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'. Whore:did you- coms from, baby deart
* Outot the everywhere into here
OUtotrthe„akies as can:t thr
'Wheredid YOU get your sere ootn.thlaw.:21.
..What.makeli the Iightot them sparkle -and
Some of the starry spikes left in.:
. What makes -your totehead so im.00th and high. f
A son handil. stroked it as tweet- by.
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What makes your oheeks a warm.white rose?
• I saw someMing-tettet than any ohe: knows.
Whence that three -cornered Smile_ a bliss?, -
Three auggisgaverge at once a kiss.
Where did you gi)t- this pearly ear ?
God apoked it came out to bear:. •
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Where did yon get- thotie. arras and hands?
Love madklitself into hooks audbands. .
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Feet whence diciyou come you dariing: thiugs 9
Vrc!nittie seine box as the cherub's wings. _
How did -they ali Come just to be. you
Ood 'thought ab out me., and, 801 grew.
Hilt how did:you come taus, you. dear ?- •
O.od:thotight abdut. you, and so I am. here.
CIOBGB l&I.A.OPOZTALD•
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.from, one: petting .pressige that •, they were -gone, herlife. Would '• empty,'dese
-received hem. one man' hand, tor Duke, late—but safe. To pad • OM him—for
unable to Or:rebel:lite a Word in Private with ever, to lose •the love -she..'hed no right to
her, es hia. flather-in-lew elect . happened_ iiiii; to end the story that should never
just:then to bo gazing at him with uncoil; have been begun—how hard it seemed!
fottabie intenthess, had resorted to . this Could they part utterly and for seer? : -She
method �f silent. eloquence. 'While Kate had prornised to Glenoeithlhat theywould,
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and Zora follow lifte...-Craven, Lull, lingers and she honestly pieanA to keep herword,
stilt, and Flaunted to the open gloatsdoor, though . probably. it was • -tither Item-
endlooksoutupon the terrace, and observes instinctive and now terror than
how- lovely thenight is This innocent from any Sense of duty or eionsoience that
little Menceuvre is a Means to the end of she held • her: reiolutien;. She wouldallow
obtaining a second and more seellided good herself but one last Word, --One last kieri.,.
:night to her lever; apart from, the public and that should. he. the end Oh! Saddest
'eye, Duke diitifully follows her, and tries. and -bitterestof words t the nd !
;to look as if it was, pure acioident. - Glen- Yet whecould tell the. future? and what
()fall &hoes toward them, Said observed to strange stories she had l_dpa0 of :early lov,
.111r..Croven lightly; - "We'll leave those ers long parted and :muted at last 1 she
young people to have their. good night." thought with a vague, and half,00rnfoited
Kr. Craven , smiles and nods; and thinks wonder, letting: her fancy tooth .fresiti the
that . GIenoair a is a very • good natured boundless fields of peeeibilitY: Per .Hope,
fellow, and. w 1.11" be, a very. desirable:lather- . in *Oath; is hy die-headedrand Foie cannot
-in.-law. But fdr. Craven- is more kind, slay it. Somewhere, - far,- fat off- in: the .
h.earteci.than.,he is sharp sighted. awl takes Most -dreamy:end • shadowy fields Of - fah*:
little heed of sabtle.-Shadesof look and tone: possibilities, shehadl:e vision -Of herself:tie
" So Duke and Luli Mime their •good night a graceful sad eyed widow in deep mourn-
ed& he takes her in ' his arms and kisses iiig—..o widow in niantio vision then amourning.. robes- Was a
her ae.', it is his habit to do, not more Mote. ro•Ispiniater-of
-wermly. end -not more. mildly than usnal. Doke. ad. a .melanglioly but n t inconsolable
"We.have hade_metty evening,- haven't ,widower—�f a final union, not gay With
we, dear ?13 -he gays. . •-• ; . - .. bridal metier and festivity, but solemn and
• , quiet in slime .old country- Oliutclv*with
:-:"And. why: 'yes' in so peneiva a tone Tr: stained-glass windows. But alas!. Whet a
bcf-aeke;E.in*O carelessly eareseing way a• "Is brief and passing: dream was this_ ! bow
anything the matter, dear" he adds; more far off, and *probableto:the.very verge
tenderly, as she does not triply: ' : ' of impossibility! ..how: ..nearand dark
"Nothing, my boy,notThing,"'slie an -ewers, loomed up the inexorabte ehadoivef:patt-
lifting up her face tohiswith a frank, -Soft, ing! .. - • . - - . .-- • - , . • .
toying smile, • and .anevierieg truly too:, The night is wearing on, and still he
Nothing is. the matter nc!W ; it seems to. her AGM AO dome. . •.The Wind is mosoilie
as if nothing aver - could be any matter; higher; the oloud-wreck is drifting faster by.
