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GHTFUI LOVE STORY, LavaD AND wicoRrous,
ju BERTHA M. CLAY, — BEGINS WEEK AFTER NEXT.
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Entered According to Act of Congress, in the year x03, by Street & Smith, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second Class Matter.
Toh 60, ~ soso sexcn gree new vorke New York, June 10, 1905. Tree Dalen Pes eae No, 35.
‘wo Copies Five Doilars.
- THE BROKEN HEART.
“He was uncertain,” replied Sabine, ‘so It yas
eae ITE " : no use waiting for him. Said he'd come, ite | |,
pee eS abt
ED : sed. ‘ S
— Pop in. ater
DS MENRIETTA WELLINGTON ROATE, ae oe “{s_my Iady out oad ‘asiced one of the. |)
; men, presently, of hi
oe a ot “Y don't know. She be, or sho may. be
ee , aie te going out. ‘There's a ring; I dare say it's Hine, |}
to
ee 4
Avay! all human sympathy is vain! es
eis
Mine the broke
i ie T thought I heard @ carriage stop,” said carr. | |
pete rae die the part, i aS “It may be ours,’ for all 1 it Know,” returued Sir {|
3 y =, ey aR Lelcester, with a laug' :
" ees Lu ‘ The hall door, was open and some one came ||
ed,
‘after_a pause, a. footman en
ti dining rooin, It'was only to bring In some fresh
Ss
Ser
as that came just now, Jennings?”
asked his master. i
4 When chested ogres ri blighted
3 “It was Mr. Esmond, Sir Lelcester. My lady’s \ | |
Trevine you crushed m; e again be going to the theater to-night.”
Fresh tend in the spate » GES “Oh, very well!”
4nd the wounded bird, on weny wing, Lag dit La ucla Fie ot bis host, and then at tne |
May soar ‘fo heaven and si MERE “Esmond ‘wi Jake all the running,
Tebroken chord, so mute ‘and still, oi ming ‘husband, replied _ the
Akindly. ~string, F e iateka, “Not @ Mitle bit Seatous” And they both
Jod make it breathe a witching hymn, | S\knd ‘then came a shout of Inughter ‘from the
sweetest rd did sing. ry our end end of the table at sorde, racy, and not too
3 j rel of Devolta’s.
Wie heat, that priceless font of joy Eat Hemond, 46 he passed through the hall and up
en blessed with visior a the stairs, heard the clatter and men’s voices from
Teheatt, that dark abyss AI the dining room, and the very intonation of the
When steeped in deep despai
who can quell the storms “that rage
Within its anguished co
When ee ve, avd peace, and joy, and
laughter convinced him that Vera was not pres~
ent. He set his teeth, as the knife went to his
heart again,
It was not the mere fact of Sir Leicester having
g men’s dinner party; that was nothing ; but that
Sabine should dare, to ask his wife's presence
among such men as he chose to entertain, without
even the surport of other wou
That Sir Leicester had been guilty of such tn=
; guit, Bemnond knew from men to fom Sabine had
been coarse senowe to state the fact.
Why did Vera remain under the same root with
this Blackguard? Vivian asked himself. | Why, tn
Heaven's name, did she not get a separation?
Vera was ready in the drawing room; to Es.
fnew the Mantle round her, and ied her out
lis dead forevermore.
stem the sataract that foams
Inanger down mountain side;
to. he he carriage.
: | felt her aie heared the, @intngs
i x joor, and heard a laugh from within that
sitioy fo pearto crushed. Z i 5 si ae yas certainly not the Taugiy of a thoroughbred.
