Exeter Times, 1901-2-21, Page 3LOVE WON AN
nneulse of tbe moment;
Urged .by the dying ta
but one way ocen, I ed to
riled her, 1 seat my
to 311Y old nurse in Silver
I received the telegram
mother was dYing. I ha
crave Loralue'e pardon; 1 kriew she
would forgive ray rashness, you knon
the rest; the accide,ni drove tbat
past entirely from my memory. I
never knew, God help xne, when I led
your dauglater to the altar, that 1
bad a living we, but swiftly aa
;memory iled it reterned when Thearil
Ithe accusatioo in a voice that pierc-•
ed the direness of the past crying oet;
11./Imout Ulvesford is my eatabandh I
egave the Amine of Alderie 'Boss in
bitter sport. I meant where we
reaohed Huston to tell Jeer I wan Ul-
mout liivesford; the eoaeequences
have recoiled upon my own head. Al-
though. innoceut, I ani guilty of 4
OriMe most horrible." He *poke dhe
e
iwords rapidly, vehemeat1
silent a bitter groan.
I
named 'See" said tbe old servant, g ave -
waiting 1y, "I've beea here long years-- ay,
O LOST r sas her head aches, and she es wait.
mad •vote I idlg
protect her. : -.4. sudden impulee ewept over TH.
tee, I mar. • meat to go to izertdhut be checked it
thee my no -wavering M the path of duty, Sa
1
I sent het quiekire
nook whoe "We, he muttered; "tbere must lat
te " lend not. 3c;ate'folr amIne,'Irehr( cb0umsmy'an411d!
ed wearily; "do not disterbezne agaied
The man walk* 1 ewey, woncterme
what had. cmne over the, yon eg maa
ter. .
Toward unernieg the library , bell
raeg foriOu,Sly.
"Zack.' he said, "levant you to peek
my valise and your own immediately;
order the carriage to be in readiriese
at the deer withie half an hoer. You
have been a tried and *trusted ser-
vant; 1 command you to let no one
know of this matter; not even my
wi—not eveo am Ulyeeford."
"What, siren cried Zeck, aghast,
so -1'0(g helfeving. he had heard aright;
"not even eare. Ulnesfet '
moot turned away his face with
once tuening toward the
are at his eleert, ereas
„norm bis breast like oxie
hLs doom,
"Ulneontr" oried the mother, cling-
ing M the bet hope, iirooeldieg at
liis feet, and covering his hands with
passionete tears, "this girl has no
proof of this, no proot !whatever; for
Loraiee's sake, your golden- haired
noueig wife, who loves you so, deny
At, /say that ehe is mad, 'tis eeheme
Aug plot to rnin. you. Lorauee will
!never know; the bitter trietit wouhl
kill her. You might say she elied
p, broken heart, but the angels in heti,
,ven /would cry out you murdered
heel
"trimout, ihten to pay prayer," elm
!wailed; "steed Me woman away
e—we will bury the terrible aeoret, the
!world shall never know— defy het
X° do her worst, remember 'she hi
pewerless, she ias prooll"
jUlermet linvesford reieed his eyes to
Xzette's face; bitter war twee rag -
Ante soot, such. es worda are
paweriess to esprees.
lave asked no mercy for My -
eon," eelil Izetta, ha% clear, ringing
nolce—"but for the houor of our
obild."
Aimee words cut him neenly; he slid
met turn to his wronged young !wile,
and hold out his hands to her; he
turned from iier with n bitter grate,
the name Loraine en his lipe.
Loraine,— his awe, haughty, beaus
Mel Loraine, who loved him NO well,
whose iffe be had so cruelly blighted
by one rash act. Never did mortal
man waver betweeh Strelz conflicting
doubts,
Tzetta bad no proofs ot that fatal
enerriage; the rector tens dead 'who
married rn. Should lie cry out it
was all false, and with Loraine cling -
ins to his breast defy her to the bite
ter enell
' 'Moose between thette" eried the
frantic+ mother.
# Like 44 beautiful marble statue 'g-
otta stood before him, yet ebe apo;
sto .word,
"ltfy Hod!' he groaned, "how cae
Xever again feel the eiteging arm of
Loraine about my neele, ber golden
head upon ray breast, hear her wins -
Per, `my hushandf and know she
mit ray lawful wafe, before Clod aue
man! Eireann knows 1 meant
bnt fate has conspired against me.
Was ever man placed in such a terri-'
big position? ' es groaned, "I knoe
not which way to turn."
"Turn to Lerolhe, she will neves
lecuateV Trafied. the Wretched mother.
"It would be a sin, now," he cried
out, sharply, "you have forgotten sit,
is not my wife."
Ms honor wee his shield.
"Yet X cannot tell my pure Lo-
raine of the great wrong 1 have un-
ecneelotesly done her,'' he cued inn
"she wattle die then and there at ne
feet. Give me time to think,"
cried, hoarsely,
"Go to Loraine," pleaded the me
tiler. She knew if he were to go Is
Loraine just then he would clasp b
to his heart an d tieSy the 'whole world
to yart them.
"No, AO," he •groaned, "1 cannon
honor forbids, it would unman me. I
need all zety strength."
