The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-23

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 stand her ?"
 "l am sure that do, and am sorry tu say that do not even respect her"
 But do you not think that she would make you a better wife than lF'
 Never, Linda, never. What have said shall not wish to secall; for me there is but one hope of happiness, and that is of being able to call you my wife.
 He clasped her passive hand. For a fee moments the lovers regarded each other with glanccs that revealed more than spoken words. Then they nose and passing around the ledge, walked alcag the lake shore and joined the gay company.
 h those bsiei moments came the turn. ing point in Viola Bayne's life. The words that she had heard, and the move ments that she had seen had transformed her into beautiful 6end In some na- lures, there is but one step f,om the mos, ardent admiration to the bittaIest hatred. That step Viola Bayne had taken.
 CHAPTER m.-A JEALOUS woMAN'S RE vENGE.
 Viola Bsyas soos .s;c;aed the com. pany she had lett but little time before. and was pleased to observe that her ab. sehce had not been noticed. Linda D Estelle and Gwynn Orton returned a few moments after, and the three united with. the gay throng of dancers. The grove presented picturesque and lively scene, and all who were present seemed happy and delighted. The tace of Viola Bayne appeared flushed, and he. eyes spArkled with unusual brllllancy but those who noticed her, attributed her ap- pearanee to the excitement of the occa- sion. Nobody suspected the presence of any iil-feeling in her mind, or dreamed of the tornado of hate and passion that surged within her breast.
 A deceitful woman can seem inc ii ap- piest when she is most miserable. She can be most mild and condescending to those whom she regards with the bitterest haued; she can laugh when she feels most like weeping, and can appear the most friendly to those upon whom she would gladly infi,ct the greatest injury. No incident occurred during the re. mainder of that bright summer after. noon to interfere with the pleasure of the party. All returned to Csrberry Canon, without meeting with mishaps or mis- fortunes Most of the company carried home in their minds only sweet and pleasant recoliections of the occasion. Viola Bayne went home with her mind full of all manner of evil intentions, sud through the following night she restlessly tossed upon her pillow, vindictively plot ting and planning malignant, and mali. cious mischief. She felt in her very soul that nothing would be too wicked, that was l.. her power to perform, that would put her hated rival out of her way.
 A week, barren of any notable incl dents, went by, and then as have pie. viously stated, Carberry Canon, had a sensation. Linda D Es,elle had disap. peared in most inexplicable and unsc- countable manner from her home, and no one was particularly suspected of any complicily in that remarkable affair Three days later, a half breed Indian had found fragment of her dress, futtering from the rough bark oi huge tree that grew in a wild and rugged ravine, few miles from town, having evidently been placed there by design,
 A hundred sturdy men went to work, earnestly, guided by that faint clue. The hills, the ravines, the forest and the caves and crevioes in the lodges for miles around, were closely searched, but soih- ing was found of the missing girl.
 To Gwynn OrtOn the event was very serious .f ,ir. He continued the search long after it had been abandoned by all others. Alone he traversed the forests, and out of the way places, with an energy and perseverance that could only have been stimulated ard sustained by the love he cherished for the lost one. At last, wearied and disbeartened, he re- turned to the village, determined to closely watch every incident that transpired there, believing that if any one in Carberry Canon had had any part or complicity in the affair, he would eventually discover it.
 Nothing unusual occurred for three weeks. He had met Viola Bayne several times, and noticed something in her manner that greatly purzled him. He was keen and close observer. He had as yet DO suspicion of her, but there was Q sudden change in her conduct toward him that he could not undsTStaud.
 Doe evening whils passing along an unfrequented road in the vicinity of the village, hs met a strange looking Indian woman proceeding cautiously toward the town. The sky was clear. the full moon was gleaming, and in its light he dis tinctly observed her features. There was something 90 wicked and malicious in the look she gave him as he passed by her, that after proceeding for shost dis. tance, he was promp ed by a sudden i'm pulse to turn about and follow her. This he did very cautiously in order not to attract her attention. Alter making . wide detour, the woman entered the mouth of narrow glen, or rsvins, that terminated a short distance from the rear of Viola Bayne's home. The mys- terious creature, after noiselessly travers- ing path that led through the hollow, sat down upon the trunk Of fallen tree, remaining there as hxed and immovabie