well control the elements + eS cae But that was all tho sien Sir Letcester’s wite gave,
That hoot, and howl, and rage, ed a ; and it was involuntary. ‘ttle by Vivian
Asthink to bring the spirit braved j But she was In Paradise now. sitting via
a i int i
Abalm that could ass side—a paradise full, of intense ato
i bur a ivid eppiness, “though as yet she did
EELS an ate eburs, de eve ay Bam,
Eth a Val is Rous’
et bi i i I
wa
Csi ‘ie ‘was’ In’ @ hid “of “Greaeh-air tho” latent -”
ra : mms ae a Hed forth, stirred
Than that which I have borne; fe a LAE mili hin. ery ut just ow she. outy eit” without
Iwaced my life) my hopes, my Joys, a ee : : “ <a Eels ‘oot ee ca tot ase
loved to save! eee = . whence came
we is done! the game is lost! = Pe Ta the thenter, between the acts, they talked as =
he silent grave, ordinary frends talk Perhaps beth felt. the one © ae
Be hallowed bonds ‘love seemed to ued
vaguely, the other clearly, that sflence ’ w:
ing a
Asadden ‘crash ‘has rent in twain,
ind vows: ones at the altar breathed
ung round us like an Besome chain.
tee no urn vabove my cla
0 tears be shed}
7
knew, (all that “would rembin ‘distinct in thell
er
‘When #) as over, Vera thanked her com~
panion tor the eplonsure™ bo bad given, her: the
Word sounded poor; she had s9 much, oh!
Ti ®t be, ruietl for than Bpleuatre."
sme dark hath been, mt ope, he softly, a he drew the folds
when f ad— = ‘ee Aapeald i of er Shentle round her ‘With, unconsciousty, an
ypice! there is a better and a it SS i Le Ce if Ginost caressing touch, “that You will soon aeata
nie ise Se
ae i ad
allow me such happitiess as I have known this
bere weaty so evening.”
“oppre essed wa eithly woe v “You are at good I shall be to0, pleased.”
‘Gn ningle mid the blest For a moment Vera stood; then turned away without a. Vera’s hand fell to her side. Yong managed 2 san Be toner nok the words
Jed her out to the carriage, and
" mona ba to Boonen, 3, stand
‘ sald more than her words; they must be toned to | careless badinage, | To strike @ note utterly out of Se fee eOet en hevepeker ee.
le the scenslone for tucte was’ conventionally, no | ture may betray too litte feeling, or too much; wun “ts, ae Ee tata nee book ot
aliterenes betweéa Vivian Esmond and any other | and it is sometimes impossible for an earnest na- | ..°4 7ivederid.’ he sald. holding her han do wy
she knew, save, perhaps, some slight prefer- | ture, even in self sete Bser to. set all the. chords | #6coD torely snd Will you, to-night, give. Bdsar
e fence, Jansling. " Were not the chords of her heart thritl- | BOFe closely—an x eth © gar
, HE shall be very pleased, indeed,” was what she | Ing to “inusic so ‘marvelously sweet that alt. the | ® ie whe al
. > sald; "thank you eo muel any Right this week, powers of her being must stand still 2 listen? » she always
you like, except Friday. 1 am engage: 0 she was silent, and perhaps neither of them | ®*% 2s"! i
night | S sorry that a new arrival brought them back | Yh" she said. “Thank you, Good-night.”
“It is I who must say ‘thanks so much’ into the safe groove of the commonplace. We have | tremulous went up, by Then sleeping emilae SES
By CHARLES W. HATHAWAY, Esmond. “Wil you" choose your owa | reason, sometimes, to be grateful for such outside 1g ne eee, cae
y . , help when wo havo almost cut off our own retreat. bent over aia ang?kissea im tenderly: then she
. me ould rather leave that to you.” Tt was past one o'clock before ail the guests | Knelt down, and her quivering lps lay long on
Auhor of “A Rash Vow,” “Love's Guiding Hand,’ “‘Marjorie's Sweetheart,’ | ,,“You reverse the order,” said he, siniling. “Will | were gouo, and Vera stood alone in the great room agar,” she whispered - at last—-the words
Ds Dish 4 , > | to. recuse suit you?” that seeméd now go desolate: and yet there was hardly” arsed Pt eee ae Mite in teen Mt
rose; lane’s Di, > ete., ete. erfee! soft light in the shadowed eye 9 was some- be
“Josep iplomacy,”’ ele., ete “Thanks ; aud I will call for you, if convenfent, | thing to live for through to-morrow; and. igs- | Dello signore?