While they-aretogether, with none to come- - . Outside. it's merry in the -winds' wake; '
between them; and he-risi.er tams, by look - .In the shaken trees the ciiia stars shP4.03' ....•
and accent and caresses, hers,_ &lid here. It is late now:, '. "He will not pomp 1".
coniy The little cloud .of half -.jestonsi . She. sighs as she says it; she ,does not know
. Veined Perplexity vanishes into -thin -,eirp' .Whether - his non,appearanoe is most . a
and is no More. - Luli is siniplemindea ' relief or a-ai anxiety to her :It is o ix)10.
..Sandpimple rather " through innocence than paneineht also Of •the end...I Butthe risk.
thicaigh -stupidity: But she ' is A -little .:must be .run—if , notthis day,. thee the
ebthas in her. unstipicieus, unenlightened. next; -ier she ennnet part iiium him with,
inhecepoe.Secure in her own truth, she out one :petting :word,. in ,siiite.-:'ef all het
, never deubts that others are as true. In a promises to Gleneeirn... And-the'endmust:
- love So sinipie and all-abiotbing, as here, all (Ionia, and the forces Of resOliition sheltie-
_ cito.ude melt eway nude; • the light pi the -mustered into:array:tonight mustbegath-
: presence of the: beloved:. .WithDhke's arm: ered together .agein, 'Though it is lite,
round -het, -and-. he.z- heed open. his breast, - she -is sure; she waits and •watches ' still.:
ing. and watohing. She is in thet -Paradise 'etillburning. - Pethaps -hes" may cOnie yet
be Wrong her :Om:idle:is
she forgets. her .half•-. disoOntented :wonder- Her Wet& may
of the perfect faith and the liinitleseemifi- ., What 18 gotind ? Some . sharp, suth.
: deuce of guilleSslOve, Which none who have :den sound, like an echo kern far off, startles
left it behind -met ter-enter,lor the _flaming .her.. :-.No, it is : nothing, .ace a .branch hes-
ovoid:keel* . guard - at the =gate. But the- saapped.saddenly, in - the Wind. -:11oW the
flaming sword .of knowledge has 'never _wind is wailing! '..It-: niekes.• her fainsiful ;
seared the spotless whitnees of Luli's leen. *she thinksshehears voioeS . call . her, sees
rant innecence„'In- ttinitful blindness and. toren in the moving shitd *St :. Still • she
in self,fergetting love she ,smiles a: tweet .waits, and --waits; till - her .0 ndle.bee fliek-
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and tender -good - night, and. leaps her fair ,ered out—waits, although • she knows -,how:.
head ban for one lest partite kiss.- -So they,. he will not come,. till .-the darkness fright-.
take : their leave, , and •Ltili% white dreier- .eiii.. her, ' and she 'groncia hurriedlY,"trem-- .. CHAPTER • -XV-. , . -•
flutters "away across the shell , and up the. blingly to her bed. There "Ialie lies. awake,•
marine. stairs, "and Duke leeks -after her, restless : sighing-. through all . 'the ' weary I He, the more fortunate—yeat he hath finished.!
and then glances out upon the terraceand: watches of the night r that ---Beetos so long.: .For him there is -ho longer any future; ..
at the. Weeny steps•temorsefully. The cold, steelylight Of dawn beaks Far oft is he, beyond desire and fear
Glen
setoee No more submitted to .the change and change
--.Gletidaiin's.albobserving eye notiees-the the east, the scarlet elOw Of sunrise•floois Ontta I
1004, if not its expresidonHe is' etandiug the purple hills *pith a "prophesying mom:. With him1-Iputrwho knows what the coininghour
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now algae in „thedi
. great 'm. shadowy hall, ieg red," before Bleep seals herVeiled-in thick darkness brings_forwt
. eyes at lest,
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rigid and -:upright and still, self he Were, : At the nsual.tinie When the early •coaniimes
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frozen to .a, stet -lie : svatahing the last glire-- -fast of coffee and - hot toile was ih the '''• 'The Inc4i2ing' BIM - was -"et' infoln.ng- on the.
