The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-01-14
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IL Alfred cRAxoN.

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miss. .
Miss Marion Audley walked into her
aunt's artistic drawing room with q
& . slight has:ening Of the artiti cialllJy
1anguid step that had lately become
\ habitual with her. Isl
Agentlenan, at this particular after
L noon, meant soma one she vas con-
seious Of rather wishing g see than
otherwise s,sSs
She gave in passing q sidelong and
surreptitious glance sat q mirror, which ,tlvSa
reflected q satisfactory vision in severe
II elegant yisitin dress. and with a
most eptionable spring bonnet
upon well poised little head, and
raised her eyes to enc unter 4 straight
/ forward masculine gaze which caused
her to start back with q dark flush sud-
denly overs spreading her cheeks.
Owens Hilyar!' = iii5;s5
lYes. You don't seem very much
pleased to see me.
She did not; there was no doubt Of.
that. Tho young man camo forward
+ and took her hand.. SIS
Marion, come. Haven't you a
word Of welcome to;say 70 mop I have
looked forward to this moment so long.
and 80 ardently
HesWas very hand some and eager;
4 bending down to her, but to Marion he
only seemed, compared with the men
ahe Ind Of late been thrown in contact
with, uncouth and rough; and his
clothes had not the right appearance
at al. B
OF coursesI am glad to see you,
She said drawing herself away with
BADLY concealed impatience, s.but you
III took me 80 by surprise. ~ didn't ex-
spect you. ss5 .s5$
She turned from him and began re-.
4 moving her bonnet.
He looked q moment at her slight.
round form, thrown into delicious re-
lief with the two raised arms, and then
said in q changed tone: 3i5g
q thought the surprise might be as
pleasant e. yog as itsWould have been
4 TO me. .3 81
9 She made no reply. Good gracious!
81 And why need he be SO intensep And
why need he come drop in upon her
like this, without a word Of warning a
You expect someone, evidently
he hurried on. .sWho? Some MANI
Tell me, Marion! Why have you writ
4 ten SO little Of late, and such cold let
tersP Have you changed towards rn
ALE Have you forgotten usp''
Hc had approached her again, and
suddenly, with burst Of uncontrolla-,
5sble passion, stopped and seized her in
Y bis arms.
She gave low cry pushed him from
II her and stood before him with flaming
eyes.
How dare you!" she said, trembling,
with ange How dare you presume!
I have forgotten you in the sense that
you mean, if you must know all. II do
not SWisht to be reminded at all Of those
-slEftsJ before I loft home. The whole
thing IS hideous to me--the life, and
the place, and al. Aunt Hartman has
made another sort Of existence for me,
and Imean to Low it. I have moth
ing more to say, and Z hope you under
stand, once for all . z,5ss
s Hilyar had looked at ther very steadily
I while she spoke. He interrupted her
8 BY not SO much as the, movement Of a
muscle. When she had quite finished,
81 he slowly took up his hat and walked
!. towards tho door. AThank
you for opening my eyes. You have
y been very frank, e he said. She made,
unconscio usly, o faint movement to de-
M tain him, but the door had already clos
ed behind him.
Five minutes later, the person she
had expected to find on coming in from
Il her drive, and whose name was Frank
button, made his app aranca
He noticed that She look cd atrife pale.
he did not know that She was quite as
pretty for: it. And Mr.. Frank Button
was in matters Of feminine loneliness
quite a oisscNr. Or 50 lie conssi ered
himself. i
One bright spring afternoon two
years later, Mrs. Hartman was driving
up the Champs Elysees. IN Paris, with
her two nieceH Marion and Virginia
Audley. The latter had Only recently
enjoyed her fayors and tho advantage
Of her position and her stuns, but,
though not to be compared ii point Of
looks 70 her stately elder sister, had
already impressed her aunt with the
ii idea that after all, she might edo bets
ter than Marion.
To speak truth. Mrs. Hartman was
very much disap pointed I'm TINT young
lady. Had she not done every thing for
her, taking her from her plain home in
!, an obscure little town, and giving her
y two seasons in Lond onsand ono now in
Paris, and all under tho very bost
anspicesP And what had come Of it allP
She had had Il great ded Ioff success At
4 first. to be sure, and Ia a seemed very
sensible Of her priiyile ges and alive sto
tile duty incunbe bent upsn her Of making
S. the most of them. Blat then gradually
sheshad loat interest grown more and
~ more listless, and actually let pass
i three most except enable opportunities
such rs any sgirl In her right mind
would have Jumps ut Of settling her