Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-06-18

clared myself, had i dareu' pu' my
uncertain position--my debts-weil' ]
never knaw how passionately 1 loved
you until you became the wlie OIL an
other Isabel, / love you passlonateiy
still"
Lady Isabel felt 1t her duty to repel
his advances hut there still remained
that undercurrent of feehng TOT nm
that she could not comprehend. rear
full lest she betray herself, she dis
missed him abruptly, sent for her hus-
hand RI take her home, and made
pltiful attempt to drive all thoughts Oh
Francis Leyison from her MIND.
If was well-nigh impossible. Her
plans to forget him were completely
frustrated when her generous husband
innocently enough, merely thinking to
repay Captain Lev4son for MS KIND at
tentlons to Lady Isabel on the French
coast invited that profigate to East
Lynne as a place of shelter where he
might be safe from his creditors untli
something could be arranged.
Like a serpent Levison boldly took
every occasion to whisper into Lady
Isabel's ears all the meetings that he
snied between her husband and Bar
hara Hare. Under a misapprehenslon
that her husband was giving his love
70 Barbara and frantic with the jeal-
ous belief that the two were uniting
70 deceive her, Lady Isabel finally
Welded TO Levison's pleadings and
eloped with him.
No sooner had she taken the fatal
stem than she was filled with remorse.
Almost Immediately she discovered the
true character Of this insincere rake
for whom she had given up her all. In
wear he deserted her, leaving her I'M
born child nameless.
Too proud to accept help from rela-
tiyes. she decided to become q COVER
ness. When she CHANGED to hear OF
the opportunity to return to East
LYNNE as the governess to her own
children she could not Withstand the
termination. so great was her longing
to see them again. 1t was desperate
chance to take, for she might be rec
ognized, though Illness and the rail-
road accident which had killed her
child had altered her entirely. Her
disguise was complete, as, heartsick,
she rode again along the familiar road
toward East Lynne. When the dear
old house doomed up before her, Its
CAV and cheerily lighted windows a
contrast to her own downcast spirits,
she began to wish she had never under
taken the project. But for the sake
of seeing her own children again she
would have turned back. Her fears OF
being recognized were allayed when
she saw that no one suspected for q
moment that the gray, saddened and
disfigured Madame Vine" was Lady
| Isabel.
East Lynne had a new mistress now
none other than her fancied rival OF
| old, Barbara Hare. Not until she real
lied for the first time that Archibald's
love could not longer be hers did Isa-
bel feel an intensity Of love for him
that she had never experienced as his
| wife. And yet she became almost
| happy again In winning the affection of
her children, though her joy in being
| with them was tempered with sorrow
in caring for delicate little William,
her second born, knowing as she did
that he could not long be with them.
Events moved along fast. There
came the time when Francis Levison,
returning to West Lynne to seek cleo
ton to parliament, only to be defeated
by Carlyle, was convicted of the crime
which had overshadowed Richard
Hare for so many years. AT East
Lynne, after the death Of little Will
liam, sudden illness came upon Lady
Isabel. When she realized that she
was failing rapidly she begged upon
her deathbed to be allowed to see Ar
chibald Carlyle.
II could not die without your for
giveness,' she murmured. do not turn
from me! Bear with me one little
minutel Only say you forgive me, and
I shall die In peace"
Isabel Are you--were you-Mad'
anne VineT
"Oh, forgive me for disgracing your
home! And forgive me for coming
backi / could not stay away from
you and my children! The longing for
you was killing me. I never knew q
moments peace after the mad act
was guilty of in quitting you. Not ia.
hour had I departed when my repent
ance set in. Oh, forgive me! My sin
was great, but my punishment was
greater"
"Why did you go7"
"Did you not known I grew suspi'
cious of you. I thought you were de-
ceitful, and in my sore Jealousy l lis
tened to the tempting Of him who wills
pered to me of revenge. 1t was not
true, was it7" she feverishly asked.
"Can you suggest such thing, know
Ing me as you did then, as you must
have SINGER Isabel, never was false
to you in thought, word or deed. Yes,
forgive you, fully, freely. May God
bless you and take you to his rest In
heavenl
She raised her head from the pillow
and chung to his arm, lifting her face
with its sad yearning. Tenderly he
laid her down again and suffered his
| lips to rest on hers.