The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-05-20

were formed 10 love each other yon
and 1 were. Isabel i would have de-
clared myself. had l dared. but my
uncertain positiOn-my debts-well. ]
Fever knew now passionately 1 loved
you until you became the wife Of an
other. Isabel. 1 love you passionately
still"
Lady Isabel felt IL her duty TO repel
his advances. but there still remained
that undercurrent OF feeling Cor him
that she could not comprehend Fear
full lest she betray herself. she dis
missed him abruptly. sent for her hus-
band TO take her home. and made a
pltiful attempt TO drive all thoughts Of
Francis Leyison from her mind.
II was well-nigh impossible. Her
plans to forget him were completely
frustrated when her generous husband.
innocently enough. merely thinking 10
repay Captain Levison for his kind at
| tentions to Lady Isabel on the French
coast. invited that profiigate to East
Lynne as a place of shelter where he
might be safe from his creditors until
something could be arranged.
Like a serpent Levison boldly took
every occasion to- whisper into Lady
Isabers ears all the meetings that he
spied between her husband and Bar
that her husband was giving his love
to Barbara and frantic with the jeal-
Gus belief that the two were uniting
to deceive her. Lady Isabel finally
yielded to Levison's pleadirgs and
eloped with him.
) step than she was filed with remorse
Almost Immediately she discovered the
true character of this insincere rake
for whom she had given up her all. Ir
) year he deserted her, leaving her I'm
born child nameless.
tives, she decided to become a COVER
: ness. When she CHANGED to hear o
: the opportunity to return to Eas
Z Lynne as the governess to her owl
a children she could not Withstand tn
temptation, so great was her longin
: to see them again. 1t was desperat
y chance to take, for she might be rec
4 ognized, though illness and the rail
: road accident which had killed he
/, child had altered her entirely. He
: disguise was complete, as, heartsicl
she rode again along the familiar roa
toward East Lynne. When the dea
old house doomed up before her, II
L gay and cheeriiy lighted windows
u contrast to her own downcast spirit
u she began to wish she had never unde
, taken the project. But for the SAX
II of seeing her own children again 81
Is would have turned back. Her fears I
L being recognized were allayed whe
~ she saw that no one suspected for
le moment that the gray, saddened ar
er disfgured Madame Wipe" was Lac
u Isabel.
III East Lynne had a new mistress no
lie none other than her fancied rival
az old, Barbara Hare. Not until she res
G. lied for the first time that Archibald
r love could not longer be hers did Is
bel feel an intensity of love for n
ne that she had never experienced as
s. wife. And yet she became almC
happy again in winning the affection
r. her children, though her joy in bel
ou with them was tempered with sorrt
u in caring for delicate little Villa
her second born, knowing as she
A. that he could not long be with them.
III Events moved along fast. The
came the time when Francis Lewis
so' returning to West Lynne to seek ell
ton to parliament, only to be defeat
~ by Carlyle, was convicted of the cril
all which had overshadowed Richs
Hare for so many years. At Iii
NE Lynne, after the death of little "
OF. liam, a sudden illness came upon La
ae- Isabel When she realized that {
III, was failing rapidly she begged W
ecu her deathbed to be allowed to see
nu chibald Carlyle.
ne 81 could not die without your
leu giveness," she murmured. do not tt
leu from me! Bear with me one lii
pc minute! Only say you forgive me, &
ine I shall die in peace"
OK isabel! Are you--were you-M
anne Vinew
US "Oh, forgive me for disgracing y
us home! And forgive me for com
VI back! I could not stay away fl
ny you and my children! The longing
Sp- you was killing me. l never knew
moments peace after the mad &C
aeu was guilty of in quitting you. Not
,tty hour had I departed when my rep
lsa- ance set in. Oh, forgive me! My
eet- was great, but my punishment
less greater"
ara "Why did you GOT"
'ars did you not know? I grew su
aer. cious of you. thought you were
her ceitful, and in my sore jealousy
'uld tened to the tempting of him who W
dis pered to me of revenge. 1t was
eet- true, was it?" she feverishly asked
,on- "Csn you suggest such thing, kr
one ing me as you did then, as you n
i to have since? Isabel, never was