The Red Cloud chief., 1882-09-01

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IL was a week after the acciden, iha;
Lance and Orieila came 20 an under
standing with each other that es;ab-
lished friendship between them He
found Miss Giaimyr . delightful reader.
bot. for reasons best known 20 himself.
be hated 10 let her read % him half n
iO0z or As often n would have been
agreeable to him. Orielia saw this, and
frankly told him of IL.
You are very silly not 10 make the
most OF any generous impulses / may
have" she exclaimed. lightly. 81 am
% often given to benevolent acts. As
for my falling in love with you-h that
Is what you ~fear-why. set your mind
entirely at rest. You re not NJ all a
well-looking man. according 10 nv
standard Of masculine beauty, and
Maude tells me that you are not-well.
what / call rich. and except that you
dance divinely. and have the manners
Of a gentleman. and-just now-several
broken bones. there's nothing interest
ing about you that any young woman
should fall in love with you"
THANK you. Miss Gladmyr." laughed
Lance when she had ended her gay little
mocking speech. "for being kind At all
TO so uninteresting m old fellow as my
SELF
"Not nj all You know il is awful
for Maude TO have you on her hands in
this way, and decency compels me 70
help her are for you in N way / can.
i cannot do much. but nearly every one
likes 10 hear me read, and since YOU en-
joy il. too. why you and Maude mus,
make the very most you a out of my
small charity"
IL intend to after this" said Lance,
cooily. You do read we'll"
.Yes; il is my one accomplishment.
Once 1 dreamed of making fame and
fortune by il Now l know an easier
way TO get the fortune"
"Yes?'' questioningly.
"Yes; to marry it. / never intend TO
marry any man who cannot count his
money by the hundreds of thousands"
Indeed DO you tell me that for
fear I should fall in love with you?'
"Oh. no." retorted Oriella, ION
~chalantly. II know there is not the
slightest danger of such n thing. You
need no warnings. You dislike me too
much"
ION the contrary. ! do not dislike
you. Miss Gladmyr; but l do not ap-
prove Of you"
..It's all the same thing. Your ideal
woman is n sweet. shy. clinging. on
ventional little creature. who has never
been tested in the crucible Of the worlds
fires. am-oh, almost everything
your ideal woman should not be!'
Lance laughed again. They were
nearer being friends than ever before.
And now that you have painted my
ideal woman would YOU mind depict
ing your ideal man?"
"Oh. he is tall, real tall and slender.
with piercing eyes and white hair and
beard. and an ormou bank ac-
count"
81 see the money question still pre-
walls" said Lance. with slight sarcasm.
Oriella opened her beautiful big eyes
very wide.
.'Why of curse it does The ambi.
ton OF my life is TO marry rich But
I'm firing YOU. I'll come again TO read
lust after dinner. We understand each
other now, don't we? We may rs well
be friends
Lance smiled. and held out his well
hand 10 her.
1t was nearly winter before May Crof,
was desolated by the departure of its
guests, and Maude Sanborn went up TO
town with Miss Gladmyr without being
able to discover that her w cousins ad-
mired each other one whit more than
when they first met. Still. as Oriella
remained in New York for the season.
instead of returning to her home in
Baltimore, the two saw a great deal of
each other. and grew. slowly. more and
more confidential friends. until when. in
March. something of importance befell
Oriella. she made Lance the first sharer
OF her secret
"Be sure and be at Mrs. Chandelier
dinner-you said there was some doub,
you TO Mr.. Jarvis Jerome. l have At
tanned my ambition atlast. He is almost
a millionaire. and has asked me to marry
him. OF course. l gracefully and CRATE
fully said l would. l want you TO on
graduate me. q. e."
Those were the hastily scrubbed lines
she sent lowering; and lowering threw
them in the hire with n mattercd curse.
What do | care that she has en-
gagged herself to Jarvis Je ome?' he
questioned of himself. ~ficrccls biting
his lip until the red blood sprung 10 his
pcar!y teeth. And then he wrote his
regrets 10 Mrs. Chande'or and packed
a sa' chel and went out OF town for a
week.
When he got back he went straight to
see Oriella and congratulate her.
"Oh. don talk about that now It's
oldr' cried oriella, impaiiently.
why. Eve been engaged q week. l
want To tell yol about Maude's April
fool-day party. IL is the fifth anui-
verssry OF her wedding. YOU know.
We've TO 70 down II Nav Croft-there
are about forty inyi,ed-and TO have n
King and = Queen of Folly. aud n Jest
er. and al manner of iun. You'n
gog"
Yes" promised Lance. and he
went And while the carnival was at
its highest some one proposed hat just
before the unmasking took place the
host and hostess be remarked. A
young clergyman. a chum of Ned San
born's. was among the guests. though
not among the maskers. and a wedding
would be just the imposing finish
needed TO the revel. In a minute a
place WAS cleared at the end of the long
salon. and arrangements made for a
grand ceremony; and presently the
bride in her white satin domino came in
on the arm of agorgeous courtier, fol-
lowed by another white satin domino,
and some dazzling April fairies
wreathed in FOCUSES and g~iittering with
rain-drops.
The cortege advanced to its place.
and the two sa.in dominos stepped for
ward and quietly assented to the clergy
mans questions, and were pronounced
man and wife. Then the signal was
given for unmasking. ambulance
lowering and Oriella Gladmyr stood
looking into each others eyes. her face
growing white As tina: of q corpse.
As Qriels color died Levering's grew
Ito . dusky, passionate red that dark
enedface. neck and brow; hut presence Of
mind did not quite desert him. Hecaught
Miss Gladmyr in his strong arms and