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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1907-07-12, Page 5440 tie;e(DOCOCIDOCI144400 CVO "I am sure, then, that you have served She knew that she must no longer intruele • I Would do so, if I could. Mr, Coast- upon last hours of the condemned man ` eve, I do not come here of an empty ivde`dt•'pr only to take u a. p y and his devoted wife, but•aho £ole- all y p •..portion of the the horror of bidding a last 'farewell to preei#u time Mast you two have to be is man dootneti to die a violent death in �1ttQQg t'1 r. I Cane with a purpose that a few banrs, near my heart." Rose paused, leer an instant the sudden and Acute Apt] Cassinove looked interested realization of all this overwhelmed her,: opt:c'�.,.attentive. Rose resumed, with some the scene darkened before her eyes, the' dtfrl5dfraiisment, that soon, however, gave floor seemed to sink under her feet; 'simplicity «&y before the affectionate candor and "Oh, I must not faint! I must not sea► licity of her nature: "Mr. Cassinove, even be weak—I, who am requited to. yy u premit me to speak to you as I support otherswas as the thought • that should if you were my brother. Thank called back her ebbing strength. Slit Y0- , 1 knew you would. It is of your went up to Cassinove and offered hun• t that I wish to speak. She is your both her hand's, saying: 6 y source of anxiety now; is she not. "She is indeed, madam; but for the thought of my wife 1 could die content," said Caseinovo, bitterly. "Mr. Cassinove, Laura is to nie like a dear sister and more than a sister, for I love her more than any one in the world except one." "You are the angel of her life, as she is of mine," said the prisoner. "Mr. Cassinove, if my position and hers were reversed, if I were in the same straits to whieh she is•now reduced 1 would throw myself upon her noble Heart for sympathy and feel sure of feeding it. What I know Laura in such a ease would be to me, I wish to bo to here' said Rose, earnestly, Laura rose to accompany her back to "1 am sure that you will be all that the baekney emelt, but outside the cell the .kindest friend can be to my bereav- door she met Dr. Clark, and consigned ed wife," replied the young man, grate- Rose to leis cert. fully. Meanwhile, Laura remained in the cell "Yes, Mr. Cassinove, and after—after with her husband until the return of Dr. —when---" Clark and Mr. Watson, when she retired The words seemed to suffocate her, to let then speak unreservedly to Cass for she could proceed no further. sinove, while she herself went to seek "When all is over with me," suggest- an interview with the warden of the ed the prisoner in a gentle voice. prison. On entering his office, she sat "When you are with God," said Rose, down, and, in a hesitating manner, pre- ' in a firmer tone, "then I would pray ferret] her mournful request to be per- 'Traura to return with me to Beresleigh witted to remain with her husband on elouse, and share my heart and home this last night of his life; but she was !forever." kindly, though firmly, informed that the Cassinove looked with reverential ad- rules would not allow her to do so. platten upon her eloquent young face, Laura saw that entreaties and prayers but: answered nothing as yet. would be of no avail to break these stern She continued: rules. and, in pale despair, she arose and x fear it will be thought too pre- left the office, qqtt�ptuous in me to ask such a thing As Laura re-entered Cassinove's cell j 6f Laura; I should scarcely venture so she was surprised to observe that Mr. mach if I did not' know that her great- Watson was no longer there, but tlmt else comfort will be found in doing, good, an unexpected visitor, Colonel Hastings, and that her presence will be a great was seated beside Cassinove,whose sud- lgood- to me." �� delay blanched face and fied eyes be- "Ind—the duke. madam? trayed the factthat he had received. "My busbarisi understands the great some unexpected intelligence that eve blessing that Laura would be to me, and in this day of doom had power `to.t . for that reason, as well as for the high fix him: cloth the prisoner and_thet esteem he has for her, he warmly ap- r tor were so deeply absorbed that t proves the plan. He authorizes all that hey; 'I have said, and more." The doomed man loked from the earn- est, fervent countenance of t1- young duehess to the beautiful, pale face of his wife, and hesitated, loose, seeing his em- barrassment, hastened to say: "ph, Mr. Cassinove, I have already spoken to Laura, Do you also speak to her; she will not gainsay you. Per- suade her to consent to share eny home, and Hien leave her with confidence to rey -heart. To Inc and to my husband she shall bo