The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-08-30

81 vowed to win you. / will not be
check-mated nor out witted this time"
The Doctors daughter treated his words
with cold contempt.
"You will make q bonny bride" he
said, affecting . jocose air, beneath the
Vinble assumption of which was denoted
the bitter sting her indifference caused him
to feel. ~ will not place my reliance
upon the fiimsy basis of an inexperienced
father, this time. You are too safely in
my power to admit of even reasonable
negotiations.
She shuddered slightly.
"What, coldl The shawl !" he con
tinued, to the fisherman, his former gal
lAntry returning.
But she, with gesture Of lOathing and
adherence, mOtiOned him away.
The man scowled, darkly.
Do not try me too far Y he Kissed be-
tween his teeth. You will 70 glad to beg
for my attention before you see home and
friends again"
''You will drive me TO speakP she cried,
disdainfully. But you will gain nothing
by it. You may carry me away, but you
will tind the conquest q bitter one.
Perhaps, was the malicious response
Spice adds variety to . conquest. But
remember that iron cages supplant gilded
ones when the occupant becomes restive. "
The carriage moved rapidly on, still
keeping the hard beach path. Had the
plan been long matured one it could not
have been better concocted, if it was in
tended to prevent any trace of the fugitives
mode Of exit from Denslow. Barren for
rests skirting the sea coast indicated the
absence of habitations, and the rocky for
nation showed that the man, Vivian, had
purposely selected an out Of the way place
to convey his prize to.
The swift-footed steeds did not alter
their pace until morning was some hours
old They had reached q portion Of the
country, bleak, bare and sterile. But lit
tie vegetation, or traces Of its recent ex-
istence were visible. A few stunted trees,
here and there, reached their leaness
boughs toward the sky.
An arid, rocky blank seemed the coun-
try, as the carriage drew up before low
hut facing the sea, and situated on a high
bluff, surrounded by precipitous chasms
and tumulous rocky heights. The morn
ing wind sighed drearily among the barren
branches Of the trees, lifting their long,
blackened arms in mF eIpostulation to
the wild sea, breaking many feet below, As
if it had robbed them Of their verdancy
and beauty, even as this desolate waste
seemed about to cloister forevermore the
life and hopes of the grieved and despair
ing Bella Rodney
1--WE are here, and safe from detection, !"
said Vivian, as he still retained that name
as if by legal right to its undisputed pos
session He offered to assist Miss Rodney
as he spoke, but she, with cold gesture Of
her hand, motioned him aside, and entered
the low hut
Comfort and cleanliness pervAded with
in, an old woman, seated at the hreside,
greeting her with a nod as she entered
She sat down in 9 chair by the cheerful,
open hearth, and gazed into it with won
dering, thoughtful eyes. She started, as
Sidney Vivian touched her lightly on the
shoulder
''You had better seek rest, he said,
softly. "Yonder old woman will conduct
you to your present apartment
Rest" she cried, wildly and bitterly.
"Never, under the the same roof which
holds your form"
"As you please" was the urbane but ev-
identity annoyed reply "You will need it.
WI! have no delay, for have sent to a
village some miles away for q minister"
''For what y
'To marry you and l, Bella Rodney,
for, willing or not, you shall this day be
my BRIDE"
ITO be Coutnued)