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1t 1ftWUUNIlUN OF CUBAN IGHTS ,1\ AI1.; S1'I" I" II I't1 S1i.NATOm aN " as A jil,i d i o I h 10 -4 1 1o3 ini ('uI tt--W1rY' Nit (,I'ril '11tt'nl 1ti t'I g t(u1 I ig i, : St :tor I'.11".ol, o- Nit: al tn'ala W ho lrtt"re.i I v ' the Ite,ou ican i t l ti I u , ' (I N o f rit. l i e , made 'n,' of t. ,LIs)acos yet d lvt natdrin Tui ntn, on ie b ig. er,i t pr.: -' W t' yr the pubn in1r cte, and wti" ttkc plasure in g iin ()"Ir reati' s t:ll' 11 Il Ik i o Iib,'1'i I ,xtrdct, maent of thtt'tri st t spi e echo1"s yet ilet'L tI1 of % 1," lut3 !' 1 '' it, Lt - rn'X ti geret rg ts . I w ll dCit'tul', it di - a)l t iun t '. Ua d W1- t"l'a as 1 ca-l. without !toy at i~lit 1to a.rou5'bLst ' sit." lultr'i+htiuts i ty. ae itd Otb a i t l, t itCCetittl tt t1 i r 115 ti ie. ut m it p c llt. 11"t'1t' lto tot':' LI~'iit' hs!.i~jer'"t'cy ucknu+tl .tiigi.'d. sInsu,t lir,t' -tt u tIt, standaS'tI)! I r''t)ltm n. '1lat lab froen dopch i Cuba. They rn tL for' certa.i I t l;tt tif 1Stu' nlUitita(in t terr' tui V'0 tt;(t itc't1 the0 enentlVi. '12 hat has been dun'' i : ib )tfi" two yeas; ILIA it lil f. It !ad the dtt:litrationi thas Was pretret, way the renutor I r Ohios a:1 v'5tL'tl. ,hi e ii theo fitt is thot)t ' t atabisl d that for t the s iiu o f h i t h rt s11 t(1) (1' prt y'ince of ('ois.s i a b2cn5 tsnittinS and( hchl by 1h3 Sle ('.1)an paitr"futs ant rll'3'5IU. itlnsi sldi. Intrr:.I otrd. a n - s 1th5 - tier't lIIUSL be hsillCi er.l 0 Iil fo( rn O tt t'::S wlint. f1us Wit Itt n.pt bte in this etat (m nli r tt' r h p in ri:actei' for Lt y er ntd a 1iii f hitvt) L n cwrnti tl think u e, mut I. it rt Litrrietl t u unde r t:t: ft irt o f iil ut"ga red gn." ennil, int Cuba TeyLrt m utLorty bAIinti it ti, ilt iii 55 . li' V-, to iu["nl suid C(ll ti rtl) i , Ii t 'ti :. r1on=, 510 I)ii~ IstI h r z' s ind d ir'eol tint W1ritt.i'[ is .. - if 1'''1+ 11 V!Ii Iter ti ttairi thu ,ay i; 'at tit,n iuu-t 1): is't' It i'It,tsfsut'tJ tlll tnt, and I hase beeai don tint Cnt" fo 1 Lwoyea On ta h' I. sd tie d- eara oti he ardt prese.ted by lrthe isenatr frod 5151 ll t, isl, j) Of (',th It kn'.vn'S 01' it for'li'' u: yliSt1. ; a, L terten tvhe rai Ais t r n 'b i i 'S'1 ita iset I alt or ' h eid that !, t Ii tl e all I itl ie of I ld Sby tl u-t ' t atr i s' and revhit. ti '. 1s , O t's 1 t it' hid witis11 bulint il t e i h Is s th tL IIr tifr beitnty at ti alt'nl t'Is't. IL o Il ' i). that t i ' 1 thr,i it, h ei t etsit ' of tii v s l,.rvt ir bi r to ter IOrtwo l ,(ii Ste I " lll l tti t li t ! '' t 5!1 " ) L )t a1 "'t tl" 1iear.s andt-i . hLwIiy h e eent toar re n , t in k .t1, , 1t ' i tfet 1t ', were 'ca lrie In the l; '11- th,t SI,ir[iL Of lib~ tr'ty first knty 11ttif. f the ot''rnal hills the sta gnll t , f r 'I ut for cel 1,C ti al it .: egit g) iti 1o ti! Ti, o'ti doi L i tn l tsh IaiiV a, o tht'-1 ilor% ' ln li'tTt te t: e ' 'i. (t iii Ia Ve t I1t0 i iily wl.' , f List h 55 it,t 0itt I ove fLine tn atid.t bare.uis ''.-r itl hofi't-iieLi on it,bi ei tv.at h I tinL 1,ihen'c.ihun iit he terddl hr s-' i her' is nat found..1 f til snt of110 evltionar Wy g vL'n At sI t iii 4 ''V isrtt litn f i i tit drop:'i' 5'.eld sw'thi .1.! tiI'd ii , :na h5t, il*ei nos, h tii -!s'l WN-:1 5'tlli fabitt, on Cfel ire'.'' tell I-dert (1)1, iSter and' abouts -; SL.. Iinee noS.t' b -~i(i h 0 Ld witin beatyto d aornnen.15 1)1,0 may b of ,b t'Sts, b.5 II ll e toLs'i ,tli 1)13'1 tin aid hi5V s upa ti tt, ben gov r it st. 'ind t ' , t te . n aisets tn, bib-. Fly h' V is iay 11fr l to the uodil t. in, 1- , ' ifety an i lt' 5she,,er (lat the: bi l sps t.:' s'pir it tof lb srt firt knS t. ('-L . n.t . thel( eterlna t.il lthed tnthr of'sL rt v 'lut'onfo ttl'ir t,y ha aIW' ' - *'eel l eal-'-d, taI. t ' s's ti Ltill h frain~ tyrs'. .i.y s ti'liS '.t'.'(tipp ee it L h' }I i tl l t t' Liatny LIt thser ofpe te i5Lte1I-s.' (!i' > Iii it t,se h' jjsl'e : t or ise'y 0'u t . i' t s 'tt-(lir n ( ba , he jis sth in.nta's. wr ProvN t. tsidncenha gi' ' 1 iiwill a5'. ttisrnid pf rape.tlan ftsru-t a 'fot'i'icao,ione ofithu Ut t. 1 in :a th t l it,ef t.o a 315 awI b I: s i sa N' 'i'lip i ' with lid .there b'L':ni.t' be ""'assn. thi iar as aI satc ':Valt e t '- c n e 'l d h , i ..5 'i! -tst ni . (nterii't intli liw il: q'irt ' thi Li 'tt -i ofwtriar sbh layb f'm- I' to Si In tite't, Stht t 4) Aro 'i are, i nngii' ert LV'23 ena l y t 20pr, 'r :i S1'1i i.ta ;in th pa cie Is I-e t t 0 r te pa,t tv.oyear thei' et tn aunw ti i ins LubaS thatnv3i ben tnh lV' -d' I s to pr 's1 idte I mate and Lrar nt Li't oftha1tibs n v h r i itiise oft' ht st' - Spa i~s 'nse, gjs lit' nt d o up'ii/ iiortnei atroe tis, silt s'n" Ls h15 t . I a tohItt n o utn - 1 e'e thaIst sp: it' canthoLd Ut ' -ui I~ y -a' n 5''5551'l. rat .'11 ill undi~- r i 'I'inLna'y prcsss ofIl hero sr'i ' a. s ri 5 ' es5 thant' th ro lu tin 1S-l 1 .i' 'y. -tf !. 