,Then he turned to Izetta, avoidin.
her clear, calha eyes as the spoke.
"Please leave me to myself awhile.
I must have time to :consider."
:With a haughty bow she; turned
from. hin3.
"I lave one favor to ask," he said.
you send our little child to m.
Starer
thousand times not" cried
lfzetta, passionately; "the father who
could spurn from him the 'wronged
wife and mother, shall not look up-
on the innocent face of her child. 1
shall not enter your door again, nor
break your bread. I am /going to the
home of Abel Moore, the flute- maker
of Silvernook; seuacl me word (there
neinii: you intend to do."
She turned with ,the imperial grace
of a etteen; turned from 'tee husband
whom she so madly loved even yet,
and glided swiftly clown the • lilac-
hondered path in the moonlight out
a 'Their sight, leaving Uhnont rives -
ford and the mother of Loraine with
a eameless anguish on their . faces,
gazing into each other's eyes under
the star-spangled heavens as they
listensel to the merry laughter of Ileo -
*atm as it floated out to them from
the rose -bordered porch.
Loraine, or Izetta and her
Boa help hina to choose ,betweee
them. '
•
CHAPTE—R—iXXVII.
Swiss Officers. ..
Ali fhat long night Ulroont ,Ulves-
ford_ ,paced the _library fighting with
ehoxionddnye, truth and loyalty, the
-nereliet battle mertai had ever been
called upon to face. ,
There were no words to express the
horror with which he gazed upon the
bitter fruit: of that fatal wooing; un-
consciously he had blighted 'the liees
of two women-- one he loved with
all Lis soul, sweet, trusting Lovaine;
• the other was his wronged iyoung
whome he had swoen to the dying to
protect. How could he choose between
them?
That night many a silver , thenecl
forme its way into his fair, clusteihie
hair. Twice Loraine had sent lox' him.
"Say I am' busy with importaiat
ters, Zack," he said to the eervaat who
delivered tthe message. -
The man looked in 'vvonder at the
haggard face of his young Mester, as
he closed the :door softly after ' him.
Uhnont Ulvesford resumed his walk
face to face with the horrible prime
which shadowed his lie, Again elle'
servant tapped gently a's the 'door.
"If you please, oir, MT.S. Invesford
sir ye izsfore you were bore, and I
make bald this once to speak my mind
I here known every sorrow that had
come upon tbe people of 0111v iford,
but I do not know yours. T. een, see
by your face that it is me small one;
but I say this, sir, if You leave your
young wife in this way, without, one
Word, her beort -will break. Saaster,
to go to ller; she, was quite ill 'whee
left her; her cheeks were flushed
end her eyes burned like stars."
"Zack, Zack," cried Ulmont, dis-
tractedly; "Yeti 'lomat not tertilit Vex
Wel 11314,st act like a man of hon.
Or. I 114Ve never fibaehed trona 4
terrible ordeel—I Moat not now. You
and I are going away, Zack; T
&wen from here by a terrible crime.
I cannot tell you more. Peon the vae
1zse quzeky, britag the
mind by the park gate; let ne
know at once when all i i eedie
ese,"
The preperatioes were seen COM.
Pleted,
Tnraot_lt Hivesford leaned his heed
tvea.ily againat the Mantel, gazing
owed the room for the last time.
"Better Loraine Shonld learn to
despise nee," be sighed, "thau sully
for one instant her spotless ',teener."
He dared not thbek of Izetta.
4%70. tie-- 1 nattAt Jeave home
nee and forever. I shall uever lo
ok
unin their faces more."
4.great, yeerhing mare over him te
re Child, but the thought he put
uiekly from him,
He beard the trampling feet on tin,
think earpets of Lorainees apartments
overhead, yet he quite forgot to
teunk it all unusuel occurrence at the
dead of hight.
His overcoat lay on bis arm and his
valese at his feet; he was inensitient
at the Untae0OUritable delay; he had 'In-
tended to be far away from Boston
when daylight overtook ilina,
The carriage stood in waking at
the park gate. Zack bad scarcely
stored Ins luggage under the seat
when a heavy hand was laid ou bis
shoulder, and a fereign voice ask -
ad:
"Ts this Ulvesford 'Place?"
Too astounded to speak, Zack nod-
ded ins head.
"Ts your master wfthinl"
of course " answeree Zech;
"where else would le be at this time
of night?"
There were two cloaked strangers.
Zack saw a strange emile pass be-
tween them.
. "There is some mystery ben• ," said
the stranger, indicating the earn -
age.
"Not that X know of," answered
Zak, tartly.
"Perhaps ft is the custom of the
eountry, then, to have a carriage
standing at a gentlemen's gate, ready
for use, alter midnight, eh?"
"I reckot my master knows he,
own business," retorted Zack.
Agnia he noticed the same stranga
smile pass between the strangers,
"Arr. Uiveseortl anticipates a trip
abroad?" asked oee oi them, Interrog-
atively.
"X ea.y it's none of your affairs,'
said Zack, irascibly; "if anybody asks
you, just you tell them you don't
knowe#
"Not so fast, my good man," In-
terposed the straager; "supposing I
do know?"
