Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-02

She is, the very picture ct whist Mignon
Almont trighthake become 3ifssAe had
1rosss and an Sc gesha9 = time ana
5 s.ste khsn td ~ Tx i NIL III
tkoaaht issoB hVkvakntil 1 remembered
that her AaiFsas black and this woman's
yellow Whoever she may be, she is
not Rose Sangerford. If it were posi-
bic to believe | could swear that she is
that arch-sorceress, La June herself.'
But it is not possible. Black hair
does not turn yellow, the grave does
not give up its dead.''
lit turns gray, as Alicia more than
limited Mrs. ELEPHANTS IS. And there
have beensmistakes made-impostures!
practiced as rank as that y
'And Alicia Power has talked you
into this said Launt angrily. Il
hope to heaven, Killuth, that you
haven't, between you, imbued the
madame with q notion so absurd.
Inwardly, he was resolved to put
check on Alicia Powers mischievous
tongue. If there was no other way Mr..
|. 0liph aasmusts betold sef her insinua
tons against his wife. but another way
occurred before the evening was over.
It was after dinner, and the party had
betaken themselves tothe grounds. The
grand pageant ofs aEsglorious sunset
streamed out of the western sky, and
Mr.. Harrington, strolling away by Sc
eluded path for the sOlace of his after
fdinnerf cigar, found Miss Alicia in a
garden-chair, a letter-or what APP
peared to be a letter-in her hand. So
absorbed was she that she did not hear
his footsteps until he was close by her
side. She started then, and crushed the
paper quickly from sight.
1t isn't love-letter," she declared,
with kitten:sh playfulness. Il dare
say you thought it was. | wonder, Mr..
Harrington. how much you would give
to know what it is.!''
II have no curiosity regarding your
correspondence. Miss Power, it would
be well for you to evince less in matters
which concern the family here. You
have promulgated ISLANDERS regarding
Mrs: Oliphant which 1 feel it my duty
| to check. l give YOU fair warning that
if | hear OF anything more to that
/ lady's discredit proceeding from you, |
! shall lay the whole matter before Mr..
| Oliphant.'
malice in the glance she gave him.
Tell him by all means. 1 think my
self that it is pity that he. should be
left in ignorance-a. shame that he
should have been imposed upon all
these years.
:. Imposed upon! DO yourmean to
II mean ,, to say eYsts s that / said al !
That Rose is old and faa6 fssnd dyes her
hair, and | stand to it all still. I'm not
one to 90 back on an assertion after
! I've once made it, II I must be mar
| tyr, I'll be a martyr to the cause OF
! truth
! She met his stern chances with de-
faint look. In, her heart, of hearts Miss
/ Alicia had always hated the gwoman
who had Two ~her~C Cousin 4s6mef,- for
having won him. She had wanted him
! herself twenty years ago. He never
suspected the fact, did not know it to-
day, but a bitter. ranking resentment
fingered still in the old maids breast,
and made it pleasant task for her to
impute all possible evil to her uncon-
sciOuS rival.
Launt set his teeth hard.
g 1t isn't pleasant thing to say to q
! lady, but.sMiss Power. you-lie!''
! Miss Power laughed scornfully and
shrilly, but a flame deeper than the
rouge she wore shot into ereheeks.
ITO BE Continued