as the dearest of our sisters." "Ah, your sisters, madam—how would they receive my stricken one?" inquired Geseinove, turning alook of unutterable love and compassion upon his wife. "With the waremest weieame, meth the_ most respectful sympathy. All will study her comfort from my noble moth- er-in413,w down to me. We are a united family, Mr. Cassinove. Wethink with one mind and feel with ono heart. Oh, believe it." "Alas, madam, I have but words, and words are all too poor and vain to ex - pros how profoundly I feel your good- ' seise." "You approve my plan, and you will persuade Laura to agree to it?" "My wife will require no persuasion to become your guest for a few weeks, and I shall be tranquilized to think that in the first days of her grief she will be in a safe haven among dear friends." "Laura, you hear?" exclaimed Rose, turning to her friend. "Yes, I hear, sweet Rose," replied the 'pale woman. Then going to her husband, elle asked, "Is this your will, dear Cas- sinove. Shall you be happier to have me so disposed of." "Yes, love, yes; it were ungracious and ungrateful to refuse so kind an of- fer, You will go to the Duchess of Beres• le€gh for a few weeks, until you have recovered the shock of this calamity, Afterward, Providence will provide." "She will never have .the heart to leave me, I will love her so well." said Rose, rising and gravely em- bracing Laura. a nen looking at Cassi- nove, she :said, "This is settled." "It is settled," answered the prisoner "Mr. Cassinove, I need not tell you that I believe fully in your innocence; you know that I do. May the Alsuighty and All-Mereiful support and comfort you! When I am out of your sight, I shall be on my knees in prayer for you. Good -by." "Farewell, blessed angel! May the richest blessings of heaven descend on. you and yours," said Cassinovea, with deep emotion. Rose turned to the prisoner's wife, saying: ".1 shall come for you, Laura, at °the hour of closing. Good -by for the pre- sent." • neither of them; observed the entrance . of Laura, who sank unnoticed into her. chair. Colonel Hastings was Saying: `After the sudden death of my son, I hastened from Baden-Baden to do this late justice. I found you on trial for life, and had no opportunity of eommu- nicating with you. I placed myself am- ong the witnesses for your defense, and awaited the issue of year trial. After your conviction, I saw that there was no time to be lost in trying to obtain the clemency of the drown. I sought the minister immediately. 1 found the Duke of Beresleigh with him on the same errand of friendship, but we failed of obtaining his favor. This morning I obtained an audience with the Icing, and leaving preferred ray petition, was bluntly refused and dismissed. I� next sought an interview with the Queen, seed implored her intercession, but in 'vain, for neither pardon, commutation nor re- spite could I get. In despair I returned home, and thought that I would let the matter drop, as the revelation at. such a. crisis would avail nothing, But then es irresistible desire to confess everything, and obtain your forgiveness, brought ms hither." "It is very, very bitter --say nothing to her of, this until it is over; to know it now would only increase her distress; whereas the knowledge a few days hence might have a beneficial effect upon her spirits. Now, if you please, Colonel Hastings, bring rias those documents of which we spoke, and an able lawyer at once; I have but little time to attend' 4 to some necessary forms; the rest must " be left to your management" elf I live I will do all I can toward i snaking restitution," said the colonel, rising to leave the cell, and see- ing for the first time that the wife of r the prisoner had entered "Good -morning, Lally —I should say,°. a Mrs. Cassinove. Yen sec here one dying man come to ask pardon of another," y said the colonel hurriedly, as he boli a and left the eon. tt, .And indeed his very decrepit appear' t ante seemed to warrant his grave words,: is As soon -as he was gone, Laura spoke: and his wife in the same breath. "I must not deceive you, Caesinove. .I• There was a pause, and then a sud- shave been here some mhtutea, and 1 din paleness overspread the face of Rose. overheard the Conclusion of your inter - view with Colonel Hastings." "4nd you have learned- .." "1!3othing, but !that something has been concealed fromne," Only for a few days;, dear once, then you shall know; all. And then—you will try to bear •up and live for my sake?" She turned ezt him a .look of aflutter. able affection, and gafve him her hand. 'They were soon interrupted by the re- turn of Colonel Raetirigs with a lawyer: 'lletire for a little ,while, dearest. 