, "Eh!" said Zack, surprisedey.
"My business here to -night isto
tell your master las need not go."
Zack dropped the Whip he held in
his hand in utter amazement.
"You don't say so!" he ejaculated.
"Yes," responded the stranger; "you
leave noticed your master is greatly
worried of late, have you not'?"
"Oh, •Lord bless you, yes, sir; the's
elean broke up." ,
"Tamale'," chuckled the man soft-
ly, rubbing the patina of his hands
together; "I have come to lift that
trouble from your master's mind,
my good man. I leant you to
lead the way to where your master is
waiting, if you please; my friend and
I will follow." •
"I will go and announce you first."
, "Quite unnecessary; it will be all
right, my good man, your master is
expecting us; time s valuhble,"
Still Zack was not wholly satisfied;
he had misgivings. No thought
of the terrible consegueneee came to
faithful old Zack as he answered,
keying low before them:
"If that is the case, gentlemen, I
will conduct you to hina at once."
•He led the way down 'the , long
gravele,d walks and through the dim,
• wide corridors, their footfalls making
no sound on the velvet carpet.'
They reached the library door. Zack
threw it open wide with a low bow.
Ulmont Ulvesford, his traveling
duster and rug thrown over his arm,
his valise at his feet, still. leaned his
bead upen' his anna, against the man-
tel; be did tot even raise his head
as the door opened.
"11 you please, master," said Zack,
'two gentlemen----"
"Never' mind formalities, my ,good
man," interrupted the spokesman of
the two, stepping forward, "allow us
to present ourselves."
Their cloaks slipped from their
shotildei"s.
'Swiss officers who bear the ex-
.
tradition papers wherein Ulnamat
Ulvesford was wanted in.Savoy for
the inurder of one -Heath Hampton '
in the Alpine Mountains!"
- CHAPTER XXXViII:
Loraine.
Ini e '
sorry we ',have interruptedeeene
flight to climes' more ceagenial,"
---v"T",""'"f•
the otin.t,•itig forwa
nus,L (to auly— You are our
se1,1 -ee ,1)1rd
prisoner, sir."
Then, aort not untit then, did the
heroic bravery of the nolele young
heir clearly mectifest
"Gentlemen," he said calmly, "I au
not guilty of tbe charge you brine
eeeinst, me; 'Lis true, a duel war
fought between Heath Hampton ariS
neYself, bet I weer to you left
h' •
rksilt ltfl hawau,,t a mere eeretch on hit
"That ee not for es to judge," an.
CW, red tee °timers daged1y,
A, "that momerit tee door was flung
oPe and eles. LA:tech/1er. ber eyes
ree and swollen with wie ing, swift-
ly entered the rennet.
Seesaw tee offieees in their etrange
forefeet dress and Iiineoat in hie
tray e ing ga b etandieg between
there. „
"teineente# s1 whispered, pointing
to the others, "what do they wisl
ce
Himont was frightened at 'the terei
eelmness or her voice.
"Wbat do theY wish? answer ken"
ehe nmageed.
Slow h' ihe of fieer stepped for,
weed.
is wahtee in Switzerland, ma-
dam; we are ceme to e,ecet him thith-
er."
They all read the terriblequestion
ia her eyes, and they pitied the
Peoud„ wilete-diaired lady bahare thew.
as 01(9,, noettinned in a low voice:
e7.Piaev attuelattrd" o1 Beath gan41"
God:" cried the mother, the
;.o..ing down her furrowed
Cheeks; "antl ia the room fibove hie
wife. ney only child lies dyingl Oh,
illthent!"slze waiied, "tell me title
new &orrery le not true; vanpot
bear Much more; my cup of grief is,b
already Suit."
No 'weed iveued from Ulmont
ford's white, set Hee.
"Came, sir," said the officers deur-
iedly, "we must be off,"
"Gentlemen," elm whispered, step.
Pine earethem, "ia yoecler roam
his young Wile lie al—L say ehe
45'414--sze MUSt eOlne to ber at
'ce, She will not din if she het looke
„nen Ms face before it is too late."
said the ollicers, sternly, "we
are sorry to desebeige yon, madam,
hut delays are delegerone; we tron-it
refuse you,"
"le you are human," ehe cried, "lis-
ten to me; he intiet see her. She has
galled tor long hours upon bee haloes
gitt be eau net; She ha,S worke1. liere
with her:yeat, sad voice, like toll-
! ing beige D.i1.4. her here; do net
I refuse, ine, mothor,"
Agal,. that agonized gaze passed
tween kilmoat and Lo '
Do not refuse her," wb
doctor, "if it be possible;
life hangs on the Witten
wishes." •
Slowly mother tur
geieteed tlze rni,
.Ae, hour aiterward a
step was heard la the corr,
Izetta, quito alone, entered tile
room. A beautiful seine flitted
aroitud the sweet mouth, of the old-
eneueu•ed girl lyieg against tilitoot
Ulvesford's
"I knew you hould come to me,
14etia," she eaid, holding out e her
little Ulerzontee"
Izette heel out her benne erie an -
ewer, one could ten senee, ei great
, e er svl'I's olimeie,7 esmie°nS.9-°ulleg. ed the o-7i:eees, "you -
levered the nneit eoree."
