Iron County register., 1883-06-07

You hadn't far to fall,'' he sneered.
"Your father"
My father never thought of putting
me to such vile use until you put the
idea into his head. And YOU deceived
Inc with your stories of righteous re-
venge. All the city was ringing with
the brazenry of the decoy, La June,
while she thought she was only play
ing the part of Haidee to your Monte
Christo.n
''Tell that to your husband, for in
stance, and see how much he will be-
lieve of it."
Instantly softening change passed
over her face.
My husband-thank Heaven!-
knows the worst, and loves me in spite
of ALL
Varick stood up, hat in hand, a mock
ing smile haunting the corner of his
mouth.
Come over here, then, shake hands
good-by. In that case you speak truly,
won't? Do you remember setting up
your will against mine once before? and
do you remember, obstinate. young
lady, what the result was? 1 thought
you would. Well, Mrs. France, 1 SIM
ply advise you not to forget that / have
fifty thousand dollars staked upon bring
inc YOU to terms"
Did she remember? 1t came back
to Mgnon like a sickening wave-that
time when she had rebelled and defied
him. 1t was when her whole soul had
been filled with adherence at finding
herself dupe and q byword, compro-
missed by the two men.whom, of all the
world, she should have been able to
trust. and she had passionately declared
she would serve them no more. Varick
had shown her then that he held the
fortune, honor and life of a victim
whom she had drawn into his net in the
balance, and made her compliance the
condition of sparing them.
Rodney walked home from the steam
boat landing in the late afternoon. The
weight which had borne upon his spir-
its all day lifted when he found her
standing under the trees by the garden
gate.
Waiting for me, Mignon? Signing
for me, if l am to Judge by that droop-
ing face. What will you do when l am
tied down to straight business six days
out of the week?'
Rodney" with quick intuition,
"your friends will not forgive you?'
If the fact gives you no more
trouble than it does me, darling, we
can laugh it down." he declared, smil-
ing fondly in her anxious eyes.
How hard it is to laugh down such a
fact, he was to learn sooner than he
thought.
A day or two after this they were TAX
ing long walk by the river road. Now
and then glittering equipage flashed
past. mostly family carriages belonging
to neighboring country seats.
Il shall furnish you with an estab-
lishment of your own one OF these days,
Mrs. France" Rodney was saying,
playfully. something on a more mag
niicent scale than the pony phnton you
see approaching. and
The words died there on his lips.
Two ladies, seated in the phRton, had
caught sight of these loiterers by the
wayside. Both were proud and one
was fair''-''young and fair thought
Mignon, with an old, old feeling at her
heart. noticing the soft curves of the
oval face and the bright hue of the fall
ing hair, as the black, liquid eyes of the
girl met hers and fell quickly away.
"Such a lovely young lady, Rodney
she said, and looked up to see him
standing with a gray pallor creeping
over his features. ..Do you know them,
then?''
Know them?' with quiver of his
lips. s'It was Mrs. and Miss Sanger
ford. wonder how they come to be
here? Visiting somewhere in the neigh
borhood, | suppose. 1t don't matter
much to us since they have given us the
cut direct