'List'ri ed t'i h atl( ter IL-'ra u "bu the hower ofr the luult rigV I's''srni, t. o 'Unt.d S Inu"dy'git SA -sare futue. th reo anV his. ' ir t' t l5 . I iln Ittacb li d 4/ W v l .P e i e ns'5 tp Iss i lettii ovner alle theo \VhUS l's' Mi'.' A'idstlO M' y Li. .\i Zt lberil 5't he S 'I l te s 'ua n d is' - - Isc v Iai.t mgan; 'S.ai hae. Irusttn una crdt 0goh in t h e, tr if h'slstud: ". f shavgt :s al t of ~ s 'QI ~~4Itt ithe itlo o-aeu uoriyuo the ti s ta1d Two' hundre is already within sight of uiltate vie tory. tn I that the resources of that iland are within her grasp for the re paynrm nt of the loan. P ace in Cuba! if there is peace in Cu 4 It is the p -ace of devastated 113.d . Peace in Cuba! If there i peace in Cuba, it is the peace of bluz inz homes. Peace in Cub,% ! If there is peace in Cuba, it is the peace of ravished women. Peace in Cuba! 1I there is peace in Cuba, it is the peace of starving chil iron ; yea, and its ! omu are s'ing a:o 1o by the silout lips of the uneollt*od dead, whose white, upturned faces are nightly kissed by the pitying stars. N , no, Mr. Priei dont, there is war in Cuba; bloody, sanguinary, awful war. Oar oars can not I,l dulled to I's roar; we 'tan n.t light y put aside the fact. War is in Cuba; war has been maintained In C 'a for two years and a half ; and to day Spain is no nearer the suhjugat.ion of t ie revelutienists than she was at the' mmient of the first engagem'nt. Wnut then '? All the cuonditioni of intern: tiolni I I tw aire met.. That being the cts -, I tte as an absolut i ani un asrabc hle propo;ition that this guv ernment, hai the right to recogni the hell.e' enry of the revo!utionitts, and in availing it-4l I 'f that right it does not el,ter any alfront under the I w of nations t > the Lovernment of Spain. I :ad what tihe- in t3rnati,onal law writcIs have said upon this subject. I have not the timt, nor- is It my pur po.e tolay, to p rese1.t them in detail to to'h Senate, but I know what the rlm,tne.lb- are. I have read them and all that ha. ht en written on the sub jeet. T1he right of deciding when a cause for reognit.ion of b"iIliger"ncy exists i aIt right bel.mtging ;olely and alone to Ithe nation timt takes t te action. With that deIei.ln and that deolara tion no otier. govern,nent on earth can Iind 1.eult. I t isi a rig lt we exercise, reogiiz d by the I tw of nations, often acted uil >n by tt r- iat powers of the world. Wit1hn -ipair recoa.gniz3d the biI igerenuy of ite Stotithern Con federey. we ine ither did nor could we have taken .xeeption to that deterii nation and that action onli her part. It wat, her right to decide then, and it is t nt' right to dheide now. Why should we not act : Tlne great Senator frotm \1 I acIhusetts, it tec(Us to ite, hat- d warfed and narrowed the con-idtrration of this proposition. ie puts it upon t pure y c"ommtercial and tal,eriatl and tIIonetary considerations. Wby s houi w4e not aet ? Ni r. l'esi dent. Cuh lie'. att our v,ry otlorS. with in at h-w :our' Sail fromt our pourt;. We have wi it her, or ha I w ith te,r a izreat and anl aIlvanta.eous trade r1 I t,ion. U.tt aetiz int! have ar1 tirted and ot'cupied a nd1 c trr"ied on great 1 lantitaa,t i im, in t he inland of t t a for their o.vn advantao and f,' the trale advantae of the 1peop: of 'tlis conui try. Why shoul I we not act? ''here is no nation, the"e' i no plac ! upon the face of the eart,b with which we have Sucl "iit dia t, bUeI direct, tie i1m1 1 urt,tnt cunmmlercital andit otha:r relattions at with and ill th. i;landl If Uub. Greece an'' Turke y mav engage in wa'", and it matters itt,le to Iu. Iussia. Germany, I taly, and E,ngl,nd may em broil thomsel v .s ;A frica may h .eo.nu the sl'at of great strife and warfare ; but th'y are d i'tant conitrie. : our re Itit,ons with them are not relatively of the santat inim ediatet init,r"tancte as our re"lt'.ions w i thte is a'd of C ha Whja shouild we not. aet y!'