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THR SUNNY SOl ITH
13
For
rte Sunny South.]
The Confession.
,„„,rED TO 3
my FRIEND, EVELYN P EDDIE.]
1 j,u together, mister
W<"vi>; • oiss snrt o’ chums;
,.■! never tighten’,
N and e’en the crum’s—
‘ >wc<l up altogether—
\V’ |i all ’ r'toilie Hill,
' 1 i'iimes and rompin’,
till- P‘ ‘- . ntiillliri will
AI
futtin’ prai
, l:s. as chillun will,
'itten grownish,
• lowed he loved her,
A:'" 1 k i' i"'ittie’kno\ved how well.
hilt
: il ‘"r. 'ui.r together faithful—
.'.acrn.ined we would go,
' anfiil little charmer,
K-':.,./:, i. through the country—so
,,, ,. h iil and dale we wandered,
! 'V. , ; w and talkin’ none;
foot sore on the journey—
H,• 1not cate to run.
' |1 thought I’d tell him
"loved <.ur Mellie. true,
, ( .e 1 couldn’t do it—
* Kaso 1 knowed he loved her too.
nnon an open campas—
°oVe P Iune night, poor Bill broke down;
1 ev < he, -I’m tired o’ trampin’—
,r,, isaek to Smyrna town.”
,ve lad!” 1 answered, heavy,
that we faced fer home,
1 a burnin' with joy secret,
,];;, k is i'll hopeful thoughts o’ home.
/u we hove in sight o’ Smyrna-
. , he village bells they pealed;
piV stroll-d outer Mellie’s cottage.
Tin 11 kin' still, his doom was sealed,
i,,- | waited patient fer him
* ['• jj| the white moon riz above,
, ! tra eped about the garden,
Where the fairies falls in love.
Here and there, through rosebush alleys,
T,•!l I n a-lied tin 1 wicket gate,
Leant my elbows on the palm’s,
Ur continued thus to wait. ,
on a sinhliot—out from shadder,
pill a n Mellie. arm an’ arm,
Slowly crossed the uarrer pathway,
Never thinkin’ any harm.
\nn an’ arm! you hear them, jury,
There afore niy very eyes—
(j n !v a „r - knowed my sorrorer,
\; 111 will pit v beyant'the skies.
U,,ii ki: w-. lodge,'there was no schemin’,
Not a dark plot in my brain—
If mv durlin’ loved my comrade,
Things would go on jes the same.
Low I crouched an’ heered him whisper—
-M l. vo love iiir now the bes’?”
An' she answered low an’ timid:
•• More than Jack, an’ all the res’.”
How it happened I know not, Jedge—
But afore the more was said,
Ji. il broke loose within my breast here,
An’ I shot my comrade dead.
Yes, r,n guilty, judge an’ jury,
“Wilful murder” though is strong—
For ! tw;i' madness made me do it,
And I did not feci ’twas wrong.
After all, my comrade knew this,
And h<‘ drew my doomed head low,
Pressed a kiss upon my forehead -
••Jack, poor -lack, you loved her so!”
Think ye, friends, that death by bangin’
Could cause me so much o’ grief,
As them tender words o’ sorrow,
l'itercel with such fond belief?
But i thrust the pistol toward him,
Begged him hard to be avenged—
He jes smiled and uttered softly:
‘•’Taint no use to be revenged—
“Take ihe lily if she’ll love thee,
An’ goodby, my dear old Jack.”
“You forgive?” i cried out wildly.
•I forgive, my old chum, Jack.”
There you have the story, Judges—
Mete out jostice if you will—
But your verdict will not touch me
Like the tears of Mellie Hill.
A11' I'll ax yer, if yer’ll listen,
•lest ter lay me by his side—
In the cold clay of the hillock.
Whore my dear old Billie died—
That is all—ah. guilty is it?—
Thank yer, Jedge—and, too, thank God!
Jestioo is no tardy angel,
An' 1 bow beneath the rod.
linniitgham, A la.
—Ruby Bekyl Kyle.
letaeen Midnight and Damn.
By ina l. oassilis,
Author of •• Society’s Queen,” etc.
CHAPTER XXII.
WHY THESE QUESTIONS?
it was not yet two o’clock when Una,
ho had remained in the drawing-
Hiin, heard hoof-strokes on the drive,
he did not look out to see the rider
pproaching, but she knew who it was,
nd her heart beat faster and her
olor went and came. Three minutes
dt*r the door was opened, and the foot-
1:1,1 announced “Mr. Caerlyon.”
s ho rose and went forward to meet
inn, and he took her hand in his and
noked anxiously into her face.