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mer of his clatighter's white dress, watching : salon, 11r. and Mrs Craven_ Were the:first Villa Serbani„its goldenrays striking in
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her lover% helf,irresolute attitude, iis to Present themselves at teble, After them, -.-: .:
dumbly . and sternly' . as . he had viatched . one by one, the three gide anpeerea;lfreeli dieporciant brilliance bet -Week the Olesely
drawn Cuetaine,and dancingin dazzling
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their_ ,partihg-good-night; . auk looking :at •and fair • in their . pretty' .white - meinieg. motes On the floor as gaylyas though no
tragedy had . been eneetied between ite set,
Duke,- he says in his. heart.,-: . : - &reeks ; ...and two _ of - them cast . a .qUiell ting and :itetiailig, - - " • - ,, -7 - - '
: "You are thinking. -of • the tryst you will glairee.rohnd, 'es- if in seareli of -•another
keep to night? Yee, it istherethat she will.' . inernber of the party'. Glenokitn was the
look for yon"—it: is there: that she Will be next to. enter and 'lice also tonna:
Waiting for you, soon 1" . ' ' . : ' . - ' -.1.' Duke is up and out early," he -observed,
. -' - ...---7.- - . -. -. - as he drew his chair ; to the itahle; Minding
. .,CHAPTIR -XX/V.,- - ,- - . with his .haeli• to'. the light. :4'1 repped:at
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. one hour his door hi:Palming, and get no ensiter. ' I
Ripened the deadly fruit of that fell flower. -- suppose he has gone- out for a Vvalkfor I
'• , - ' - _ . - • . : • --?''.(°.RRP3., . 'lave been all road the gatden." ' - : - "
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fp's Mv. st
Nu,,, she &naivete:, with her soft smite.-
" Not a. bit tired,/?adre `erio. And What are.
you reading:here all alone se solemnly?' -
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She paita.his dark,, grizzled_ hair_play,
fully aud4caressiogly with_ her skin white
' bands,: auia twistsohe look roma her finger
. into a. ottl. How pretty and bright and.
'felt Ind :peaceful she "-lookal enui:yet heir
• pale. and fragile a creature this darling of'
his heart iat
"Are :You well?- are you strong now,
- ohild?"- he asks -her, gravely,, with -kerne -
thing streegely anxious and yearning in
his eyes.. -
"Quite strong and. 'well, -dear," -she.
-Ana:wore., - .
Strong eoough. to bear soma—letigue 7
• now, are you• not?"
9-‘ Yes ;. hut- you never let me have any
• . 'fatigue tobeart lam such spoiled char •
• • she, seys,'Witli tender, playful rePtosoh.
"1 Oanabt seve, you Itoni every-
you - knoW,- my little he observe-%
But can keep- geoid Over you
endive that you shall zigyet be left to bear
trouble aigne;" • . •
I think I oould beer anything with with you
and Duke," she responds, pimply - and
softly., . She does, ;not notice how sternly
het fathers face seta into 0, look of imp:.
•I, pressed pein and -defiance:
"Or with Duke alone, if*I were gene, I
don't doubt," he: responds calmly, but
with -a tinge of bitternees and • his eyes•
turn. for la• roonieht toward. Duke with a
strange expression, Which, it Would have
• puzzled Luli to define,. all the more because
-in it there is a :momentaty betraying glinf-.
mer of the Apirit Which she has. never seen
and would not understand. • - • • -
" New -don't talk- about being 'gone.'
Here. yourare, and I have got you. safer
.she seys, 'half jestingly, but: -very tenderly
and cereeSingly. •
"'" Yes, - oti -have me 1": he 'replies, and
forces a eliedow et a_ smile.- - -
„ That eVening-like the previous OnitheY
have theii efter-dinnet coffee, on. the.
ter
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race. • It • - -
Some amongst them • have reasons for
. feigning Mirth, „Zeta,- anxions 7 to seem
easy anclintroubled,.joins..eagerly in every
burst of laughter, seizes. a prominent part
• in every palitsing jeet.' Duke alto avails
hiniself of every opportunity of manifesting
-that he lain:such good spirits as become a.
olearponacienoe ; indeed in all the merri-
ment he -takes the lead; but with hiin
these -high spirits. are not: wholly feighed.
• This: night he batches the atniosphere.
• rather as seems than as. It is. ',For net
every laugh that. tinge. Put andstartles the
gray: twilight this evening is se genuine sa
-Duke Neptune's, He is in. an excited'
. hilarious mood. Has—the sad,- longing„.
