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BY BERTHA 11T,. CLAY,
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bring you face to face with her."
Tho. woman loved 111111 -her faro
changed, paled, grow crimson, and
quivered; her eyes !hawed and dark
surd.
Lord Kelso, who had quidrly re-
covered his self-possession, !lolled to
-!ler with a bow, 011Xll six mon ;R I.
"This is your v-cllgemue0," ho sail.
"Yes," she replied, "this is my venge-
ance."
"Will you auswer 8om0 questions,
Lord Kelso," sho said, "questions which
I shall ask on your honor as a gentle -
luau 7"
He looked contemptuously at her, but
made no reply.
"Is the story told of you and Lady
G- true or not 2" she asked.
"Of what cousequonce can it bo to
you 2" ho replied. "I would not eon -
descend to answer you."
"No1 I felt sure that you would
speak the truth; if not, Lord Penrith,
who wishes to know the truth, had
better put the question himself."
"Is it true ?" asked Lorcl Penrith,
with a dark frown.
"I am ashamed to say that it is per-
feed•- true," he replied.
It. • ,.s a horrible crime, but if any.
thir;; • . redeem it, it was tho frank,
manly !,.onion in which ho owned it.
"You etre that I was right 1" cried
Z'alone, iu triumph. "Nov let him
deuy, if he can, that he deceived ono of
the most innocent and beautiful girls in
the world : that be made her believo in
some wretched attempt at a niock mar.
riage. nud took her away with hint to
Swiiicrlard,whero she lived with him i
for some time. believing herself to bo
Lis wife. 1, this; true?"
Ile look. d at Lord Penrith as though
the outstiou came from him.
"'Po my eternal regret, sorrow, and
condemnation," ho replied, "itis true."
There was a dead silence for one half
minute, then a muttered curse fell from
the white lips of Lord Penrith, and
again Valerie cried, in triumph.
"You seo now that I have spoken the
truth."
CHAPTER LXVII.
DOOMED TO A LIFE-LONG SORROW.
Lord Kelso was not a hardened man
-1m recoiled with pain when Lady
Pourith turned laer white face, haggard
with misery, to him,
"Why have you clono this to my Bea-
trice ? W hat has she done to you that
you should spoil her life? 011, Heaven !
who is to tell her, and sho preparing for
her weddiug-day 2"
Lord. K.elso's voice was full of emotion
as he Bald:
"Lady Penrith, Ido not know in what
words to answer you. I wish that I
had becu dead before I had brought
this trouble to you and to Beatrice. I
wish, indeed, that I had died. Will yon
listen to me for a few minutes ? I
cannot mako any excuses for myself; 1
do not wish to make less of my sin, but
let mo say this much for myself -if 1
bad my life to live over again I would
act differently. I say it, with tears of
sorrow and contrition, that I havo never
studied anything except myself and my
owls pleasures. Only Heaven knows
whether it will bo any excuse for ma to
say that I was never tangbt. I was
born the Their to great wealth, and I
always thought I could do as I liked.
I aha not all bad. I believe that if any
ono had ever said to mo that 801f -00n -
tool and self-restraint were noble, I
might -harm tried to ho noble. As it
was, quite naturally, I thou"ht of
uothing but my own pleasure. I have
never done what the world would call a
mean thing, I have boon generous -I
may even say charitable -bit have not
rospootod the claims of women. I an,
doubly ashamed to say it in tho pre-
sence of such a amnion ea Yeti, Lady
Penrith, but I am afraid I have merely
looked upon theca as toys. I have found
out my mistake -they havo tho virtues
of angels tho vices of devils. I loco Bea.
trice, I feel that my lips aro not
worthy to mention her name, I love
Ilei because she is like an angel."
Ho turnocl to Val0rio,
"Y011 0011 say what more you will,"
he said, quietly; "you havo had your
l0veugo."
"Yes, I have had it, and thio taste of
it is sweet to my lips," she said.
Lorin Kelso tnrncd to tho uwLappy
parm,ts,
"11'hatovor you have to say to lam
wait until this woman has gond. She
has 1,0 her vengeance; let her go."
