Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-09-24


Mrs Roosevelt felt the need Of hasten
my the dep lnrr from The 'FucEet,
hut notwithstanding her efforts It was
toward the md lle Of February when
everything Wa re- ly There had been
many things 10 do Colonel Chrniers
library 81 rich IN medieval poetry and
romance was sent away IN larsa boxes
to savannah Rnsalie assisted in the
packing and peepeI into the oil French
tomeS and manuscript rolls with some
thing ike her former relish IL seemed
TO her tlgt every oga Of tlesa calGnnei
some haiI suppressed allaSioa tatla land
uf ner dreams No anaht II was quite
natural for her tins to CHEAT herself. for
an the old ru.nauces were fall OF cha
teanx aal olive groves and vineyards
where knights rode IN pleasant lanes be
side their lady loves. or played the lutte
under the walls by mooEii ght, or gal
lopsd away to the wars with warm
KISS tingling on their bearded lips And
had not her father been reading these to
aer from her ca.lihooIL AMI telling her
about Chateau Chpnier and her kniyhtly
mis,ral and the truuAadoan
What vivid pictures, t0o. the strong de
scrip;lve talks OF Elsar Julian had given
her of thuSe crumbAng walls those fer
yid skies and Those orchard crowned
breezy hills Her visions were none the
less fair aud enticing seen through the
haze of her sorrow
She dil not 20 to the spring any more.
for though she felt sure that Ellis had
gone away she shrank from seeing even
the spnl where she had witnessed his
awful passion.
When the time At last came for going
back To Savannah, 1t wtS not with amy
well defined regret that she bale fare
well tn the mil and the little crisp val
ley Adelaide seemed mech affected,
and quietly wept all the way over the
mountain. Colonel Chenier suffered
too, but he sternly controlled himself,
even calmly talking with Aunt Mar
guerlte as the carriage bore them through
the devious way among the hills and
gray green groves of oaks and pines.
The Roosevelt mansion had grown to
be Rosalles home. aud She was like a
child Just returned from IA long Journey
when she again found herself in her
stately and spacious room Adelaide
was quiet and sad but Colonel Chenier.
taken unawares by Mr.. Runsevelt's cor
dial tnendlness and hospitality. was
tempted out of his gloom He was nat
urally companionable man, generous
and courteous, and 1t required very little
to draw ont all his latent good qualities
He and Mr. Roosevelt met as though
nothing disagreeable had ever existed
between Them they talked over all their
past lives, saving that they quietly ig-
nored that unfortunate quarrel
One thing curiousy affected Rosalie
1t was the absence of Edgar Julian She
had expected to find him at Roosevelt
Place, and she had counted much on the
pleasure his descriptions of Provence and
Chateau Chemer would give her father.
To find that he was gone wasa real blow
to her
HE would not stay any longer" said
Mr. Roosevelt as they all sat at dinner:
II tried To prevail on him to make his
nome III Savannah, offered him a blg
salary with leave tn do general practice
besides. but he seemed to have grown
homesick or tired of the south He got
INTO difficulty with young Ellis, too.
and that made him miserable"
R"Salie asked no questions--she did
not care to hear further. but Mildred
Fam told her all the particulars when
they met Poor Mildred she looked
like shadow The physicians We're
Sui hanging over Colonel Talbot, and
'till declaring his recovery quite possi.
BILE, though as yet he had not regained
consciousness RoSalie felt herself in