Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-11

THE TopAz.

AFN ANNf - ~" $3.50 WttN So IA AA ~ 49,
black wall. a streak Of fire shoots across
he Sky, bursts and falls down. as a cloud
by bright muiti-colored stars.
Then the fireworks are not over yet"
From the illuminated Casino across
the little lake come the strains III music.
are both lost iii silence. a strange
sadness oserpowering n. Martha snug
giles closer 90 me. Isn't she excited. How
can 1 doubt. when tonight our fate is 10
hc settled.
Suddenly She throws back her head.
looks y into my eyes. and says ia her
gentle tender voice:
Pierre. tell me-yoa must tell me
I am asking you because | feel YOU could
NOT iir 10 me tonight"
What do you want me ~ tell vong'
Pierre. son have known me only two
months-but did yon ever before You met
me. love anyone
She stops a moment and repeats:
Before YOU knew me-"
swear. Martha never, newer. \
have always loved You Long before I
met YOU. I believed in Won. ! knew Won
would come. just as you have come
"A ann sonrs. Pierre. yours alone
we are walking along the lake, The
moon u rising IN the Shy. The music III
ne Casino was stopped. and We have
lost consciousness Of time.
When | raise her baud ~ my lips Il
ki~. IA. | sufidcrl, top M Che sight NJ n
-iittrriHe ring on her finger.
n never saw that ring before" | say.
n don I wear il every day" She "A )
vith an embarrassed smile.
notice something peculiar in the tone
nI her voice.
WHO gaze you this ring. Martha
"a girl friend
This timc | was not mistakcn-She is
strangely uneasy.
Martha. who gave you that ring? Nhy
dp y"l wear NJ? Why ID ynu keen a
crcls from me-
at Is 10 secret" She siammcrs. Il gi,t
you my word.
! drop her hand, and q pang Of ical.
nH~y grips my heart. Marihas ewes ar
iuil NJ terror and despair. W. She pleads
"no not ask me any more questions.
Pierre. Nou know ! love Nou.~
a ray Of moonlight strikes the stone
IA che ring. which seems ~ mock me. N
looks like ! little dcsliSh yellow flama
on Nattiaa finger.
want a. control myself. 7 10 not
wish "a - her sec how I am suffering.
but must know. Such a secret between
us would IT, dreadful. The girl who il
AKIN \" my wife. mast give me- her whole
life. past aS well ~ present or future.
why 10 Won Try 10 conceal from me.
Martha. what 7 have already gucS,eds
Have You no confidence. no faith IN mes
She tries ~ answer me. but The words
stick ir her throat. She throws herself
into my arms sohbinE. Her lack ~
strength makes her even dcarcr H. me.
ard forgive her even before she has
ronfcSScd.
Then the ring i a remembrance ~
~nmri,odys~
She mods her head like u child caught
ia 4 mis- hiesous act. / know She i purc
that she is rs sincere rs ANYBODY could
"a. and | ask:
Has ne ring made you she'd many
tears N.
Again She mods her head. Her silent
tears answer me.
us il long ago."
Three years.. she SAYS in her child
likc voice.
Were vou engaged"
Eyes
Then he did not know how "a aprre-
ciate yon. Tie cannot have hccn worthy
~ Won Why did he leave vou@ Didn't
yor love him any morcs Did vou make
"A mistake 7 bcSecch SON. ten me-
She heSitateS oncc more. Then Il few
Uninfellieihle words e~capc her lips and
i is only after much passionate pleading
that She Whispers:
~IIc l. dead.
: Shntder. Hui IN not he alive. l. she
not ~ mN side, isn't She giving me proof
~ her love by this very confidence 7
viii not torture her rsor tender heart
any more. amt 7 feel that her confrSs'nn
hos matle her even ficarer IN mr than ir
tnrc. when 7 know ihlt ~he has hrcn
lowed anil coseira ~ another.
She looks MP IA me with tears in her
wonderful ewes. and SAYS:
m will never wear that ring again. |
put II pa because I wanted To tell
SON everything.
We are walking in the moonlight tow