The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-08-30
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81 never liked her, and / am sorry sh'
has come to Garnwold."
"Why must every woman dislike an
other who happens to be beautiful o.
in any manner SUPERIOR" the young
gentleman, querricd, laughingly.
81 only dislike shams," the girl an
swered in her blunt and direct way
''and the gilded sham more than all.
And | shall be sorry if Celestial de-
lude you, as she has succeeded in de-
luding many another who perhaps
were less she hesitated, a delicate
pink flush wavering over her calm fea-
lures.
LESS what?" he inquired, smiling
still with a certain INDECENT equan-
unity, that her bluntest and most I'M
compromising candor could never pro-
woke.
'Less weak, | am afraid, Alfred, !"
she said, with astonishing composure.
"You are more candid than fiatter-
ing, Amie," he returned uneasily, but
with no vexation. ''But after ALL
love you the more dearly for your utter
frankness always in everything. And
you never apprehend nothing that will
ever cause you one slightest regret for
me-"
And he meant what he averred.
But, nevertheless, as time went on he
became unmindful of his promise
mindful of nothing but the destinations
of one fair woman, the beck of whose
small white hand had Il charm to lure
him wheresoever she might will. He
did not quite mean to abjure his allegi-
ance to another; he certainly had no
wish to grleve, nor to affront his prom
ised bride; but he was, indeed, weak
so pitifully weak, and the temptress so
very fair.
And beside, Annie seemed to have be-
come so placidly Indifferent to it all;
she never seemed to feel distrustful nor
neglected, but was always her sedate
and amiable self, maintaining only
polite and mildly resolute reserve to-
ward the captivating woman against
whom she ventured no more warnings.
''Amie is not capable of any great
passion of any kind, neither of any fine
sentiment nor sweet enthusiasms, he |
would think, apologizing to his own |
conjunction 81 like fire and spirit;
and | do not know that | should be |
judged weak and blamable just because
| turn to another for what she can her.
self never afford me-"
But perhaps in her quiet way, Annie
suffered; perhaps in her opinionated
way she believed that her weak and re-
creant. wanderer would sometime sure
ly return to her affections; certainly in
her independent way she never seemed
rart,ira tha o+toptionc that ha ba1 |
latterly denied her. She went about
her strolls alone-sedate and prim and
indefatigable ex-
plorer of all the picturesque wonders
If Garnwold.
Late one afternoon she paused in the
jangled hollow beside the little lake,
md reposed herself upon the cool dry
grass, listening absently to the drowsy
'ustle of the leaves, and the lazy lap
ping of the water upon the rocks be-
ow.
Presently the sound of familiar voices
anne through the wall of frs before
Ter, and as half unwillingly she peered
nto the glade beyond, she beheld her ;
,etrothed husband, and the fair woman
Who had charmed his heart from her.
They were standing on the utmost
erge of the messy bank, she contem- 5
Eating the purple waters that glistened 5
ar below; but the man seemed uncon- {
cious of everything but her presence
e watched only for the soft bushes of |
he perfect face, and for the coquettish |
miles of the handsome crimson mouth. a
Suddenly he bent toward her and /
eized both her small, jeweled wrists. L
''You shall speak; l will be an f
wered now" he said, passion in his il
reamy eyes and sternness in his pol t
she'd voice. 81 was warned against
on; l was warned that you are a p
ilded sham-a woman who deludes t,
he hearts of men for the sport of a |;
lmmer day. But l have chosen to be- a
eve you true; ! have chosen to be- N
eve that you can love as | would be t.
wed; and for all my faith in you, Ce- b
stia, demand that you end a sus- N
ense l can endure no longer"
She struggled from his gentle grasp t'
nd made little cry of coquetish pro- S;
st, but at that moment another indi- o.
gentleman of an unpleasant
plebeian aspect-strode across the Ell
ade and approached her. nj
Il nave Deeu SedrcHlnS lOI you ~
he said, irritably, as he st
Few her submissive hand within his m
m, and with grudging and boorish 70
rt of salute toward poor Al. "Little ia
oily is dangerously sick again, and | tn
I'VE come to take you home. | am re
'liged to you, sir, for your attention di
my wife," he added, with peculiar in
uckle, and another grudging ac- of
lowledgment to the astounded AL
I'd Luray.
The young gentleman could scarcely s,c
yet realize the significance of it all; ~
t as the two moved away he lifted 10
) hands to his forehead and turned, 80 ."
if to shut from his sight the cruel s s.l
ing which had wounded him. 40
His movement was incautious, and ~
} needless feet slipped on the messy w vI
rye of the steep bank. and the next e.
slant he fell forward-down, ever an
wn, toward the glistening depths Il
low r.
And a moment later Mamie, from -.
r covert in the tangled hollow, be- ;s ''
Id him lying like one dead among 90
rocks, the lazy water tapping his ~,
Hid face upturnpd IN the summer WI