"I have 1nor to say 1lef0rc I go," said
1alerio. "It is easy to de0tivo 0foolislh
woman -it is easy to betray in1100Cn00
or simplicity -hut it is not so (msy to
deeeivu and betray ,a French noble'
woman. I toll you my revongo should
last soy life. Every time you attempt
to mato any Wonsan hollow its you, or
attempt to make any woman marry you,
1 will repeat what I !save dono this
time,"
He nada no au5wor-a contemptuous
smile curled his lips. A woman's threats
would novor move him.
"I will not rotaliato upon a woman,"
he said, "or I might, in my turn, make
certain tovelations not very pleasant for
llladenloisello D'Envers to hoar. Out of
contemptuous pity I will keep her se.
mot. Sho has told you ;aria of the
truth, but sho has not told you what a
snake in the grass she proved herself to
the girl when sho drove to her death. I
tell you houestly that I loved that girl
with my whole heart, and I would have
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matter is 0ndod, and forovor, My
Strongest conclouuultiuu and rctprobatiou
rout with von. You havo wronged
Heaven and man, Y0(10 Soul wants wash.
ing in tears of peuiteuoo, your life re-
forming ;
e-
for'hnhng; but wider 110 Oire111nstanees
whatover eau yon 1>e permitted to see
13eatfico again. The pr0p0r and manly
course will be for you to leave Pourith
at once,"
Even ho, in his righteous anger, was
struck by rho keen pain on 0110 hand-
some fano before him. A low ery came
from the earPs lips.
little love 1" he said to lticnself.
Iso lo0kod up at Lord I'unritb with hag-
gard eyes, "1)o you icu0w," he cried,
"that 1 loft her half an 11001' ago with
loving words on her lips, and that she is
waiting for mo, tiho malted me not to
ho long, and 1 promised to lnu'ry hack
to her, You cannot he so cruel as to say
that I must not see her again, my little,
loving lovo 1" and the strong man -the
man who had thought so little of the
sufferings of others--c1verecl his flee
with Ills hauls and wept alo0tl, ;moll
tears as mon weep 0111y onc0 in lite, and
that is when their rloarest hope is slain.
Evan those 10110 were in eluted against
bin) bolt sorry for him at that Hour.
"I roust see her once mor„ 1" ho cried.
"I shall go mind if you forbid it. Jest
onto -oh, Lady Peorit', you Have a
woman's heart, and it must bo a kind
ono, lot hale see her mice -only once 1"
Lady Penrith held up her hand.
"I shill look upon you always as my
chill's murderer," she said. "Beatrice
will never bo happy again,"
"But you will lot me Boo her 2" he
pleaded. "Once -only mace ?"
"It nest rest with Lord Penrith," she
replied.
It must rest with Beatrico herself,"
said Lord Penrith. "if it will lo,'sef
her sorrow, and she wishes to say 10013.
ley to you, slue may cru so, but -it most
1,5 ,,Ood.hy. What do you propose la
do 7 I wish you to leave my house at
ralc1,'
":thy punishment is Lard," cried Lord
110!;0---"l(arder than I eau bear.'
married her logally and properly lou;;
ago but that 1 \vias ashamed to lot bar
Immo that! had deceived her before, 1f
that woman with lair horrible 0000011107
haul not came botwceu 112, hl all 110n11a-
1,11ity vt0 811011d havo boon married, I
Moo 110(160100 110021160 sho reselubles in
Lor parity, her 111110001100, and 1(00swoet
gayety the girl (011001 this woman 111110•
dared with lalso words,"
"Hush 1" cried Lord Pourith, "You
roust 110':er molltfoa lay daughter's name
agaiu."
Lord Kelso'; handsome face grow
timidly pale.
"Is it so?" ho said. "I cannot tom.
plain. YOU 81,0, - mademoiselle, your
work is clone -your rovmlge is vary com-
plete. You havo doomed a bright, hail.