'TV; 83gii(1 ni.Drllereyro19" se le " —van of the
1
her very __ "One wore mere. Always I -einem.
one of her her, feeitta--- f say it in the solemn
presence or Loraine— eay sword but
ned and !barely ;emceed, Heath, liamptoins
' .hend riine months ago. 1 am not hie
murder o. Heath Hampton. in Siva-
zertane nine montas a0.03,' cried
Izetta, springing eagerly reward the
tgalsicteer$'1' say'llIII5nsai‘te Ilbeat11141-111S41117-Ttoartn,
aliVe and welt, hue kale months since;
obr4euite:icei,talvveellevatisaL'Cialtilt37.=1'1,trniTei)nbt!:(1,1k"asn'e<:ie,
There wee emnething in the ema-
il:Lending tQlle of this beoutiful . 1
mtilatlit;tva:tov!iirdiactaehr7ege.anze9tIrola,ein herl)eytd 11;14;1
doubt ttat be lay crushed into en '
trureeegnizeble mess at the foot er it
Ili Alpme memetalas. She :lee sure.
ta, fy WsoaldeXturily.
"It ze as Trus ae heav 0," cried len. te
All th men thee observed a
throng O: People gathering an th'
river oehie watch strirted Clives:orde
Park. note ciefieers could not lenveh
their presonee, ati one hurried forth r,
to Parti trie can 1 of the dieturbance;
the otner eeood. guard with Uiraent at 1
the window. ,.
Tim Throng made way for the .
strange 0 ricer' in thee foreign dreea •
"Whet 13 tbiar he asked of them. f
They pointed to two men who by I
tightly steeped in -each other's an '
—a box ot gold elutehod between
them, witened. up by the tide. There
Was a suoden commotion among the '
erh,eitcto,
pe oaefel" they cried; "make way. ,
the mother of Heath Hampton,' ° e
Teemed to tee vet.
witti eke; feeble eteps she ad- I "
"This Is tee end of all nay bottee.
fah, nay EM151" she cried, 'hue sera."
noise wee had known those two lu / it
lire Imaged upon her in wonder, tut 1 '
she did not heed there. t ,
"res, 'they are both my Sons," she' 1-1
cried, "'I de.eizised the one for bis '
I
1
defornatti, anti loved the otieer for ' e
1111*$ ii2nefaalite5"; tiftetabtli4:rrieee4r trabeiginteinille I 1
lulleyritawautl. jlealfit..?; sin 1143 recoiled upon 1 '
white hands to tier; "come nearer,"
, eau hardly see you/
elgaia with averted. faces,
ured young wife and buebai
bending over the fair go/de
between them-.
Tbe Oificers, screened ly
en certain's, turned away tte
they could not break in, upo
erne). aceue.
The gray Clouds broke in
the slating rays of the Worn
shine hetbed in a flood of
and gold the stony, agonized
eneneat eihreeford and the u
beauty of the pallid fees Aga
breast, and tell on the beautif
aloSSY head of Izetta beei
the couola, leer -face buried in
low, the white- haired mether
ing the face of tier only chit
agony toa deep ear words,
Jowly Lerefueee bps move
"Ultnent," filo said, "hold to
r."
The strong Arnie tightened
"Teetta. are you here?"
The pressure of Izetta's In
aSSurect bee,
"I am vine, to ask 4 favor
ITimont, and of „vote Izetta,
request. I am vdying, love,
'weep so. tied has called me;
ter I are Gone, Ultztout dear, y
love Tzetta eor illy sake, prom
she and mother eh:ill hold the
I ant leaving vaeaut in your b
terrible groan etscaped Ul
line, wrung from the very deo
hts tortured soul by the /1111,
worde of impleas Loraine.
"Proximo
we, Ulmonte" sbn
pered.
eette %newel her quiveriuM
ann the another hurried -le
room; she steuld not (+adore
el matt SAO werd had cost h
she wins
eace,"
the tort -
id net,
n- haired
the elite
is heeds;
so son
the sky,
ing Sep-
erlolson,
'face of
ueerthle
Last hie
oh dark,
Mg by
the pit-
watch -
d an
W Won.
ehent
ad re -
of you,
tit
dOn't
JI, an -
en can
ise me,
place
eart."
mont's
ties of
°cent
lace
quit
the
et a Inuit fewer—. it she i the
leoks upon his face and rests leer era
1 head upon his breast, alle 4i
Will drop into peaceful slumber like Ain
a little etild; if he comes not the fire oth
of her weary watehing meat soon old
coeSurne bore for the sake of youi be
wives, mothers, and daughters, grant mot
My prayer.," SI
Something 'wire' likti a. tette Os- halt
toned both officers' eyes, and
l'SeCa the morning is breaking Hest
we must be far from here ,
ere the sun has risen; still we can- ge„.
not refuse the young gentleman 2!?
