Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-08-22

hear he went TO your house 70 kin you'll
Not finding you there, he only cursed
YOU"
She heaved q sigh OF relief. She was
safe now, she thought Her red lip
widened into cruel smile
"What bad taste" she said coldly.
"Why he should curse me ! cannot Inn
aglnel have always been kind TO hin
too kind"
Too kind indeedl kind enough to be
glad when the object Of all her kindness
was dead! For she was gladi could
SOC that In tho murderous glitter OF her
eyes.
"You ara not sorry?" inquired, with
an air OF pretended surprise.
"Sorry? Not at oil Why should l
be-? He was very agreeable friend
while my husband was alive to keep him
in order, but after my poor Fabio's
death, his treatment Of me was quite I'M
bcarable."
Take care, beautiful hypocrite! take
carel Take care lest your ''poor
Fabio's" fingers should suddenly nip
your slim throat with . convulsive
twitch that means deathi Heaven only
knows how managed to Keep my hands
of her at that momentl Why, any grow
cling beast Of the field had more feeling
than this wretch whom ! had made my
wife! Even for Guido's sake-such are
the strange inconsistencies OF the human
hearth could have slain her then. But
restrained my fury; / steadled my voice
and said calmly
"Then I was mistaken? thought
you would be deeply grieved, that my
news would shock and annoy you
greatly, hence my gravity and apparent
GOODNESS. But II seems / have done
well?"
She sprang up from her chair like q
pleased child and flung her arms around
my neck.
"You arc brave, you are brave!" she
exclaimed, In o sort Of exultation. "You
could not have done otherwise! He In
suited you, and you killed him. That
was right! love you all the more Tor
being such man Of honour!'
looked down upon her In loathinH
and disgust. Honour! Its very name
was libelled coming from her lips. She
did not notice the expression on my race;
she was absorbed, excellent actress rs
she was, In the part she had chosen to
play.
"And so you were dull and sad be-
cause you feared to grieve me! Poor
Cesare" she said In childlike caresisng
accents, such as she could assume when
she chose. "But now that you see am
not unhappy, you will be cheerful again?
Yes? Think how much love you, and
how happy we will be! And see, you
have given me such lovely jewels, so
many OF them too, that scarcely dare
offer you such tritle as this; but as II
really belonged to Fabio, and TO Fablos
father whom you knew, think you
ought to have 1t. Will you take 1t and
wear it TO please me?" and she slipped
on my finger the diamond signet,-my
own ring.
could have laughed aloud!
but bent my head gravely as accepted
1t.
"Only as q proof of your affection,
cara mia" said, though it has ter
rblc association for me. i took 1t from
Ferraris hand when
"Oh, yes, known she interrupted me
with little SILVER; sit must have oeen
trying to you to have seen him dead. l
think dead people look so horrld, the
sight upsets the nerves! remember
when / was at school here. they
would take one to see nun who died; IL
sickened me and made me Ill Tor
days. can quite understand your
feelings. But you must try and forget
the matter. DuelS are very common oc-
currences after all!'
"Verv common" answered mechan-
ically, still regarding the fair upturned
face, the lustrous eyes, the ripping
hair; ''but they do not often end so
fatally. The result Of this one compels
me to leave Naples for few days. go
to Avellino tonight"
ITO Avellino?' she exclaimed with In
terest. 'Oh, know 1t very well. 1
went there once with Fabio when l was
first married"
"And were you happy there@" l in
Quired coldly.
remembered the time she spoke OIL
time OF such unreasoning, foolish Joy!
"Happy?-0h, yes; everything was SO
new TO me then. 1t was delightful TO be
my own mistress, and was so glad to
be out OF the convent"
81 thought you liked tho nuns?" l
said.
ssSome of them-yes. The reverend
mother Is o dear old thing. But
Madame Marguerite, the Vicaire as she
Is called-the one that received YOU
oh, / do detest her!"
'Indeed! and why?"
The red lips curled mutinously.
because she is so sly and silent
Some Of the children here adore here;
but they must have something to love,
you know" and she laughed merrily.
''Must they?"
/ asked the question automatically,
merely for the sake OF saying some
thing.
''Of course they must" she answered
gaily. "You foolish Cesare! The girls
often play ut being one another's lovers,
only they are careful not TO let
tho nuns know their game. 1t