CHAPTER XVI. AT LAST.

There came a bright and perfect day, followed by a night quite its

equal. Had a petition been sent to the portals above, where the weather

angel sat, there could not have come from him more mellow, golden hours

than those that dawned for the Cresent City that beautiful Wednesday of

early March. All along the flower-clad streets men and women walked,

sauntering, in their Southern fashion, stopping now and then to greet

each other, or to gaze in the shop windows. The old peanut woman smiled

upon her stores as she kept the lazy flies away; and the violet stands

sold double their usual number of bunches. Every one was out. Every one

seemed happy. Children, in white dresses and gay sashes, wandered hand

in hand along the street, their sweet laughter mingling with the sounds

around them.

In after years, how often came to those two the memory of that brief

morn. Alone, with folded arms, Neil stood and watched the setting

sun, as it went down across the waters at West End. The white sails

of countless pleasure boats were framed against the sky. There came a

strange, wild yearning in his heart to be upon the deep once more--to

go forever from all this! And yet he could not leave her. He thought of

taking her with him to foreign lands and beginning anew his life. But

the end? What must it be?

All day he had thought to seek her, and all day he had not done so.

He had walked the beautiful streets in fierce restlessness, and there

would come again and again that feeling of solitude, impossible to

describe; and though the sound of her last hurried whisper rang ever in

his ear, still did he shrink away, hugging to his breast the memory of

a treasure he longed yet dared not to look upon.

“Would that I might keep you pure, my love, pure as the children I pass

in the mid-day beams!” and the man, stretching out his arms in the

twilight gloom, surrendered himself to his fate.

All through those golden hours, she, too, had thought of him; she had

spent the day across the lake, wandering on the sea shore, pausing, now

and then, in the shadow of some great tree to throw back her light

veil that she might watch the distant ships go out into the ocean. She,

too, had longed to be away from “all this,” and still, ever with each

fleeting thought, came the heart cry, “I cannot leave thee, for I know

thou wilt come again!”

Back to the city, when the night dews fell, they came; and, after she

had rested a little, she went with her mother to the theatre. They did

not think to look at the bills, before starting for the Grand, nor

ask the name of the troupe, so when the curtain went up on the second

act they were not a little surprised to see an old friend step to the

footlights. Gwendoline whispered to her mother:

“Mamma, I am so glad we came. I have always enjoyed her acting so.”

Mrs. Gwinn put up her glasses.

“Why, yes!--and it really is Clovis! I thought she was in California!”

said her mother.

“Excuse me, Madam,” remarked a stranger behind them. “She is not going

there until after her engagement here; then, she leaves, never to

return.”

“Ah, indeed!” said Mrs. Gwinn. “I had not heard that. Thanks for your

kind information,” and she turned her face to the stage, as the curtain

rose.

Like all Cassandra’s selections, the play was both tasty and beautiful.

Gwendoline thought her quite as lovely as ever, only, perhaps, a little

thinner, and a “wee bit” worn in face and figure. The story of the

drama was one like unto her own life--the hopeless, passionate love of

a woman for a man, who had given the best of his heart-treasures to

another. Emory, standing in the shade of a column, saw all and felt

her powerful language. Never had she acted as now--never had her voice

rung o’er pit and gallery with such pathos. She never once saw him, or

knew that he was there. As if alone, and unto an unseen world, did she

pour forth the torrent of her affection, and other hearts besides his

were touched. The last scene came. The dying footsteps of her departing

lover were heard no longer, and in solitude the lonely, deserted woman

stood, to speak in beauteous soliloquy her parting words--to breathe

her parting prayer.

With those glorious eyes upturned to a face she seemed to see, while

her white arms went out before her and around her clung her flowing

robes of snow, stood the actress the people loved. Pale, and paler

still, she grew; and, back, within the shade, where he sat, Emory

saw the tears upon her cheeks and heard the sadness in the voice,

as the soft roll of the falling curtain shut that face from his gaze

forevermore!

And that other--where was she? Her name was not on the programme,

but one woman behind the scenes had he caught a glimpse of--a frail

thing, dressed in black lace, her head and shoulders enveloped in a

fabric of the same kind. Several times had she passed in view, but his

opera-glass told him nothing.

It was long past midnight when he sought his room. In spite of the

lateness of the hour the lamps burned in the long parlor. Throwing his

window open, he drew a chair to the railing of the veranda, so that he

might sit for awhile and enjoy the coolness there. How clear seemed the

skies above him, studded with those myriad stars! How sweet the soft

winds of heaven!

The occasional roll of returning carriages was heard in the street

beneath, in whose cushioned depths sat beautiful women, the glimpses

of whose white hands resting on the sills of the open windows, as they

caught the light from some street lamp, made his pulses thrill when he

thought of those other hands as fair.

Like threads of gold came the light from the parlor windows into the

gloom outside, and a little way along another streamed, faintly dying

against the railing of the veranda. Turning his head, he saw it, and

wondered if she had come home.

