The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-08-31

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cd away, or which may De expressed
from the soft petals By the hard clr
cumstances OF pain and sorroW unlil
there is left nothing but the hngerlnS
perfume q the flower.
His body rremhled q she laid
hand upon him, his soul thirsted LOT
her: present or absent he con1ufes
before his tortured brain the sweet
ness that inhabited her breast sas
had been clearsighted enough ID an
alvzing the past, he was neither clear
sighted nor coherent In thinking OF
the present He worshiped her, ne
could have thrown himself upon ms I
knees to her; Il it would have added
to her happiness, she could haVs
killed him, smiling at her. RODE sns
in the Juggernaut car OF the ahc1eht
idol. with his body, would be have IN
hesitatingly paved the way ana nays
been glad OF the privilege. He longeti
| to compass her with sweet opseE.5
seryances. The world revenged ltseA
upon him for his long neglect, u nao
| summed up in this one woman az asa
| charm, its beauty, its romance, anu
| had thrust her into his very arms.
| His vas one of those great passions
/ which illuminate the records OF ths
| mast Paolo had not loved Francesca
more.
oh. YES, the woman knew he loves
her It was not in the power OF nor
tai man no matter how iron MS tW
straint. how absolute the 1mposltsoa
of HIS will, to keep his heart hlddaaA.
HIS nassion undisclosed. No one couA
keen such things secret, his loVe-1es
her cried aloud in thousand ways
even his look when he dared to turn
his ewes upon her was eloquent OF nis
feeling. He never said a WORD now,
ever he held his lips at least IettereA
and bound for he believed that honoT
and its obligations weighed down tb@
balance upon the contrary side W
which his inclinations lay.
He was not worthy Of this woman
In the first place all he had TO OF
fer her was blood stained hano'
That might have been overcome IN
his mind; but pride in his sen pun
tshment. his resolution to Withdraw
himself from man and woman unil'
s,,ch sirne asAGod completed his e1
! nation and slgnifed his acceptance "
the penitent by taking away ms A1Ae
held him inexorably.
The dark face Of his wife rose oe
fore him. He forced himself TO ts1nl
upon her, she had loved him, shs ha'
given him all that she could, Ae N
rnembered how she had pleaded VIZ
y hin, that he take her on that last an
most dangerous Of journeys, her dess
tion to MIN had been SO great So
could not let him go out OF her s1gn
moment, he thought fatuously An 9
he killed her. In the queer turmo 'll
his brain he blessed himself for ever,
thing. He could not be false 20 q
nrrnose. false to her memory, U
worthy Of the passion in which ne y
1ieyed she had held him and WIS
he believed he had inspired
49, If he had gone out in the Worl
lie. after her death he might have Totes
en-. ten most Of these things, ne mig
ito have lived them down. Saner clsa
he ar views would have come TO MI
His morbid self reproach and self CO
Ike scinusness would have been change
ZEN But he had lived with them alone =
rse ave years and now there was NO p
lad ting them aside. Honor and prit
rst the only things that may successor
oir- fight against love, overcome MN
lad could not give way He wanted
be- every time he was In her presence
i a 1onged I'd sweep her to his heart Q
It'll, crush her In his arms and bend
! OF head back and press lips of nrs
had her lips.
i'm. But honor and pride, held him ha
nth How long would they continue lo
lble ercise dominion over him? We
had the time come when his passion
into ing ike a sea would thunder W
IRE; these artificial entertainments q
.ant soul. beat them down and sweep ID
new away j,
wife At first the disparity between Il
the situations, not SO much upon acco
of family or Of prope,'ty-the tr'
are |nres of the mountains. hidden 81
and creation he had discovered and let
be- but because Of the youth and 2
Their ton of the woman compared to
all own maturer years, his desperate
of perience, and his social withdra
the had reinforced his determination
horn live and love without sign. Bu1
are had long since got beyond this
and he been free he would have taken
~. :, 49,
4, SO like viking OF ola' y he nau - :
ever. her from amid thousand swords
j an carry her to a beggars hut which
read. would have turned TO palace.
and she would have come With him on
eing, same conditions.
(To BE coNTINUED,)
4. !, :. Name Saved Him.
:, a.a A man brought before the cou