, passionate look, that on is clay has
• flashed frOm Zora'.8 eyes is, anything
to dowith the high:striing 'excitement -that;
• plunges him into, reeklesagayety, as under
other oirehmstancesitwould plunge himinto
• eullezi glO4ra ? IShe waiting impetiently.to
keep.the tryst -appointed in the letter hehas.
no reason -0 suppose that shehrisnotreceiv-:
• e&? Or does he dimlyperreiVe-oreuepect that
some crisis is near,. and does the conscious
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imminence- of: a Oliroax thrillbim- with the
' delight Og• the soldier- who, after long
• enforced Whig:pod:um thethickets„blickles,
for the-hattle in. theopen field? -
• Glencaiin:has all day alternated between
_moodily silenee- and an unusual tendeney to-
• ttirri everYthoThg into somewhat bitingjests
the portion of the -day, that. is„during
which he lhas- been the rest of the
party. 13ht. for e. gteatpart of the day he
'has beewahut pp: in his own toom, Now
' he - teo: !Ogee laughter - and Joins in_ the
general Mirth. Only he. watched. Duke.
With- an odd inteatnesses if he were Watch-
ing,. waiting, looking for something beyond.
Even •Lali.tozhight is not as. wholly frank
and undisgnised. as usual. She overoolors
' her gayety;:it is, just a• shade brighter
than ispurely. natural. She. too is anxious
toseero happy "aticl at °ease. Lurking- in
• her heart onlY half aokno.v.vledged, and
welt( hidden down out of: sight O
seed of-soinethieg thetmight develope into.
jealousy-, hut, is only now a_ kind. of pained
perptexityi at the -interest in Zora whioh
Dukshas-enconsciously betrayeddutingthis
dtty. ZoraPeonduot hoe beenquite unexoep-
- ,tionable, Oen in the eyeeof the most exact-
ing Aancee but Duke, whose- curiosity was
- -aroused by- Zorals agitation. the pieVious-
night„ andWho- has failed to fin& an oppor-
• - tunity of single private woid with her
to --day, has. once, or twice oarelessly--let
• the, hilieW of polite Mali:termite slip, and
looked at .her with intentinise • and watch -
/hi ingoirY: So ell these Mut each more
readily atsimpler jests, and 'laugh more
ringingly ahd frequently than. even the light
befitted Cravens,. who inspect no under-
current beneath the • emooth,„ brightly
• rippling. surface of the rivet. But the
widet-cprOnt .is flowipg dark and deep;
' note SAMS f: one dream of its darkness and
• itEF depth, jar--; foresee whither its resistless
"fora is. • - -
They ego. merry, • and laugh ; only
One know.S.the black shadow that:or:niches
there in Wait by them, or bears the:mock-
eoho of every laugh. ,And he looks. to
'theheave#s-end wonders---willne Aar -fall?
ne-nivisible, writing start out from,
. the darkfiesSin•warning?1 . - • .
-• The party breaks up at last;
von: is the; Ault-- to ascend the. broad stair-.
case; Kate • end Zeta follow her more
&Wirt; Zero with her fingers tingling dill - long his stay in Italy might be, And if he
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they heard murmur of voie,es approach-
ing,'end a noise at the hall door.
"'Lull -started violently, and felt her heart
itop beating: Her father oast hie arm round
het, and held her. so taghtlythet it would
-have hint her had shebeen etthat moment
susceptible Of pain; •
• "Open the door he said With an author-
itative geiture,.axid Aseuntii .tleW to obey.
Zeta stood clutching Kate's hand; her groat
dark eyes -,fixed upon .Glenceirn, Bina so
'ghastly a pallor and so s—it imp" an expres-
sion on her fade that even Sate noticed it,
though no suiPicicin of' the reason- crossed
Kate's- mind. - . •
: The. door- WU opened, and hi' peered a
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yen. .811 . "seen:lean -
hystericaltiontable-sort of _girl I Went
tell.her tote bareful—and if -sh
break down, not to break do n
added; glaniiieg- Ve .sneke '
aside to Kats
. -Kate •,quite MeleistoOd.•Glene irifs natu-;
raLatiraetY,- and -Bad 'shewasrtain Zora
viottld -carefully • Obey any hi that he
niight give her. . •
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most secluded Corner - she •oceildi find, She
' -Zeta vies dOWnr.at the hottorn yi. awielgiadre-
den, coivering,- trembling, hid: en in: the:
fh_eersaeitto--71tnr.PY-rliee7rien,gein9.1iygerihnegrteo, •' yen in. -the
grave. • In her despair sheWish: dotibbiayt.isoheet
small crowd of Italians ; men and -women. were -deed with the lover she hadi
They began :flood of ,eleciaentie, before. :.;-cle.ad and Sale, -awaY. -froth ne.Sihrinositieds
half of which was done Assunte :burst into. rfar. away as death from - She; riel;oirnileeowtei.db.7
loud -lamentations and began Winging her bottittle -of -.titoee dreadfin nao erite when.
