Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-07-19

They had attributed Teresa's emotion
to the traditional Cupid's arrow. Moth
ing of the kind; the truth was that she
had long known Orlando. Almost every
day he passed before her windows; one
would have said that secret instinct
warned her of the young mans presence.
She recognized from afar his figure, his
gait and the careless incline of his felt
hat. Only she did not know his name,
knew absolutely nothing of him. To in
form herself would she not have needed
to feel greater command of herself? She
would have changed color at the fir
word. Then what would have been
thought of her?
Yet she dreamed sometimes of mir
acle; he was the hero of fairy tales. Her
affianoed, the husband of her choice, re-
sembled this passer by when she dreamed
of marriage-that is, always.
Was Monteforte an Antinous, then?
Certainly not. If it had not been for his
simplicity, his wit and his good grace,
the name with which his friends had
gratified him would have rendered him
ridiculous, but that he could not be.
His beauty consisted In a masculine
face with strongly marked outlines; he
breathed strength, health, good humor,
and 20 years old.
When he met Teresa at the Rienzis', he
had never seen her; that is, he had not
noticed her.
Whatever others might say, he did not
take seriously the emotion that caused
her to faint at that time in his arms. he
attributed this illness to the heat of the
day.
As he lived very near the Rienzis',
Monteforte went to the studio almost
every day in order to learn something.
The young master had taken him into
his friendship, as did all those who be-
came acquainted with this honest fellow.
The lovesick Teresa profited by this
godsend, and went also every afternoon
to see the Frenchwoman.
And that without false shame and
without scruples; for jealousy had al
ready mingled with her love, adding
fresh fuel to the already raging fire.
She wanted to distance Rosa Falcone.
The latter, she thought, must often meet
the young man at his fathers.
In which, however, she was mistaken,
exaggerating the danger.
Orlando stayed in the house so little
that he scarcely knew his fathers friends;
and as for the pupils, who were not very
numerous, he did not see them. His
father had never permitted himself to
be disturbed during his lessons, which
were either gratuitous or paid for at
very high prices.
Without any doubt Rosa would will
ingly have married this honest, hand
some fellow. She even thought OF it
very frequently, but she allowed no one
to see this, and, more reserved than
Teresa, less spoiled, or, to speak plainly,
better brought up, Rosa rarely visited
the Frenchwoman, and never knew with
certainty at what moment Orlando was
to be found there.
The Rienzis took care to use their in
fluence In neither direction. Young as
they were, they already knew many
things, and said to each other that pru-
denco and equity required them to re-
main neutral. No one has right to
deprive person Of his dream in order to
create another's happiness.
And then Nine. de Rienzi, though alone
in this, was unconsciously getting at
tached to Teresa. This young girl moved
her by the somewhat savage depth OF
her love for Orlando and by her sincere
impulses Of friendship.
How various the sensations in events
outwardly similar! As Balzac las said,
"The heart is full of storms" This
nervous girl was shaken by passion. She
exhausted herself in struggling in the
void, jealous of everything, weeping In
her efforts to awaken something in her
favor in the soul of Orlando, who saw
nothing or was unwilling to see any