The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-03-21
y getting along exceliently WE'LL"

y getting along exceliently WE'LL"
Louis fixed his dark eyes on the sneak.
or. II am not getting along half a.
we'll as should like, Natalie" he re-
turned. But as for more medicine. II
seems to me you're quite right. al.
ways feel worse, somehow, after taking
that decoction you prepare for me-"
Brenda believed she saw a slight f1usb
steal into Natalie's cheek as her husband
thus replied. But in an instant after.
ward the young wife said in her gentlest
and most solicitous way:
"Ah. Louis, that can only be imagina.
ton, my dear. The medicine has already
strengthened You wonderfully, l think"
"Oh, well. ] suppose you know BEST"
said Louis, with a gaze that was in It.
self q caress.
"How he loves her" thought Brenda,
land how devoutly he trusts her. Can
1t be possible that both his love and his
trust are piteously misplacedy"
Not long afterward, on a lovely star.
light evening, Brenda CHANGED to be tax.
ing . little stroll about the lawn. She
had walked in the direction of the shore,
where stood a summer house, in which
she would now and then seat herself,
and watch the dim stretch of waters be-
yond. This evening it was rather chilly
down by the rocks, and she passed in
land among a great grove of fir trees
that rose near one of the roadside gates.
On a sudden she heard the sound of q
feminine voice emerge from a specially
dense cluster of trees. At once she rec
ognized the voice Al that of her sister,
in-law, and paused, listening in surprise.
"Never come like this again" Natalie
was saying Your letter gave me q
great shock. should not have met you
here, and you have been horribly impru-
dent in writing for me to meet you as
you did write. The money you needed
was one thing, Archibald; to insist ON
seeing me was another"
Then came the u~nmistakable sound Of
q mans voice; already Natalie and her
companion whoever he was) had strolled
beyond earshot, and all that Brenda
could now hear was a swift succession
Of words. few Of which conveyed to her
more than a faint idea of their meaning.
The girl remained for a moment quiz
ering with CONSERVATION. Then she
hurried forward, and, through an open
ing in the trees, presently discerned two
forms that moved side by side along q
path leading straight to the outer oppo-
site road.
A little while after this Brenda had
resolved on taking one particular course.
She made no further attempt to follow
her sister-in-law. Returning to the
house she entered the still. vacant. lamp
Lit drawing room. For some time she
sat there. with her eyes fixed on the floor
and her face pale and determined. Then
she rose and went to find her brother.
He was up stairs in the library. lying on
a great leathern lounge and apparently
sleeping. But he gave a quick, nervous
start as Brenda approached him, and
lifted himself into a half sitting posture.
"Oh, it's you, Brenda" he said. 81
thought you were Natalie. Where is she?
Have you seen her lately"
"Not very long ago." answered Bren-
da. She was standing close beside her
brother now. She put out her hand and
let it rest OF his shoulder. Louis" she
said, 81 sometimes think you no longer
care for me the least In the world"
He shook his head, with a cold COM
preston of the lips. "Ah, Brenda" he
murmured, you are to blame for what
ever change may have come between us.
~, Louis: No, no; you are quite
wrong"
"I'm wholly right" he contradicted.
"How do you treat my wife?:" he went
on, with m%ournful reproach. She is
worthy of your love and devotion, but
you give her only neglect and rudeness."
Brenda felt her face flush. "Oh, Louis"
she exclaimed, ''if you would only rea-
lie that what you call neglect and rude
ness is the sternest self discipline"
He flung her hand from his shoulder
and met with a scowl her pleading eyes.
Brenda" he said, 'how dare you;
What right have you to assume, as you
do, that my wife is beneath your respect
full treatment"
The girls lips moved, but she said
nothing. Had she not perhaps already
said far too much FOR her brothers health
and mental peace?
Brenda" again cried Louis, and his
eyes flashed with anger, "you can nc
longer live in this housed" There seem.
ed to have been something about his Sis
ter's recent silence that had acted upon
him more strikingly than her speech.
"No; Shadyshore is mine, and | shall be
master here. You have your own fort.
sune. Spend it as you please and where
you please. I've borne with your scan.
dalous actions long enough. give you
Just one week in which to make your
preparations; after that 60 you must"
Brenda had grown very pale by the
time that Louis had ended. Horror al
the thought of leaving her brother with
Natalie now made her desperate.
"You tell me that i wrong your wife,
Louis" she said in choked tone. But,
ali, how does she wrong you? With
whom is she walking the lawn now, al
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