1 must see the gentleman alone," saki Cies. sinove. And. Laura left the eel], and took her seat upon a bench in the passage outside,. She looked 'up and oaW one of the offi-' cors of the prison approaching, She asked hint what o'clock it was, "Gone three." Gone three! and she ;must leave him forever at six! Only three hours left, and those men taking up the precious' time While she sat 'there with her life -pott- ers ebbing away, Dr. Clark and Mr. Wat- eon came up, The worthy physician and the good pastor had been in attendance upon Cassinove the greater part of the day. They looked surprised to see Laura sitting outside; but she explainer[ to them that her husband was engaged with his lawyer. The clergyman sat down beside her. Dr. Clark took her hand, and looked into her face, and Melt hurriedly walked away. He returned in a few minutes with a glass of wine and a biscuit, of whieh he forced Laura to partake, eat that moment, also, the cell 'door opened, and Colonel Hastings and the lawyer carne out. They bowed in pass- ing, and immediately left the prison. It wee now past lour o'cloek; in two hours more Laura roust bid her husband a final adieu. She re-entered the cels, aecempanied by her''two old friends, to pass those two precious, awful hours in his company. They found. C'ae'inove grave and collected. He greeted r ted his friends calmly, and then drew Laura to his side, and sat with her hand clasped in his. Oh, the clasp of that loved hand so soon to be convulsed in a violent death!. 011, the glance of those loving eyes, so soon to be closed forever' The thought was suffocating, maddening to her. All the suffering of the last few dreadful days had: failed to prepare her for this hour of supreme agony. She felt that sudden death or insanity threatened her, that brain or Heart must instantly give way. She breathed a ss- haat, agonized prayer for help and strength. Mr. Watson, noticed ter in- creasing agony, an& knowiug the effi- cacy of divine consolation in smile ex- treme cases, he proposed that all should kneel and unite ie invoking It. They. knelt, and the venerable• clergyman pour- ed forth his soul in earnest prayer Tor the doomed prisoner, and for his afflict - eel wife. They arose fret their knees st�rength- .ened to endure. And though her brain ill reeled, and her heart still bole%., erre felt that. she could. new retain life said reason throw jai the ampule of tthat hour. • , Mr. Watson signed. to, 'Dr. Clark, pend said: "Cassinove, we will leave you together now until the hour of closing, then we shall return—to pass the night with you, and the doctor to receive your wife. Be firm, dear friends; continue to call on 'Him who sounded the depths of human woe' to be your stay and comfort. lte- meanber that this parting is but for a fettle time. Lief. at longest is but a span; and your reunion hereafter, in the better land, will be for all eternity," .And. so saying the goad pastor pressed the bands of Laura and Cassinove, and beckoned Dr, Clark to follow frim from the cell. "They have little more than hall au hour; let them pass it together," said Mr. Watson, as soon as they Were out of the eel!.. Nor will we, reader, intrude upon a gxief so snared. We will remain with Giza clergyman and the pnysie' in the passage, where they passed t se sad in- terval in pacing up and down before the closed door of the cell, until an officer of the prison advanced and told•them 'that the lady who had been there in the morning had returned in her and was 'Waiting to -receive' Mrs. Cassinove. • Dr. Clark went immediately to receive •Rose, and conduct her to the door of the tell, The pallid brow• and dilated eyes of :the young lady betrayed the syteache• tie sufferings that she would willingly have concealed, "' "Can you bear this, madam?" mixt. oust inquired Dr, Clark. "Yes, .yes; 'As my day is,so shall my istr+ength be,' Is it not so, !lir. Watson?" 'Yes, dear madam, so may you prove t,' replied the minister. She needed all her strength now, for the great crisis of. suffering had ar- ived, The governor of the pritton came up, ayingi "It is six o'clock; Mr. Watson, Will ou be sq• good as to go to the prisoner nd tell hien so, and bring, his unhappy lee. It seems a cruel thing to part them o -night, but in such eases the iron rule the most merciful.". Mr. Watson bowed, and' slowly and sadly entered the cell. Cassinove and his devoted wife were standing together, his at'm supporting her form, her head resting upon his breast. "Is 1t tiineV' he inq u ired, "It is time," replied the minister. "The hour has come, lotie," said Cassin- ove, steeping and whispering to his wife. {she raised her head; ; and fixed her sears upon his face witti a long, long gaze,. threw her ernes around him again, and