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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1909-11-26, Page 3vi Slowly the color faded from the beau- tiful fate; a great look of horror came into the dark eyes; the pale lips trem- bled. "I do not believe it," said fluldah 'Asheton. "Yet it is true. Send for Lord Wyn- ton—let him confront me. Ask him, and see if he can deny that I am his lawful wife." Jane Lewis went quietly up • to her mistress. "If you will only give the or- ' der miss," she said in a clear voiee, "the servants shall put this person out- side the door." "Read this first," requested the stranger. She laid a paper before the young girl, whose dazed eyes say that it was a marriage certificate, properly signed and attested, of Isabelle Dubois and Olive Wynton. The marriage had been solemnized at the Church of St. Roth, "I cannot accept this as evidence," said Huldah, presently. "Anil I will never believe what you say until I hear it from his own lips." "Send for him," laughed the stranger, "and see what he will say." Her confident tone made Jane Lewis tremble. Huldah Asheton drew her tall figure to its full height "I will send for him," she said; "I will take bis de- nial from his own lips." And then she rang the bell. "Send Gregory to me; Susanne," she ordered, calmly. No trace, no sign did she allow to appear of what she felt. When Greg- ory entered, she said: "Drive as quickly as you can, Gregory, to the church at Silverton. You will find Lord Wynton there; tell him to came to me with all haste." Lewis turned to her mistress. `You will dress now, miss," she said. "Thai person can be shown into another room. "Miss Asheton, I strongly advise you," interposed the stranger, "not to put ou your wedding dress. You will most cer- tainly have to take it off again—and that will be a humiliation. I am, indeed, Lord Wynton's lawful wife. Ile will trot attempt to deny it." Huldah Asheton made no answer— she never looked at the stranger. Tak- ing up a book, she turned to the nurse, and said: I will wait here, Lewis, un- til Lord Wynton conies." Never once did her ayes stray from the book to the stranger. Tho latter appeared santewhat diseomerted by Huldah's calm, lofty manner, "I will remain here, too," she said. "As I have to confront my husband, I will remain on the spot." Half an hour passed, and the er looked up with a weary sigh. long in corning," she said. Miss Asheton did not notice her re- mark. An hour elapsed. Lady Boring - ton had been twice to the door of the xoom, and each time Jane Lewis had seen her and told her the sante unsatis- factory tale: "Miss Asheton desires to tee Lord Wynton before the ceremony, so she has sent for him." Presently Susanne opened the door. "Lord Wynton wishes to see you, miss." The next moment be stood on the threshold of the door. "Ilulduly" he cried, "what is it, my darling?" And then came a terrible pause. An awful pallor overspread his face. The stranger looked up at him. "Good - morning, Lord Lynton. You did not ex- pect to see int bete." An expression of horror passed over his face; his white lips opened, then closed, and the sound died away on them, "You!" lie gasped. "You! I thought—I believed you were-•----" She interrupted him. The glittering smile had died from her face; in its place appeared a malignant frown. "Never mind What you thought. This is my revenge. 1 have waited for it! 1 have s themed for it! Now it is mine!" In her vindictive fury she had drawn near to him; iter worts were hissed in his ear. Mise Asheton stood calm and erect. If the bitterness of death was in her heart, she made no sign. "This is my revenge ---T told you I should have it!" exclaimed the strang- er. "1 have waited until the very morning of your wedding -day. Look at the bride who should have been yours! Look at her wedding dress! There is the bouquet you salt her! 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Bond ur name and address immediately and we rril(s00 yon, pastaeld, the ,Pills and fanoy, pinti which are to give sway to purchasers of the pills. Wo do not ask any money before the pills are poll and .we. take !reek wieit'een ceunot sell. 6iddrei9e The Th' @liatueittie. e mite Dept ,;b., Termite, lent. emsevalassogkoaasa "You are a fiendt" he cried, shrinking front her. "Lord Wynton," she said, in a calm, Clear voice, "I refuse absolutely to be- lieve one word of what this woman' says. I proclaim, and would -,proclaim to the whole world, nay unbotjnded. faith in. you. You hear what this person says. I visit to ask you a siiuple ques- tion—your word will he sufficient for me.' "Is site your, wife?'" 