.,vi put. merCIcial ground liS, if you Fplenw.4. l)1ir ng t.he. il'ndencey of tbat war (ouri t."ado has been practically cutt off ;we have marIket. lhar'ing thesolt two years anld a half the Iintere.ts of 'Aimorean citi z 11ns in that island have b..en sIVLe pt awaly by sword anti lire. During theso two years 1am1 a1 hl f the eit,izon oif ouri Countr1 iy templ jorar'ilIy resident thereoin have beeni subjted~t: to. the lfnConlveni enel's antd the dangers, and oftentimes to t.ho hiorror.t, oif that warfare. Ye a, even to day in the sunshine of the nineteenth century, in "a pacilied islantd," A Iieican citiz:nsfl, 800 in a group, areI. homiieless and hiouseless aind bungry and star'ving and appealing to 11s julst for bread. las a sit,uation ever befor'e arisen which has shown Itso great necessity for action upion the part of t.his goverhnent, as does the Cuban pr'esca ci,L itatin y Mir. President, why shiouldi we not gr'ant belligerent rights L,) the rev'olu t,ionisltts? We should do it, firist, b3 cauise" every thoughtful man is con vinced that Spain nover' can subdue that ishand, and that If peace comes to it, it, w,1l come in some other wav. If ihe plntations once more blooms and *) o)Ss.fl, it will be from some other causlo. If our citizens once more have l)roteCtion ad shelter and food, it will 00 hetcausc of some other reason than any probable or anticIpated triumph of tile Spanish authorities- over the reovo'utionists. Why should we 'not act now ? it is the abiding conviction of the A m->rican people, fortihied by the solemn facts of t,he case, that if peace ever comes to Cuba it will come under the Cuban flag, under the government of its own pleopie, as a part of that, gr'and result which will drive the last csa miant, of despotic authority in Am rica to the other side of the At. I amll not asking or urging interven tion at the present time .Theg grounds ar'e ntot p)rop)erly laid. We can not in terveno in Cuba now. We can not carry out the ultimate declaration of the iG'putblican party now. We must first t y the founidation, and that founda tioni can only be laid by a declaration *n tmu part of the pr'oper power in the Unit.t d Statecs according beiligoront r'ig hts to the Cuban revolutionists, In Lihe Pre'i.dent of the UJnited States undI'er .e c (onstitutin is vested the ex .cutivo power, and when you run this (1.c,t0ton down, it will be found thatt tiw conut,enitioni of the opposition re-t,s linaily anid ailone upon the broad proostin that the recognition of boi ilgeront rig hits or the independence oi a neign horing people is a mere execu Live act. I oeny It. I deny It, fotr the people ofI this country. who have a rig ht to participatte in any such action, l'Cx--enu've g,ow r ''hat, is cxecutive pJower 9 h .re shall we turn to dis cover that imbe finite, that shifting, .hiat tr'anmor(ly Io of domarcatior ttmonfg poi wi' era)urely executive and lI)w.-r's quasi.. (eecutive', and poweri partially legislative and powers par t ial y executive ? Wm re shall we I urn? Wil it bx to the recorded de. I eikions oif theL courts of our country. s I have r,-ad I'ver3y uase ihat has beet cieted on the great q-iest'on of execui s 'lye power as api lieu to a situation 0 his kime. I grant, you--'and ( call the .s 'enator's attention to the propositior di --that while the courla oh our uOunt,r u. .sv repeatedly deelaredi that the o Preisidenlt of the U ilted States ma3 n etwfully give reccoguitionC to a oOple c- imdir condit,ions s untltir to that of the i- duabane, while t,he courtso o urocountr I. 1(dmit that when such r'ecegnition i e cecoried by the action of the Preuiden ie ganatma to fintd ma ne eua. me one line in the deolsions of thi courts of the United States, whicl directly or indirectly, by exact state ment or by intendment, denies tha that same power may be otherwise ex #-roised or that the Congress of the U nited States may not also act. Wbere ehall we turn for the defini tion of executive power ? Shall wi go to the established doctrines of mon archies under otuer systems ? We cat not safely look thoto. If - we do, the Congress of the United States, unde our constitution, as toall thosesubject over which it is given jurisdiction, ha the same absolute power of action a has the Parliament of Great Britain and tha po vr of Great Britain throug[ its Parliament has never been limited but is sall+m 3. Where shall we go L )t us go to the spirit of republiear institutions which animated our Iathert" when they drew that sublime instru went, and going there, I insist thal they did not believe in a goverc.men of any one man, and they did not in tend to vest. and did not #est, in anj