XeW anoraents-ein our presence— with e" lz
hie wife. Lead the way, madam. on
Silently the officers stationed 143,
themselves unobserved •behind th
banging draperies, while Linuout lot -
Lorlowed by the sorrowieg mother, quiel.- anevece:
ly approachedathe inetth. e couch upon Whih
i "It
They beard a glad cry: "Ulraont, • mon
darling," and two White arMS were they
flung around Ulmont's nook.
"What leave T dime that has (list I Nrvaais°
ple,ased /ou, dear?" whispered Lin
eante; "you could not have stayee
ars—
,AWay inten me so cruelly if it were hard
ago, lover'
not so. Why did you not come boure
Uhnont's Smart was full; he only ".y.
God,
shook his head, clasping the lovely she le
form he Was SO soon ea leave madly to you S
his wildly beating ,heart; in that tbau- Loral
:txurietne,t he quite largo!: she was not lxis was
"I have had such horrid # dreams, TT
meted
Levee' she sinthed,"thut that ,hre "Ur
gone now that ...heve you, .with. Int were
again."
" lord e
"You. would not like to lose me, that e
Loraine?" be asked, in a voice ter- taxed
ribly calm. Tri
Tho clasp of the white arms tight- beauty
cued about his neck. • r Ther
"Do not say such frightful words, died 1
Ulment. I cannot bear -such thoughts, out :w
dear; you must not try my heart s. And
cruelly."
Ulnimat could sc.arcely repress : tatihrrhpn:
4
groan that rose to his lips.
"I want ycni tee clasp your arm:
closely about me, Ulmont," sbe sae, zarvecarrow
with a smile on her innocent fac..
'and tell me how truly you love nu.
I want you to whisper; love you (Lon
dearl,y, my • The
Ulinont's heart was nearly broken
he was but human, and his suefering
was growing beyond human endur-
ance, as he whispered every tender
word of his pent-up love, c.t.sping het
madly to his breast, knowing it \Yr.:,
foe the last time while they bete
I i
"Thank you, dear," she said.;
you bad oome to Me 1011. hours ago
neent h eve been diiferent. I fee:,
inur...t, i,,', I were s.owly drifting
away, -,!roni. you; ere the sun rises in
the tastern Sky you may have no
.Lo.:arae."
A. gradual whiteness had sto:en
over the b.autieul Lower -like face,
whose Ale was Ake a sensitive plant;
the -st bEght that had come
upo.a her, had struck- like a keen
blast to her heart. -
'You see, Ulanont," she suited, torce
could not endure even a few brief the stern
_emirs out of your preseace." a year a
The fountain of the mother's tears duel. 1
was dry. struck in
Ulnaont Ulvesford, strong man but a sI
though, he was, flung liense:f , • his and. ,S.E'
knees' beside • the co h eep, He laseI0(
like a chid. •
When the doc:tor had been 9allod, abaut to
he said: "It was
"if there is one power. above • all he gaffe
othhrs thet cen save her, it is lier shall sign
husband's presence; if that fails her Y°11148-tbr
she is lost to us." • 1).Q' tor -.111,
'`Uhnont," she whispered, "such ?..1'
iais eru tante co.
long, dark shadows seen' stealing no „,, -
around' nae; clasp my hands tir,ditly !'•
or I may slip from your grasp." and Say a
innocent in
Suddenly the blue eyes , flashed its rassiles
b uhtly open, ,gazing around unon alone can
the, little .group. r et
"Whc,e Is fzetta. stile asked, S°1 - Know that
ly, "that she is not here?" in aiter
t1! ber and intsband's eyes met in world. ft)
a Lo Hied dance.
"Tel. lzetta I want her here at
slid, with sudden eneruy.
1 '11,y ar_swv,
h 1, ,-"y wil; b
me; she -can ,soolhe .
lave you. bath," whiepered
ee;r 't:si)r°trewlseer b'31roeiegUILI"toin'thiei
house have loved se well,
leetta; Jove ber next to you
beeetrtl; Zorailie eleelted
ds tOgetlIer, tile hand of Ul
Tzetta, holding them el
tie? within her own,
ronuse," ahe whisp. red, f
✓ one brief instant Fitment
ts troubled head ;lad gazed
zettees lace; deon sots cony
frame.
yor:rmieisvee,a.dear," he whisP
mute's hands atilt clasped th
well° the obadow 0" death c
„bor.
is bard to die se young,
te deer," she eighed. "4"e
aSkt you how lived and why
d SO young, tell them lay itt
like the sunshine and the flow -
short but very sweet,
o sorrow ever came to me; it ie
to elle so young and leaVe you
nt dear, but whisper to M„.
'Thou ,knowest.'"
au will love Tzetta's little chitile*
hispered, "and remember, none
iieak hiS name, it Wits yoer los
no wee gave it him; because i
nay husband's name. I loved its
'bus Inusic."
letiont %owed his head and w
moan love— mother," the e
the test words Loraine ttiv.s-
ver uetered; the white hande
hisped those two se elosele re -
their hold.
an the glow of, her fair young
she was dead.
e had been no pain; she had
ike the blossoms, scarcely with.
:truing.
the gotderi stunight drifting in
h Inc half- closed windows, fell
Loraine's bright, waving haira
g a golden tato round it like
n— such 9 crown as ang.l's
in heaven.