at ‘a quarter to eight” mond’s parting clasp was still on her hand,. his
y well; T won't keep, you waiting,” said voice Nngered in her ears. nich CHAPTER XXIX. :
(‘A Loxo Mantrapou” was commenced in No. 29, Back mmbers can be obtained of all newsdealers,) know ning, . ae ancrat Peron sae a pasted Sat dara! 1 plano, near, which mum POWER oF SONG. Pe a
- show are f Tara avis, Lady Sabine, X wish all| ing to her face, ay she : ak
ladles were as punctual: but some men are as bad | too well known, on the stairs. ata Sabine usually breaktusted alone. She bad we Py
CHAPTER XXVIL, seamed to have known whe tt was, even before she | ere i oe aoe ay » rast, the rudé wrench from Than half-past olght’ hn the Breakfast ‘yom; Sir Std
: im; he was the fet ‘ arrive, and he was sq uYou Are a rara avis to own that,” said she, | reality, seemed for a moment to Leicester's breakfast hour varied from half-past | | | i
HHRARTS ATU! ae genvrally amoug tho Brat at houses where be | “Chovgh You yourself are not an tend ‘Hullo ” said Sabine, entering the ro ten to half-past eleven. It often happened
dear! eae wlestehea vp ie a Vist “I think @ good many of the failings Popularly fare you doing alone "here? Al for days together the. husbat i
tana dear”, D Vout aia not re-enter the room at once; she| charged upon “women only are shared friends gohe, eh?” with a sneer. “‘Time you were | even see each other. ‘They went 10
as bis young mother bent over him in paused Just outside the window there was kind | said Esmond, off, too. and the world commented freely on SI
@ Usht. . She was all shining and dazzling with of quivering through all her veins, a vague, unac: | “But tho virtues are all the women’s own,” said dees ust golng to my room," Vera answered, | “scandalous neglect” of ls be | vite:
mowledged hope that no one else would come just + quietly, abine did not trouble himself about this s
a“ Rent Raat’ Bros fing ott robes of ‘roam | yet. But it was only a brief pause, and she tured | “fam freo to own that—now!” he answered, | “She had recovered herself now, and moved for-| thing; no one whose acquaint
tnber, and he Tooked at her, at her beautiful | back into the glow ot, the. waxtight just. as. the | boxing, ward to the doo gnubbed him because be snubbe
| PEA to charge me with fsbing for a complt« |” “Look ‘hero, Vora! sald her husband, who had | Yorn herself Rrow of necessity, extn
Mi 6 a eae Vera, “I confess it looked ter | thrown himselt into ehair, “you, know, T've Sore | callous from tho sheer force of ha
long room: to ‘mect him; coming to’ him, as it | Fibly *; riends to dinner to-morrow evening. You mig! Husband's ‘presence was at all times. 60 ltaieal
Stin up ia her arms ‘and held lay to. her ed in her solt, sheeny oben and the aursole | But, it would be so, superfluous.” returned Bs-| a8 well show ‘0 her that there was at least a set-off to his
‘ut, kissing him fondly. He was fingering the | of her golden hait, like the vision of a tutelary | mond, n if you would stoop to suc! “Tt she said, coldly, et you should neglect. in being rid of his society.