. the 'Men" had -Wine hOoVy
Luli toad -
big, -half moreduleue, half stunhed:'" What Was ellenientri% voice that
9,E!: if turned to Stone, listen: harden:0'6.1*h the ; but uao.s.;grthpiisolone
hisper
vi-iwAs the olindax of their narrative, they all betray yourself" " Then she t
jahvat.-7. :„...they:- -saying 7' --"e::::01.0Pe.4.: jantn*: eac;0,1,a„,eind.B4-dveittd,lyy. :itungd.1.2faodrs::.
pound of:isloWer footsteps; of More hashed whined -46:4 danced around be
turned and pointed- -to the door,:- must fho's;:oew. 1.11f.:172, .--e:ttfoor tlth tv ld wija
becoine audible. tali started - - - - - . -
'and ehoddetea as if she had been stabbed, -eblenk, to her - - • -
and struggled - to- free _herself from . her
father's arm. . Now for .the fitst. time
Glenceirn seemed agitatedi'andspeke with
-hurried.impetneeity.: . • .- -
"No t' not %here! _God 1 OtaVen, stop
theili till I.get Lull away I" •
He tried te. drag herback,endthe Women_
°Watered round her, :thinking: for the
-monient, chiefly , of her:. But the gentle,
•yielding, delicate -Luli „ they had all.knoWn
till now, was :gone.: The girl . was trams-.
formed; :It was. immature -With. the:
strength --e,e4_ fury:of a _ Pythoness who •
struggled -their . amis. And in thet
moment e, strange -like.heiss. to •Glencciiirn
dame Over her.. Like his wasthe danger-,
glue gleam her eYelike his the almcist
SeVoge .p.assion orat resolution ofherlook.,
With : all .-the force-. cit. her lather%
nature.she struggled • and *tested itereelf
free.; and, sudden and irresistible as a pan-
therese Who Sees her zebe slain, Rhe-toreho
way'reist all who Would have -intercepted
her, to the nieh who wetee.nterizigto-tlie
silent burden they bete. It lay on a 'shut-
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. ter ; • shine:one -had • filing large olook.ov.er
.beer Maybarne
few. lights before! •-
AbOve the: lamentation 0! .the Wereeri
andthe syinpethetiomermurs of. the -men.,
arose -pietoingehtiek from Zora's lips
-Shefell into Kate's arms in -a Wild.hysterioal
'•paroxyein; 'While • -Lull-, .sileptly. struggling
ftoin. Glencairife hand—for
:of coarse' had "followed. and :attempted to
_draw her back—seized thenioak, lifted
and looked -Upon het loyet'e fade-. .••
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The night was one of crowded starlight; A
44 mdisn't he there ? e must be out
Yet between those envious floating•shadows walking; then—though he isnot very fend
of dusky grey dead:there broke hrbad rifts Of befere-breakfrist walks," aid Lull easily;
while Zeta tutned pnaboountably pale.
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Thit west -obscure,
of the pure- divine blue,-
.." ItoW ill -you- look, My dear I"- said MM.:.
, • -Se:softly dark and darkly pets, Craven, Observing her pellet,- but not
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all alight' with stare' -thet iiiaae the lower ' obeerving how enddenly it had come over
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'darkness' Yisible,-. • . - . - - , - 'her face.- • '" : .- . -
Uri looked :out into the. shadows with . ." I got. up with- a bad eaaectie,"- Said:
straining ',eyes, , 7:"Her light was.- iiiirnang Zara sweetly, :. . . - : • - - -
late that night,fArtcl she sat by her .window "Shall We welt for Duke?" asked -Atm -
lest in .thought, watching, wondering--_. OraVen.-. - ..• . _ - ' . -., • -. . ' -
:would he come? She had had no- sign frorn . "Oh ne, don't wait,- de r," 'said Luli,
-,him that day, she did not. •kaow, of the. shilling.: ".110 Won't be -long.". ' •-• - 1
Written' Message. that had: been intercepted; . So -they eat down;. but Lull didnot begin
the eager butningwof cis o! love poured out tier breakfast, met .Zora:hersi - The test had
iin iinpredent blaokand: white for her, had scenery had time to, demote-- than . eip
heaver met her eyes._ - -Side did not expect, their. coffee,. when. Assunta Oame into the
him to keep the usual tecitly, acknowledged: room, --open-eyed with: wonder "The
tryst that night, shedid not wish. him to piling- -Bigot had :not slept in his tooth:
, do so; and thought of the poisibilitY. with His bed had not been touched • all hight,
rather terror than with hope, butyetat t . Why: Was thiel -.Where was be?" - • -
the Minutes wore on and the tinie at iviiihh. When they cOmpreheiided. Asslinta's
theigenerelly met was , pining fastoihe rapid :.Italian speech, .eiterybOdylcioke&
bent her ear and started at every- sound- ' startled. llts, Craten-ani.Kateexelaimed.
