Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-03
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home OF Isabel Vernon luIy most in
tiInatn school friend, and nothing O c
curved t1 mar our happiness. and no
thought came Of the terrible tragedy
that Has >onu 10 trail its dark shadow
gyrr us, until the fatal day on which
lssg., catered the eNQUisitgiy furnish
ei UuGdulr where lusz Naslucz and
my, were seated near the open win
dow engaged IN working a Hover on
bro. Iglutn. and said.
''lIHI-. N," arc sUoI 20 have ~ aGdI-
lion 3D. % Hulc party. for papa brs
invited Madeline lllr0nigl The Ga1gh-
tsF oi his Old friend Col. HafleigIi. 10
remain d guest az Sea Wow while
her ia,lar gu4 mother aTy abroad for
The change 60. air prcscu. Z Gy their
physician ,ur'AiIN. harigigh, vino Is IN
most delicate health"
Report say continued Isabel.
"iaAt Madeline is very beautiful, aud
tHlt all mgu bow down before and
worship her, i-l II she were q ~Hiut'
50 be clrsIUl. Inca saa added,
ro-tl,A-v a'.er q moments silence,
'tUai yuUr ycr, my handsome broth
cr Duel. do not do likewise.
-|.a uH uDue closely over her
w1gs hUt not before / had noticed a
n nr0n, -ieam ia hcr dgrG rvr4 that
cOu.4 bod no good 10 Mld0lIUe Lar.
iclg.I u sac came 20 Sea View o. rob
her .lBezl Of handsome Cecil Ecrnon's
love.
Madeline ILaricigh was even more
beautiful lHau report had piutuuydler.
and when ! FIRST Uahg,a her Uu thcdav
oil her arrival o. Sea Wow. leaning
with picturesque grace against a vine
trei..s. whose leaves formed au eject.
iFe '~m" for her STRANGE. weird
beatty, while she mUrmuIed some
tH. % Casll Vernon, who eaS stand
ing sgsItg her, Iu Ire sweet voice
Eyls.l vas ul.c OF her great st, charms.
! "- d, D. mo- wonder t..i 4u ga1rl
upoD her with such a look Of passion
ale admiration IN bis deep, blue gray
eyp-.
The lg-traysuftb The setting sun shuup
through tie vine lrellis and touched
her heavy waves Of gold bronze hair
into g very aureOle Of light, and tie
wind blowing from the blue cleaning
sea beyond a drift Of r0schloom into
her lily fair face, while a dress OF some
soft blue material. trimmed with
foamy cascades Of lace, iloatcd in bill.
lOwy lines OF grace about Der, maxim.
IN All a picture that made my gaze as
Il fascinated, Willie thought:
"SAo is a woman that a man might
well want TO love and cherish. and die
for if need be, that IA might know no
sorrow"
And while | still continued gazing
upon her lnez joined me, and She TOO
gazed upon tie fair picture that her
rival made standing there in the sun
set light, but with such a look nf bit.
ter hatred in her dark, starry eyes,
half yelled by their snowy lids, that |
shuddered with a half defined terror
Of | know not what.
Never before had | beheld Inez look
ing mor strangely and radiantly
beautiful.
For she wore a thin black dress,
touched here and there with vivid
scarlet spots that glared among its
dark folds like tongues of flame, and
in her heavy braids of hair that were
twisted IN the coronal about the regal
head were fastened tiny star-shaped
flowers of the same bright hue, while
upon her ivory white throat sparkled
a unique necklace, with a serpent's
diamond head that seemed 10 hiss forth
sparks Of fire, and c%irclets of the same
blazing gems were clasped around her
superbly rounded arms.
A rich color bloomed upon her
proud, lawless face, and her dark eyes
seemed 10 sparkle with wondrous
light, and, in short, she seemed the
very personiication Of living, glow.
ing sunshine, beside which Madeline
Harleigh appeared as a cooi shadow,
or moonlight shining upon snow.
IL would have taken one more
skilled in reading the human heart
than myself 10 decide, after that night,
which Of these two strangely beauti-
full women, each such a contrast TO the
other, handsome Cecil Vernon adj
mlred most, for he seemed TO divide
his attentions equally between them.
For many days | watched and wait
ed for some sign that would betray il
10 me; but / found my task a vain
one, for he would turn from lncz after
a gay passage of witticisms 10 enfold
Madeline ia her soft blue wrap If she
sbivered in the cool night air, and
then, after a sentimental discussion Of
TennysOn with her, lac would as
quickly turn from her TO Inez again
TO throw about her the crimson wrap
that she usually wore because it was
30 becoming 10 her dark, glowing
Spanish beauty.
But at last the time came when !
knew for a certainty which Of these
two beautiful women held his heart in
her Keeping, aud never can time blot
out the memory 81 that night
IL was the night On which q gay and
brilliant party had been invited To Sea
View to witness ON tableaux that
were lsabel's conception. The last and
most beautiful was 10 be the M n
titled Tho Jealous WIFE"
When / learned that Inoz bad been
chosen 10 act the part Of the jealous
wife. and was TO stand, half concealed