F neck... He bad bis mother’s love | salat; ahd yet the tutelary saint spake not tn 1 ‘asked. Vera, make © eugeesiion that you know to be useless. Siived ‘under the same root,, thoy
4a beautiful. things golden numbers,” but Wo! ave declined before ta be present a ‘at these inner | wore we nat enter and purpeies Mnamgere: ve
. but they were Perfect nee nat “uttered ‘them, a you, yes.” D rties of yours, and ‘t declin in this—that a stranger would have been bound
Zister is going to seo a great many people to- | iho voice vibrated through every, string ot We | A Tiedt Yolor aitted across Vera's check: nor | “My frichds are fs good as the men you had | to treat Vera whew he aid mest, her with elyiits,
Jidt" sald Vera, smiling. ae on jeart; £0 any words that Vera spoke wore | heart a fast; he seemed to set her in a kind of shout, you to-night, sald ‘a a phat, have | Slr Letooster, being by law her husband, exercised
poetry shrine a © Tight of speaking to her with as much rude-
led Edgar, who delighted in it, "shod of you,” she said,“ "Tsupposo I am like other. peo she ‘said, || Vera looked at her husband with somethin ness or Insolence as sho would tolerate, and she
cane pease” hor shoulders, as she <Pho! and: euruch | irrepressible conteipe ‘Wore. it not for tue trascdy | Ricragea’s woud deal, Receions ate seas toners
mamma sing. mer"—her hand was in bls, and he | 0. the Was Sorry “airactly she had | that lay beneath 1 Wte pitting of his will against | to ‘quarrel, nd held’ the tan ‘tn too much eon ~
ore comet added the child. etd ie slit whi red. he er. “T think I | moved; Rhe'ehould net have done ie; it wi like | hers might hare vals He ental | tempt. to even resent insult.
faswored again: it was almost a | Pathe to apolocion ‘forsale pereaps, tos soon; | giving’ too much importance to a slight “hings | forco that ‘could cope “with hers Sebine’s. was | °° Abt tsly eis weer element had come inte her
iat and sho strained ‘te little form closer to But the tempation was strong—so, will you for- | but, Vera was naturally 4 impulsive, and nature whi esventially the nature of 2 bully." He could bave | iite ‘that. If It could ot wit out the. palty, Yor
be elo come. Tometimes, despite all the diseiplin crushed and reduced t anged her whole existence, lifted up ‘from
too? anid tho boy, wistfully, here ts nothing to forgive," sald Vera, | sultering and. the world, Stan Vera" with ber he eould only bluster, an the dark ‘valley onto the mountain. top where the
Ae aatghi, ‘coriestna—onotaet tine von, neat hough A vague, sweet tremor went through | Esmond bit bls lip; he, too, changed color a aid from time to time as a Kind of insehactive | £26 Gone! uldon and ins eee gene antes
Bekissed him "again, and laid him in his little m very glad to see you.” Uti A. moment he paused. then he rove and si Fas, no looking forward, it was a prosent tull of
“Sue miglt’ have sald that for anyone, out of | came to her sider PFfor a minute Vera stood; then she turned away | fight "amd cols, a dreath that, was eal a reallly
bela” be murmured, gs she | mere politeness, but he Kaew sho meant it tor him: | “You are not vered with mo2” he asked, softly. | without a word. that was Jike a dream, without tionen—tHntisht had
fhev'was asleep before sho had | and tho knowledge made all his pulses thaill; buk | "Could pues easily. wound oe rew a} Sabine sprang to his feet, as it about to follow | not ev: ind without
raw: ‘Oh! if sleep like that | he, answered eadily, with a smile: aulek, silent, breath, as. she bent 0 Tne ‘music, her, but changed his "ay gnd turned on his heel, ana woman Gee, yet her eyes bo holden? Can
come to her—sweet, dreamloss sieep, fallin en i conscteice is appeased and T am em-| while’ his eyes rested, with an infinite tenderness, his_ hea: wou worsted. Ww, and yet not know? In a certain phase
Abr telids “like the gentle rain from heaven” boldened toask @ favor.” Tn the goldn head: the pure outline of cheek and | He.« sould net, ven make bis site fear bin eyes; and through that phase
dep that woke to happy daylight, and sunny | “re is eraniea,® “anid Vera, seating herself on a | throat she up ‘straight to her room, and there in last long;
ueof (be hours to come; not to ineffable dread | lounge near the piano. Esmond took the place ered She answered. “Oh, no; it isn't, that: | paused, “ehite and 4 ering. Tlehty “uth nthe fact,
{pala and ceaseless heaitnc te! beside her. oct Be ane tate hats | PANESE T'bear ito she wilepered. “rt woutd bo | S00 che, must font the f her ‘happiness, the full:
agi erg not pain in this new bappiness,,o e you such faith in’ me?” he said; and at taat undoes | eo easy to leave bim? the law would sive mo my 8! of her misery. r her must
Yas not conscious, that was ite gomething in his, tone again sent that tremor pathy. “You will kuowe-| child. But I must-endure—still—for his sake! , or desolation.
trie iger Ie shedding Its radiance over even | through her. she begun to feel, too, that | you will comprehend—your thoughts and mine are| ~~ For whose sake? . Not Vivian Ksmond’s ‘This morning she toust see her husband, for ong
ford things ?-—shadows athwart the rosy light | there wa tiways a subtle’ change in’ velco ‘and ye Tt general drift of such of her letters contained a joint invitation. It wi
vis cretping into hee heart, iMuminiag is Inanner when he spoke to her? She answered at | words,” she went on, turning over the music rather . . yom Mrs. Lindsay, whose country house was” oa
eet chambers Sie in “ tremulous glory? onc th y an't ask a quickly, “ "more tha & the words themselves that, in CHAPTER XXVIIL. the Thames, pear Paldonhiead, and she was giving
se I have.. You wouldn't ask me to do|a manner, troubled me. People not put ‘one a water picnic In the following week.
ansthing that was cut of my power on'a planacie above ordinary ‘petty tailings” THE GOLDEN GLOW OF LOVE, Vera smiled half bitterly as she read the letter;
it was not sald deliberately ; nor was it an un-| She did not mean “people” Ju her heart; she| They were a merry and a somowhat noisy party, | it was proforma to ask Sir Leloester, espectally
conscious appeal; it amas the ‘outcome of a deep | meant the man by he side, but she shrank trom | sir Leicester Sabine, ‘Sit ‘Luc! mn Carr aa three | for a comparative stranger, but of course he would
ind. Teal trust, and that was the strongest of all | saying so, “Her explanation was a Janie one: ns | of four other choice spiritee-one. was a| not go; but her heart throbbed, too, for certainly |
f Appeats Y to sui oh ‘a 'man_as Vivian Esmond. fe often the case with the cleverest of us when we wealthy giock, broker, of Jewish “seente “who had | Vivian Esmond would bave been asked, and was
at with its dark mas trees, so still an very, very happy.” he said, iu a low | bave mado a mistake which really admits of no| no admittance at all’ to Lady Sabine's talon; but | almost certain to be there.
ae, and with that senso of mystery that al- | voice, “ind turied aside a little for a moment, “to | creditable repalr. Bi Heleentes was not so particulars: Bi ideas of ac rgbanly “use has some engageraent with
eugetngs fo the trsos, even when the restless, | be so counted, @ friend.” Then he looked round | Of course Esmond) “understood.” mot as she donne camaraderie covered a wide ang varied feld: | Mrs. Dene," stld Sabine's wife, as she rosa. Then
ating life of the city rushes up and down, up | again, and added, in a lighter tone: meant when she said it, and be answered, quietly: | a m: ust “know how to behave,” be a gentle: th fe went to the nursery, and found Edgar not as
dom, beneath thelr boughs. “Certainly this fsenot out of your pow. “Yes, I know what you mean but then, there fs | man, in the most superficial meaning of that word; | well as Us
Aad suddenly Ver with a quick | have not, T think, ‘scen the plece at the ‘Court? | @ aincfence between iilusions eliets. T don’t | but that was all. “Twill stay at home to-day, Marietta” sho
hi ber dark eyes, a gue tureb ‘at her heare Will you honor me one night this week, or next, | think I have any illusions left ; bat | z have one or “Hinton isn’t coming, then?” remarked Sir | sald, “‘and see how he goes on. And you ae
lasom bad. stopped before the house: a tall, |if you are engaged this week?” two beliefs; and T must eling Lucian Carr as the euests seated themselves at | come to mother nthe afternoon,” sho ‘ad
Potom, ina ligit wrap-coat, sprang out’ So] The light that Mashed "up into her dark eyes| ““Yera was silent, Ske ‘ould ‘hot fall’ back upon | the table. the child, “and bear music,