Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
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psly uttered;
ill.,
then Violet Allyn was betrothed
u Danton, just one day after the
|troke that had left her fatherless.
vas but sixteen, and love as she
know it in later years, vas a
,,ace 10 her as yet; but her whole
and esteem had been long since
The noble man whom her father
oved during the last years of his
q son.
ii Danton was twice her ago and
|, mueh of the world, but surely
n any cline could his eyes have
mon q lovelinoss more perfect
bst Of his betrothed.
n deep mourning garb, her sweet
.,rrounded with its aureole Of pale
.aemed to him as fair as an
we're married, and a brief happy
;t,ed by. Though outwardly the
violet was a child no longer.
her now life and duties new
bts and capabilities had sprung
Immediate peing, and an emotion,
astering and absorbing, had taken
pinion within her heart.
love for her husband in its inten-
most frightened herself, and it
10 render her shy Of expressing
through actions or words, lest
lould appear ridiculous; and thus,
he recognized the affection that
tboughtfulfor his every comfort,
little dreamed Of the real depth
teuderness that filed his young
heart for him,
LOugh it occupied a large portion Of
he 70 attend TO the extensive estate
his wife had brought him, Car
ovn business interests, which he
retained, Notwithstanding his
" marriage, compelled his occas-
absences from home.
such times, at his desire, his
Maria Danton, about his own age,
therefore, much older than Violet,
led herself at Allyn Hall as COM
for his young wife.
Ina Carol have looked into the
he would ms soon have placed a
amid the bouquet of fragrant
which was his daily offering TO
6ie, as to have introduced into his
home M who came there with
(tention fully formed of working,
ame within her power, no good,
eadliest harm.
her lie, despite entire lack of
fragment, Maria Danton had
her cousin. She was very plain,
eenly sensitive to the fact, and
ID 0 demon of jealous hatred with
breart. But she had managed to
al 50 well her real feelings under o
ci cousinly affection and interest
Violet, as Carol, had been de-
had been at the Hall three
!, during which Carol had been
from home. His return was
tied at the expiration Of another
but, Unexpectedly, no came sew
lays sooner.
3 one evening, full of eagerness
once more the dear little wife
whom he had been separated so
longer than ever before, and to
her surprise, he entered the
|ng room unannounced, to find
there alone.
hour passed. Satan had placed
the coveted opportunity within
Danton's reach, and she used il
siltully, yailing her malice under
Pees Of grave and sorrowful con
that when Violet entered the
her fair hair clinging, wet with
pbout her forehead, and a shawl
bped her slender form, it was to
back in startled surprise at the
Fsion upon the two faces that met
les.
train laid, with an evil smile
made her exit from the room.
. passed, and NO sound of alter
penetrated the closed doors.
he traitor without smiled still
erlly as, a half hour later, she
the hall door close with a re-
blng clang, and o few moments af-
light football go falteringly, with
pauses, up the stairs.
per husbands natural query as
ere she had been thus alone at
late hour, Violet had replied
le was unable to give him an an
Pen she realized the suspicious
ere filling his mind, terror had
her, and she had vowed to him
here was no occasion for them.
pen give me the explanation /
he said. II will brook no secrets.
give my trust either IN all, or not
sielet, as your husband, / COM
you to tell me who it is you have
E1andestinely every night for o
me conclusion Of his sentence an
pant light famed in Violet's face.
zee now who it is that has poisoned
mind against me-" she cried. "No
pat Maria could have known so
concerning my movements. Car
you choose to believe and trust
dore your wife, / have nothing
g 70 say or plead"
men you refuse to tell me what /
violet, | have given you a hus-
affection; it surely calls for
1aing better than reserve and du-
n. For the sake of your own hap
and mine, i implore you to DO
innocence has no fear; it is
guilt that covers and trembles.n
though tears drenched her
l cannott tell you what you ask
inc answer Violet gave to her
|aads moving appeal.
re words passed, angry and bitter
one side, p~assively heard upon the
and then the husband and wife
|, and Violet was left alone in her
o0us home, a child in years, with
"aan a woman's heritage of suffer
ncSt morning. without waiting
FAREWELL to the hostess whose
Iess her secret spite had
ga Maria Danton left the Hall.
years have now run their course
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