ETHEL'S VICTORY.
"The fairest hope is the one which faded,
The brightest leaf is the leaf that fell;
The song that leaped from the lips of sirens
Dies away in an old sea-shell.
Clear and pure is the west wind's murmur
That croons in the branches all day long;
But the songs unsung are the sweetest music,
And the dreams that die are the soul of song."
--ERNEST MCGAFFEY.
The family slept late next morning after the fatigues and griefs of
last night, and Ethel did not join her parents at breakfast. But an
hour later her maid came to the library with a message. Would her
parents see her in her boudoir for a few minutes?
An angry frown came to Senator Winans' brow.
"I am obliged to go down to the capitol; I have no time for Ethel," he
said curtly.
But the beautiful wife he worshiped so tenderly drew her arm through
his, whispering fondly, "Come," and he could not gainsay her imperial
will.
Ethel was lying back wearily in a large armchair in her luxurious
boudoir, with its furnishings of rose and gold. Her attire was peculiar.
She wore a long, straight black gown, very simple and severe in style,
and a long black lace scarf was wound turban fashion about her regal
brow, concealing every thread of her rich dark hair. As the door closed
she motioned them to seats, and said abruptly:
"I have sent for you to ask your leave to enter a convent--to become a
nun!"
"Ethel!"
"Ethel!"
The cry came first from the mother's lips, and was echoed by the
father. Shocked surprise was in both voices.
She stood up tall and stately confronting them, her face corpse-white
by contrast with her black attire and somber dark eyes. In an anguished
voice she cried:
"I have sinned deeply, I am not worthy of your love, mamma, papa! I
wish to retire into a convent and spend my life in expiating my sin!"
"I will never consent," Senator Winans exclaimed sternly. "You have
behaved badly, shamefully, but you can repent at home as well as within
convent walls."
She flung herself on her knees at his feet, a tragic despair on the
dusky beauty of her dark face.
"Papa, I kneel to you, because I have a terrible confession to make to
you and mamma," she cried hoarsely. "It must be told to you; because in
the dark of last night I repented my sins, and I bury the dark secret
in my heart no longer. I must tell you all, and then you will despise
me so much you will be glad and willing for me to hide my unhappy life
in convent walls!"
They were so amazed and startled they could not move or speak to
interrupt their daughter; and there, upon her knees, her face
colorless, her eyes like black stars, Ethel poured forth her wretched
story--the envy and jealousy that made her hate her little sister and
wish her dead.
Nothing was kept back; nothing glossed over. Ethel painted her sins as
black as her worst enemy could have done.
"When I came away and left my sister in the burning house I was a
murderess at heart," she said. "When I stole her love letter from under
her pillow and then made her give Arthur to me I was a fiend, and then
I betrayed her into the power of a devil. And, papa, but for the
little revolver you gave her, he might have murdered my little sister!"
They could only look and listen, they were speechless with surprise and
horror. Ethel's self-arraignment was tragic in its intensity.
She went on wildly:
"Yet Precious forgave me--kept my hideous secrets, loved me, and
forgave me. Can you fancy anything so angelic? Can you fancy how even
my wicked heart was touched, how at last I began to repent, and to
long to atone for my evil deeds? Alas! there was but one way! I began
to wonder how I could give Arthur back to her, for I knew she was too
noble to take him away, believing that I loved him! Suddenly the way
opened clearly before me. Do you understand, papa?"
A startled cry came from the senator's lips, and Ethel continued in
that anguished voice:
"You blamed me, upbraided me, papa, for jilting Arthur, yet it was the
noblest act of my wayward life, my atonement to Precious for all my
sins."
With a sudden movement of her hand she pushed from her brows the black
lace turban. It fell at his feet, and Ethel's wealth of hair swept
unbound about her shoulders like a stream of silver.
In the sleepless agony of one long night all those raven tresses had
faded to beautiful silvery white!