one man the solo power of acti.,) ir great and important matters atecting the wolfuro of the whole people. * * * * * Mr. President, war is an abhorrent thing. I hope tbat its bloody shadow may never fail athwart our sky again. War is a terrible thing, and yet no ad vance toward liberty has everbeor made except by the bloody pathway of war. War in defense of human liberty and human right is God's thunder storm ; it clears the air for humanity's ad vance. Lot us have no talk of war. It is nonsenical. It is interjected in this debate for the mere purpose of delay ing, of procraAtinating, of defeating action in this important matter. Mr. President, I have only sought, in a general wa%, to show to the people of the United States that our proposed action is right and just. I am a con servative-consorvative in thought, in judgment, and in action. I hold by inheritance the stubborn conaerva tisn of the New England hills. By my professional life I have been taught that every question should be carefully considered, scrutin-a:d, and examined, and that hasty action is always dan geros. I have not been hasty in reaching the conclusion to vote for the pending joint resolution. I have not resolved upon my course without the most careful and patient examination of the consti tut.on of mny country. I have net de termined what I would do without listening to all this great debate, with out fortifying myself with a thorough knowladge of international law and all the facts that exist in rt'gard to the island of Cuba. When I vote thera will be beuind my vote my delib.rato j,d;gment, my un,cience and my man. hood a- an Am ericfan eittzr .:n. |4 Mr. I President, I am1 free t) conkfs t, th,, reat Senat.,r from Ma,sachu s : t,,'at in the consideration of this question my sympathy, my love of conntry, my love of liberty mave gone h*nd In band wit,h mny investigation of the important fat is end my study of the the prciclplos of Itw that govern the case. I would not divest myself in this important action from all considera tions of sontilmnt. Almost, thirty years ago la story went the rounds of the American press, and this was i'.: The story said that, one day a lit,i s ship wai captured by the Spalnish auithorities in an attempt to land ans upon the Cuh.in shore. Tho coourt- :nar tial, and sentenced to be shot at the sunrise. of the morrow. Among those imen wvas one humnbke, simple IAmerican sailor. HIe had enlistedi for thevoyge it,outknowIng the des t,ination of the vassel or the character of the earg o c'arried :3 et hre was seizedl adrid, if you may so cl t n sent,enced to bie shot at the sunrise of the morrow. In some way late at night word reached t,hec Amoeian consual at the nearest, seaport ,)- c. ifII had no oJp per tunity to w ait u pon t ae author ities of Spain ;he had nio chance to appeal for ollieial act,ion: but, as a rep)resenta tive of the United StateB, at daylight of the morning he min- dt'a I,. - orse and hastened awoy ,. . , . a , the execution. When ?. 4c, i arcn found these sailors, aud among tir anm the American sailor, drawn up in line, and op)poslteJ therm, with guns in theib hands ready to shoot thorn down, weru the soldiers of Spain. Our con.-ul went to the oflicer ir charge and said, " ir, that msn is s citiz. ni of the United States. lHe hat committed no intentional crilme against the King of Spain. In th< name of may counltry I demand that h< be given an opportunity in the clvi courts of Cuba to establishn and main taln his innocence." Theii oflicer said "Sir, I have the warrant of t,he King of Spain to shoot that maa attihe rising of the sun, and lie will sure.ly die." The sun came over the sea, kissing the distant billows with a tinge o glory. Thrat same ray of sunshine, ii may be, shone through the window o a little cottage in the northern land upon the sleeping face of a devote< w ife and the curly head of the innocen babe that lay at rest upon her hnol3 breast. Trho sun came over the sea and fel upon the brow of this American citi z -n eondem nod to die. The order wa given, Ready:' Aim !" The Americal consul, seeing that no other effor would aval', drew from his bosom silken hlag of our own free land, and springing for ward, wrapped its gloriou folds around this man condemned te die, and turning to the soldiery o Spain cried out,, "Shoot if you dare hut, i you shoot that man, you shoo the flag of the greatest nation of th. eart,h !' And the flag saved him. Mr. President, that story may havy