'With a low mciaai 'he buried his face in his hands. "Heaven hove pity on met" he cried. "Only one word," said Huldah, gent- ly; "deny it, and 1 will believe you. Is this woman your wife?" "Speak," supplemented the stranger; "remember the eburcli in which we were married, the friend who was your witness, the hotel where we had our wedding breakfast, the villa in Florence that we called home. lose anewer the question." "Clive," said the solemn, clear voice of Huldah Asheton, "answer Me• --is this woman your wife?" "Heaven help me, she is!" he replied. And then over them fell a solemn sil- ence. Miss Asheton was the first to br+laic it -•the miserable man, bowed down with despair, and the stranger, radiant in her triumph, were. mute. She turned her pale, beautiful face to Lady Wyn- ton. "You desired this revenge," she said, with proud calmness. "You have schem- ed and planned for it, and now you have had it. Go!" She waved her hand with an imperious gesture toward the door. "Go," she repeated; "your pre- sence pollutes my house!" "I will go quickly enough," said Lady Wynton, and turning to her husband, she addled: "You must acknowledge, Lord Wynton, that I have had a full revenge. I might have warned you months ago, when I first heard of your approaching marriage, but T would not. I resolved to wait until your weddding- morn. I have no ill -wilt toward you, Miss Asheton" she said, addressing the CU R. Ert IN 24 HOURS You can painlessly remove anS 'torn, cit r l hard, soft or bleesttu, I)Y :pplyh 1'uru seer, Gore .Bxtrae ir. it atevor bt ns, ]eaves no sc air, eentalus no acids; isharmless because acataposr e only of healing gurus and balms. Irifty years ir; use, Cure guaranteed. Sold ey all druge.sts zee. bottles, Refuse substitutes. PU cod ,sx"r �kAc,"rttiL "Heaven help ane?„ groaned Lord Wynton, "I ata indeed undone!" "i uldeh." cried the astonished voice of Lay F.vrington, "where are ypu go- ing? What has happenedP" The proud, white face was raised calmly to hers. "Asir your brother what has ha'ppen- ed, Lady Evringten. I eau only tell you that in this world I will never look up- on Ms face again." "You have .emarreled—and on your w edding -morn! Oh lluldah, what will the world say?" A proud, eontemptu ous look was the heiress' only response. 'Vhete are you going, Huldah? Tell me I" cried the countess. "All I can say to you is—farewell!" And then with stately step Miss Ashe- ton passed over the threshold of her house, leaving her hope, her love, her happiness behind her. By the time she reached London her brain had grown clearer, and she could think better. Sha drove at once to her lawyers. The eldest member of the firm was full of wonder. "Miss Asheton," he stammered, "I thought we thought—we understood that you were to have been married to -day i" "I was to have been married this morning." she returned, "but the mar- riage has been broken off—I shall never marry now." "I hope," he said, anxiously, "that there is nothing wrong?" "That is of no consequence," she returned, calmly; "you will listen to my instructions. I wish to have my will made at once, To my faithful friend and servant, Jane Lewis. I wish to leave an annuity of two huudred pounds; to you, my worthy solicitors, I wish to leave a thousand pounds each; all the rest of my property I wish to be sold and the mon- ey to be divided among charities. At pre- ▪ sent I am goingC1aw•ay; I do not wish anyone to know where." Some hours later Miss Asheton sat with her servant, Lewis in the private room of a hotel*+in the nqrth of Eng- Iaud, "You have'k'done what I told you, Lewis. You have brought away my things?" "Yes, Miss Asheton; your luggage is all stored at the station." "There it can remain until we have heiress; "my revenge was all for him. .found a home. You are rich and beautiful; you will"Oh! any dear ,yeting mistress, do not soon forget hint and be happy with sot tike this: It is a terrible blow, a someone eke,"hard, bitter trial; but this is not the She laughed ass one who win, a great way to meet it. lett Coital not let it taro victory. Miss Asheton took no uotiee; you against all your kind.,, she simply pointed to the door and re- The proud, white face looked coldly pea ted: "(:o." down on the weeping woman. "Holdall." cried Lord 'Wynton, "in all "Listen to me, Lewis,"said Miss truth 1 believed------" A.shetou; "you aesj,iethen take your "Hush!" slid said. "GC"hen your wife choice. I wilt ills.speak of my sorrow; is gone I will speak to you, not until no one can understand it at then." all, 1 will tell you only what "I will go, then," announced Lady it has done for mo. T have finished Wynton. "1 rem sorry to have inter- with my past fife ---finished altogether. 