CEGAPTIXR, XXXIX.
g Years—, Perhaps Forever,
officers stepped forth fro
thear conceairaent; it was the harde
duty they had ever performed to u
clasp 171mont's arms front the beant
ful, ,waxen form.
cannot go yet," he gasped.
Thu -
peaceful
"See„
must ,co
They
an that
back on
"I will
"if If m
rites are
They s
•called t
n
"Izetta
first tIni
dressed
averted
tut.
dear deer
'twill
and
their
morn
aede'e
ain
rais
up
Wait
eree
eire
r ;
Ul-
"heir
pointed to the white, smilin
face. •
it is all over," they said; "yo
,
unclasped his arms and la
:was mortal of sweet Lorain
the pillow.
give my heritage,," he cried
ay .stay until •the last sad
over."
took their heads; stern duty
hem.
ot another hour," they said
," said Ulmont. It was the
e te had voluntarily • ad -
her, as they stood • with
tics Lorebae's bedside; "1
cI from Loraine's grave by
,decree of the law. Nearly
go in Switzerland,I fought a
'never dreaxned had
y adversary fatally. '1 s:rw
ight wound on his right
hey *tell me he is dead, and
used of—, his murder."
I .uee his hand as phe was
speak.
for the honor of my name,'
mor r cannot -MI you I
• ,my entire. estate over •10
e lea've Anaerica. I' shall
y folly with my life. In the
A, when you tell our boy al'
py rather, • tell hiin, God
never intended injuring- his
other; tell him that, Izetta,
wqb di fate -wove me in
, from ,vvhich ray death
extricate me; One thing
ta• ld grieve e t
the sad story o. Loraine,
me, would he given to the
lir boy shall inhe,rit' alh
but, Izetta, as you value poor Lor-
aine's memory, •ask you to keep the
terrible tragedy Of her young, guilt-
I.:es lire, which She never_ knew her-
sal-, forever rocked in •your • own
oreast. Forgive me, Izetta, for the
ask it for Loraine's sake and
rat
",113?1141LJITigni lad."
Illwo years la.er, one peau
Morehig
hi midsummer, leezeit
as she was still celled —etood at
of the late -draped wiodtre4 of Ul
ford Mansion, gazing oir'. into
brilliaat enuebine,
r"Ulerient, rey hueborul ! Ah, Olt
Ulvesford, where are t; -on nowt"
murmured, half aloech
" 00 4,111, inammq" chirped
little voice, SWeet ras a rIbitt's, at
wen dainee -dimpled little darling
Ullame:;,11eides'ee.":;r1iLl(rilb"
/Minded inta her arms,
slm
were, clasping inee eleseer is
arms that the roses she wore PO
bre,aat fell irA ShoWer on the chi
roay go 2.1%:repika.; yutTi: aillMt414°Ibiltx
the floweret mamma win veto, s
tr21.Est-1,5':071i4lit'ovre'll Me," Persieted t
ehild, tossing his little curly head a
nouelna hes sweet, :ed mouth th
was only ninee for kissee, arid op
in len p of datk. velvety ey
"i00 etilinont. W. whene ie
ts:XleIt'ia blushed rosy rea.
"I want your papa, sweet:* she
"The papa In eee ple-cer 'ee uzzes
room?" lisped the "at reakee
ery so when 'we sees k ?"
'Yes, dear," said lee.tie hesizatiee-
kY; 'eon moue •look et 'that picture
every day, ilimoot, and yen must
leern ea love ithiu very much."
tepee, eat love hem, mennne ?"
"Y .2" she easweied, "rens' muck)
e 'op wish he WOLIN nOria
home, niennuaT"
"oh, yes, very much, my /tele" ane -
verge! Tze;ta, eareesing tbe heentieln
face rained to ,her own.;
ehadoev fell between Izetta an
the brilliant euashine; wintilere
'by her heart Was thrilling with ewe,
ecstatic, delight..
"ezette enny wife! Ultimate ----
abet" eritel deep, thrilling voice
#1th- the happiest ere that ever woe
ard.
The, beautiful, queenly girl turoed
•
or bead, the child still elasped in her
rnee.
A tall reenhy form stood before her;
le gleneed into tbe eloquent, lead.,
g face; she heard the low, eremite
us voice- eny
"T hare come to claim my wite and
Tslred11141rng arms were ourstretelted
ia another lustaet, and Tzetta and her
ohild were folded to tilmont Ulves-
ford% breast,
Ile drew his wife to 6,41, tinting
kesell beside eer, his arms still ene
tifUi
Qed
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tiesterecuteereiemae ere
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See efasped Loth damp forme tie her nz
heart, putting' back the ei t
haw trom their foreheads; then her
bead Teti ea ner breast— she bad foie
lowed her two sone through the dark,
shadowy valley of tl
Same one etepped forwarti and t
azed MOMent at the hatelsomen cir
ruel, moreeng nave of 1Teaeh Hemp- Ul
Lan.
br
ki
Afe Amy," muttered Abet More,
Lite elute- maker, as he hastily and
tura:411y terew a cloak about them,
shutttng teem out from the eurious
gaze or the throng, "at last your '
wrongs are aVeriged,"
No one ever enquired haw. they bee
et, or where. The box with tin
gold clutched between them told itt
own story.
