New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-16

that what ne SAID was true one ndQ OutgrOWn her
adolescence her madness-uness it could be called
madness to love as she did Her eyes were deep wells
Of mystery in which he from the distant brinl,
above his own image, clear amid the shadows There
were signs of trouble in them too though she had
thought long and di5resSfuly but greater than the
marks Of pain were the sweeter tokens Of love and
trust unalterabe.
CHE sank upon rock, he beside her her head on hi,
breast The dusk fell swiftly, its shadows cnfoding
them He kissed her again and again, and her lips
trembed upon his as she murmured the words 50 long
unspoken
~Philidor love you'll love you 1t was 50 long
the waiting"
@You needn't have waited. Dear he said gently
ooh, don't reproach me! | can't bear it. II had to
be- Olga-she snirched us-your love and mine
made"
He stopped her lips with kisses smiling inwardy. and
thinking Of the wisdom Of Mrs. Hammond There IS
no Olga, he murmured no gossip but the whisper Of
the stream that knows the truth
"Yes-the truth. That is all that matters, isn't IL
But that play-shal ever forget it,
"Sh Child You must forget. lie never lives"
II will forget don't care-now Let them say
what they choose. But did suffer, Philidor
And l. You were cruel, Dear.
81 had to be cruel. feared that you-that /"
She paused. and he questioned gravely
Il feared that you too might have mlsjudgei ne
there in the woods at SGes-that had cheapcnei ms.
self to you-that had been unwomany.
Hernia"
Il don't know what possessed me after Olga appeared
She poisoned the very air with doubt was desperate
| didn't seem to care what happened. | don't know
what wanted. | think il you had taken me then and
held me as YOU do now held close to you, and had
not let me CO. as you did, you might have had me to do
as YOU wiled. But you relinqulshed me
Il had TO, Dear"
yes. | understand now | couldn't then wanted
to hurt you-as was hurt. Your sanity made me des.
perate. | couldn't understand why YOU should be 50
sane while was not You were greater than I-ani
though loved you for it-oh, Philidor, how | loved
vou-I meant that you should pay for my hc4rthro5s
that YOU should pay for Olga-for everything.
Il have paid.
FORGIVE me- | suffered doubly in knowing tina. you
suffered | fled from you and hid my heart a mise-
would bury his treasure. But your letters, forwarded
from Paris. followed me Oh Phidor, did not read
thcnot at first seemed tosee Olga telling that story
at the dinner table, and my pride revolted put them
away unopened and kept them concealed-tro Others,
from myself-ani tried to forget them. couldn't They
were YOU would take them out and look at them.
slept with them under my pillow. At hs, | could
stand it no longer | took them and disappeared for
a whole day from the rest Of my party. read them
alone on the summit Of a mountain. She broke of
with a sigh All me, II YOU had come ~ me there,
YOU would not need to have pleaded Philiior.
My Hernia"
You were with me that day. Didn't YOU know it,
81 was with YOU every day, Child"
She smiled happily. when got down 20 Ewan a.
nightfall they were searching for me. They thought
that had fallen and been killed. They repr,vci me.
va, calm and smiling. my spirit still soaring 70 YOU
cross the distances. had made up my mind % 60 70
you the next day"
~Oh, il you had"
IN the morning" she went on, came your letter
telling me that you were sailing for New York. ];
wasn't like the other letters You were rcproachtM,
AMI YOU were going away from me. l. chilled me
,-le-atter the day before. Oga's face ,"'e-p9sei-