Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-02

so suggestive of kisses and love words
lips that were delicately lovely i'm theil
scarlet beauty, vet that held the prom
ise of ardent passion in their perfec
curves.
A face once seen never to be forgot
ten- A form so instinct with grace
that no man would be satisfied Will
one look. A presence redolent of tha
subtle, intangible something, that mys
terry of unconscious, magnetism-thi.
was Stella Sunderland, at whom Dale
were had at first merely glanced, ther
took in, in 2 rather interested survey
then regarded with unusually cage,
admiration, and then
She suddenly lifted her drooped lid,
and looked straight in his .yes-such q
half-startled, h half-expeetanr glance in
her own dark ones, that woman wear.
when some instructive feeling has told
her there are mans admiring eyes on
her.
So their eyes met, and tinge Of ex-
quisite rose hue swept swiftly across
and off her face, while into Dale Vere's
there came an eager, sudden paleness
Then he returned TO Maitlynde, who
stood startled out of his usual insouci
ance at the emotion displayed by the
hitherto invulnerable.
BY Jupiter, Dick, why didn't you
tell me! She's the most glorious crea-
ture God ever made. Introduce me
quickly-or I'll-"
Dick bestowed on him a look unut-
terable.
Il like that-'Why didn't l tell you
Come on, you sinner,''
And the next minute Dale vere's
handsome head was bent reverently be-
fore Miss Sunderland, and he recorded
vow in his suddenly-awakened, mad
ly worshippng heart.
''What a woman for man to win ,
And L will win her, .+r
And he did win her. Such eager,
earnest devotion as he offered her could
not have failed Of winning any woman s
heart, and blase as Dale We're had i'm
agined himself to be, he was confident
enough now that this was the first
time in his life that he had ever actu-
ally been impressed.
For the first time he knew what jeal-
ousy was, when, one day when Stella's
English cousin was lounging in the
Sunderland's parlor at the Windsor,
and she was in one of her sweetly gra-
cious moods that alternated with CO.
quettish coolness and elegant reserve.
Stella had told him all about her col
sin Claude-Claude Renrick Fairfax,
youngest son of Sir Hubert Clarendon.
who once on a time had wanted TO mar
ry his fair cousin, but who, after appa-
rently hopeless agenies at her repeated
reflections. had consented to be consoled
with the charms of another fair one
little. blue-eyed Nita Volente. who was
Stella's familiar and dearest friend.
OF course, Mr. Dale We're had not the
remotest idea that his beloved could ell
tertain thought of any one else while
he was on the carpet, but yet-well,
men, even handsome men who are con-
scious of their influence, will be jeal-
Gus, and Dale would rather Mr.. Fair
tax and Stella had not been on quite
such delightfully."- cousinly terms.
But there always was the thought of
AI of
counter-irritant, until well - every
love romance was bound to have its lit
tie soupcon of tragedy that for the time
being is as threatening as if of greater
moment.
In this instance it happened not
strangely; it happened naturally
enough, and, as Dale We're felt, horri-
bly, natural enough to send all the
blood receding from his face the bright
afternoon when on saunter-
ing through the Sunderland parlors,
waiting for Stella's appearance, he
stepped on a letter, lying so opened
that without least effort he caught the
in the unmistakable handwri-
ting of the only man in all the world
of whom he was jealOus-Mr. Fairfax,
and the words of the address were:-
my darling little one"
And the address on the envelope ly-
ing beneath the letter was in the same
hand, Miss Stella Sunder-
land.
To- N saoooJ avarv Vastipa of color
left his handsome face; for second it
seemed as if the room was suddenly
around him.
Stella, his love, his betrothed wife,
his ''pure fair STAR" so base, so deadly
Now he understood all
heir cousinly intimacy-cousinly init
macy. Now he knew why, despite his
,etter judgment, he had so often been
20 hotly jealous, apparently without a
.ause. Now he understood it all-the |
woman he had worshipped from the
irst, the one, only woman he ever had
,ared for, and who had conquered him |
With her glory of beauty. was false
wen beyond the vividest imagiDings of
/ jealous nature.
MY darling little one." That meant |
hat his betrothed wife-his darling |
little one" was playing a game of fast
md loose with him and Claude Fairfax
while Nita Volente, poor, unsuspect-
ng little Nita, who adored her lover as |
Dale adored his sweetheart-Ah,w well, |
learts must suffer and break so long as
men were cruel and untrue.
He was still standing beside the mir
or inlaid etagere staring at the accur-
ed proof of Stella's falseness, wonder
ng vaguely how it would all end, when
he girl herself came in-so sweet, so
air, so tempting in her loveliness as
he came up to him, her eyes full of
ager, shy delight, her dimpled mouth
milling her welcome.
81 kept you waiting longer than ever
,efore, didn't L, Dale? Next time
ybv. what have l said? What have
one2',
For the white sternness on his face
impressed her.