The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-07-04

eiulule irleuuS. lie Hltllef oil tie
girl was supposed to he wealthy; he
was the owner, apparently. of IL
statley home, and lived luxuriously;
but the fact was, all hisproprrty WIS
heavily mortgaged to the father of
the young man.
1.-The young mans father,licd, and
by the terms OF his fathers will, lie
was compelled to make the girl his
wife, or lose the wealth his iatherlicd
possessed of. The terms of the will
were:
"I give and bcqueath oil die
possessed 0t to my son OH condition
he makes the daughter ofCi,rk Ner-
non his wife. II he refuses to comply
with these terms, leave him 81; the
remainder of nil my possessions to
he divided among my nearest ol kin. ,
"Dinnc. the young man was heart
free ut the time, and the girl WAS fair
us Il poets dream. II he refused <,
comply with the terms OF the Will he
not only bcg9gare'l himself, hut her,
and so, without much serious
thought, he asked her to he his wife"
He paus II II moment.
"Diane," he said slowly, "aitcrdicd
that. lie met another. and learned
what love meant. For love of am.
Other woman he wils wilin" To for.
felt all. Diane, what should IL. do,
us an honorable MANI"
A long, long silence, silence in
which the girls face grew palliu, TIL.
lovely eyes darker with pain. white
the man watcllc,lller, hoping against
hope. What was all earth to h,in m
comparison to this dark-eyed .,rl?
"Whut should he do?" she sand
slowly. "what could he do but keep
his troth to his promised wife,"
He knew il would he her answer.
and yet-his passion conquered him.
81 cannot do it, Dinnc!" he cried.
"Oh, my love! my beautiful love,
cnnnot give you up!"
"iou cannot give mp what YOU
never possessed" she said. with Il
taint smile; "and. RnlSton. your hon.
or is ,learcr--iu:, Ii" dcHlrr to yo,,
than all else on earth. as it is to lnr:
and and we must part. Our paths
liz far iSundcr.
Her voice wls low and faint, but
clear, and lie knew she meant it.
Their paths lazy !;,r apart.
Without IL wOr! he drew her to-
ward him and pressed his Ii ps to hers
in one long. ln,ssinnnte ra.-cSs, unl
she did not sny him nay.
GAS We kiss he dead. Dianc," he
said. And then: "Good-bv, sweet
heart, goo,l-by"
And Diane Leigh wls alone ON the
beach, the murmuring waters nj her
leet seeming to repeat the bitter
bitter-swret farewell:
"Good by, sweetheart, good bv.'
Three weeks later Diane stood Hi
the drntll-hpd of the man whom nlI
her life she had believed her tat her,
and there heard IL tale that blancl,rd
her beautiful face with the tcnpta-
tion it offered her.
Out under the stnrl"ht she fought
again the battle with her heart.
The temptation luturc her WAS bit
terl.y strong
She could go to the man she loved
and tell him all. lie would not los"
his birtllriglit. aud sle-;.h. could
she give Him up-coul,l she throw
wealth and love away together Tor
the sake of Itnlston st. CInir's hon.
orr
"iour honor is dearcr to mo tlnn
lie" she llnd said to him. Come
veal or woe I:lnine Vernon should he
his vile.
"I'or loves sweet sake will he
silent she cried; "my hand will never
hold the tantalus cupto my ,lnriing's
lips. ! will drain it myself in silence. =
And SO the story told heron james
l.eigh's dratll-bcd was the secret of
her own heart.
So Elaine Vernon's wrtl,lin".,lav
drew near, and Dianc's beautiful face
grew strangely pale. her proud, dark
eyes heavy with unslt,l tears.
81 cannot bear it, sllccrird. std MI
ing on the lonely beach.
stretching out her hands to
blue waters meeting the hori
"Oh. my love. my love, how. ha,
known you. r;,n lie ever hr the
to me again and YOU and a,,n
The wedding day ,lawncd clr;lr
bright. but standing mt the win
of her ,lressiny-room. !, I:lin, pres
ment of coming evil fell over FL
Vernon.
Sh. pushed back the so!,
waves Ot her hair that fell arc
her, and turning rom he win
walked slowly up and down
room.
"Whnt has come over mr.''
murmurcd: lis there any harm in
taking the goods tlln gods send me-.
was only Il child then. nlrl-all,
heaven, | must have bcen mud4,,nd
yet loved him."
''Inronsistenry, thy name il womnn3
for as til" words lett her lips I:lAilr
Vernon sunk down on her knees. her
slender form shaken with sol.s, the
memory of II dream long dead and
gone conqu"ring her for t..r moment.
"Why not welcome the goods the
gods send me she repeated. "lInd
he lived would have gone back to
him: but when this temptation came.
! thought it best to let the lead past
bury it's dead and he silent
Three hours later she ste od before
the altnr to pledge her faith to Raj
ston st. Clair-Iialston st. Clair.
whose strangc pal!or could not pass
unnoticrd, and more than one pres
ent remarked it, and vet she wns fair
as a poets dream, thi; girl Iinwas to
we'd, in her robes of shinnmcriug sat
in, the costly bridal veil Shading. tho
prnrl-fair face, cerulcan eyes, and
glistening hair.
"iou take this man to be your
wedllcll husband"
Slowly and impcsSivcly the solemn
words rose and fell. and then:
'''lic lady can scarcely do that, as
l claim that relationship to her al
ready"
And Frank Denver stepped to the
girls side, his eyes resting full on her
face, compelling her to meet their
glance.
One glance. 1t was enough. She
stretched out her hand with n low
cry:
"Frank, oh, Frank, l believed you
dead!'
And then she lay white and sense
less ut his feet.
Two hours Inter Rulst0n st Cl,;r