The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-06-25
LANE EYRE
~ CHARLOTTE saonTg
CONTINUED from Our Las, i,sue)


I CONTINUED from Our Last issuel
Mr. Rochester put wine 90 my
lips. tasted II and revived. then
| ate something he offered me. and
was soon myself. was In the
library sitting In bis chair -- he
was quite near.
How are you now. Jane7"
Much better. air: shall be
we'll soon.
suddenly he turned away. with
an lnArticulate exclamation. full %
passionate emotion. A. suddenly he
returned. and. before | could pre-.
vent him. gathered me In his arms
and covered my face and hair and
throat With passionate kisses.
Al last he again placed me In
his great chair. and said quietly
There are things you have n right
% know. Csn you listen 20 me-"
Yes. sir: for hours n you Will
4 ask only minutes. Jane. did
you ever hear tina, was not the
eldest son OF my house,"
Mrs Fairfax told me so once "
And did you ever hear that my
father was an ayarlcioua. Eraaplng
man."
Il have underwood something TO
that effect"
We'll. Jane. being 40. Il was his
resolution 10 keep the Spropor;y
fnsefher he could not endure that
\ son OF bis should no n NOR wan
] must be provided for by
West India planter and merchant.
waa bis 0if -eqHrt-fpnca ssr NJ.
son had a son and daughter. and
he would giVe the latter a fortune
OF thirty thousand pounds: that
sufficed. when left college,
was sent 10 Jamaica. TO cspouse a
bride already courted for me a
marriage was achieved almost be.
fore knew where was.
MY brides mother had never
seen: ! understood she was dead.
The honeymoon over. I learned my
mistake. she was only mad. and
shut IN In lunatic asylum. There
~'as a younger brother. too. a com.
plete idiot The elder one, whom
you have Fcen. VIII probably he
In the same state one day. My
father and my brother Rowland
knew all this; but they thought
only OF the thirty thousand pounds.
and Joined In the plot against me.
Jane. Will rot trouble you
with abominahle details. some
strong words shall express what
have TO say. lived with that
woman upstairs four years: her
vices sprang Mp fast and rank.
they were so strong. only cruelty
could check them: and would not
Use cruelty.
My brother in tho interval was
dead: and nj the end ~ the four
years my father died too. was
rich enough now-yet poor 10 hide
Gus indulgence. Tho doctors now
discovered that my wife was mad.
Jane II approached the verge
O. despair. knew that while she
lived ! could never be the husband
OF another and better wife: and,
though five years my senior cher
family had lied to me even In the
particular Of her age). she was
likely 20 live as long as I. being
as robust in frame as she was in
firm In mind Thus. at the age OF
twenty-six. was hopeless.
zone nleht had been awakened
by her yells - tsince tho medical
men had pronounced her mad. she
had of course been shut up) Iii
was fiery West Indian night;
being unable to sleep got up and
opened the window. My ears we're
filled with the curses OF the
maniac mingled with my name.
Such language no protested har-
lot ever had fouler vocabulary
than She though two rooms off, |
| heard every word.
This life, said at last. is
hell | have a right 10 deliver
myself from II II can.
"A wind fresh from Europe blew
over the ocean and rushed through |
the open easement. saw Hope |
revive-and felt Regeneration pos.
gible.
Co. said Hope. and live again |
in Europe; there II is not known |
what a filthy burden liz bound to |
you. You may take the maniac |
Tith you TO England; confine her
with due attendance and precau.
lions ut ThornfIeld; then travel |
to what cline you Will. |
That woman is not your wife; nor
are you her husband.
81 acted precisely on this sug.
gestion. My father and brother
had not made my marriage known
10 their acquaintance, because, IN
The very first letter ! wrote TO ap.
prise them of the union-already
seeing a hideous future opening to
Iue-l added an urgent charge 10
keep 1t secret. and very soon the
infamous conduct of the wife my
father had selected for me was
such as to make him blush to own