The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-08-14

gold, seemed ~ him Is fair aa a.
4 angel q. y
They we're married, and d brief happy
year fitted b. Though ontwardly the
same, Violet was 4 child no longer.
With her now life and duties new ~
thoughts and oapab ilities had sprung
into iirnmed date being, and an emotion,
oyermaste ring and abs rbing, had taken
{ its dominion within her heart.
Her love for her husband ID its iinten-
bitys almost frigh tened herself, and it
\ served to render her shy Of expressing
herself through actions OF words, lest
sshe should appear riidicu1ous; and thus,
though he cognized the affection that
\ was sos though tful for his every comfort,
Carol little dreamed Of the real depth
IF the tenderness that filed his young
& wife's heart for him. 3::3
Though it occupied q large portion Of
Ibis time to attend to the extensive estate
which his wife had brought him, Car
rolls own business interests, which he
! had retained, no thWit hstanding his
wealthy marriage compel lied his occas-
ional absences from home ss5g3s5
AT such times, at his desire, his
cousin Maria Danton, about his own age,
and therefor much older than Violet
Install ed sherself at Allyn Hall as com
xpaMon for his young wife. n:
Gould Carol have looked into the
future, he would as soon have placed q
viper amid the bouquet, Of fragrant
flowers which was his daily Offering to-
4 his wife, as to have introd uced into his
4 happy home one who came there with
the intention fully formed Of working,
\ il il came within her power, no good,
but deadliest harm. g 57.s3s1tass
All her life, despite entire lack Of
encouragement, Maria Danton / had
loved her cousin. She was very plain,
and ksenly sensitive to the fact, and
aroused . demon Of Jealous hatred with
lin her breart. But she had managed to
i conceal so well her real feelings under q
egarbS OF cousiilly affection and interest
that Toilet, as Carol, had been de-
ceived. 4. IL
She had been at the Hall three
weeks, during which Carol had been
away from home. His return was
expected at the expiration Of another
week, but, unexpeet dly, he came sew
eTal days gooner. "
Late oneeyening fuu OF eagerneas
+, to zee once more the dear little wife
from whom he had been separated SO
4 much longer than ever before, and to
enjoy her strp prise, he entered the
drawing room un anno un;ed, to find
i Maria there alone. rs
An hour passed Satan had placed
at last the coveted opp ortunity within
4 Maria Danton's reach, and she used it
$50 kilIfnlly Yailing her malice under
AN aspect Of grave and sorrowful con-
4 Germ, that when Violet q entered the
room, her fair hair clinging, wet with
dew, about her forehead, and shawl
anValoped her slender form, it was to
Z shrink back in startle surprise at. the
expression upon the two faces that met
her eyes.
Her train 1aid, with an evil smile
Maria made her exit from the room:
Time passed, and no sound of alter
i cation penetrated the closed doors;
But the traitor without smiled still
more eyilIy as, q half hour 1ater, she;
heard the hall door close with q rer.j
( sounding clang, and d few moments af-
Isl, q light foot fall go teringly with
many pauses, up the stairs. n ,s5
TO her husband b natural query as
to where shea had been thus alone at
such q late hon., Violet had replied
that she was unable to give him an an.
/ swar.
When she realized the suspicious
q that we're filling his mind, terror had
seized her, and she had vowed to hin,
that. there was mo occasion for them. sa5
Then give ME the explanation i
aak. = he said 81 will brook no secrets
sI can give my trust either n al, or not
sat all. Violet, as your husb sham, Icons
lmand yon to tell me who it is you have
met clandestine every night Tor q
g..At The conclusion Of his sentence an
ndignant Light famed id Violet's face.
saI see now who it IS that has poisoned
;yonr mind against me, she cried. No
one but Marin could have known 50
much concerning my movements. Cars
rol, IL You choose to believe and trust
I her before your wife, have nothing
further to say or plead.
ask Violet. have wen you d hus-
band afactlen if aurely calls for
something better than reserve and dn-
4 plicity For the sake Of yonr own hap-
I piness and mine, y! implore you to be