* * * * *
"Look at the work of one night's agony," sobbed Ethel. "Do you think
now I did not love him more than wealth and title? Do you think I could
not have been happy with Arthur on a crust and in a hovel? Yes, but he
belonged to her by the God-given right of their mutual love. So I gave
him up for her sake! But last night!--oh, last night, what suffering,
what cruel jealousy of what I had lost! And with morning's dawn all
this!" She flung back her whitened locks with a restless hand, and
continued: "But, dear ones, this is _our_ secret. Arthur and Precious
must _never_ know that I loved him so madly it almost killed me to give
up my poor claim on him. When I am dead, perhaps, you may tell them the
truth, but not till then, for I would not make her unhappy!"
They looked at the beautiful guilty creature, and their hearts yearned
over her, her repentance and atonement were so beautiful and perfect.
Good had triumphed over evil in her complex nature, and the victory was
complete.
"You have heard all now. You will not wish me near you, you will not
oppose my wish to enter a convent," she said pleadingly.
But the strong nature of Senator Winans had been stirred to its very
depths by the story he had heard. He rose and drew his daughter to his
breast.
"Ethel, I have wronged you," he said tenderly and humbly. "It was from
me you inherited your jealous nature, and I have blamed you instead
of shielding you and guarding you against your inherited nature. I
should have loved you more and blamed you less. It was hard for you to
be good, while it was easy for Precious, with all her mother's gentle
traits. Dear, we cannot let you go from us to expiate your sins. Stay
with us, and we will love you more, and help you to be true to your
better nature."
She clung to him like a tired child.
"And you will forgive me all, papa?--as Precious did, sweet angel!"
"I will forgive you all, and you must forgive me, dear. I have been to
blame for all. Now promise me you will try to be happy again."
"If you will try to love me again, dear papa! You know how I have
always worshiped you."
She felt his tears on her brow--a strong man's tears--and knew she had
won a warmer place than ever before in his noble heart.
From that hour a new life began for Ethel. She was none the less
beautiful because of that crown of snow-white tresses, but she did not
care for admiration now. It was not likely she would ever marry.
And she rejoiced as much as any one when in the summer that letter came
from Earle telling them that the new Earl of Fairfield, a vulgar boor,
had broken his neck on the hunting field, and that Arthur had come into
his rights again.
"Little Blue Eyes will be a countess some day, and Ladybird declares
that a coronet will become her royally," wrote Earle, in his pride over
his favorite sister; but no thrill of jealousy stirred Ethel's tranquil
heart. She had conquered herself in a hard-fought battle, and in all
the world there was to her no dearer name than Precious.
THE END.
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Transcriber's Notes:
Some inconsistent hyphenation (e.g. headlines vs. head-lines) retained
from original.
Italics are represented with _underscores_, bold with =equal signs=.
Page 9, added missing quote after "determined to go to the ball."
Page 13, corrected "though hast loved" to "thou hast loved."
Page 19, changed ! to ? in "How does a woman love?"
Page 23, corrected typo "lilly" in "rain-drenched lily."
Page 84, corrected "has" to "had" in "because it had been hers."
Page 107, corrected typo "exlaimed" in "he exclaimed remonstratingly."
Page 121, corrected typo "throbing" in "her throbbing heart."
Page 122, corrected typo "while" in "Ladybird's white cheek."
Page 144, added missing "you" to "found you at last."
Page 164, corrected typo "intructed" in "latter she had instructed."
Page 169, changed comma to period after "I have bribed a servant to
mail this letter to you."
Page 181, added missing quote after "alter a love like mine."
Page 183, corrected typo "Precioas" in "Is that you, Miss Precious."
Page 193, removed unnecessary quote before "Then Norah came to meet her
pet."
Page 196, added missing single quote after "Pray now, pray now, go your
way now, do!"
Page 198, corrected typo "noice" in "suddenly that loud noise."
Page 204, added missing quote after "she will make you happy." Removed
duplicate "to" from "Go to her, Arthur."
Page 209, corrected typo "Preecious" in "get Precious ready."
Belle-Rose ad, added missing quote before "Among the works of fiction."
Richard Forrest ad, added missing quotes after "The characters are well
drawn," after "incidents or characters introduced," and after "It is
very true to life." Changed double to single quotes around "Mr. Barnes
of New York."