like a footstep, and gazed long and eagerly loudly,4i. •_ Ciaieu.. and ' Glenositn.
with the tremoro!e seepenaethat had exchanged grave, :'" inviting- looks: ' Lull,
nothing to say to hope; from , behind her now turned ' very pale, but hilt eohld net. be •
ourtaine.oh to.the .deserted tutees._paler than Zeta, who trembled all over,
He would nOt.00nde 1 strely he would not, and looked -about to faint ;-...but inobody
comet. .But if he Wefe to Ohne, if he were: hotioed her, for everybody's i eyes naturally
so rash, so mad, so heedless of her Warning:- turned.toward-Luli.- • • -•. I. .: : ." .- --
end her entreaty; then she Must go to :meet ' 4fter their unit' eXelamations; Xis. Cra-.
hint. Sheivouldseizothis one last opportii= von and Kate suddenly fell. into silence,:
nity,if she aboard' bee his tall figure emerge and looked- asgrave- as the rest 'realizing,
-from; the shadows into the starlight again - as the rest did, that it was "seinethieg more
:this night. - She "Would avail ;herself of the than "oda" or "funny" - 1
:chance of saying the words that. Must be . "Very .strange... We hal•°bettergo- and
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spoken, '. She would tell 'hitt resolutely see- abOut. • it, °vixen," .. p id Glenoaith,
now that all must end; she -would. sum rising hp. . "Now, don't he :r cared; Luli.
mon all her . force ..and . courage to .epeak . Very likely theta's-- nothing wrong," ' he
:firmly and: finaliy. the. words that she had added, but thecomfort was kreVely•epoken:
too hastily and. agitatedly 'tittered the pre- . "Are there -441y .brigandi 'about ?".aeked
.vious night:. . ----- - • ..- • - Luli,- in ri, falterihg voids - - I ; . -.
- Alight i was that . not .6, step on the ter.. - "None ` that I ever heard of," . replied
I
race did not AshadoW-inovel. No ; it wile .Glenotiirn-.- " Come down to his room, first,
not he., -I Only a :little Wind - is ,rising and. Craven;hadn'tWe better ?"
murmuring . throughthe trees; • inia, the ' ," Very strange indeed," r peated the two
i
bending'branolies- make. the ShadOWS kin .men„-lOolsing at each -other, ' •-s they stood in
But it. is not too. late for him. He may Duke's deserted tom, w,11.43 the ladies
come yet. - - . - -. '. • . ' • ' ' ;flocked together across - thel hell, Hate and
. So; it he mimes,she is prepared.andreso. • her Mother 7 wondering iii, ubaned rime,
Ei
lute and has detetrained what te. say; she Dili and .Zora pale ahd. Bile t', -: . •
has the words ready- in: her - mind with -: 'Did you Veer- him -elite his rOOM -.last.
which she will bid ' him forget her, and -night ?"-aeked Craven of -Glenotaith: : . • :-
return to his: _allegianee to Luli, who loves - -- "No, not tk-jit 1 Jenicatihet, t generally
hirntoo. That night, if words .are *spoken eleep toe scithidlY to Wake at the opening or
between them. at .ali, they shallbe words of. shutting of his:door." ' .' - ' ' _ •
fixed and final farewell: • „ : - -
Arid then ? - What then?. what afterward?
- Could she stay here,. with • thein; . with
him,. until the party: broke up? Could" she-
ar the whole Icing -winter through. in his ' -Goa kowst. graven, on aua--1:aUd.