'y, loving girl to a life-long sorrow. Sho
whose Immo 1111ay 110ver more mention
netts never have known of my wrong-
doing ; hundreds of 1)100 have douo the
same thing, but t11oy ]lava sot0loti down
afterward, have married goad women,
1111,1 Have Se 1,00011(4) good mens I might
1,'1TO dont, Om same -living with 0110 Se
R1,014l and pure would have ruado a good
noun of me. I could Lave p1050 od Ler'
1. .10 all evil, and havo 11(0110 1100 very
11:111y-." The recollection of what she
ha boor saying when iJO loft I(4')'. ('(lac
611, i( L. ilial, his vo;01 faltered, and i Dim
t,: 1l ea11)0 to. his e), "1.111) 1 -are had
ir.1. Prng,'11m,e, maGet eis,'lit•' 1 -emit III
1, 1aiia111, 1f you wird! to know t,LctMA
you havo succoeded in making me snd'er,
yos, you have dono so -I du suffer, and
I shall suffer all my life. You need nob
be proud of the feat you have accom-
plished. Lord Penrith, when this per-
son has ;;one, wo will speak together."
Lord Penrith made no answer; think-
ing of Beatrice, it was with groat diflr.
catty that he refrained from taking the
man boforo him by tho throat, and end-
ing the life that to him seemed accursed.
Lady Penrith read his thoughts iu his
agitated face and trembling frame.
"Nay, dearest Hildebrand," she said,
"that will but malco matters worse. 13o
calm and patient. -blind, hot raga will
not help us."
Valerie made a sweeping bow.
"My mission is accomplished," sho
said. "You !mow, Lord Penrith, if any
0110 attempts to win your consent to
this marriage what will happen. I shall
be there. I shall stand by the altar and
the priost to denounce him, and your
1111,1110 shall bo associatedwith the great-
est scandal that has ever been known
even in this land of scandals."
"Threats would never deter me from
doing what I thought right,".said Lord
Penrith.
Then, without another word, ho open -
001 the door and held it -a hint that no
person could mistake,
"I must express my opinion of you,"
ho said to her. "Lord Kelso does not
shine in rho stories you havo told, but
the most contemptible person I know or
have heard of -is yourself."
Lady- Penrith said no word as the
woman who had marred her da0g11ter's
life passed out of sight; but she stood
there with a look on her face that lmrt
Lord Kelso more than anything else in
this world.
"Who is to comfort my child ?" she
said to her husband. "Who is to toll
her?"
Than Lord. Kelso wont nearer to her,
and bowed his head before her.
"Lacey Pantitb," ho pleaded, "will
you listen to mo ? Need this cruel (lead
be douo ?-noes Beatrice be told? My
follios or sins were all over before I over
saw her. Since I have known hor 1
havo been true to her in thought, word,
and deod, just because sho is so sweot
and innocent. I would respect hor iu-
nocence, and shield her with Sho best
strengths of a lean. Could you forgivo
me ?"
The passionate sorrow in" his voice
touched her gentle heart.
"I could forgive you," sho said ; "bit
I could never give you my beautiful,
loving child." -
"Think better of itl" ho cried, with
passionato enorgy. "I own my orime-
I havo done wrong; I am heartily sorry
for it; I would undo it if I could; I
would make any atonement I could-uo
man can do more."
"This is true; but what you havo done
quite unfits you to be my daughter's
husband. I shouldnever rest for think-
ing of her -I should never be happy
about her. I am one of those who con-
sider tho destruction of tho soul as far
worse than the ruin of the body."
Lord Penrith looked at Lord Kelso.
"If my wife would give my daughtor
to you, I would not. I would soonor a
thousand times seo leer lying dead!"
Lord Kelso uttered a cry of despair.
"10 8001118 unmanly to plead against
your decision," he said, "13th do, for
Hoavon's sako, stop and think. If you
sand mo away, you inalto Beatrice sulTor
for my sins. What hasBoatrico clone?"
"Nothing -that is tho cruelest part of
it," said Lord Penrith. "Sho may suf-
fer, and sho will suffer. Bettor that,
than to link her life 101011 such m lifo as
yours."
