The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-04-28

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DO you moan what you say2 lol
DO not love me, then, Allie"
TIE giri Twas thmoushly arousel
nov, and leaardiess OF consequences
No" she said madly, II 10 no
love you any morc.'
She dashed aside the heavy eur
iains that dIaped the bay. windoW
and was e6ne. And jost then a mai
arose from the loulging chair beside
TIE window. where he had been os-
/ tcnahly reading, and saunfereC
slowly away : ioIr Ns
II was Dir Magnc, and there Wai
o curious smile on bis sensual lip.
and evil light in his grey eyes.
"Listehcrs hear 10 good Of them
selves he muttered "Well. maYb,
COT buta aiiy rsie, know which
card to play next Piqued and aug1
at Ansleigh, the beauty will turn q
me pll play the he1rt-bfoken lover,
step IN before her anger against the
handsome Doctor has time to cool,
strike While the iron is hot aud I'm
mistaken ilpm not engaged 70 Allie
Ray and her s50,000 before the sen
sets
"The best laid schemes Q mice and
meu gang aft glee
But Mr.. Mayne had forgotten that.
For long time John sat Ia lhe
bay wiudow, his head bowed, star
ing bis misery in the face Could It
be trae that Alice 20 longer loved
'him2 Ah,. Eell il vas better for
him to know the Worst before 10 was
too late.
An hour or two later he saw Allie,
radiaRt in white OFgandle and pink
ribbons, dtting on q rustic seat IN
The hotel grounds in conversation
with Mf Maybe. John bit his lips
and buried away out Of sight. Well,
after sll, It was nothing % him now (;
be hal hu lohger any right; Allie
bad ceasrd to hsehim And oaly O
few hours before he would have
staked his life on her love and truth.
But John did not know what was
taking place out there in tue cool
shade OF the oak tree, beneath which
Alice was sitting with her obnoxious
conipahlohg Aif Maybe bal asked
Alice to be bis wife, and tad been
very decidedly, not to say contempt
uously-refused. And when he arose
and left her there was an angry
CLEAN in his wicked eyes, while in
his heart he registered an oath
sooner or ater to be revenged.
Alice came down TO dinner in the
great dining room, at sunset, to End
Johns place vacant
"Where is the Doctor ?" some one
was asking Of 5ohn's mother, as Allie
entered the room and took her usual
seat.
Mrs. Ansleigh looked troubled
"There has been accident she
said, "somo men were out fishing
the boat capsized, aud two Of them
were nearly drowned DR.. Ansleigh
was sent for in hopes that he could
save them, their families being total
ly Ignorant Of any means of resusei-
tation But it is several miles down
the beach and | fear that it will be
late in the night before he can re
turn
II chanced al thatinslant that Allie
raised her eyes to encounter a-glanee
from Mayne, who vas Ter vis Wis
She could not repress a shudder as
she saw the aulaclous triumph 10 his
face.
Dinner over, hlnethrew her shawl
about her and wandered OFF on the
beach alone. The suu had set now,
and twilight, weird and uncanny, was
Allie wanted to get away
from everybody, tobe alone with her
lhuugbts. She sss down at the foot
ofthe tree and gave way 70 her bitter
a voice sfousod@hef and started
her from her musings It was the
voice Enthusiastically Of young Mayne
Eager, earnest.
"He bit at the bait mighty easy
Mayno exclaimed; "won't he be fu-
rious though. when he has had his
long, ha,G ride for nothing, and finds
that there has heen 20 acoidentAao
capsized boat-no hall drowned
men :" Msyne paused and laughed
heartily. 'And you're sure the
bridge Is unsafe f}he went on eager
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ooh, yes, sir" another voice re-
piled "the high waters and the late
storms have just played the mischief
Wah the old thing Nobody can
pass on horseback without going
thTough-sure as shooting"
"And there will be no mistake
no fsilugs29qaeTiedd Nayne. c'A An
sleigh will be sure % come back that
way ?" eana at M
"Hell have tow the other an
swerod grimly. "He went by the
beach reed, il ss true but lie cant
c0he back that way atet hight falls,
for the tide is in now No, sir (;
there sin't but one road for Or An
sIiigh tb'0ome hy, Fan,lthat 8 over
the bridge. And II he crosses-or
tries to cross that-well, yon know
the resi- ~ g-IrstH
And With q savage chuckle they
moved away.
Alice sathalf stunned at the reve-
ibtioh to which she had listened.
She knew the whole viis, murderous
plOtnoE. This was Mayne's ven
geaucel In fash she saw her own
way clearly She hal brought this
on John Ausleigh-she must save
his lie lhongh she Ibse hef own.
She stae eferod g hor feet, and
drawing her shawl closely about her,
turned away in the direction Of the
bridge, perhaps half 9 mile distaui
from the hotel To Be sore she did
not even know the road he had taken
but II she could only cross the rotten
structure she could theR vat bii
coming on the other side.
She reached he place AZ last
Gathering ali her courage together
she stepped npon the old bridge i
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