Kolbe,. Yet separated from him ? - Yet Pietro bail better -go. off '.-iii. different diteo
how 'could .she leave? • .:- On what .-etetuse tione." • f- - .' ' ' : --- : ' -- -', .- :- • : --e . : ':. ' -• :
Out& she, elonssasehewas,lealte:her best Mr. Graven lookedeVittii :: askhe would;
friends_ andthrow herself gene On the world tooter:fiend that eatitienary -*ode should'
kilt foreign country?' -Triie, -there Might he be used before -het, and 'began tie suggest—
no nded for hei- to go, 10: might. be -celled 'halt aside—that possibly it might be hatter
back to London, it was not certain how if they did. not take 'too gra+e a view- of the
matter. While they. stood discusemg it, ' _ "I'm geingloiivo stei\
-
-- -
..,
All the household was in -a state of
sup-
pressed and awe - stricken excitement;
eVerywhere e the hoose was pervaded by
hushed :voices; _agitated whispers, hurried
footsteps. In one room only there was.
silence now ; 'and -those who passed its door
trod softly, and spike. with lowered mur-
murs,.as -if they feared to distiirb the deed:
They had laid hire- there, in the room
opening off the hall where he had awoke on
so many mornings --to seethe suit pour in,
rcinsing him from sleep with its flocid.of
light—the, sanieennlight that stole its -Way
in. through -the closed . blinds noW, and
touched; as if: in a gruel mopkery,- with one
bright ray the stained and matted lecke of
hair it used to gild gayly. -
Around him • as he lay; there had been
weeping and Wailing, oatorieis of- horror
and Bebe of _despair. But " oan
touch him :further." He is safe behind
the eternal barrier riovr,; the barrier against
:which mortal 'yearnings,-proyers, and long
ings dash themeelves - There ho
'more of temptation aha resistance for him,
no more perplexity, no mere conflict'
between the opposingloices Of passion and.
faith. The tangled knot in which he had
become involved, and which had Seemed so
hard to anravel, which pigging days had
only seemed to' twist • the tighter, was cat
through it a blow; Down upon the pee-
sionate -heart; down upoti tbe diateub.ed,
spirit, the peace of. death had fallen, and
they were stilled for evermore. One day
before a woman's twit, woman's smile,
wOutd havS" been as
•
The. powerful moon to this bloosts sea,
No human Voice; no :mortal tears Or oties,
Would stir the frozen silence now. ".
,HisbodY lied been tonna that morning
hy.stiangers,Iyieg lit an unfrequented path
that his friends remembered to be one of his
favorite 'walks. : He had been shot twice,
in the side and in the breast, and had been:
dead some hours When the first passers-by -
eking that eolitary. path diseovered him.
At a few, paces from hisp ley a revolver of
Which two -chambers-ba beeh discharged ;
lint whether it -Was case Of suicide or
-miirdet therewee ,nothing yettO prove.-
• In Lulietroeni,liee father and friends were
enxibuily watching her. They hid had cause,.
to fear for her life or her reason since they. "lc
had dragged het fly force frond 'her
lover's side, and carried het Insensible -up
dare. Now, however, she . appeared tone
recovering herielf e ; andthe Octet,"
Who had speedilyarrived, and. who, utiable
t� do anything -for the -deed, had turned -to.
the_assistance of the living, said that with
tiara ithe Might do very Well. • Gleheairii,
who hadbeezilehding over her in stern -and
eileiit agony that hone: dare intrifdenpen
by words of - comfort, now seeing her
• " 'Where shall we look or him r Baia Somewhat restored, rose up in . usual
Luli, laying her 'hand on her father's balm and practical composure - Helmet'
as they std on the threriel&Of Duke's
.She crouelred there lielples opeless,
till, loOking -up :at the sound o fiiotsteps,'.
the path;
she saw Glendaith. turning. t_h girtet: ot
- The eight of - the fiend ince ate Wetild
probably scarcely have Startle and tetri-
-fled.- her -thbie. At Once at the glit of hi
the shook of reality :stabbed- elr helms.
'Alone, she wondet if it "Were 41. -it -
-nightmare; : His presence rferoe ,the peg.
of the truth to chilli throng her every "
nerve." She first..sprang up . her -feet :
.wildly, as if to fly., and then toed trend.
blihg, gazing at him with ehetr d fond hot-
rorthat stuggled with, but Were till-setior-
dinatete, herfeet Of biro:
. •
•He -looked. on the fragile, quiv Mgfigure,
the white terror struck face, te clfeetly,
without pity. -• - .
"Do yeti lecl.cainier now ?"' h asked.
The words were. not unkin ;I but his;
voicetoher shrinking ears see d like
Mocking haus "of a. serpent; and s she Met
his piercing gape bent. on her, s e felt as if
• .•_
it fell. _ L-
it werethe"evil eye" that Wig td -where .
