Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

other hands Her father would never
have asked that. IL seemed such an
easy way to reclaim her when they made
the mistake of believing me Mrs.
/ Oliphant. She was dead and buried,
remember. before | knew. and it seemed
no great harm To wear the name for a
| little time, after word came Of the acct
dent which was OBTAINING YOU"
There was an Undesirable pathos in
her low. broken voice, in the great,
mournful ewes. Power. who had never
seen Mrs. France, had n sudden con-
| viction that she had been a much
wrUngpd woman; but over other
thoughts came the sudden, desolating
sense Of his own great loss.
He felt dizzy and confused. the shad-
Owy room grew DINNER. his head fell
back. and with n terrified cry MignOn
rushed To his side. His wound had
hurst out bleeding afresh and Mr.. Oil
/ plant had tainted.
a long season of prosiratiOn followed,
aud through il Mignon was his unwcary-
| ing nurse. The summer passed; the
/ bright. clear weather If the Southern
winter came, and still he fingered in
The house on Esplanadc street, not yet
restored tO full health and vigor.
Dana little foot battered in and out
! Of hi- room. her lispng tongue called him
} papa, and as Mignon saw how fond he
was If the child bitter pang pierced to
her heart. Some day he would 20
away and want To- take her baby with
him; she was rs sure of il then rs she
would be when the time came. The
mothcr-naturc rcbcllcd. She had given
her up once, she could never. never give
her up again.
Power left them i'm December for n
trip to Cuba. and while there, simple
tablet marked with the name of Rose
Mignon AlmOnt was replaced by a
marble shaft Sacred 90 the memory
Of Rose, dearly beloved wife of Power
Oliphant, aged nineteen
lie did not seek out any of his former
friends. Those business acquaintance
with whom ne was brought into contact
knew nothing whatever Of his private
life. His object was To effect n transfer
Of his services TO some other place; to
remain in Cuba now be- felt To be- impos-
siblc; and after some discussion. he was
appointed by the company he served TO
, place in Spain. Pending the final ar
engagements relating to this change. ne
went upon cruise among the smaller
islands. Touching nj Kingston ON his
return. he was surprised tO find himself
accostcd by familiar voice, To see
Trcdegar Almont before him holding
out friendly hand
"Thi~ world isn't big enough To run
away from ones friends in. / find. -
/ said the eN-gambler. rc~igncdly. Mig.
non might n well haze waited for you
in New Orleans
"ls she hcrc?" asked Power. eagerly.
"And little Dana? And running away
/ from me? That j. hardly Kind.
"Not Kind To whom?" asked Mr.. AL.
mont, calmly. IF YOU mean To- my
self agree with YOU perfectly. il
! cant make any great difference t.
YOU with keen glance. ''and Mignor
has never been particularly indulgent
| To herself. You know her sad history,
| j believe? She is Supcr-scnSitiye Oh
\ that score, has never allowed that mis-.
! taken idea of her death in Havana To be
| contradictcd, and contcmplatrs buryina
/ herself from the world and living unl,
for her child's sake. She credits yoI
/ with having designs on the little one
/ YOU see. ~
/ II must reassure her rs To that" sale
/ Power, and the way he did it was yer,
much Is the sharp-Sightcd Almont ex
/ pcctcd; and To- Mgnon he said.
." dO want Dana. but ! want Dana
mother with her. must have told vor
So. soon, for / could not sail without
Knowing my fate. | love YOU. low,
you - | never loved woman before"
IL did not seem to- him any diSloyali,
I 20 the dead To tell her thi.. lis low,
for Rose had been greater by far thar
Roses love for him, vet that love hat
/ been
"As moonlight unto sunlight, as water unit,
! wine"
in comparison TO the all-absorbing pas
sion which held possession of him now
Mignon trcmblcd before it,
"Iou love mc-mc"' she cried, in
crcdulously. "Ah. if YOU knew all yol
would hate me, despise me. pity me
and leave me-"
Il do know ALL" declared Power
confidently. Rose had no secret.
from me. Knowing al, | love you,
love you--I love YOU"
She gave him one glance. All, no
he did not know all. One part If tn,
secret known by Rose Saugcrford ha,
never been told him; if il were told {,
him now. Mignon knew that he wuul,
turn from her. leave her at any cost I,
himself. lie. must leave her, she sal,
~ berSrlf; and fried To- utter a firm re-
fusal of his suit, but her tongue faltered
I Der eyes fell; her conscious hear
ouailcd before the truth, that her owl
heart had gone out to him against he
own will
81 must refuse him must.' sh,
said. but she did not. She Welded. as
loving woman always yields, before
man stronger will.
They were married month later. an,
sailed for Spain via Panama. Powe
had observed before this shrinkin,
horror for everything which connected
her with her past life.
IF / could blot it all ont I could b,
happy now" she said To him, and n,
began the blotting-out process by givin,
her the name which always came mos
readily to his lips. She was Mgnon n,
longer. but Rose.
There had been no Intentional dccci
at first, but two wears later they me
senior Alvcrcz in Spain. and he grcctc,
them without a suspicion that this wa
other than the girliSh Madame Oliphan
he had known before. with complexion
spoiled by Yellow Jack and figur
changed by time.
Her hair, which came out after IN,
fever. had come in in Snow-whitc rings
blanched by trouble and rcmors
greater than Power Oliphant knew, an,
Il had been her caprice from the first {,
color It golden, the one vanity. her hus
band laughingly said, Of Mrs. Oliphant'
life.
As years went on, the tide of trave
brought quite n number of persons wh'
had known Power ELEPHANTS first wifi,
across their path. and no one fathOmet
the fact that this was not Rose Sanger
ford. They had never met one who ha,
ever known Mignon Almont. and there
in the secret lay. Fair. gentle Ros,
Sangerford's pretty features were sooI
| fOr.rDtfpn lint the hook Of tho sirep I 4.