Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-01-24

l/#ss&>zM said Vera Leigh, lit.
va ~ ing her dark eyes to
E-r#Z@ the proud imperious
E/=5zz-@.z~\ face ofthe stately lady
"a w before her, II have
N/&L///J told you that / do
-. ss,.Z. not love Mr.. Arnold,
and | shall never marry man | do
not loye!"
Mrs. Langley shrugged her Shout
ders, and "a smile of disdain fitted
over her lips.
''Lovel BAIL l had thought that
you were above such nonsensel Love
is but a fantasy of the brain-a
schoolgirls dream-a delusion.
Vera, | want you to yield, to my
wishes in this matter. Marry Warren
Arnold, and you will be the richest
woman in all Cleveland. He is a mill
ionaire twice over; he is OF good
family and"
"And old, and ugly, and altogether
horridl'' interrupted the girl, vehem-
emily. AUNT Langley, | would
sooner dier
"rhere-there u some one elsel"
cried Mrs. Langley, harshly. II he
lieve-no, surely, Vera, you cannot
care for Barry Grey? A poor clerk,
u,;kb r,nIx, HE LapJsoy,,o 400, -, -
commend him. He is no match for
you. You are both too poor to ven
ture upon marriage, my dear-you
would starvc."
"Mr. Grey is a gentleman" return
ed the girl, her dark eyes flashing;
''and he is the very best man / have
ever known in my life. I'm every way
unexceptionahle, save that he is
poor, Aunt Langley. we can wait.
We are both young, and Barry has
all the world before him where to
choose"
/ Mrs. Langley looked Disguised.
"You are mad" she said, angriiy.
81 did believe better things OF you,
Vera, but | see that am going to be
disappointed in you after all. Well,
marry Barry Grey and live in power
ty all your life l wash my hands Of
all responsibility.
Vera turned away and went out in
to the garden which lay green and
smiling around the pretty home OF
her aunt with whom she lived. For
Vera was poor-poor and beautiful.
Mrs. Langley had long b.en convinc-
ed that with her face and manner the
girl should wed a fortune.
And here she had fallen in love
with Barry Grey's handsome face"
calculated that lady. "There never
was such madness before. If could
only do something 90 break up the
delusion-to separate these two"
She pondered long and well, and at
length diabolical scheme came in
to her head. She wrote d lettcr to
! Vera in q feigncd hand, and signed
| the name of Ellen Grey. This letter
informed Miss Vera Leigh that she
was the dupe OF n designing villain;
that the writer Of the letter was Bar.
ry Grey's wife-his lawful wife to
whom he had been married some
three years previous while absent
from the city. IL was a cruel plot,
and Mrs. Langley little dreamed of
the strange consequences that we're
destined to ensue.
Poor Vera! She read the letter,
and sat like one stunned by the aw-
full and unexpected blow. She made
no confidante of aunt, BUT in
stead she did what that lady had
never counted upon her doing. She
carried the letter straight to Barry
Grey himself, and laid it in his hand.
The young mana noble-looking,
dark-eyed young fellow-read tile
forged letter with intense interest.
When it was finished he started to
his feet with Low cry.
"Yera, my darling, this is n cruel
forgeryW he cried "Of course, you
| don't believe it? Look me in the
eyes, Vera, and tell me you do not
believe il, but that you trust in me
and care for me as OF old"
| Something in his honest face and
the expression Of the deep dark eyes
went straightto the girls heart, and
she could only bow her head.
| 81 believe you, she said simply.
| A few days later Mr.. Arnold made
Vera formal proposal ofmarringc,
and was quietly rejected. His lace
grew livid with wrath.
"Youlove thatpuppy, Barry Greyp'
he cried; "but youshall never marry
him. / swear it, for"
But she had turned coldly away
and left the room, and he saw her
no more. He left the housein silent
wrath, with a logged determination
chat she should yet be his wife, BY
fair means or foul.