1 rupted such it charming ceremony, but shall never call myself even by the name justice must be done. Lord of Asheton again. I here sworn to Wynton, my lawyer will have forsake the, world, and 1 will keep my something to say to yours. Ile Ycl3Lrfae mniooEafr I glld:mfwy tufgw ware when you try to conquer a woman again. I have saved you from bigamy, Good -morning," She stepped out of the room, leaving despair behind her. "Huldah," cried Lord Wynton, rais- ing his white fare to hers, "will you be- lieve the that 1---" She held up her hand. Sudden passion seemed to take the place of her dull despair. "Do not speak!" she commanded. "Answer me my questious, Was all that woman said true? Did you marry her at the church of St. Rock in Paris?" "I did. Heaven spare me—I did!" "Did you love her at the time? Did you take her to Florence for your wed- ding -tour? Is it all true, or not? Speak!" "It is all true, Iiuldah—all most wretchedly true." "A.nd knowing that, you have dared— dared, I repeat—to insult mo with what you call love. Do you know that you' have blighted, ruined my life? That you have laid It bare and waste?" "1- swear to you, Huldah," he said, but she would not listen. "Lord Wynton, you have trampled my womanly pride under your feet, and my heart, my love, and my life with it, You need not speak. I will hear no ex- cuses. 1 still listen to no more false words. I would have staked my life oat your truth. You have deceived me, and I will never forgive "you—nay, more," she continued, with rising auger and passion, " I curse you, because you have blighted my lteart and ruined my life," "Huldah," he sobbed, "have pity ou me!" "just so much us you'have had eat ore. T pray heaven to deal with you as hard- ly, cruelly, unjustly and mercileaely as you have dealt with me! 1 pray that your heart may bo tortured as mine is —that you may die in life as I die !" She raised her right hand to Heaven. "I swear from this day to look no more on the face of man or woman. I hate my kind, and will live alone until my death. Now leave me—you who have insulted -- you who have shamed me !" He stretched out his hand to her with a cry of bitter agony.. She turned contemptuously away, "Lewis," she said, "follow me; but.firstpack up that dress and everything belonging •to it; bring them with you, that, if ever I am tempted to pity or forgive, to like or to love, totrust or to believe, the sight of them may. harden my heart, and re- mind me ef' what I suffered on 'my wed -- din morn." " ttldah," he cried once more, "hear me --only one word—hear me!" Rut, with stately step that never faltered, her proud heed,, aal:,.nt, eh,.. ,uittel the room. you must, premise never in allude to what i have suffered. d -never. to gratify straugurs' Curiosity, and always to stand ns tt shield lietween me and the whole world. Will you promise this?" "I will," answered Lewis. "1 desire only one thing -to live and die for and with you," "Now l have done with the old life," said Huldah. "The first thing is to ,filed a hume•. Ch! if •f could bury myselflive!" It was some time before Mrs. Lewis could find a place sufficiently retired. At last she seemed the River House, and they went thither. One of the first things that Huldah did was to select a room of whieh she herself could always. keep the key. This she furnished in white; {Cud therein she placed' everythiug that she was to have worn on her wed- ding morn. "If ever I am tempted, she said, "to pity or forgive, to love or to trust, I have only to enter that 'cont." klrc was utterly indifferent about her own health and safety; she simply,long- ed for death as a release from an utter- ly wretched life. So she lived entirely cut off from the outer world, 'and the first eternal influence that stirred her was Mrs. Neville's kindness. Afterward came the accident, and the marvelous coincidence that Lord and Lady Wynton should both have been brought under her roof. She saw him laying near death, the strength of his manhood gine, deep lines of care on his face, and the mighty love of old swept with resistless force over her soul. She. forgave him. Next she saw him with his wife, and understood tl..,t