“I must see her to-morrow,” he thought; “yes, let the end be what it

will! To-morrow, to-morrow, Gwendoline! I will come again to-morrow!”

Rising, he walked slowly back and forth, in front of his open window,

with folded arms and stately mien. Long he paced, till a little

wearied; he paused at last, and sank into a seat, with a sigh. Why,

at that moment, did he think of his wife Cecile, and why did those

thoughts assume a more kindly nature than they had ever done before?

Only the best of her seemed to find an echo in the heart that loved her

not.

Would that he might see her once more, and, having met, part from her

in peace!

Where was that wandering one, who bound him with so heavy a bond, to

break which he strove in vain? Why would she not, in mercy, stretch

forth her frail hands and unlink it, that his bark might go where’er he

guided it and not drift to unknown seas, where, at times, the softest

winds foretell the coming storm, the gentlest waves carry you on

towards the shore, where, finally, they become terrible breakers, which

wreck you among the reefs of despair! So he must drift, drift ever on,

“even unto death,” at whose gloomy portals there was no respite.

Like a tired boy, he laid his head upon his arms, thrown above the

railing, against which he sat. At that moment, he heard some one enter

the parlor; and, presently, a few chords on the piano reached him, and

then a voice arose in song--a sweet, low voice, not strong, but clear

and true. It stole out into the midnight air and thrilled his throbbing

breast. His wife used to sing, but not like that. Her voice was rich

and full, soaring away, in high, passionate tones, when such a mood was

on her, or filled with witchery at other times.

But this woman’s notes partook of neither of these sentiments. Almost

a wail in its witching music did it sound; high and clear, soft and

low--dying--dying--and then it ceased, and she began to cough two or

three times, then convulsively. Emory stood up to listen. Would this

never end? Would she sing again? No, for at that moment a man came

out from the parlor, half supporting a woman, her head and shoulders

enveloped in black lace, with a handkerchief to her face. There was

no other chair, and Neil offered his. As she sank into the seat, she

took the cambric from her mouth and looked at it--there were a few dark

spots on its folds.

“Ouch!” she said, “it looks like blood,”--and then she began to cough

again; a rattling sound smote the listener’s ear, as a deep red stream

issued from her lips, finding its way to the floor. In a moment, she

fell back in her companion’s arms, quite insensible. He supported her

gently, and, turning to Neil, asked where he could take her.

“In here,” and, drawing aside the curtains of his own window, he

motioned to the man to enter. He did so at once, advancing to the bed,

upon which he placed the still insensible form of the woman, whose dark

dress streamed around her like a pall.

“Will you have a physician?” asked Emory.

“No,” replied the gentleman; “I do not think he could do anything. Have

you some ice water?”

Neil handed him a glassful from the table near by.

The man saturated his handkerchief and bathed the blood-stained lips.

“She has been subject to hemorrhages lately,” he said, addressing

himself to Emory. “We were on our way home from the theatre, and,

seeing the hotel lights up here, stopped for a moment for her to rest

a little, and then she tried to sing. Poor little woman--her work is

almost over now.” Then after a pause he said: “I fear she is dying;

have you no wife, no sister to call?”

“I will call some friend;” but, before he could leave the room, the

form before them stirred, turning the haggard, withered face to the

light. Something illumined the room--two glorious eyes, with the shadow

of death upon them. And then she spoke:

“Neil, it is I--it is Cecile!” and again she lay quite motionless.

Through the door, which he had just opened, came the sound of passing

feet; he looked up, and, at that moment, saw Gwendoline and her mother

go by. He ran into the passage, and overtook them as they were about

entering their apartments.

“Come with me!” he cried, excitedly.

Gwendoline gave a little cry at the suddenness of his appearance, the

oddity of his request, the strangeness of his manner, and all at such

an hour.

“Come with you? I do not understand! What ails you?”

“Come, come!” he cried, excitedly. “Cecile is here--Cecile is dying! Do

come!”

“What mean you?” she gasped. “Cecile here--dying? Oh, mother, let us

go!”

He led the way, assuring them that no harm awaited them, and that he

did but wish them to render service to a dying soul.

The man had lifted the fainting woman; her emaciated form rested

against his shoulder, as he supported her on the side of the bed.

Emory moved in front of them, followed by his trembling companions, who

dared not speak. The dying woman put out her hands, groping as if in

darkness, and as she felt Neil’s hands touch her own a smile quivered

over her lips, while, slowly and with difficulty, she spoke:

“Neil, forgive!”

He bowed his head upon his breast, as the stranger laid her down, and

her eyes closed,--forever.

A cold hand touched his, and Gwendoline was beside him. He drew her

out upon the long piazza, and they stood for a little while in silence

beneath the stars. Then, opening his arms, he clasped her to his

heart, holding her there, as he had never held her before.

Over the distant hills of Tennessee, a horse, feeding, softly neighed,

as he lifted his head to the night breeze, and echo answered:

“Cliquot! Cliquot! my beautiful!

Thou hast won for me!”

THE END.