be-- n but the merest fancy of a roman cer's brain, but I have loved to believ it, true. I have loved to believe tha the timg of any country would protec it4s citizens on land and sea the wid world round. I have loved to believ that, the power and prest,ige of mny coun try would be recognized by all of th potentates of all the earth. I hay loved to believe, I do believe, that f,h Uanited States of America readily y cepts thait supreme position of p owe and leadership 'assigned her by Pro vi da'nce as the one great nation of th Western Hemisphere, the one groa republ of the earth. I have lover to b)elieve that the friendly offices. th d ivine sympathy of our people woul go readily and speedily fort,h to giv succor and aid and comfort and asi lance to every pople struggling t achIeve frtcedom for themselves. Thos o the selilh and sordid and graspini spirit of mercenary times may seem bu direams, hant on their realization hang the welfare of inankind. Mr. Pres'idenit, I love the constitu tion. I observe t,he laffs of my outi Sry. Ot, under the constitution ani ythe laws of.my country I insist tha t'ls-gover nment can now at this tim *, -.yie the CJabnan revolutienists a p rope tanding bafore the world, Under th s ,mstitution and by the law we.oa 6 -ly e themi the right to float aflag o Ai-.d an4 sea ; we can- give thema a righ3 a nizmci unaen of ni lize a uJ1 can give them a right to stand side by side with Spain in the money markets - of the world, and we can see to it that tI from this day on in the Island of Cuba no American citizen shall be deprived of his property, his liberty, or his life without duo process of the law. - Mr. I'resident, these things the United States'of America can constitu tionally, lawfully, and propoily do. L9t us do them now. Yea, Mr. Presi dent, and is an earnest of our sincerity and good faitb, let us dispatch the t most powerful battleship of the United States to Caban waters. Lt us station her there in the harbor of Habana-in the harbor of Habana, where her frowning guns may disturb the spirit of tyranny by night,and where by day the shining stars of her floating .flag may gladden the eyes and inspire the hearts , of those whostruggl'i to be free. [Ap plause in the galleries.] FOR ER10' SAKE. I. It was nearly three o'clock in the morning when Norah's carriage drove up to tue door of the house in South Audley street. The footman rang the bell and, alighting, she entered the hall, running quickly up-stairs to the drawing room. Her tall figure was still slight and girlish ; her blue eyes wore a look of elation ; for her beauty had never aroused greater admiration, her suc cess had never been more triumphant than that evening. "Has baby been all right?" she asked her maid. "Oh, and can you talt me whether Mr. Fordyce has come home." " Mr. Fordyce came hottle at ten," was the answer. " He has been in the Study -" Not waiting for the end of the sen tence Norah went down stairs again. " Too bad, Digby. Shabby not to turn up-" She had begun to speak as she open ed the door, but as soon as she saw his face stopped abruptly. The room was cloudy with tobacco smoke. Tnough the June evening was hot the tire had boon lighted and the grate was full of papers burned to cinders; but w hat astonished her the most was Digby's own appearance. As he stood upright their eyes met for a moment; then his were cast down shamufacedly. Ie had shaved olY his heavy black mustache, transforming h+s swart.hy, handsome face; he wore aoshoottog :uit instead of his evening clotl'e . What is the matter, )igby ?" she domuniled -" if you really are your "" I l I i cau't te1l you, Norah." I).awing nearer she rested her hand caressingiy on t is shoulder. " Anything serious, darling ?" I've got to make a bolt of it. There's not a minute to lose. To morrow will be too late. I only wanted to see you. I couldn't go without, hap pen what might." " Bat I don't--- don't understand," she faltered, gazing into his face in bewilderment. l'v p1 ,yeo my game and lost; that's all. For the last four years I've been ia--Heaven hell) me ! It will be alt over the to.vn to miorrow. I lost my last chance to-day. My name will be I alby-word(." Sit,ting (down, shie could still sta"e up he lp'lessl int.o his pale, haggard faeTedimonds in her' fair, brown Ihair caught, the gaelight, and sparkled. "i3araford will know everything di reetly he gets to the culic to-morro,w," Digby continued, " I must he out of the way befor'e then. Nor'ah, I