•
" What have :,you seine for- liy.?".• she.
*geared; almost too agiteted.to b Conscious
What she _
"1 sheet& net have come -to y without •
with .want"Do you s terror to kill me:tot yo said,dbeefis t Et
of desperetion. -
_.
"Par from it?. 'I have. mere Y come 'to.
advise:you to 'forget One CoIIVe a ion that -
you and. -1 mace 'had.'" 7 ,
"'Forget it? • cannot? 11 vg couldi
ever forget it?" she exclaimed, *jiggling .
to be brave despising: hers 'If for- her
consciious tenure.. " And --end
Shell know trio," she .ga,ipe with an
"effort..." Theyshill e could
Say" Silhoalnrailel:knOW -what ?" he eked, and.
, .
the :dark dangerous fire of his eyes pm- ,
alyzed her. She. stood faschieted—lierre1.
less In all the tumult Of his m 'idle felt
seine eutioeitY to seehow far the f
. •
ago of this tiinid creature would e. Would
.she dare to accuse, him .of in er to. his "
face?" - - .
know—what?" he peated.
I Zara lost what little pteseh Of mina
an&cenrage• she had retainea.-: be shrunk
away from him, and with a ind !en acCess
terror like *a wild creature Strueglihg
frencthe hunter's hands; she . rang past
him :and tried to lly fibre e bought
her by- the. wrist: She -did not ream,lor .
died in her throat, but her 'pie frame -
-drooped and:quivered, her limbs 'deemed to
,her vpioe failed her, and .t.h,e.o,r._ f or
turn powerless and 'give Way be eath her,
and she looked up it .hidi Wit eyes like
thoie of a hunted deer: as it fall prostrate
in the power of the yelling paok.
- " What does this folly mean 2, ' he said.
Yoti have no need to fear. 111 not -hut
you. But will not be trifled th. • You.
shall speak plain instead of ev ding me. .
What shall they • all know ?"
She feared biro, but instinCtive yushe pet
sem° faith in his *Did that sh ' was age,
and shewascompelled by his •str tiger will
tospeak. •
" It—it was you—who killed iut r she'
gasped, half. hi grief end reprea h, .haltin-
hatredand horror. The -Words on e uttered, •
a -thrill of- the,ofigulah of love .e ebbed her -
heart deeper -tau hher selfishfear. .1)11-1 you: ,
have, kilted she oiled -de. pairingly,;
teckleielorthe liniment Of his in hence.
- " Stee- he said, arid e sort of represeed-
breeth or one Moment failed ind: Put
shaddeit rill through his fraro ,, and hi
in a sepond!s straggle he seem .to adz
again iipon -his power • of Bette trol, ema
grasp it SSA round whom t niultuots
waterSetirge, clutrihes the- rock hat testa
itself above the 'Reselling -waves. SoGlen-
TO 'peke it ebb and flow.. • . eaira,rtn the tempest of his spiti ,heldfait'
histonly 'safety,- 'firm evenOW in his:
stern:Rad' but unshaken stiength,:i
. .
• "D not speak those Worda gain," he
said " Once is enough. What Ruse have
you t with this -
deed
her
MS.
ha
thi
de
Re
Yo
ciolt
Vrk
-
LNG
elr#
PV•
y4,
dare to couple raw nam
Why do. you tremble o ?" (For •
rief iwptilse Of- courage - as past.)
have told you that you are safe- from
Sit down—listen. You thi k thet he
not died.: by . his own had?'Yoti
that it WW1 .who did it.? Whateyi.
-fancy.?
toed, have
ss
3 have you in favor of yo
ctskwell. What positive
. your QW11 ba.Se,
A
'mend the room steadily, as if --takin • -
of its intnittes itate and Mrs Cra.vea; ;...I.L....,,t. ..,. ,
niVatnowttha?;ybthpeehb...,edcleioirdet;o2Siqigef;en''. 171:113:111:1:91:trrciae'bia:r
aff
zrctmnaictio:sst, it,
irs"Where is your friend , . n
cairn said 'suddenly to ate.ieatt:1ijoI:
"Ia:n'tknew-ShehaAfeotions.tddrs
MP
Vv ifI went toher room jus-arAtsoiuo9of a.situa
tioohere.- .
Ville Wis i
. -
*gaily nv::11,:tx:::y.his
1- sown was not proof
Send for
Prtaea, an growing ,.. •
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el EYAN LA
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103 Griswold r 0 •-11. words—• •
led .,,, ,.." '
ne • : ,. d neither
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-4 • acla 1 else
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