Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-08-16

a mighty oath and the rattle OF his
sword. leaped from my seat and
rushed out between them, crying.
"Hold! Would you kill each other?"
only in time, however, to see the
sword of the Bavarian cleaning oJ>r
his head as he fell dead at my feet.
Although quicker than the Holland
er, his stroke had been too rash and
missed its aim, and before he could
regain himself for another the first
cool stroke of the lIollander had
pierced him to the heart. The latter,
seeing he was discovered, immediate.
ly fed, and | essayed to reach the
house, but fell midway up the path
in n swoon.
When consciousness returned it
was to feel some one lifting me ten
derby in his arms, and TO hear words
uttered in voice strangely familiar
to my ears.
"My God, is she killed?"-my little
love! my darlingr cried the voice.
opened my eyes and they met
Lord Stolholm's. ooh, it is n
dream" | thought, and closed my
eyes again. But no, it could not be.
| felt his arms about me still, and his
face bending close over mine in the
quiet solitude to which he had borne
me-
Ibid they find him." l asked, ex,
citedly, looking around.
Find whom" he asked.
"The Bavarian. The Hollander
killed him, and he is lying by the
grottC."
| He thought | was delirious and
| tried to soothe me At last | made
him understand the scene | had Wit
messed. Heconveyed me to the house,
and, after notifying the proper au-
thorities, again sought me alone.
\ The news he had communicated caus.
ed great excitement, but, by means
of Lord Stolholm's caution, my
name was kept out OF tie tragic &c
count.
Il cannot hone to comfort you
over the loss of one whom the love Of
your heart was given" began Lord
Stolholm.
"The love of my heart?" / repeat.
ed, bewildered. | don't understand
you, Lord StoIholr,."
pardon me, but were YOU not af
famed to the Bavarian? 1t was SO
reported.
''Neverr' | exclaimed. NOR ever
cared for him in the least, though
am sorry for him now"
And is it possible you are then
free?"
"Quitc free, and have always been.
Lord Stolholm. /"
''Strangel Your cousin Erene told
me when you lett Paris that you were
summoned to the sick bed of her low
er, and hearing that you were be.
trothed to theBavarian, it seemed
of course, only too true.
II have never been betrothed tc
any man." exclaimed, Erene's
duplicity impressing me for the first
time. Had Erene said that"
''She had
"And he had never loved Erenc--
never been betrothed toshpr?"
HE had never loved Creme, oil
liked her in the least Nor had b,
ever been betrothed to any woman
was the one woman lie had loved
from the first time he saw me. HI
loved me, and Inc only" heexclnimed
passionately. ''If were indeed free
would not be his-his own littl,
wife,"
All, as he thus speaks, how plainly
| see it all-Erene intidelity, to servl
her own vanity. Well, she was too
shallow to know the misery she haC
caused. | think not of that now
only think of the sweet present. i
is true that my lover stands by my
side-that | hear him say DER anC
DER that he loves me, and has loyeC
me from the first-that his eyes arr
telling me more truly still? The spell
OF the hour is sweet! The half-moor
shifting over the church tower near
1.!e sweet music issuing from the hall
the languid perfume of rare bloom
waited over the airl / fain woulC
suspend all these things as they ar
why must it change, dissolve
Why must life move on?
A month later | received weddiiI!
cards from my cousin Erene Tn
name accompanying hers was tina
of a Fre1chman, an old admirer.-
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper