The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-03

no vexation. ssBut after Ill I love Won
the moro dearly for your utter frank
ness always and in everything. And
You need apprehend nothing that viii
ever cause you one slightest regret for
me.S
And he meant what he averred. But,
nevertheless, as time went ON, he be.
came unmindful Of his promise mind.
full Of nothing but the fascination Of
one fair woman. the beck Of whose
small white hand had charm to lure
him wheresoever abe might will. He
did not quite mean 10 abiure his alleRi.
ance to another; he certainly had no
wish to grieve, nor TO sffront his prom
ised bride; but he was indeed weak
30 pitifully weak. and the temptress 90
very fairl
And besides, Annie seemed to have
become 30 placidly Indifferent to il oil;
she never seemed TO feel distrustful nor
negletted, but was always her sedate
and amiable self, maintaining only q
polite and mildly resolute reserve TO.
ward the captivating woman against
whom she ventured no more warnings.
Annie is not capable of any great
passion Of any kind, neither Of any fine
sentiment nor sweet enthusiasms," he
would think, apologizing to his com.
junction. ~ like fire and spirit, and ]
do not know that I should be Judged
weak and blamable Just because
turn to another for what she can her
self never afford me-"
hut perhaps in her quiet way Amic
suffered; perhaps in her opinionated
way she believed that her weak and
recreant wanderer would sometime
surely return to her affections; certain
ly in her Independent way she never
seemed to require the attentions that
he had lately denied her. She went
about her strolls alone-sedate and
prim and self -sufficient-an indef,stiga-
BILE explorer ofall the picturesque won.
ders of Garnwold.
Late one afternoon she paused
in the tangled hollow beside the
little lake, and reposed herself up
on the cool dry grass, listening absently
to the drowsy rustic Of the leaves, and
the lazy tapping of the water upon the
rocks below.
Presently the sound of familiar
voices came through the wall of frs be-
fore her, and a. half unwillingly she
peered into the glade beyond she be-
held her betrothed husband and the
fair woman who had charmed his heart
from her.
They were standing on the utmost
verge OF the mossy bank, she contem-
plating the purple waters that glistened
far below; but the man seemed uncon.
scious Of everything but her presence
he watched only for the soft bushes Of
the perfect face, and for the coquettish
smiles of the handsome crimson mouth.
Suddenly lie bent toward her and
seized both her small jeweled wrists.
"You shall speak, will he answered
now, he SAID, passion in his dreamy
eyes and sternness in his polished
voice; II was warned against you;
was warned that you are gilded sham
woman who delude the hearts of men
for their sport of summer day. But
I have chosen to believe you true,
have chosen to believe you can love as
l would be loved; and for all my faith
in You. Celestis, I demand you end q
suspense ! can endure no longer
She struggled from his ungentle
grasp and made little cry Of coquet.
tish protest. But at the moment an.
other individual gentleman Of an
nnpleasantly plebean aspect-strode
across the glade and approached her.
II have been searching for you every
where" he said. irritably, as he drew
her submissive hand within his arm,
and with grudging and boorish sort
of salute toward poor AL. Little Rollv
is dangerously sick again, and I have
como to take you home. am obliged
to you, sir, for your attention to my
wife. he added, with apeculiar chuckle
and another grudging acknowledgment
to the astonished Alfred Luray.
The young gentleman could scarcely
as yet realize the significance of it ali !;
but as the two moved away lle lifted his
hand to his forehead and turned as if to
shut from his sight the cruel thing which
had wounded him.
His movement was incautious, and
his needless feet slipped on the lnossy
verge OF the steep bank, and the next
instant lie fell forward-down, ever
down. toward the glistening depths be-
low.
And a moment later, Annie, from her
covert in the tangled hollow, beheld
him lying, like one decd, 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 enthusi-
asm, served MIN now. A very practical
and deliberate young woman clambered
down tho perilous and difficult declivity;
q strong young arm helped him to
grassy couch beyond the reach of those
deadly waters; . cool young brain soon
ascertained that his hurts were super
fetal, and steady, skilled hand ad-
ministered the draught that aroused him
to consciousness.
"What brave and clever girl you
are" he at length sold, holding her
fast, and regarding her with look of
gratitude and contrition that he fancied
she could not wholly comprehend.
She understood sufficiently we'll, how.
ever. But candid of soul and blunt OF
speooh as she was, she did not at this
crisis shrink from little assembling;
and she did not allow him to guess that
she knew the entire truth. Her poor,
weak, punished recreant had returned
to her affections, and she was not 10th
to believe that his amends would he all
that she could desire.
Il have notion, Annie, that I was
really infatuated with your old acquaint-
ance," he once said, attempting the pen.
itential explanation that lie deemed in.
dispensable; "but, my dearest, T."
She interrupted him with a peculiar
expression that rather puzzled him.
Il shall not allow you to fib to me,
AL" she said with peculiar meaning,
but with assuring sweetness. ~ shall
not credit your notions about what was,
after oil, only a vanishing effect, you
know"
Filings In General.
It is proposed 10 organize, under tho
auspices Of the American Social Sci
ence Association, during its next annual
session at Saratoga, September S-12,