Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-06-01

sent a thrill, akin to fear, through her
veins. 0a2EElGL - sOiFbLFEf "A
''Jealousr' she thought. and it flashed
over her thatrheFe7was the chance for
Varick's rsveAge, II IbeA 6hly Anevl
But Lpexer did care. 'Tshe said 10 her
self; '47eSert hitho way he nIeahA y H.
Rodney burned the package of letters
unopened. SEA .GOJZULll0 w
"She meant them to make mischief
between u.s. MignOh-n he said ;.and
She has failed In her purpose, thank
HeaveniiU hun .g.is-.. - h.uf -.-
but he.Vas doing Rose Sangerforl in
justice by the thought. .dShe had known
from the day they came into the cot
tage who her near neighbors were. She
was proud, and her pride had received
n cruel blow she Mas miserable, too,
and felt outraged and humiljated that
they SHOULD cdne TO 6aunt their b9ppi-
ness u1dssr Ihar lSepy ey0s. How often
her heart bad besnltorn by seeing them
together befoFp sAe Welded tothe. angry
impulse Midi ptanpfed thxtiO1e lact Of
retail retalialiiop, Rodney fFEpRfes Y0pld neysro
The cottage changed tcpants at mid
SuInmer. Nignon proposed giving an
inforhh dinner to very feVliIeqriaint-
ances when they were fairly established
in their new home at Riveffon. q y s
10 your acquaintanccs, Rodney. ]
have none as yet, We owe something
of the Kind 90 your partnei-s1 SUPPOSE. q
''Tendyke haS-said ,nord than once
that he would Ike the pleasure of meet
inS my Wife" Rodney aeGuiesced. 1t
did not appear that the social ostracism
which would have attended. them in
New. York, need follow here At the,
last moment. when the day arrived, 4
note csuhe With ,TeTlyke's rrgIests. = J
g SOr1y, " wrote Rodhey's pstrtaetZl
chow sorry, my deSr fellow, YOU will
never lutfVio K hear there isaE rise. In
Z. v. bonds, and we must dispose of
ours. business before PLEASURE butI
hope to reverse uir rude nexttiiie am
favored Z Izsas ere, on to thesend. 81.
- The Nnncr was Il success. The two
or three gentlemen. who-listened- to-
Mrs. ErAnh'4 singing affeuysarA, hhoI
knew Rodney already rs a genial ac-
quAintance, wept away ch2Fmed. -cr
II FIJI send. f8t married. ysistef- to1call
upon her. said one. ."Fve heard that
She Sss4 variety 'acreSs, ooicert siug@
cr, or something of that sort; but I'll
only tell Lucy that She IS tic wife Of.
our rising young banker. ThatiNviH be
all-suilicie6tf for hertz ei .,jED
b, Mrs. FranceIhRd grown reallyradiant
over her small triumph. Looking at
her, sharp Pang pierced herhusband's
heart. Could ;it Be- that she delighted
in this sort of thing? Would She ever
be quite as much his own if she had
even this small world to please? She
grew q little pale rs she comprchcnded'
the Struggle which was going ON in his.
mind " = fufT. - - "a" slTs.,
1T was for your sala Itriod tn please
them.' shc,Said. ~ Ifit -giyrs YOU. one
momcnt's Iuleasincss to 81 me in conn.
pany with these men, we will not have
them here again" .-f u3 IHtt I'D.
"Oh, Mignon; fairly hate myself for
being such dog in the Manager, but"
But he did not disclaim her sacrifice.
How could he help remembering that
her bright chances and sweet tones had
been used ~ befeol meny6noc, and fear
with 9 desperate, Piaking fear-that
the yFb5D 10 Conquer might wake in her
again. lt was not that he doubted her;
only thatin his selfish, idolatrous love-,
he would have her his, without a.
thought or look for any other in the
world. 'fft
Mignon was willing enoughto hrin1or
him. InF this Tetirement she found
peace and safety. Not even John Ten
dyke came TO disturb their quiet life
She hPl almost forgotten him when.
one day. months later, after fore
moons shopping, she found herself in
the vicinity of the bank, and yielded to
an impulse TO run in for a moment and
see her husband. sthagt tt
"Nlr. France in? I'll see, said the
clerk. not knowing that this was MIR.
Frances wife. ''He will be very soon,
madame" holding open the door of the
private Office, "but here is Mr.. Ten
DYKE who can attendto your business
nj once.n .E..,..' L.,. ..,,,....t
Mignon went smilingly forward to
explain. The. attentive clerk shut the
door behind her, and in the DINNER
light of the inner office 4 familiar form
arose, a hated voice strucklupon her
ears. al.
/ MY dear Mrs. France, this is along.
deferred pleasure. Alloy me TO intro
duce mSself-Tendyke, your husbands
partner1' I.ri.s- .fst Oh cf. ~
| She grasped at the back of q chair
which stood near for support; for this
was Varick. her arch-enemy, ard she
knew in that moment, as well she would
ever know afterward that he had plotted
her husbands ruin. tf f-t