Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-17
MARIE LAFARGE.


the Temple ever since we left Oxford.
We shared each other'stastc- and amuso.
msnts and were, IN fact, inscparablc.
1--WE seem 10 have done everything" TO
marked I, In reply to Raywood's question.
"Can you suggest anything newi'
"iet rs do some mountaiuccrln
I'VE have alrcady been TO Switzerland
twice"
"Yes, In tho ordinary tourist fashion.
What mean is, let IA 20 OIL the beaten
track and lind out new places for our
selves"
agreed" said I. 80 In few weeks time
we were OF to the Alps
After few weeks In Isccrnc. where we
had friends. we went south to NitcrlnlScn,
aud then sot out 10 wander among the lc..
frcqncnted portion u the Bernesc Obcr.
land, and II was IN this excursion that We
heard Of Marie iaiarpc
"well, we're certainly having good
time" remarked Haywood one day n we
trnmpcd along. "bnt No far we haven't had
single adventure"
eve arr ON the eve OF one now, perhaps,
for tho barometer IL going down rapidly.
and TO be caught In violent storm on the
edge Of this prvclpcc would be no Joke"
"Why, looL ~ the Flnstcunrhorni There
g. storm brewing suro enough. l. there
hvillagc anywhere about, wonder" said
Haywood, whose arlor for an adventure
lad cooled when be found II might be near
ct hand.
"Ycs; according 10 the map there are a
few huts about mile further on"
Lets hurry along. them and we did.
We reached tho village Just a. the storm
burst The hamlet consisted OF some half
-
rock.
We looked around for hostclry, but
Jaw none. We went up TO peasant WON.
an standing ~ tho door " cottage, or.
rather, a hut, aud asked Tor the inn.
There Is not one, replied she, looking
Astonshmsnt NJ the question.
"what do tourists DO. then"
They mover come here"
rs there no one who will give us
nights lodgtagi' asked Haywood In d.s-
may
ANY of us would do 40 willingly" re-
piled the woman kindly, but we have no
suitable accommodation. Mine. Llfargo
might put you up. sir. She has tho largest
house Ia the village. and mndamc never
loses the chance Of earning anything Ma.
dame j. not ono of NJ. She comes from
Geneva" added the woman dlspapgingly.
But madame Is IN such Distress inter
posed the y oman's husband. "She has
Just lost her poor siepdaughtcr In dread.
ful manner. There l. pa.on 10 feaF tho
poor girl has been murdered"
''rhrn Il would be- useless TO disturb the
poor woman" said !.
II don't know" replied tho peasant wo.
man, who appeared shrcwdcr than her
husband. "Mmc. lAinrgu is not one to mi,,
hchnnce Of earning money. aud never did
think her hcart WIS 40 sst on that girl
Marie as she pretended, II you oiicr her
good terms she'll smother her grief fog u
slime. Grief onn always hide"
I'VE will try, NJ all events; thank yon,"
raid !, and taking one Of tho womun'a chill.
drcn hs guide we went toward tho dwell.
ing of Nine lAflrRc
"whnt has happened 10 this girl that
your father speaks oil" asked Haywood OF
the lad.
with some clrcumlocu,ion he told n
story, which was briefly ns follows
Nine. lafargc who was widow, had
daughter aud a siepdHughtcr. The lat
Ter, Marie by name, had Inherited u little
fortune from her mother, aud, being also a
charming rlTl shc had been sought In mar
riagc by most OF tho eligible young men Of
her own and the ncghboring villages
Sho was a coqnotte, however, Ia an limo
cent, girll-h fashion, aud while not posi-.
lively dlseouraging amy. she gave accept
hnco to none.
A handsome. daring young fellow from
the next village, Max Reikmann by name,
Aeomed likely however, TO bc tho happy
man, and no and the ooquettlsh Marie
were on the point Of being bctrothed when
Marie set out on- line afternoon 10 meet her
lNyer and-neyer returned
This was about three weeks before the
day on which we arrived at F..
Whom do they auspectp asked Ray.
wood.
The boy would not say at first, but 1T.
tie crOss.cxHminntion eliclled the fact that
suspicion was divided between the mlscrly
htepmother, who had Inherited tho poor
girls property and the lover, who was
known to he ~ passionate disposition
aud desperately jealous.
Most people suspected tho lover, how.
ever, more than the stcpmothcr, inAsmuch
~ some friends who were spending the
day with Nine, l.afargo and her daughter
witnessed the departure Of Marie 10 meet
Max. Mmo, Lafarge, however, had left
her guests for short time after Marie set
out, though, as far ~ they knew. she bad
not quilted tho house. Max himself Gu
sNHN' Ah' hNAhf " NHN lshhFAsfh hll hput
later, appearing much excited, and asked
why Marie had not met him as sho had
promised
Have the remains ~ the poor gitl bcer
found yet" asked Haywood.
NO. II she fell over the preclpicc At IN,
point people think likely she never will b,
found. \ man Tell over last year and they
nave never seen trace Of him since"
Presently wo reached tho house Of III,
Iafargcs.
u wis the last In the hamlet, and stood
some What apart from the others, 1t looked
comfortable enough In It's way. Yet Z
ehll sense OF eerinCas, for which could
NOV account, fell upon mo ~ we enloret
The dwelling.
IN another moment forgot everything
'se M surprise nnl admiration.
ne 10! who conducted M had called oLt
Nh'h We entered the house, aud "a younf
sli answered the summons.
cue was The mo.t beautiful creature
had ever seen.
sAe had nassos OF rich yellow hnir--no
r'n' but the rral hua OF the precious metal
Her complexion was Of dazzling fairner
nnd her eyes were Of the deepest, stringe'
blue that have ever seen. At one momeu
thry seemed black, At nnoth6r gray.
another blue They rarely looked at or
direct. but wben they did their gaze haun
ell one
Nile, Annette cast her strange eyes MOI
estly 10 the ground ~ she answered N
question Is 10 the possibility ~ our slee