"You aro too hard," groaned Lord
Iiolso,
"I do not think so," said Lord Pon.
rith,
Then they were silent, while the ear-
riago vvlhools of rho woman who had
comp down upon them liko a whirlwind
rolled down the avenue.
"We have to oousidor our name," said
Lord Penrith. "Even If my wife and
mysol£ were willing now to give our
dauglltor to you, you 00me11111Or what
that woman said --that she would do-
nou1100 you boforo the priest and rho
people, and that suoh a scandal should
hong round your name as has never been
hoard before -you remember."
"Sho would not darn to do anything of
tho kind," ho cried, indignantly.
"Sho would both dare and do," said
the earl. "No stroll soandal must at.
tech itself to my beloved child, Tho
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Lord Penrith. "I will send word to my
daughter that you have been compelled
to return to London on particular busi-
ness. Do not give either Lady Ponrith
or myself the pain of looking upon you
again."
But you will lot me see her once
again to say good -by ? You will not re.
fuse mo ?-it is the dosperato prayer of
a dosporate man."
"I will consider it. If my daughter
asks !rte I shall not refuse her, but I
shall take her out of England at onto."
In silence Lord Kelso quitted the
room,
CHAPTER L'li.VIII.
TEE TATTLER'S 1:XPLANATION.
Every fashionable newspaper in Lon
don had the sante paragraph :
"PasTPONENENT OF TITh MARI(IAGE OF
THE EARL OF KELsO.-Tho marriage of
Lord Kelso is postponed owing to the
very serious illness of Miss Penrith,
whose condition is a source of great
anxiety to her relations."
Those row lines did not tell much of
the tragedy which had taken place at
Penrith Castle, but that told all the
outer world ever know. In one of the
grand old rooms overlooking the rivor
with its rush of waters, and the woods
-a room, largo, bright, and lofty -a
young girl lay, doing hard battle with
death, lay liko a bruised flower, liko a
broken lily, her fair head tossing wildly
on the pillow, a wistful, hunted look in
her oyos,as though the pain were too
great. Sho longed to die, while all iu
rho hottso moved with silent fo0tatops,
and the sound of a laugh was novor
hoard. It was as though the sun had
set, and everlasting night reigned. That
bright, beautiful Beatrice should be
lying 011ore, the golden hair all down,
the boautiful face either white or worn
or flushed and fevered; sick unto death
-with that one fever for which there is
no cure.
She looked at the doctor who came to
attend her.
"Do not try to cure mo," she said to
him. "Let me die 1" -that was the
burden of her song -"let mo diet"
She had not said much when they
told her. Sho listened to all, and when
Lord Penrith had finished, she cried
out:
"You say I must give him up. I can-
notl I cannot I" She wrung her hands
with a low my, a despairing gesture. "I
cannot 1" sho repeated. "I am sorry ho
has not boon a good man ; but, good 01'
wicked, I love him, and I cannot give
him up."
;rho listened with a ghastly faco,
while Lord Ponrith told her tho story,
in the bolt and kindest words ho could
find.
"If his own sins did not lis liko a
groat gulf botwoon you, Beatrice," ha
said, "you could not marry him. That
fair young Tame of yours must not be
blaokonod with calumny, and that IVO.
man will keep her word. You must try
to forgot him."
"Forget him, papa 1 I will -when hay
heart forgets to boat and my eyes forgot
to see. I will forgot him -when the sun
is darkouad and the moon gives 110
light, when my body forgets my soul,
and Hoavon forgets mo -than Twill for.
got my earl -my earl 1"
"My Beatrice," said bor father, gontly,
"you aro too good, too noble to love a
wortbloss man.
"He is not worthless," she repeated.
"Ho may havo been wicked, ho may
havo dons all therm terrib1s things you
say, but ho is not worthless."
She listened to him with a face so
ghastly, and with trembling hands, with
such anguish in her oyes, that Lord
Ponrith said to himself it was worse
than slaying her, Evory now and then
rho white hands were clenched, as if rho
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