The identity of Heath Itampto:
was proven then and three beyond :
doubt. 11 was it strange story obits
the brother officer related to his coin
s1401.:?1,1,:renil," replied the chief, "it seem
hand of Illmont Ulreeford on Seise
months late. by drowning, not by the
then as if the party came to his Mat/
He drew the papers from his breast
pocket. ,
a _..tless now, sir," he salt ea e
handing them to Ulmont, "wie wil ir
sail immediately on the White Ores- I (thew
eon without yoe,
J the
Ulraont wets so astounded at 1.h. ,,,,,,,ho
complicaiting events transpiring '''' 1 dram
round him that be hardly realize., two
what they said.
"We bonorably diseharge you Iron I by t
custody; our mission is ended. Wi se
hope you will pardon the cruel (lute sum
of officers in thus intruding Imo/ i way,
your sorrowful privacy."
another moment they were gone. VI Two
They held out their bends to him. le wine
.., i sami
mont could scarcely realise that Iii I erode
was 5%, free man. He was thankfu I rind,
Loraine had never known the slight -1 "Ul
est shadow' of the deep Woes that had: ne, i
hung over her. - I
7.1,
cling her slender waist', while little
moue, chivying like a robin on his
east, WaS stealing half of mamma%
thea.slizeliselushIng face of his lovele girl-
tta," whispered Uhnorit, raising
wife to Ins own, and gazing down In-
teoerebetr tttrekeuerttr"finnlg,1181t aurP'bistuPeart14",
esionately in love - far the firat
tizw3 —with rae own lovely wife,
thout your :Vet Inetta, the world
would be a blank to me; forget the
past; we will live only In the future,
in wheel' T shall leteel but one greet
aim, 'the hope Of winning' ro:.' wife'.4
love.' ri,?ez I I leave little Ilmont's al:
ready. Will you try to love me, too,
dear, for little Vimont'e sake."
Izetta glanced s-ly up into the one
noble face le all rho tale world she
had loved so truly and so wen, as she
whispered:
"YOU have not to try to win ,1133
lova Ultmont, my husbend; that. you
have already, not far little Mutant'
, but for your Otivn 1"
het night there was a quiet wed -
at Ulvesford Mansion to appease
curiosity et the outside world
never dreerned of the strange
a that had been enacted by those
lives so ruthlessly torn asundez
he hand of fate. e
9' Ill
me five years hexer the dancing
raer sunshine fell rieross a path.
powdered on either side with eels-
ne and sweet mignonette, up
h a lady and gentleman walked.
children gamboled on before, and
ed white roses, which they car-
m0non'atem' °casslredgrthavee'mother, gen-
'take the roses from little Lo -
''s hands and place them with
own."
me put my own: roses on the
e
• his head upon her mother's shoulder
He knelt at the couch of Loraine,' eour
"Le
• raine
refusing to be comforted.
That
pretty was a funeel never to be for- haired Loraine.
ip ylady's grave, eried golden.
gotten. It was a pitiful sight to see The children knelt beside a grasse
ens that h
the same group of sorrowful utaid- Trtound
had held white roses at her
wedding, place snowy flowers on her
tomb.
She was so beautiful even in death,
so fair, so young to die
w e the father and mofher,
with, 'their arms about each other,
reverentially bowed their heads.
Beneath a drooping willow, where
the whispering summer winds love to
linger, and the birds trill forth their
sweetest notes, stands a till, white
marble shaft. pointing heavenward,
and as the golden sunshine falls lov-
ingly athwart it they read the in-
scription which it bears:
Young girls looked upon her smil-
ing, marble face, with tear- stained
eyes, while mothers, with a' shudder
clasped their own darlings oloser to
their breasts.
g, r many a long year after th,ey
told of the beautiful, golden- haired
u young wife, who was se Young and
air to die,
Y They told, too, of the brbken-heart-
e ed husband who followed the sad pro-
ession to the grave one bright May
,1 morning, and of the white- haired.
flj niother who had lost her ell.
nhose bitterest sorrow had fallen u -
n ,ex in leer old, age; and they told
1 a dark- eyed stranger who wip-
away that mother's tears and
comforted leer, hoes she held her in
er arms when the evorld grew dark
round her, drew the wear h'
c" 0
, „,y cou
',.ennen• •'net'
head upon her strong, young breast,
arid comforted her with hopeful, lov.
ing Words that "brought tears te
ever
Even strangers cried:
"God bless bar for the comfort she
has brought this grief- stricken moth-
er."
It was all ciVer.
"Izetta," Ulinont said, sadly, "I am
going away -going abroad for tin
present. Ulvesford Mansion haunts
Me. Will you stay here with ow'
child until r eeturn ?" '
He turned away abruptly
STAIORlEIDI
To the Idlemory of
LOIttetheaee
Beloved Wifo of
T.J.DMO.N1 UliVESFOR,1),
Aged 18 Years.
"'Thou Xnawest."