clasped him to her ;heart with the strength of despair, as -though her frail. arms could have =held hire away from the whirlpool of fate that was drawing him from her, She muttered incoherent gasping phrases, of whieh nothing could ij be distingbbished Int the words: e'vn, must I ---Must I go, even now? Gid bless you, level Farewell, farewell!" as Rickets. �"�'''h�°`�'''M0 Simply the visible sign that baby's tiny bones are not forming rapidly enough. Lack of nourishment is the cause. Scott's* Emulsion nourishes baby's entire system. Stimulates and'makes bone. Exactly what baby needs. Ali, DRUG4ISTs, Goo. AND $1.0A 00000000000000446000 6 "Gori be with you, my own true wife! Parowellt" said Cassieeve, gently dise gaging her aims from about his neck givil:g her to the charge of Mr. Wats The good minister supported her fro the cell. She was white, cold and stain her life seemed ebbing fast from II But the forthough of Dr. Clark hacl pr videcl for this emergency, They sat h down upon the bench, beside the you duchess, who tenderly msif,iported he fainting form, while the doctor bath her face in spirits of camphor, • Then after a few minutes, supported ail one side by Dr, Clark and on the other by lire Watson and attended ..by Rose, she was taken to the carriage, Rose got in first that she might re- ceive Laura, who was placed, more dead than alive in the' carriage. Rose receiv- ed. Laura in her arms and supported her on her bosom and the order was given to drive to Beresleigh House. No word broke the stillness of that ride. Rose could not mock that awful sorrow with any eommonplaces of consolation, When they reached the Beresleigh House they found Dr. Clark there await- ing them. Ile had thrown himself in a hackney doach and preceded them, to at• tend. upon Mrs. Cassinove, whose condi- tion, he foresaw, would require his ut- nlost medical skill. Laura was lifted .immediately from the carriage and conveyed to bed in the sumptuous chamber prepared for her, where she lay insensible to all that was passing around her, looking mare like the dead than the living. CHAPTER XXXV. Laura had not spoken since she lead been brought to Beresleigh House. All night long she lay senseless and seem- ingly without life, Dr. Clark and Rose watched 'beside her till longs after the SIM had risen. At length the doctor arose, and coming around to the side of the duchess, said: "Yost n:ay retire to rest row, my de madam. The last earthly troubles Ferdinand Cassinove ere over," Rose looked up in wild affright, "It is past eight o'clock: lie died, yo. know, at seven." Rose with difficulty suppressed shriek. although the now gave her in explicable relief, for she thought: "!lis soul is no longer agonized on earth; it is at peace with Gook" "You will do well to retire to rest at once. I expect Mr, Watson here very soon. He prozuised, you know, to remain with Cassinove until all should, be over, and then to come and bring his Iast words to his wife;" "Then I will stay till he comes, and I see how my dearest Laura bears it," said Rose, resolutely. Laura's condition seemed. to ehage; from time to time she partially opened her eyes, and moaned as one in intoler- able pain. At last she spoke: "Oh, .'the long, long night—the king, long night—how does he bear it?" At this moment there came a gentle etc at:the chamber door. Mrs, Maher- ' A5a sxt to open it A eeervan,t. appeared, w +its reci"1;`ine`asage, and retired. errs lfaberly carne back to the doctor, and in;her turn whispered: "!the Rev. Mr. Watson, if you please, sir, is downstairs in the library -waiting tie see you," The doctor nodded, and then looked anxiously at Laura. She seemed to have sunk back into apathy. no felt her pulse, and then, with a sad shake of his head, laid the pale, attenuated hand down upon the bed, and arose and glided from the room. He went softly down the stairs and opened the library door. Mr. Watson advanced to meet him; they shook hands in silence, and then the doctor said: "You .neve come to tell us that it is finished," "No—look there," replied the clergy- man, drawing his friend toward a gentle- man who stood at the window with his back toward them. This gentleman turned around, and when the doctor raised his eyes he stood face to face with ---- Ferdinand Cassinove! •3'es, with Ferdinand Cassinove, who, holding out hie hand, exclaimed in a broken voice: "My wife! how is she, doctor?" SECRET and 1 A¢,l! TROUBLES on, ! Rave you 0- aomo part et our od a sc�rp, m oR exuption, ar eezemoua patch, twlioh=, hidclgn g; from the gars of others, yet onuses yea hours or, and hours of peen and inconveriiencegv o Zaw.Iluk i' odallyl000 rhn$e Justrsuetet chroIdo er eases as yours t it buts skin dlseasee, tel ng festering