The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-08-23
CHAPTER v.
Batter be with the dead,
Whom we. to gain our place, have sent to
peace.

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Whom se. to gain our place, have sent to
peace,
Than on the torture of the mind to lie
In restless ecstasy.
cost. and carefully planned amusements
could make any social entertainment a
great success, this second Christmas
Day at s%ilverton Castle must certainly
have put all other events of the kind
completely in the shade.
The servants and tenantry We're not
so well cared for as in the past, it is
true, for Grace had given orders that
they should put off their merry-making
till after she vas married, when they
could eat and drink. dance and sing, to
their hearts content.
All the gueSt-c!lambers in the castle
We're full. and the eight bridesmaids
who, We're to attend the bride on tho
coming day were here with their moth
~ers or sisters or chaperons, each one Of
the eight looking forward to the time
When she herself should take the lead
ing part IN a similar ceremony.
Grace Ljiburne had not been very
%Judiclous in the selection of her brides
| maids.
The pretty desire to triumph over her
friends ana to create envy and jealousy
prompted her to invite Miriam Hind
man, u brilliant brunette. who rumor
whispered had won Victor Gay
herds heart, and he was only saved
from marrying her by her father losing
the greater part of his fortune.
Mr.. Lilburne had objected to Miriam
being invited, and had suggested a
cousin of his own in her stead: but
Grace was obstinate. she had made nm
her mind TO invite Miriam, and Vic
tor could only hope that the invitation
would not be accepted.
i3ut mere again he was disappointed,
and Miriam came, looking seductive
and brilliant as a humming-bird. +
eous with jewels and costly dresses, and
giving confirmation to the report that
her father had retlived his fortune, and
was now 4 richer man than ever.
am afraid that Grace regretted her
opstln%cy when she saw how fascina-
tlnglly beautiful Miriam was, and GER
taEnly she was genuinely jealous when
sle observed how Victor's eyes follow
ed tue girl who had still the power 10
make him forget everybody else when
she was present.
Miriam knew that Grace had not in.
vlted her out of affection, and that she
had no nobler aim than a desire to
fnortiTy and humiliate her, and she de-
terrnined that the pain should not be all
on one side.
On her arrival at the castle. Miriam
.psrsistently attached herself to Mr.. Lii
burne. She gave him her sympathy
with such witching tenderness, she con-
doled with him at being about to lose
his second daughter, and then she be-
gan to talk Of dear Kate, who had been
her most intimate friend.
I am quite SUR that Kate is alive,n
c1n SAID SlJIHaylN ,1 yc;,,rr 1,@- 49, =
that all the others in the small tea-room
could hear her.
Grace frowned. But Miriam paid no
heed to the frown as she continued:
as. am quite sure she is alive. I
dreamed OF her last night. and my
dreams always come true. We Shall see
her soon, | have no doubt OF it.n
If you nave nothing more substan-
tial than a dream to found your assar-
ton upon, j think it is a p;tvyou should
make IT. said Grace with cold severity,
= don't see why: my dreams have q
strange Faculty for being fulfilled. But.
ny tie WAY. Isn't there some mysterious
passage OF chamber in the old part of
W" castle, or WIS it destroyed when
nos oi The place WAS Rebuilt"
'etie looked at Grace as she spoke, but
III was MI. Liburna who replied:
II nsye* heard OF ANYTHING of the
Kind. SiiTerton is singularly free from
romance. We iiars not even the dis
iine4ton of poss. sssing a family ghost"
mere Is, OF there was, some myster-
ions means Of getting in and out of the
caStte,o said Miriam, shaking her pref
Y head like d wise bird laying down
the law to its featlsered friends. II
fo4fd ont something about it from an
on manuscript that papa has in his
library. wish | had brought it with
nis, bit III saf:i for it. Did ycu never |