, 1882-07-14
Ths Dss. about Miss ImOgene.

N.. Ir1.sup a. Forest was eight
sr raays ia q beauty and a belle.
fs7- e aIl hnA~. II they live, can be
alitssar yrar. ODD. but 10 be beauty
rrl ta.lls need. a concurrence of
fstHraiir circumstances. In Miss
llsalVgF ths.-e favorable circum-
.tarsvs were ~ a decided order She
~ hstsly iace. a graceful figure,
su4 .he Wa the only child of the
H1a Ly-ands.r DE Forest, an ex-
assgruar. an ex-senator, and a prob
sfa iragn minister.
bs4iaes. she had a very respectable
Frrrufs iostune. though young Jeffer
"a buvai and Captain Milton Fon-
tHiua h0sh ayerred that was the very
hsa-t E,0iut in her charms. and not
uaFthy 90 M named with her dark
sqs~ and hrwitching smile. Girls of
eTh1s-n are not all wise, and perhaps
Mbss lmpr~ne believed this; at any
rats she looked as il she believed it
sud t.uih DuVal and Fontaine had
maHy hours in which they certainly
aruiy believed il. When wandering
n the moonlight under the orange
t-sss OF when whirling through the
uatg 81 some splendid fete, they
wsTe hoth quite certain that nothing
t.ui Miss lmOgene's personal lowell
nsss eutsred into their dreams con-
osrring brr
Hdherto. though both were pre-
ien8asr b. Imogene's favor, they had
FEeservel the semblance of friend
.np Duval rather wished to do so;
4 gave him an honorable opportunity
~ wAsrhlnR his rivals chances; and
fuuimne was ~ that order of men
uao hked a little opposition. He in
iensled Al some favorable opportuni-
~ D. make a coup de etdt and once
End fureyer put poor Duval out of the
paigfui uncertainties OF love. For
s,anhov he regarded his own sue
e-s a. certain. aud IL the confident
haurt wins the fair lady, and the
inini one Loses her. he had some rea-
sa1 iuT hrs blissiul security.
One lovely evening in the charming
Nay ior May Is charming in central
HsAas imogene was slowing riding
arsy~s a prairie that was one billowy
80 ~ grass and flowers. Duval was
~ he SIDE. reciting Byron in very
tHsiching manner. 1mogene had
ra~uslly noticed that two horsemen
bal enarsr.d from a little wood. and
srrs slowly following them; and she
hssi aha0 noticed that they had passed,
Hi rather closer quarters than she
hAA hked a herd Of cattle feeding.
NhetheG the magnificent bull leading
tilsm ga irritated by Duval's float
lug ssnrlet neektie, or by the poetry,
or ~ mosivrs beyond human com
FFpiiension. h uncertain, but his an
Rsr uas positive enough. Believing
srui tearing up the ground. he came
furiuusly after the lovers. Poetry
ard seutim~nt collapsed and the first
isy a nature promptly asserted il
sf
B,dh I,nshs,l their horses Ia their
rin1-a .gs-si. but the prospect was
urt ehs~ung In fact the question
aNs th,- Would the bull or the
hprs-'. have the best Of il in a race of
arsT iwo miles u open prairie!
"tfo - gaining on us. and / am
turnInR .ick aud faint. Oh. what
shail ! liHf
-iai bel sF,arats He cannot fol
ie istiA tnd perhaps he may select
~
~u.iisuIy The shouts 81 the men
i-.hini sttractsd their attention. I'm
s..sua glaar..i fearfully around. The
tun har-rm=l she had noticed were
rfsuHuw 1n n a thundsFing pace: and
iEflrr .ha could cheek or turn her
hls-s. 1ns - them had risen IN his
sfirup AMI thrown lasso around
tie lnf,Tfiais~i animal II was now
thai Iuvprnor De Forest WA