The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-06-02
A FAIR WOMAN,s sgN.


days. Fallen leaves streved IN,
gros'nd. and vefs piled in mslsncho,,
heaps. wherever the wind Of the da,
before had arifted them; aud nov
with the rsin beating down on them i
pitilsss, unceasing torrent, they look
ed drssry enough is their sodd.n vet
ness.
The sky had hung low and lesdsa eli
Gay, and tue east wind. chill and pen
etratIng. had been ,hriekiug and waL.
ing around the house. bending the bare
branches Of the unleaved tees. till
their writhing seemed - If in sxouy
Little pools of water lay here and there
10 which the rain drops -dimpled csass.
lessly. Late flowers hong their soak "a
blossoms disconsoistety; the lswu
looked toe thosoagh bly, saGsr = TO sysii
possibly afford the amusement of cro-
quet again; the dismal sound Of water,
trickline down the leaders into the gut.
ters was sufficient to ioducs msis ncheiy
in Mark Tapley. And it was little
wonder that Olive Ormoud, sensitive,
high-strung. keenly sus ,sptible to eli
external siaAuesees, was stranpely n
unrest ass ~ s
She was q girl who rsveled iu warm.
est sunshine, who Was never happier
than when . fervid. sensuous south
wind wss strings girl who wor-
slipped flowers and fields of corn rip.
eDiug snnder IN ardest. August sun-a
girl who. nstwithstAn Andiag her paaeion
for such. was aetiys. snsFgstic. reso-
lutte. high spirited. '--
And decidedly pretty. in an odd. or.
iginal way. Her eyes were blue
- sapphire, or cloudlsss summer
sky; bright. earnest. eager eyes. that
but one person in oil the world had the
power 10 make dsrken With passionate
devotion-th mAn of whom che was
thinkine this dssk N svsualer t6iliskt.
And her hair wae golden hIonde- -rieh.
satioy. goldenpblunde hair. that was .
rare bsauty ID itself: that .wassd
slightly. and vas infiaitsly bscomine in
whatever style she preferred to call it.
But her complexion! Il was the odd.
splendid combination the blue eyes and
golden hair with the rich brunette skin.
ardent a. her own temperament, rich
and rare in tint as her own name sug-
g.sted. that made Olive Ormopd morn
than ordinarily handsonie; thse Lad
been the first attraction for Stuart
Melville; that was an objectionable sin
in Lors Steele's eyes. since Olive WAS
poor. a nobody. obscure. u dependent
ON ter b..unty, and had no busiasss to
be 40 rarely lovely. while che herself.
rich. fairly l,snd sasns. , widow ol only
twenty Ave, hsd cOne eif pnsr second
IN the game If Stuart Melvilie's love.
Not that Olive had known that there
was game being pIayed that she
knew that every look. every action.
every word, of Melville was vatchsd
by Mrs Steele. ssSz tf8skNSsse
But il hsd 20 happened that Stuart
Melville was very fast learning to adore
the beautiful girl who had never meant
to step between Mrs Steele and Mrs
Steels's friend; for friend, and friend
only. be had been. since one day, three
years ago, when Lora ventnor bad
thrown him over fnr an old man, rich
and sickly. who bad nbligingly died
and left bis pretty ysnng xido~ free to
follow the dictates of inclination. rather
than ambition:
And her inclinsti0ns Was 10 bring
Stuart Melville to his old place st her
feet; while that gentleman. coa.plctsly
cared sof his passIon BY A6rs 4socl
usage Of him, very decidedly preferred
sake. and Sse.sss i ". cheap and
convenient. had been offered home
indefinitely & Halp4slk tn tAis sprt
Nicholas Steele left to his 1tdow..
And On this dull. homesick sert OF
day Olise wandered aimleselys through
the elegant i0ous. dsplesinG Abss6een.
shisesing ct the chill vSnd. wrepptnq
her white xsphyt ahaul eIopee around
her. and--thinktug O 6tnase Aslsslse.
and wondering WnefAee No woulo
brave the ssss9 70 cone 70 sss. g
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