The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-23

mediately to her room, She lad pEo ceedua but few steps, when a counie a Indians suddenly confronted her Ans before she could divine their luten,ions cast thick robe of skins over her head | which esfectaally xtiaed her ouicries then lifting her from the ground they rapidly carried her away. Upon coming to the trail leading up the mountain side they placed her upon her feet, and forced her to walk with them up the m msuntaiu. only once pausing for rest. In a narrow Tavlne sheY stopped for a few moments. where she had, unobserved by her cap. sess, sesa fragment from the skirt of her dress and attached n to the tree, where it had akerwa'd been tound hy her friends From the ravine the iudi. ans led As. ss :Ae e!a .ese.s Aa., where from that time until her liberation from bondage by Gwynn Orton, she had been kept close prisoner.
 An occurrence st that character vas A very rare one in Carbety Canon, What tho motives of the Indians could havo been in carrying her otf. no one but owynn Orton could imagine. With A spiris ct generosity and forgiveness not frequently heard ot, he uttered no word that efiminated Viola BAyne, merely ] stating to those who questioned him. that ne had me, the indian woman on the lonely road that he had bccu led by her curious and suspicious actions. to follow her io her hut in the mountains. ~hcte he had found Linda DEs,elle as has been already stated.
 Much as he deSpiscd Viola Hayne. ho il 4 IA
 from the pain and mor,i6eatiea of pubic exposure and dlagraee. He believed that she had learned terrible. bitter les. son. and he would make an effort to ssve her, and when m kindly way he in- timated ,o her hts knowledge ot the part she had taken in the affair. she assumed the most indignant air. and with bold titfontery affected the greatest surprise a, such startling accusation. denying with emphasis all compliciy in the matter.
 To Viola Bayne revenge was dearer than Tito, and she had but one fixed nur. pose in living. Hated and desplsed bT the man she loved, p,tied by tho woman she hated, and toiced ,o witness the ,n. uinph ot her rival, she resolved by ono bold act to accomplish the work she had in mind by her own hand
 The evening EiteT her interview with G~ynp Ouen ahe determined to execute her plot. She was an adept in the use of the pistol, and being as bold and fearless as she was wicked and unsciupulous, she saw that wha, sae wished to do must be done quickly, and she cared nothing for the consequences that might follow her rash act, She loaded her revolver with \ steady hand. while \ smile of sa,isfac- lion and triumph was visible upon her face at tho thought of what she contem- plated doing,
 It was a moonlight evening, fcw fecey white clouds were drifting through the clear atmosphere and A light wind was rustling the leaves and ssayiDg the branches of the trees, as the woman started on her mission. The world looked strange and ghostly to her As she cautiously took her way by An uniie- quented path to the home of Linda D Es- telle, strange tfemor shook her frame, her eyes blazed with dangerous bill- liancy her thin lips were tightly shut, and she looked like one in whose soul lies the desire 10 accomplish some terri VAS HAfRRSIs s'Hc kSsfNlNN NAtA mantle closely about her and silently puf. sued her way until nearing her dcsjina- ,ion, whcn she paused and listened, She could hear tho voices Gi Linda D EslelIc and Gwynn OIton not very far asay. She had expected to hrd them wander. ing about the premises, and she was not mistaken. Her heart throbbed with wild delirious joy at the thought of her possi- be triumph. Se entered the grounds by an obscure way and secTeted herself behind small olump of trees, near the walk which led to the house and aioSg which soon she expected them to pass,
 There she waited with all the bitter ness of her soul, and her intense hatred urging hsr nn 10 the commission of the eontem plated e.ime. The minutes passed to her they seemed hours, and she could scarcely restrain ieTself from boldly stepping forth and confronting her rival openly. but her d scretion prevailed and she bidsd her time.
 A. last, wholly unconscious of her i'm. mediate presence, the lovers came slowly along the walk. There was low stone wall that ran along the edge oi the wsas near where the woman was cfouchsng, and as the two passed ny tney passeo iof a moment to view the the sceDe before them.
 Viola Bayne gsxsd upon the handsome features of her hated rival. She saw her brigh. eyes sparkle, and the look of hap piness that came into her face at every tender word from the man whc ssecd by her. She saw hes beautiful dark halr that fell over her shoulders In shining waves. The very beassy of her enemy maddened her. She could endure shs sight no longer. FFensied with rage shs pointed her revolver through an opening in the bushes, and without pa1sing to take deliberate aim, 6Ted.
 There was sudden flash and shats report, and the man feil heavily to he sroand. The bullet had missed the mark tor which tt mad been intended. Horriked al what she had done, 1ad knowing that escape was impossible asd A~,ar+iss, sunv,txhfs Vtnia BAv6e. Sssk.