"how are you feeling now, dear
‘ :u 'y l na?” he asked gently. “I wish
'■i'llU1 see a more restful look, but
h'b cannot be yet.”
1 here was a change in her already,
w could see. due to his presence; but
w would not, of course, allude to that;
md I na felt almost guilty in the con-
‘1‘unisness of that change. She only
answered. “Xo, not yet,” and suffered
U r I'onipanion to lead her to the sofa,
«here lie sat down by her side, and
01,1 her what had been done, and what
"" ll Ul be required of her on the mor
row.
A ou are A ery, very good to me,”
n\ i-,' 1 ’ 111 a lew voice. “You will
s 'ke me to thank you, and yet it
s ° ungrateful to be silent.”
i 1 "grateful!” repeated Caerlyon;
vim " 1Usl not say that; and indeed
do t l Mlst n °t thank me. I could not
nienr Ulu ch to spare you even a mo-
•‘ u pain '
nesttm :l t * tlle words with deep _ear-
ti,,], hut not with a lover’s passion;
s^em 0,1 h have been more than un-
a ‘ J Q ow. And Una shook her head
she u > ’ Hlt hid not contradict him;
'' fuo sincere for such mockery,
for she knew Caerlyon expressed no
more than he felt. She told him then
that Desborough had called.
“It was very kind of him to come,”
she said. “I am grateful to him for
what he did to save Grantley.”
“What did he do to save him?” asked
Caerlyon, passing over the first part of
his client’s speech.
“Two days before the races he came
down and dined with us; and I—I
could~'ihot help it—I asked him to use
his influence with Grantley to dissuade
him from going to Dingwali.”
“Caerlyon bit his lip; but he said—
“Did you tell him why you wished
your husband not to go?”
“Ye-.”
“Did he say anything to Mr. Herbert
in your presence?”
“Xo, he must have spoken to him on
the way to the station.”
“When you spoke to your husband
did he make any allusion to what
Desborough had said to him ?”
“Xo”—her head drooped—“he only
laughed at me.”
Caerlyon was silent a moment; then
he asked, “By what train did Desbor
ough leave for London ?”
“By the 10.20—in the morning.
“And your husband drove him to
Bramblemere ?”
“Yes.”
“When Mr. Herbert returned, did
you see him?”
“Yes, and he was talking about the
morrow’s race.”
“He said nothing about Desborough
trying to dissuade him from going ?”
“Xo, nothing.”
“Desborough knew how the crime
was discovered ?”
“Yes—he heard of it from Mr. West-
lake. You do not think,” she said,
lifting her eyes wistfully to Caerlyon’s,
“that Mr. Desborough can throw any
light on this. He said he knew no one
answering to the description I gave—
of—of the murderer, but he would
tender his evidence at the inquest.”
“It is impossible to say, Lady Una,
what indirect evidence may be obtained
through a witness who may imagine
that what he has to tell is of no im
portance. If Desborough did not offer
his evidence, I should take care that he
was subpoenaed. At present we have
no information worth anything. All
that can be proved is that Mr. Herbert
was seen at the races, in the company
of a man whom no one can identify,
and that he was seen on the high road,
evidently not fober, at a point more
than a mile from Dingwall Wood.
Beyond this all is darkness, save that
he was robbed; that is, his money was
taken, though his rings were not
touched. You do not know what money
he had on him ?”
Una shook her head, and turned
aS “I never knew anything about him,”
she said, in a low voice. “We lived our
separate lives.”
She rose abruptly, and crossed the
room; she would not—dared not utter
the thought that was in the hearts of
both—that death had not severed a tie,
but had broken a bondage. It- is a
bitter thought, “If he had only lived
we might have repaired the past, but
now it is too late.” It is a yet more
bitter thought, “We must have always
lived our lives apart; the tie that
bound us must have ever been as the
chain that shackles slave to slave.
Caerlvon rose ^°°> but n0 ^
follow Una. That knowledge was as
clear to him as to her; he knew why
she did not put it into words. Una
turned back again almost
but paused half way and lifted her
^ “Hark!” she said. “What is that!
Caerlyon heard the sound, too; 1
° a iiSf WesUake^perhaps,” he said
Westlake.” She
had" turned deadly white, and was
tre Max‘cfasped her hand in his and
be “My™nd,°what is it?” he said, tend-
erlv “What do you fear?
“i’don’t know,” the girl whispered
but Rowing at once more calm under
hStouch. “Hist! they are coming!
The door was opened abruptly, and
Kvelvn Barrington entered hurriedly,
Slowed by a footman, and by two men
1 m Caerlvon recognized at once.
The“were detective officers from Scot-
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