•
?NO• one but those two standing
there, and God, save the feeble, White
haired mothe,r, who spent many a
lonely hour with her face pressed
close against the cold, white marble,
• and her arms twined around it, not
even she :eh° slept beneath the daisies
knew of the great tragedy that had
spread its dark wings over her bright
lifrel
eaess, curious world neve/
litTehive. 'secret of that "fatal wooing,"
was burieodrawiteh, .hmero,r.mo re rzetta,her
gentle tears falling on the daisies,'
end the soft, green grasS.
, "Heaven knows I loved her whip
slumbers hare with a love thatmight
have been my doom,n''e ute.nastu; rIsiow Ira 11;
mont; "but after all. Izetta, when
•
the love of my manhood is centered in
my second lov,e, and. purified by suf-
ferings, a love‘that will last through
et'TeantittaY's!"head droops -upon Ultnont's
breast; their little children, Ulmont
and golden -haired Loraine, flit close
o mother's side.
he smiling heaVens bend over
.hem, the ripple of the brooklet and
he Song the 'Ards sing to ,the flow-
-s t eir womfrous leen.
hie seund breaks ,upon the harmony
1 of those reunited:lives, whispering -of
I what might have happened through
the youthful folly of ,that - "fatal,
wooing.,"
"Send at once fee Abel Moore an
his good wife, that nett may not liv
here alone, now that Loraine's moth
er has returned to Lorrimer Hall. D
not teach my child to think unkindl
of me, Izetta," he added, holding en
his hands; "always let him think o
me at my best."
Silently fzetto placed lier hands in
•iis —the husband who had heel
eparalted from her by such strange
yetis of crtiel fate.
-01mont held them- for a Moment
miry, dropped them suddenly, and wa
g one. , • ' ' s
The same day that fair, golden -hair -
N1 Loraine was laid to rest under.the
',31"Icliing willows llIniont UlveSferd
left America. to be gone long years
God called her He k b
elhe 4nd.
.aeeteretri genet:
eantereeteare
ataatee,ze ode,
'ureter fee.
reeks Caen
It, Ridd has sold his livery Inter
nese in Listowel to Janies
hem, of Palmerston, who has taken
possession. Kidd •will continue
his veterinary inteinese,
.0V101t, PIET
ete-Onte .44Clo
WhisloWstfootbing 'Fyn+ Ntitk vfed for
over tiny sew millietiend nteleereterealr
11 eeedree 'mule teething. witli ;crest sreness,
etietheethe ehfideeerteriethe eves. ozone al
pale. cures *led mite. and is the test rem
roe Inerthotte, is.pleseetint to theta -le. tr:
be dreeniete to even,- eeirt or Inv eena,
mai* bottle. its value is incalentaKe,
sure arid ask for Mrs. 'Wine -levee neething
aud *atm no other laud.
One of the evil results of the expos,
n in Paris seems to be au epidemic
ft Weide, The fact is that there is au
urually large number of euicideehz
l'aris just now and the Paris press at-
tributes them to the deprivation re-
sulting from general retrenehment at.
ter the exposition, litany country'
people who worked in Paris during the
exposition are now without employ*
meet and are unable to return, to thew
homes. Suicide in Prance, however,
bee been increasing for g time,
According to statistics reeeetly made
public by the authorities, there were
no less than 27,000 suicides registered
throughout France in the five years
ended on January 1, 1001. Strangling
and hanging have aeeounted for no less
than 1200;,5the revolver was used in
3,500 vases; suirocation bribe tesene ,
charcoal was employed in 2,000; pois-
on was used in 400 eases; 1,000 • persons
threw themselves from fetid heights,
usually' uppenstory windows; drown-
ing occounts for the self-inflicted
death of 4,500, while the remainder are
said to have obtained death through
various ingenious ineanS,
No Excuse
For People Who
Wear Rusty or
Faded Clothes
Diamond Dyes
Will make the Old Things
Look as Good as New
11 the majority of people cannot
afford to buy new dresses, jackets
capes, waist e or suits of clothes ev
three or six months, the use of Dia-
mond Dyes wit] enable them to renew'
at trifling cost their faded or rusty
garments, making them as handsome
as new ones. Mrs. W. L. Woodward,
of Cresswell, Ont., says:
"1 have always used Diamond Dyes
With the best results, but ray last trial
of them has succeeded all previous
efforts. I have just dyed a dress of
the very finest brown Henrietta Cloth
with Diamond Dye Fast Black for
Woolemaking it look as well AS new
goods from the store. There is no ex-
cuse for anyone wearing old clothes
while Diamond Dyes are sold."
hite
atery
tmples.
Five years ago my body broke
out in white watery pimples,
which grew so bad that the suf-
fering was almost unbearable.
I took doctors' medicine and
various remedies for two years
but they *ere of little benefit,
whenever I got warmed up OP
sweat the pimples would come
out again. •-
A neighbor advised Burdock
Blood Bitters, and I am glad I
followed his advice, for four bot-
tles completely Cured me.
heThatrejhNaamsa se ns et dvb aer never
eh beeno yues ea r as asgpootanodr
pimple on me since.
Bmehin P.O., Ont.