sores, ringworm and sores due 'i r for true tr►d.1 bow sending Bata p "Amtlo,6t x .. ed and druggists deli at 50 eeate a box. �..,�t. w+ +.ff�v!.nl �� . �• "�ir".l�l"rJr3rn+i1+ EARLY WOMEN AERONAUTS. Mme. Phible Was the First—Mrs. Sage's Elaborate Costume. Ballooning is a apart which bas. al j attracted women, Between 1783 and forty-nine women made balloon ascents, ; half of whom were English. women. .t quaint writer has accounted for tidy by noting in most ungallu t lades aye the i likeness between w^:n"n and balloons. Mme. Phible, the first wourana,levo» naut in the world, ascended from 14noe, Mme. Blanchard was, however, the .fh$ 1 female professional baiipontst, and .el;e ascended from Paris with her lrtsbanst, the famous aeronaut, in 1783. De l+on,-' vielle writes of her this not very reek 1 suring epitaph: "She was born, an aero- naut and died in a balloon." The Con- tesse Henri was another Trench woman who made balloon ascents about tl 's period. She aceompanied De Garnett:. on his seeond voyage in 1708. The lovely Mrs. Sage was the first English woman to make a balloon as- cent. She event up with Vineento Dun- ardi in 1784, a cat, a dog and a pigeon t' also being of the party. !lire, Sage was ar young and graceful, She wore a planted a lr a "Great Heaven of heevenst Cowin - ova! alive! escaped!" exclaimed the doc- tor; beside himself with astonishment. "Pardoned, fully an entirely pardoned, for -•a crime that he never committed," replied, the., clergyanan, gravely. The doctor turned and met Cassinove's dark eyes, and grasped .his hands in speechless joy, that presently found ex- pression in it burst of manly tears. "But how is this? What moved the minister? Toil me all about ft!" "What moved the minister was the attested confession of the wretch who really did commit the crime, and who has Hove gone to answer for it. Cassin- ove, the guiltless victim of circumstan- tial eyedenee, was to have suffered at 7 o'clock this morning. At 7 o'clock this morn ag Cassinove was free, and Thug- sen, `the threefold murderer, was dead by hie own handl" "Per. Heaven's sac, how was tbate" inquired the greatly agitated doctor. "Newell tell you all by and by. The attested dying confession of Thugsen was le. the hands of the minister last nighti; but for the abominable routine, Onasinove might have been free last night, and we .all have been saved twelve hours of anguish. The pardon was placed iu the•,hands of the sheriff at ti o'clock this moaning, Au hour later and a legal murder bad been ooairmitted, There,' that is all ;:1 ten tell you now, for I see that Cassinove is anxious that his wife should be comforted," "My wife! haw did she pass the trying night?" How is she this morning?" In- quired Cassinove. (To be eontinucd-1 Sou an generally tell the taste of a air's wife ter the neckties he wearm. hat and feathers and a gosseanor scarf I lightly drawn about her shoulders. Af- ter a few hours aloft 'airs. Saga and her costume descended at Harrow unharmed, --Prom the Woman at Home. 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I can say nothing better thait that these pills have been a blessing to me, as they have made me a well woman. Every trace of the in tam is gone, and my nerves arra.°its strong and sound as they Were in girlhood. Now I can eat eta that is on the table, and X ge±,: ' t` refreshing sleep at nights. An I ' owe to the faithful use of Dr. VQ4t1-' liams' Pink Piles, whieh I shall neer cease to praise" Dr. Williams' Pink Pills fill the vein*" with new, rich, rest. blood. That la w!� they strengthen the nerves and N organ in tete body. That is whey" cure all troubles due to bad bleed :7 weak, shattered nerves, suet as tatiae- mea, with its grinding, wearing back. aches, headaches and sideaches, xaeuma- tieni and neur•alaia, heart palpitation, indigestion, St. Vstus' dance, partial par- alysis, kidney troubles, and those spA• tial ailments that render the lives of so many women and growing girls,a , burden. But you must get the `Dr.1 uine pills with the full name, `Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo- pie," on the wrapper around each box. , ' Sold by all medicine dealers, or by meg at 60 cents a box or six boxes for $"''le0 from the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont, A11 Took the Hint. A man in a small western town boughtii a quart of milk and on arriving home found it was adulterated with water. The next day he posted bills in different see-, tions of the town reading "I bought a quart ,of milk yesterddty which I found to be adulterated, Lathe' scoundrel will bring me another quart rii not denounce him." The next day he found three quart cane on his doorstep. There. were three dairymen in the town,