp fathered hsf, {
looked after her. and an the young
men in the range for miles on either
side were in love with her, Il cup.
posed that was too and swell, d Mon
her from the rest. We had! been mar.
ried but a few months and d part ce !
the time my business as a mining en-.
gineer had called me away from het.
! can remember the day before Ne
started on the last Journey. / Was
going alone again. but. she was 80 I'M
happy over mg> departure; she chung
to me-, pleaded with me, implofed me
TO take her with me, insisted on 30
! Ing whereYersI vent would not bes
tlelt ahehindt Teopidq.t bsaE nii ept
OF her sight, II seemed. II don't In6TS
what there was In me to hive m.