Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1884-08-30

| passion OF any KIM, nelUner OF any lid
sentiment nor sweet enthusiasms, h
would think, apologizing to his ow
compunction. 81 like fire and spirit
and | do not know that / should b
Judged weak and blamable just be
cause turn to another for what sh
can herself never afford me-"
But perhaps in her quiet way Ami
suffered; perhaps in her opinionate,
way she believed that her weak ant
recreant wanderer would sometime
surely return to her affections: Ger
tainly in her independent way sh
never seemed to require the attention
that he had lately denied her. Sh,
went about her strolls alone sedat,
and prim and self-suflicient-a indie
fatigable explorer of all the picturesqu,
wonders of Garnwold.
Late one afternoon she paused il
the tangled hollow beside the LITTLE
lake, and reposed herself upon tn,
cool dry grass, listening absently t.
the drowsy rustic Of the leaves, ant
the lazy tapping of the water upon tn,
rocks below.
Presently the sound of familia
voices came through the wall of fir
before her, and as half unwillingl,
she peered into the glade beyond, sh,
beheld her betrothed husband and tn,
fair woman who had charmed hi
heart from her.
They were standing on the utmos
verge of the messy bank, she contem
plating the purple waters that glisten
ed far below; but the man seemed un
conscious of everything but her pres
ence-he watched only for the sof
bushes of the perfect face, and fo1
the coquettish smiles of the handsome
crimson mouth.
Suddenly he bent toward her anC
seized both her small jeweled wrists
You shall speak. | will be an
swered now," he said, passion in hi
dreamy eyes and sternness in his pol
ished voice; Il was warned agains
you; | was warned that YOU are
gilded sham-a woman who deludC
the hearts of men for their sport of 8
summer day. But | have chosen tC
believe you true. / have chosen tt
believe you can love as / would be
loved; and for all my faith in you
Celestia, | demand you end a suspense
| can endure no longer"
She struggled from his ungentlt
grasp and made little cry of coquet
tish protest. But at the moment an
another individual--a gentleman of ar
unpleasantly plebean aspect-strodC
across the glade and approached her
81 have been searching for yor
everywhere, he said irritably, as he
drew her submissive hand within his
arm, and with a grudging and boorist
sort of salute toward Al. Little
Rolly is dangerously sick again, and
have come TO take you home. l an
obliged to you, sir, for your attention
to my wife" he added, with a pecu
liar chuckle and another grudging ac
acknowledgement to the astounded Alfred
Luray.
The young gentleman could scarcely
as yet realize the significance of it all
but as the two moved away he lifted
his hand to his forehead and turned as
if to shut from his sight the crue
thing which had wounded him.
His movement was incautious, and
his needless feet slipped on the mossy
verge of the steep bank, and the next
instant he fell forward-down, ever
down, toward the glistening depths
below.
And moment later, Annie, from
her covert in the tangled hollow, be
held him lying, like one dead, among
the rocks, the lazy water tapping his
pallid face, upturned to the summer
sky.
Something more potent than senti.
ment, and more efficient than enthu.
siasm, served him now. A very prac.
tical and deliberate young woman
clambered down the perilous and
difficult decliyity: a strong VOunp arm