The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-09-12

sishAd '0nly ha Is &C good. so very
good TO mellow can / choose but 10
wish him happiness"
And she stopped and kissed AIRED rose
bud that she held, and which he had
given her.
That instant a voice fell on her ear
and a firm hand grasped her arm.
"Do You kiss the flower for Its own
sake" asked the voice, cor for the CIV
er's?"
Poor Lilly started guilty.
"The-the giver, madame?" b fall
tered. AZ do not understand"
Mr.. MILFORD gave you that rose, l
saw him. He is ny betrothed husband.
Miss Deane, I take you for a foolish,
thoughtless girl, rather than a wicked
or a heartless one. l have resolved to
appeal to your sense of right-your
honor. Mr.. MILFORD is engaged to me.
| / love him and will never give him up.
His fancy for you a only resultin your
| dishonor, for though you may steal his
heart from me- and make me w~retched,
you can not win his hand. That is en-
gagged to me, and I Will claim it."
Lily, with white face and great dilat-
ed ewes now suddenly, with n sharp
cry of pain, fell down fainting at her
enemy's feet.
The blow had been so sudden. With
cruel, pitiless hand Mrs. Vane had
placed her face to face with the secret
of her own unconscious heart.
She knew, in that moments anguish,
that she loved George MILFORD, and that
he was the promised husband of an
other.
Farewell, love! Farewell, hope!
Farewell, peaceful home, in which she
had found brief, deceitful happiness!
1t seemed, at first, as if she had said
farewell to life itself, as she lay, white
and motionless at Mrs. Vane's feet.
She was such a slight girlish creature
that that lady managed to lift her to the
sofa without help, and was bending over
her and sprinkling water on her white
face when the blue eyes flew wide open
again and consciousness returned.
The pale cheeks grew crimson instant
~, and she drew her little hands away
and spread them over her face.
"Oh. madame, what must you think
of me?" she cried with a burst of pas
sionate sorrow. 20, I must leave this
place."
Mrs. Vane's black eyes flashed tri-
umphsntly.
Il was sure you would see the neces-
sity for that" she said. after what l
have told You, this is no place for you.
You owe it to your own self-respect to
leave Immediately. And to do you JUS
tice, / must confess that my cousin has
not been free from blame. / have heard
him make you idle, hattering speeches
that might well turn a young girls head.
But it is the way with men child. If a
girl shows her preference, as you have
shown yours, they viii amuse them
selves at her ~expense-eyen the best Of
them. / hope you understand. now,
that no good could come of TT.
Lily had risen from the sofa, trem-
bling violently.
81 did not show my preference I'M
sought" she said, with bitterly wounded
pride. "I thought MIR. MILFORD too
good, too noble to trife with a woman,
even though she were only a COVER
ness. He gave me cause Il think he
cared for me; yet"-anxious to excuse
and Green him-"yet that may only
have been his kindness, and / have de-
ceived myself. It certainly is so, since
he is engaged to you. / have no wish
to reproach him, only let me go away
at once. Spare me the pain Of meet
ing him a~gain-this man whom /
thought the very soul of honor, but
who,it seems, could tritie with a friend
less girl w When he was vowed to
another woman. Oh, let me go at
once!s
Nothing could have suited Mrs.
Vane SO well.
II shall place no restraint upon you
my dear" she said. II see that I can
trust your honor. But where will you
go?D Not that she cared at eli except
as q matter of precaution.
ITO London. / have money enough
to live until / find another situation
sAHd viii interest myself to get you
one. You shallfnd warm friend In me,
be sure Of it. You and j, dear, hare
not wronged each other"
And the deceitful woman actually
pressed a kiss on the pale cheek Of tshhse
girl whose life's happiness she was plot
ting to- Iestroy.
For Mrs. Vane was in the best OF
humors, her plans having succeeded SC
well.
Her victim had offered no resistance,
and expressed no doubts.
"And only let me get her out Of Che
way" she Thought, che viii forget her,
and the field viii be clear before me-"
So Lily packed her one little trunk
preparing to leave by the 5 o'clock train
that same evening.
Mr.. MILFORD had said that he should
not be home that night, and the poo
girls n anxiety now was to leay,
without again seeing him.
So, when her preparations were done
she stole down the garden to bid the
place whore she had dreamed such hap