The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-23

berry Canon, and that was that she had been forcibly carried away. She would not have gone alone to that place undo any circumstances. Her abduction was the result of some deep-laid, precon- ceIted plot, and the deed had been prompted by some motive as wicked as II WAS mysterious.
 CHAPTER IAN UNEXPECTED DIS | C0VERY.
 There is nothing more malicious than a woman's hate; there is nothing tha, will drive one to greater acts of wicked ness than womsn's jealousy; woman can never forget nor forgive the triumph of rival. She will leave nothing updone that is in her power to perform, that will win to her side the man whom she loves. A woman of intense feeling who is with out principle, or a sense of moral respon- ability for her actions, will neither hesi- tate nor scruple to employ any means that may be st hand to effect the discom- 6:ure of a rival, or to put one whom she intensely hates out of her way.
 There was one woman in Carberry Canon, whose lack of moral principle was only equaled by her intense and vindictive hatred of Linda D Estelle. Her name was Viola BAyne. She was the daughter of wealthy miner. Her mother was Mexican woman, and from her Viola Bayne had inherited both her peculiar temperament and crafty and treacherous disposition. She was a handsome woman, but without culture or refinement. She had the craftiness of fox, the treachery of cat, and the sub- tlety of a serpent. She had few of those amiable qualities that are common to her sex, and yet she had many admir- .rs perhaps with the single exception of Linda D Estelle, she was the most popu- lar woman in Carberry Canon.
 | A woman can submit to almost any thing but the success of rival She can school herself to diversity, accustom her self to grief and care, nor complain ofthe bitterness and sorrow of her lot in life she can forgive an insult and forget a wrong, but the triumph of another woman who opposes her in the accomplishment of some fixed purpose, offends her be- yond expression, and the hatred and ill., will she bears is satisfied by nothing on earth but the humiliation of her enemy, anu O NOs1t PtStN NiNNCiT OfEl HEIs
 have intimated that Linda D 'Estelle had many suitors for her hand, but to those who intimately knew her, she seemed to have no particular preference for any one of them i; but there are secrets in every woman's heart that she does not reveal even to those nearest and dearest to her. Beneath her levity and careless manner were many serious and solemn thoughts, and unconcerned as she ap- peared to those who regarded her, she carried in her breast one image that was intimately associated with her happiest thoughts and her fairest dreams.
 Cwynn Orton was the fortunate man. She thought him the embodiment of all that was manly and honorable. He was a man of education and culture, and had come from the far east to seek his for tune in those much fabled mountain re- gions. He had good sense and was de- servedly popular among the inhabi ants of Carberry Canon.
 !, Qf all tue clement. of a mans charac. ter there is nothing perhaps more gener. ally admired than hfavery. Every woman wants her love- 10 be hero, she admires pluck, discrimination and dash unless sbe is particularly strong-minded she is eonscious of her own helplessness and physical inferiodty. She wishes for one 70 whom she can look for protection in times of danger. A true woman would sooner fall in love with fearless and brave adventurer, than admire a refined and weak as herself
 Gwynn Ortsn was one of numerou. class of individuals who, nurtured and reared under the best of home in nfannces are by nscure gifted with rowing dispo. sition asd love for excitement and ad. venture. He was neither villain nor a vsgaboud, though by necessity often thrown in companionship with such per. sons !; he was fair specimen of the bet. ter class of California miners-a cool osatious, but brave and fearless man ir dangeTous situations. He had pariicu. lNiy distinguished himself in quietipf several public disturbances in CarberJ !Caacn. and his calmness. valoT and self possession had made him very popular among the better portion of the ;shshs tants of that vicinity.
 This man was passionately loved bJ Viola Bayne. Her eyes sparkled as sh< heard others speak his praise, and hel bosom heaved with emotions that sh< vas poweriess to suppress. In her ad miratiou fer him she found chanoe through which she suffered the whols current of her intense affections to flow She used every means in her power te win him to her side she put herself con. stantly in his way, but he met all of hel 1 advances with the commones4 civiIIfy