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Jack Hinton, the Guardsman. By Charles Lever, Cloth, 1 50

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Simon Suggs’ Adventures and Travels. With 17 Illustrations, 1 50

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The Countess of Rudolstadt. Sequel to “Consuelo.” 12mo., cloth, 1 50

Indiana. A Novel. By George Sand, author of “Consuelo,” cloth, 1 50

Jealousy; or, Teverino. By George Sand, author “Consuelo,”

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MRS. CAROLINE LEE HENTZ’S WORKS.

=LINDA; or, THE YOUNG PILOT OF THE BELLE CREOLE. With a Complete

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=EOLINE; or, MAGNOLIA VALE; or, The Heiress of Glenmore.=

=THE PLANTER’S NORTHERN BRIDE; or, Mrs. Hentz’s Childhood.=

=HELEN AND ARTHUR; or, Miss Thusa’s Spinning-Wheel.=

=COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE; or, The Joys of American Life.=

=LOVE AFTER MARRIAGE; and other Stories of the Heart.=

=THE LOST DAUGHTER; and other Stories of the Heart.=

=THE BANISHED SON; and other Stories of the Heart.=

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=FASHION AND FAMINE.=

=THE REIGNING BELLE.=

=BERTHA’S ENGAGEMENT.=

=MARRIED IN HASTE.=

=BELLEHOOD AND BONDAGE; or, Bought with a Price.=

=LORD HOPE’S CHOICE; or, More Secrets Than One.=

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=RUBY GRAY’S STRATEGY; or, Married by Mistake.=

=PALACES AND PRISONS; or, The Prisoner of the Bastille.=

=A NOBLE WOMAN; or, A Gulf Between Them.=

=THE CURSE OF GOLD; or, The Bound Girl and The Wife’s Trials.=

=MABEL’S MISTAKE; or, The Lost Jewels.=

=THE OLD HOMESTEAD; or, The Pet of the Poor House.=

=THE REJECTED WIFE; or, The Ruling Passion.=

=SILENT STRUGGLES; or, Barbara Stafford. A Tale of Witchcraft.=

=THE HEIRESS; or, The Gipsy’s Legacy.=

=THE WIFE’S SECRET; or, Gillian.=

=WIVES AND WIDOWS; or, The Broken Life.=

=DOUBLY FALSE; or, Alike and Not Alike.=

=THE SOLDIER’S ORPHANS.=

=THE GOLD BRICK.=

=MARY DERWENT.=

=NORSTON’S REST.=

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MRS. SOUTHWORTH’S WORKS

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LIST OF MRS. SOUTHWORTH’S WORKS.

Ishmael; or, In the Depths. Being “Self-Made.”

Self-Raised; or, From the Depths. Sequel to “Ishmael.”

The Fortune Seeker.

The Lost Heiress.

Tried for Her Life.

Cruel as the Grave.

The Maiden Widow.

The Family Doom.

The Bride’s Fate.

The Changed Brides.

Fair Play.

How He Won Her.

Victor’s Triumph.

A Beautiful Fiend.

The Spectre Lover.

The Prince of Darkness.

The Christmas Guest.

Fallen Pride.

The Widow’s Son.

The Bride of Llewellyn.

The Fatal Secret.

The Bridal Eve.

India; Pearl of Pearl River.

The Deserted Wife.

Love’s Labor Won.

A Noble Lord.

The Lost Heir of Linlithgow.

The Artist’s Love.

The Gipsy’s Prophecy.

The Three Beauties.

Vivia; or, the Secret of Power.

The Two Sisters.

The Missing Bride.

The Wife’s Victory.

The Mother-in-Law.

The Haunted Homestead.

The Lady of the Isle.

Allworth Abbey.

Retribution.

The Curse of Clifton.

The Discarded Daughter.

The Mystery of Dark Hollow.

The Phantom Wedding.

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=THE SHOP GIRLS OF PARIS.= By Emile Zola. The action of this great

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=CHRISTINE, THE MODEL, or STUDIOS OF PARIS.= By Emile Zola.

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CLIQUOT

A RACING STORY OF IDEAL BEAUTY.

BY KATE LEE FERGUSON.

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=THE FLOWER AND MARKET GIRLS OF PARIS.= By Emile Zola.

=CONSUELO.= By George Sand. The Greatest Work in the English Language.

=MAJOR JONES’S COURTSHIP.= With 21 Illustrations. By Major Jones.

=COUNTESS OF RUDOLSTADT.= Sequel to “Consuelo.” By George Sand.

=THE BRIDE OF AN EVENING.= By Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth.

=EDMOND DANTÈS.= Sequel to Alexander Dumas’ “Count of Monte-Cristo.”

=THE INITIALS. “A. Z.”= By the Baroness Tautphœus.

=MEMOIRS OF VIDOCQ, the French Detective.= With Illustrations.

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ISHMAEL

OR, IN THE DEPTHS.

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Transcriber’s Notes:

Punctuation has been made consistent.

Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in

the original publication, except that obvious typographical errors have

been corrected.