sh:>uld like to see the youngster." A utoaticauly she rose and left the room, shivering as she d rew her' rich, pliaIa cloak round her shoulders. O.n her return, she made a c'arming pic tur , standing with the four-mnonths old child in hor arms just as she had taken him from his cot. " Lor little begga.' O' mutt art-d Digby, bending over him. L.sying him gent.ly on one of the large armchairs, Nor'ah faced her hus 'oand. " --1 can't reall i.'It yet,'' she said. ":have looked forward to nothIng else the last four year's." "i3efore-before you malirrie.d me ?' she demanded. "Y"u knew this when you (irst, meot me ! Y >u kn'iw It, and aske'd me "I lovedl you, N orahi." "iL-ve !' she, eriod, contempiltuously. "And you loved me." I" I lovedl the mian I thought you wer''. A man who never existed." "' lor Heaven's sake be merciful!' he said. buttoning his coat. "You have made me a party to your crimns," she cried, and raising her hands, tremnbl'ng with anger, she tore from her hair the diamond tiara. "At least a word of forgiveness," ht saidi, taking up the jiwel quietly, and thrusting it, in his j.4cket pocket, "1 J st a word before we parL--lL, wilu be forever, Norah." "I can't forgive you," she answered. " It is no use. I could forgive much; if it, had been since our marri'agc, it -amght have been different. lBut, you deceived me too utterly." It had fallen upon her like a bolt ou' of tbe bluie sky, o ithiout a warning sign, at t,be moment of her' supreme suces Hencefort,h site would( be known onl3 3 as the wife of a defaulting solicitor. > 11er love seemed to ho crushed, toget,h f or with her hopes. i, og~ aft-ar he hau gone, while the t lay sh'eping om. Sthe c hai r, Norat, . . , '. - - room. l.a' duz -,. 3y t,no r'een t dj.b elosuro, till thle .1 ty oroa'ie, and a new era in her life be. an. 3 11. A h, Norah, anyLthing up Y W nier's. Dryby ?" p Major Armanistead glanced ron d l'w y dining room. Heo was tall andi spare, .the more noticeably because lhe alwan' a but,toned himself tightly in a iloi i frock coat. Ils darkly tanned fact appeiared above a very hig b collar:;h . wore an enormous ir'on-gray mious-' r t uche. I/>ng a widower'. since Norah's - imariage two year's ago, he had lodgec a near Hyde Park, gotsessing onay a t, small income besides his pension. I Sh took his hand and kissed him, then looked out, of the window. I " A delicious morning aft.er the a rain." she falter d. - "'C>uie, come ; yot didn't drag at' y out, before breakfast, to toll me it, was a y line morning, Norah. Lit,tle chap alt e right. ?" ''" Oh, l ric is spl)d ,' sheo said. " Then w hat on eart,h is it ? You're not looking well this mnornin&-too much d isb.tpation. Is',D;gby dow n . yet, ?" II "lHe's gone - gone away. lie is t ruined." 3 " Ruilned ! Dig by ! Bless my---'' r ? " WVorse," she continued. ' He has a committed a crime. You can) hardly a reallz , it,'? Neither could I ; but it, i a trCte. Ho has committed a erim". All 6 this," she. waved her han. a as she I am wearing some of the proceeds, I can't stay, father ; take we sway from -It all--me and poor little Eric." The evening papers were full of the news, and sold largely in const quence. The hue and cry being raised, and a reward offered, a few days later t,ic fugitive was arresttd. Tried and convicted in due course, Dig by Fordyce was sentenced to seven years' penal servitude. lii. Major Armistead rented it small house, almost a cottage, on the out skirts of the town of Tunbridge Wells, and there Norah lived with her boy. Only twenty-three, she had bidden good-bye to the world ; lnst..ad of thousands a year, her income consittd of but a few hundreds, and thes3 not her own. Yet she was not entirely unhappy. Compelled by her altered circum stancet, to devote herself to the child, he soon afforded a new interett in her life. She watched his developing in t3lligence, and listened for his carilest lisping utterances. Tuo day he lirst st',od alone was a red-letter day. Her father became E rie's guide, philosopher and friend ; an I 1 tter was fought a battle t oyal to decide who should teach him to read. Major Armistead took his defeat so much to heart that Norah magnanimously gave way, and woulu sit always work ing, sometimes laugh ing, at others half crying, to observe the impatient man's patience. So for a time Norah's life went smoothly on. At fiest the change was appailing ; she missed the excitement, the admiration, to which she had be come accustomed since her marriage. She