Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-03

rival, THIS character having been rs
signed tp Madeline, while handsome
Cecil NcrHon, ~ the false husband,
lnclt beside the couch gazing upon
her with 81 look of the most PASSIONATE
admiration, a strange and awful feel
ing Of terror that | could not under
stand suddenly took possession Of me.
] stroyc Ia shake II OIL, but IN vain,
and So strong did il become NJ last
that ! went 20 Isabel and sought 10
diSsuadJ lur lgum having tie scene.
1T Mai up too muragPuus luoSipg,
Isabel, N-S aI The objection | could
| focbly utter, iu7 | dared not give voice
to the terrible thoughts that had come
TO me, t'lal were, aiter all, but a mere
suspicion.
"Foulish Edna, was lSabel's hugh
ing Response, Glow absurd for Won TO
imagiue that | will give up my hest
scene for such a Puritanical Cojec.
| toni
"ToumUrdcrou lcoGingN she added.
still laughing. WHY, that is just what
We want; something that viii thrill
the hearts uf q audience and cause
| them tu Ion" remember the scene.
Having u1 uIpTc that dared say, |
Don after went 10 my room To begin
making my toilet
Finding i - Ie O corly than |
had imagined it 20 be, decided, be-
fore drv-- ing, % take q short STROLL in
the beautiful grounds without, TO try
If the cool Ulghl air would take away
some Of my nervous headache.
Once without. / made my way to-
ward mg ,avoY.tc retreat, a lItt!e sum
mer house heavily dnped with vines,
! that commanded u most charming
view Of Use SEA beyond.
lhaa galg about .1lf way in tho
path leading tn II. when the sound Of
voices attracted ny attention.
| recognized them at oEce as those
Of Cecil Vernon and Madeline liar-
leigh, and. scarce knowing what ] q did,
| stood O. no rooted 10 the spot, while
Cecil, iU a voice thrilling with pas.
| siou, poured into the willing ears of
Madeline the story Of hls mad, alor.
ing love for her anil | brhrId Tie
| white, wr4lblNI face OF iu>s. that re.
seutblgd chat vi some licua .ucarnarr,
all ~uupgng-lygl bg the lovers. W"egIug
in upon them although tie heavy vines
t.Gt dgapui the summer nuu-s.
j. wa, 81 tltlH- uigilt for tirgt fatal
JctrOliBl ul Cecil and Madeline, for
She, after listening 10 his imprisoned
tale 81 lagc. lad crowned IL with her
promise To- become his wheat an early
day.
Oar: cloud cucpt over the sky and
yelled the silyyry glory of the moon,
and the rising wind walled il the tree
tops lse some doomed spirit, while the
sea waves rolled higher and higher
toward the shore like a mass of Inly
hlackugs. uuw booming with SulIen,
t~Guuaa'.uE ruJTs and tAgl dying faint.
Iy away - " chanting a rp4Ei.m lCt
the dead.
Ecgpigz in tladense shadow, OF tie
trees, with wildly tpgugli4g beast, ]
made my Uay. silently and uudClect
cd, hac, 10 tlp house. aud hastily
sought my room.
~sgumYulLg lIy maid, | ladc hen
haste altA My lu'ict, and when at last
twas coz p..isl went tgcmbjmgiy
through the Ions. softly carpn.cd cor
ndor am knocked timidly at Mcz's
door.
, When ! entered found her stand
ing before the long mirror, while hCI
maid pat the finishing touches to the
superb dress Of amber tinted satin,
with its dIuyeries OF richest black lace.
caught here and there with gold and
crimson roses that set off ler dark.
glorious beauty as a golden frame
does a rare picture, and that she was
10 c ia the tabluau,
surely | thought, with a shud-
der, rs ! gazed upon her marble white
face and wildly burning eyes, with
their lurid lights, she looks every
inch the character she is TO represent,
and, II she continues to do So during
the tableau, she will, indeed, thrill
with horror the hearts of all who gaze
upon her and make her acting appear
TO them for the time a reality"
''Oh, Ednal' she exclaimed, as she
caught sight Of me and turned from
the mirror. Il feel as il | cannot take
the part assigned to me; but" she
Kissed the next moment, more to her
self than TO me, do it | must and
willm
/ was about to persuade her 10 make
some pretext for declining to take the
part allotted to her, but Just then /
heard the impatient voice of Isabel in
the corridor without, and the next mo-
ment she had burst in upon US, eagerly
asking If we were not nearly ready,
and with that same strange feeling of
terror which could not define, but
which grew stronger within me each
moment, / was forced TO leave Inez
with my words Of entreaty unspoken.
A little later, when | beheld Inez in
the stately drawing room, where in
vited guests were assembled, she be-
trayed no trace of her past emotion,
for excitement had given a rich hue
10 her face, before so marble like, the
lurid lights had all faded out Of her
eyes, and sue passed from one 10
another, and paused at last beneath
the blaze Of the reatchandclier, where
Cecil Vernon stood with Madeline
Harleigh, her red lips were wreathed
only with the sweetest smiles.
"What "A superb actress she islb |
mentally decided, knowing as | did
the fires Of rage and hatred burning
within her heart, that the beautiful,
smiling face 80 artfully concealed.
At last the other tableaux were over
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