Show or s Sin By BERTHA M. M CLAY Continued Prom From Morning l XV ncr Her beautiful taco face dropping drooping nearer to lila his her dark har falling over him hin hot dark luminous eyes looking hooking Into iii his her hito whito hands stretched out is ls thought though sIte she were ere praying to him she him sho lovely enough to have stronger man from his faith ant I loyalty We shall hurt no one she con con- tinned Wo We do nothing extraordinary ary we only make ourselves happy those hose ties are a terrible weight Oh Allan give me one reason why we should not 1101 break theta them It was A terrible moment for nuil n a terrible temptation Sho was beautiful so loving so winsome h houi his soul oui was In mortal peril perl He know it Great drops stood upon his brow his strong heart trembled ow heaven help me jam Iam In a sore strait h he said to himself and the tho spell was growing stronger You were happy happ when you loved me before you before you would woud soon bo ho happy again why not break these hateful ties Allan Toil Tell me only ono One reason why A cool white hand was laid haiti on hers unclasping Lord a sweet face gleamed softly in tile the moon moonlight light a tender voice fui full of pity of love of angelic sweetness full of the music of said Let me speak for my husband I give you one oie reason out of many why these ties you would fain break are arc stronger than death and can never come what may may may-be be broken In life They had both at the tho first sound of her hei voice To Lord Carow it was as though i a-i angel angol had spoken the for one moment was speechless with ith anger The Phie plc- plc Juro turo was a beautiful but a terrible ono one The Tho paie moonlight falling falling- through tile dense lense foliage the tall tail motionless trees with their entangled branches Lord Care Carew leaning back in his chair anxious and un unhappy uI- uI happy the beautiful duchess in till all the splendor of her costly dress and Jewels crouching on the tho ground Lady Adelaide standing so quiet ulet so calm cairn so serene with a a. heavenly light bight of pity on her face her own great groat sorrow sor- sor row cast casl aside that she might help her husband In this dark hour of ot his life I will tell you she said gently first and most Important reason why my husband oven even he may not love Jove me inc as you the word love may not break ills his vox s It ItIs itis Is because the great God has commanded tom com them to be k pt sacred until death Tier Her voice sounded clear as the chime of a silver bell lie her eyes flashed her heart warmed with her words Men may frame framo and may try to set iet aside the terrible sanctity of marrIage vows but before the grand immutable unchangeable laws s of God they are arc than nothing In Hid sight they arc null and void This world with Its small lox loves its mean hates will soon passed away anti and men will be Judged by the oaths they took Therefore I say it will be In of ot tim the of God co In ill af JJ H U the ho vow maae to m. m even w n t gilas gil- gil as you say he loves mo me not Lord Caret Carew looked up Into the angelic face of the tite woman he had hiatT made his wife wondering admira tion The guilty head bend of the beautiful ful duchess drooped lower anti and lowerS lower That is time Iho first gr great at reason the second Is that la-that that you ou Duchess of Ormond guilty woman false wife false friend you friend you cannot for very slumps shames sake desert the tho husband who has as lavished such princely love upon you ou You dare not bring Ws his pray uray lead head low with shame you you dare not breah the tho heart that has ever kept loyal truth and faith in ha you There was no answer not oven even a sob ob from the guilty lips that had lately poured forth such a torrent of 1 passionate words What hat have I ii done tione to you continued con con- the bad ad voice oSce that you yi should seek to talfe tali my husband nd from fromme ne me He is 18 all Dhave ln in the world ml ho he might have loved loyed me but for fr you ou You Von have come us and your our great beauty your wondrous charm has destroyed the hope I had of winning hint him in time You hac sneered at me you scoffed atme ut at me you have pierced my heart will witt a thousand shafts of ridicule tec you discovered that I loved my husband hits hus band hanl antI and ho did not lovo me Wh should I not love we him He lie Is my oiin That which should have have- moved you to t womanly pity lilt has made you yoi cruel ci Ho loved me first said a passionate passion passion- ate voice half stilled stifled sobs ho loved me me first first- therefore he belongs to me rn Nay that Is your fallacy not Gods God's law A man is 15 bound in honor in conscience in loyalty Jn in good faith in truth to love lovo the woman ho marries Do you forget that Is a blessing of God alone that sanctifies love lovo without it what