whatever tie might bind them, there was no love; and her whole heart went out in pas- sionate pity to the man whose life, like her own, was blighted. She watched him as he left the house. She knew that great as her punishment was, his was far greater. He went back to a loveless, joyless life. She at least was free—she was not tied to one whom her whole heart and soul loathed. She had forgiven him—the bitter deadly wrong was pardoned—she was at peace. Site could live out the remainder of her life now, calmly content. never again taking her place in the great world, but sufferiug in patience and silence. So time passed; she read of Lady Wynton's death, and her first thought was one of relief that it was impossible for him ever to find her. CHAPTER XV. The events which follow I witnessed myself. Two years had passed since the terrible railway accident happened yshieh had, as it were, transformed the sweet, smiling sunny river into a grave. During that time Iliddnh Vane and my- self had grown most intimate. She was greatly changed—her anger and bitter- ness, her cold, hard pride. seemed to have left her. There was a gentle sad- ness in her face, but no gloom, no sullen brooding. She interested herself in many simple matters. Still I could never induce her to read a newspaper, or touch a piano. She went regularly to Daintree churelt,. but no one aver saw her face --it was never unveiled. No one ever intruded on hear! and when the poor around Daintree spoke of her, it was with blessings and prayer,. All this time Lori Wynton's name had never onee passed Tier lips or mine. I3y common c'r cent we avoided all nren- tinn of 1h,, railway itrcndent, and. what word. If you are willing to go into ex- i fellotlrsd. ile with me, •I ,hall be glad•. -you swill 1 i.uvely leafy .Tune came round again. remain my faithful friend. . Ilut. first, I 1 sntikal to ti' how lluldah teas improv- { in;;. Either the sweet summer or re- ; turning health had brought a bright color to hot' fcu•e; her rye: were bril- liant, her lips wore then urightest hue, One day when I went nut, the river looked so beautiful that I felt I must spend some hours upon it. There was a pretty little nook that'lhtldah and I loved dearly. Sometimes we rowed thither, taking luncheon and books with us. I went down to River 'louse. I re- membered afterward that, just as I was leaving, the housekeeper came to remind me that 1 expected my lawyer on that day. "I cannot stay in -doors," I said. "If lir, Rowton conies, lest one of the servants hasten down to Lady's Bay." Huldah was porfeetly satisfied to spend the morning as I wished. She took her book; and we dispensed with servants, for T prided myself on know- ing how to manage a. boat. "Can your servant reach tis without coming by the river?" she asked. I said "Yes" and told her• there was a way through the woods at the back of River Ilouse, She began to read. We had been there perhaps an hour when I heard a step behind me- a rapid footstep. I did not look round, for 1 felt sure it was a servant come to tell me my lawyer had arrived, Presently I lifted my head and saw Lord Wynton! 'nether he saw me T cannot • tell, but lie had caught a glimpse of my cornpanion and the next moment the was on his knees at her feat. "Huldah!" he cried, in avnk . e! that pain- ed my heart, "is it re Illy you? is it you whom I have scurelnid the whole wide world to fled? Speak to me?" Iler face ]tail grown very pale -even her lips were calor less. She did not look at him; her dark: eyes drooped, and she shrunk back a little. ":'speak one word, 1Iuidah!" ire cried. Her lips were niute; leer face seeivasi turned to stone. "I have netlike to say." she raatirtli•ect. " have !sweeten you. l.env,t iIout' iIt pe LCs,I " ' "You hav+ togtvcn'm+'!"'he echoed, "Yea, as 1 pray Maven to forgive inc. I have no bitterness against you in my heart. 1 recall every' word 1 have said to you. I prat} heaven to change niy clime into a bkeeinge Now .go from ine, and leave' me in. iizaoo.". "1 cannot!" be staid, hoarcclr. "Yon Mee forgiven me; you, are .an angel of gr alness. You , judged me too. hardly, though, Holdall,. Will 'yeti hear me she replied; "it" would be use- less, 'Pray leave' Cue in peace," lie• turned despairingly to -rue. "Mrs. Neville," he said, "you have beer~ e,. good friend before, .plead for me now." And then, seeing my startled face, be contin- .eda "1 should polo, T Save di'.c- turbed you. T Lelai yout that . 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