The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-14

I dId AIT rec llsa again until just os's-s
che c.at He z-zs Z noble gentleman
I ne aro,s bst one letter u her ztis'
I that 4rsic5sd DAY IL this house
Z have d. here !a t1.s Dzczst-
I She drs9 pscsag@ o; papers rom
/ her DDs1m and aid j. gDpa the table
| ,s'ore Ain There were half doze1
letters ted together With piece 0:
white r.ooon.
Bat one letter from hlm. she vent
On. 4 have brought it here for yo- 70
read. But rot nov, There are other
Letters and documents here for yo1 70
! consider. They are from the graTa
Al. DO no, EOndsr that yOu shrink
AID draw back from them. The, con-
net yog, Jsmes
"SO~ I can ses Eay yOI have taken
gp this hght against me YO--yo1
know she Nzs innocent. be said IN a
io~. unsteady voice.
And Why have hated you. al
But shat you do not understand Is
how I could have brought myself 20
the point Of loYing you."
Loving me- GOD heaven. woman.
| What do you"
Loving you In spite Of myself" she
| cried beating upon the table With her
| hands + have tried 10 con vince my
aslf that It vas not but the spirit Of
Na'!.de that had come 10 lodge in my
| tres cherOus body. hated you for
myself and loved yOn for Mst.lde
She lDged yOu 10 the end She never
hated you. That Was H. The pure.
desthless love u Matilde vas constant
ly fighting against the hatred I bore
for you I believe as firmly as be
iieye that ! am alive that she has been
| near me all the time. battling against
ny insane desire for vengeance You
have only 10 recall to yourself the no
| ments when you we're 80 wildly re-
| minded Of Natilde yaleska At those
| times | am sure that something Of Ma
| tide vas In me. / Nas not myself You
| have looked into my eyes thousand
| times with question In your own.
Your soul was striving to reach the
| soul Of Matilde All. all these months
/ have known that you loved Matilde-
not me You loved the Aatilds tnat
was in me. You"
II have thought Of her-alWays OF
| hcr-yhen you were in my arms"
4 know how well you loved her. "
she declared slowly. II know that you
went to her tomb long after her death
vas revealed to you / know that years
ago you made an effort TO find Fever.
clli You found his grave. too. and you
could not ask him, man TO man, II you
had Wronged her. But In spite Of all
that you brought up her boy to be sac.
rinced as"
'I-l-good God, am | to believe
| yOu7 n he should be my som" he
cried starting up. cold with dread
He is your son He could be no
other mans son have her dying
word for H. She declared 1t In tho
presence OF her God Wait! Where
ARE you going
II am going down to him"
Not yet, James have still more
| 10 say TO yOu-mOre to confess Here,
Take this package OF letters. Read
them as you sit beside his bed-not
his deathbed, for / shall restore him
10 health, never fear II he were to
die. should curse myself to the end
" time. for ! and ! alone would have
| been the cause Here are her letters
and the one Feyerelli wrote to her.
! This Is her deathbcd letter to you. And
this In letter TO her son and yours
You may some day read ii to him. And
! here this is document requiring mo
to share my fortune with her son. II
is a pledge that ! took before ny IA
thcr died few years ago. n the boy
ever appeared he was to nave his
mothers share Of the estate and II is
not al inconsidcrable amount James.
le is independent Of you. lie need
ask rrolhing Of you. | was taking him
nome to his own"
She shrank slightly as he stood over
her There was more Of wonder and
pity In his face than condemnation.
| She looked for the anger she had ex-
pectcd to arouse IN him, and was
| dumroundcd to see that II was not re.
yealcd In his steady, appraising eyes
your plan deserved a better fate
! than this Theresc It vas prodigious!
| IL can almost pity you
"Havc have you no pain-no regret
no grief she cried weakly.
"Yes." he said. controlling himself
with difficulty yes. | know all these
aud more" He picked mp the pack.
age Of letters and glanced at the sub
spriptiou on the outer envelope. Sud
denly he raised thcm to his lips and.
with his eyes closed, kissed the words
| that were written there. Her head
L dropped. and sob came into her
throat She did not look up until he
began speaking to her again, quietly.
even patiently. hut why should you,
even In your longing for revenge why
should YOU have planned to humiliats
and degrade him even more than I
| could have done? Was it just To your
| sigt.r'a apu that Won should blight his