Is lox love taut but a passion You cannot frame frane for yourself yourself your your- self such laws as those I cannot deny that my husband loved you but though I know no details of your story and Ills itla right sure am I that he has never failed In honor You must re remember remember re- re member circumstances parted you Heaven gave him to me inc he has sworn to love me Io to be ie true to me through weal or woe until he lie or t I shall lie die You have married a good and noble man whose heart reposes in perfect faith in you You too have haxe sworn by Gods God's most holy name truth and fidelity to him would you dare to stain your soul with such broken vOws s No No- answer but the duchess rose from the ground She stood erect and haughty before the tue noble gentle wife whose sweet lips seemed to have haxe been touched by lire from heaven She Sho turned lo to Lord I call this kind of thing cant she said You can listen to it my lord If you choose I have heard enough Your wife would have made matle an excellent excellent excel excel- lent preacher She Is very eloquent but small talk and always bore me She would nave turned away but Lady Adelaide laid ono one hand gently on her arm Stay one moment duchess site she said Let me speak to you as wo- wo woman as sister to sister Let me inc ask you for Gods God's sake for your own sake to ponder and think what ou J-ou oti arc aro doing Ah Alt If you knew If you only understood the enormity of the sin in you commit when you seek to tomake tomako make mako any husband false If you only one half t the he horror of it It you iU would fall on your knees anti anil pray to God tot for mercy us mu you would pray to bo be saved from froni rushing waters or 01 burning I will forget all that lies has passed I will only remember you I with loving sympathy if you will promise me to give e up this wicked design and lo to atone to your own husband huts hus band for fot nil all the misery you would have made knade him suffer She looked so o pleadingly Into the proud luce lace her hor gentle hands lingered oh the white arm Tot For your honors honor's sake sake tor for Gods God's sake you sake you will promise me irie she said J J shall do nothing of ci the kind said the flinging way away the gentle hands You are neither more not nor less hess than a Lady Ade laide lahe Your Tour husband has less sense sentie than I ghie him credit for if he sub stub mils lo to nonsense as yours your You may talk about honor when you have ceased to b hie a xi spy and a listener until then vu are quits You may talk lo to r 4 3 ns as I r live hiye It was heaven sent pent me here hera said the gentle voice as I believe to help my in iii the hour of temptation perhaps also to make a last appeal lo to you duchess for truth loyalty womanly wo- wo manly purity anti and all other virtues should bo be dear clear to you T I always detested cant I hate U it more than ever My Lord Care Care- f I you joy of a wife who SPICK upon you follows s you x you listens It lo you Yol and prates like Solomon lit fit honor l such heath heaven keep mel nie Sy turned away with n a sneering laugh and before there was time to utter another word she hc was gone Then Lord Carew who had seemed Mice Like one whose senses were bereft rose from ihs his seal Looking nt a his wife he lie lieI I natu she was kneeling her taco faco hurled I In her hands He stood at some little I distance from lieu her a feeling of unutterable un Un- awe came over him as one V ho io entertains an angel unawares Tile hub halo of uch lily-like lily purity o of such gentle wisdom such was around her felt unworthy e to touch her hand Th Time soul she unconsciously re revealed re- re 10 hint him was so beautiful that ho he was as lost In admiration What was more mere beauty of face or figure mere brilliancy of Intellect compared to this how small insignificant eve etory IT other oIlier quality on in earth seemed this titis Cant The very word made Ills his face flush with lint hot tion There Thero was no cant Jn Jim those words they were the tho sweetest and the wisest ho had over heard and amid they x cre true trite ho knew that that most most perfectly per per- true He lie stood silent almost ashamed to address her arid and yet the tho interview hail had hadnot not nol been of his seekIng Then he wont up UI to her hor and took her hands gently train from her hor face Ho Tie never forgot the look upon it never neveu while he hived the tho expression of wrung heart of angelic pity of intense his heart seemed almost to stand still as rue ho he gazed upon her it tint not all this Ho lie could Imagine something of the same grief on the face of an angel looking on the stained sin surface of a wicked world It was a off far ook ook as though those pure eyes had pierced the clouds had seen how crime and sadden th the heart of the tho great Father who made made- madeus us its all Continued Tomorrow Morning |