had not a friend left, and when peopl called upon her, in ignorance of her history, she was always "not at home." When Eric was more than commonly winsome, Major Armistead always said the iame : " Pity his father was a scoundrel." And Norah never demurred. It was the simple truth. Eric was now six years old, tall, thin, delicate, with his father's handsome features and black hair. " I hope to goodness Digby won't be gin to pester us," cried Ma jor Armi -tead one evening. H1,3 was an old man tow and inciined to peevishness. Norah looked up quickly. It isn't eeven years." "They don't serve their full time if they behave themselves. In prison Digby would behave himself." "11 i wilt not trouble us, father." "I don't know. Scamp enough for anything. He may think you wi.1 take him back." " I shail never do that," she replied. "After what passed between us he knows I shall not." " I hope not, Norah. I hope not, for Eric's sake. Is that Eric coughing ?" tie asked presen' ly. After listening attentively for a few nometts N>raah laid aside her work and rau upstairs, where he still slept beside her own bed. The child was feveriih. Next day a dodtor was called in, and now began a period of intense anxiety, till one night the end seemed imiinen'. Major Armist3a did not undress: at regular intervals lie looked into the room, and Norah shook her head do ,pondently. When the morning sun oroke through th elouds at tet >'clock, ail the blinds in the littl. house were dIrawn_down, and the light had gone out ot iNorani a tife. A few days later she stood with her father-white-haired and bowed nowv -beside the open greve. The tray clouds hung low, and the October wind blew chilly across t'he comut try. Hencefor th she spent many hours there, always alone, since ihe dis L,ance was too great for Major Armni ste-ad to walk. She alway pli,ucm idric s grave as a kind of bed, and him sel f acl Jep, as she oft.en used to watch '-[ should like to put up a handsome tomb," said the 01(d man. "It isn't much, bat It's all I can do for the little chap. I feel I must do comething." if we could make some ot,her c:hildren happy," Norah suggested. "That is what I should like ; to endow at Cot in a children's hospital." M ,jor Armistead en tired into the scIm nc wit,b immense enthusiasmi. "Of course," heO said presently, "you must r-emembe~r that you won't nave,much to live on v-hen I am gone, "That does not matter," she an swered. "Not,hing of that kind mat ters now. Nothing matters in an *mt,nl'y world. 'T.here is nothing lift t,o live for.'' "lwill writ.e to Ormnond street and niq'ire ho.v much it would cost," saidl MI ,p r A rmistead. " We will cal. it, dr ic's cot." Trwo days la'..r, going to the ceme tur-y in the afternoon. N.>r-ah came t > a -udden standstill a few yards from t,be grave; then hiding herself behind some Lieadstones, watched the shabby looking man who stood bare-headed at its foot,. in spite of his black beard and mnoustnehe-, in spite of his whit.. hmagg ai d. d issipa'.ed face, she recogn i-z -d him on the instant. A't, r standing there a few minutes ne covered his face w ith h ia hands. ant 1're-ently-, stepi.ing, br-oko i one of tbe faded Il avers lirom the solitar-y :r'ess Norah had placed there. Hlaying stayed until he went away -he also lhft, the enmst.ery, but, on reacehing home sLid not,h Ing to her father. All L,be rest, of tihe after inoon she busied her self in varlous wamys, her iathler g laing at lher from time t, .1 t.iwi e-nding what transformedt and D.-pie hr roble, hewas a beautiful woman. tier diguro had dieveiopedl, and albeit, said and gr-ave-. her fate hamd retained alt its f.or-mer ebhar-nr. To-night, it scemued to Major A rmisteau like th face of an angel. At, eight o'clock tihe postman brought. a kLter, but, wheni he woulId have broken the se-al, she came to his chair, resting a hand on hIs arme. " From thei hospita!, Nor-ah." "l'ather-," she saidl, "' f--- i hve thbmnr b, t. of anot,be( r wa3 .'' "Well, lot us se-" "I saw Dligby this morning," she faltered. "Ah, I know the scoundrel wou'dn't. leave us alone !' cied Major Ar-mi stt ad. lie did not see mec. HIe was stand ing by tho grave. Before he wvent .uway he stooped anrd--and broko olf a pie-ce of step,hanit,is. He is in ver-y TiHe dleserves to be !" "Yes4, het deauerves to bte. But I- i mi afral- h le isi by way nf inin dg I,wer. Un looks utterly broken- di 4radued. lie can ha&vei no hmope in life no)thing to' help him upward-'' "l'5haw !'" criedi M.aj w Armimstead. -A man liKe DOgby 1.4 9v>ud to sink. Nothing can save him." " That I.s a t' rrible saying," she re turne.. I think tiber I i one thing t iat might. onily one --a woman's love." "No)rah ! ' her father- exclaimed, " you're not going to play the fool !1 ge (You know you dont " I-I don't know." " You never wo t to see him. You never wrote. You haven't had a kind word for him all these years. To tell you the truth. I've wondered some times. Of course, he deserves all he got, only some women are sich fools." " Was I tno wise ?" she asked. "Since Erie's death I feel ditferently about many things. [ am not certain about myself. I see what he has fallen to, but he is still a young man--rcevor --oh, might there not be some chance for him if--. But I doubt my own strength. I am not sure I can do it As I watched him at the grave the thought flashed upun me. We talk of a memorial for Eric ! Could anything be better than to save Eric's father, body and soul ?" " Too late, Norab, my dear? too lat i !" " Ah, but is it--is it ever? If there were not a germ of good in him, would he have come to the grave' You don't know that the cot at the hospi tal will actually save a child's life, yet you would endow it. So with D-g by. lHe has fallen low, very low ; he may be incurable, but is that any reason why I should not make the effort ?" blaejr Armistead leaned forward and kissed her forehead. Foer , , ow t. part, he sincerely hoped she wou:d never see her husband again: and yet he no more liked to interfere than he would have done with her performance of some religious rite in which he could not participate. For several days Norah walked to the cemetery at the same hour, but it was not till a few days before Christ mas that she saw Digby again. As he stood l"st in thought at the foot of the grave she drew near. "Digby !" He started like a man whose nervous strength is sapped. Norah !' lnutinctively his right hand went up to his cloth cap, as he stepped a few feet away. They stood one on each side of the grave, which was now hidden by young evergreens and plants. "You have been here before," she said, hardly knowing what to say. " I did not intend to come again. I saw the announcement of the boy's death. Tell me of him, Norah." Across the grave she gave him in formation concerning Erie's short life and last days, and then she asked : " Wny-why did you some to-day, Digby ?' " I came in the hope of seeing you. I had no right to put myself in your way-but I am leaving England. I have fallen very low." He threw out his hands. " You see what I am. The first time I came simply to look on the spot where the boy lay. I saw you had put my name. Eric,' " he read from the headstone. 'dearly beloved son of Digby and Norah-' " " I hesitated," she admitted. "1 hesitated, till I was looking for a text. Then I thought it ought to be there. Where--where are you going ?" " Heaven knows. I neither know nor care. What does it matter? Look at me. Do you think I can sink lower ?" " You can rise higher, Digby. Is it ever too late ?" " Of," he cried, " I daro say you are right. Sometimus I feel I have it in me. It is memory that throws mue back. Norah, you don't know what the utter desolation of it is. Ah, I know : you have lost your child, and he had a scamp for a father: but you don't know the curse of being your own accuser. On all the earth there is not a human being who car-es whether I go under, or how soon---" " Ye, she said ; " there is one who H,stared at her for aL few moments, euCii iauu eamger-iy forward across the evergreen.. " What-what do you mean ?" ho muttered. Norah held out her right hand. " Dig by," she said, " I will bury the p)ast,. and, if you will let me, I will (10 my best to help you in the future." "Dj you mnean, you wvill come--come away wji mne "' Ior E:-ic's sake," she said quietly. The caretaker of the cemetery stop)ped to look at the poorly-clad man lbeside the grave, and Noran standing with her h,ird 'n his shoulder. At tirst Digby shrank from facing Major A rmistead ; but she nerved him '.o tnis as to much besides. It was a little hard on Major Armuistead, who had now to look forward te being left alone in his old age. But he was the only one who regretted Norah's de cision, which had not been arrived at without misgiving. Norah never re grott,ed. She had found one mnore ur pose in life, while Erie's faith, r be-gan a new career that day. 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