Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-08-20

nave so ROOu cnanC6 10 talk Will you
again soon. am off for Florida to-
morrow"
$50 soonT she exclaimed, taking his
arm; "but you will not be gone long;
you will return"-
II cannot speak with certainty. ]
shall have to go to Jacksonville and Tai
Iahassee. and then away down through
the wilderness to Ocala and Tampa. !
may be gone month"
He enunciated the word month as If it
had been century or @on.
II should think you would enjoy that
trip. have always imagined ! should
like Florida" she said.
But have been travelling so much.
and so rapidly" he replied, carelessly
taking from table, as they passed it.
spray of heliotrope.
And you have not told me what you
saw" she quickly said 81 do so much
want to hear more about our old chateau
in Provence | call it ours, she added
looking up and smiling archly, because
am SO far away that the true owner
cannot be injured by the assumption of
title. and then papa has been fastening
the fancy in my head ever since my first
recolections.
1T ought to be a very pleasant fancy
was charmed with Provence, he said
with something like evasiveness in his
tone: but one would not care to live
there; it is all so different from what one
sees and feels and reveres in America
Life in Provence is good for fancy to
feed on. and for stuff ont of which to
build romance. but it is not conducive
to earnest thought and worthy effort to
ward great achievements.
But what was our old chateau likeY
she demanded: did you fetch any sou
venir from its ruins?'
Yes. he replied. II brought quite
number Yon shall examine them some
lay One in particular will, if | mistake
not, affect you very strangely when you
see it
Oh what is it?" she cried, in her ex-
element leaning heavily on his arm and
gazing eagerly up into his face
lit is something very beautiful" he
responded, a don't believe | ougE. to
forestall or weaken your surprise by any
attempt at description, and besides. |
wish To see If you will adopt my view
when you have seen the-the-well, let's
:all it the Chenier Souvenir"
'You have set my heart to fiuttering,"
she naively said. carrying her free hand
to her breast
Mine is disturbed too" he replied.
Its really exciting. isn't it2" she went
on. not dreaming of what his words were
meant to convey
While think of it," he said. chang
ing his tone, lis Rosalie a name that
runs back in your family"
1T was my fathers grandmother's
name; it may date much farther up the
line" she replied; papa says it is a
Chenier name. But why do you ask?"
The name is common in France.
heard il often while was there. and
Chenier also. | met one Chenier who
was baron, and another who was a
wooden shod laborer in the vineyards"
But the souvenir"
"Ah. yes, shall show you that when
can. 1t is among my traps at Chicago.
did not have time to unpack, you
know. | was rushed off down here with
out even breathing space. l have
written to have a lot of things for
warded and the souvenir is included. II
must remain a profound and beautiful
mystery until it arrives"
IL can't bear mysteries and waiting"
she exclaimed with real vehemence. II
shall lose all interest unless you tell me
now"
He stopped and looked down into her
sweet gray-brown eyes, he thought he
saw repressed tears in them. They were
wholly the eyes of child now. Her
lips were red as cherries.
at is a small gold cross with the let
ters r. 9. on it, he said, with a prompt
ness that almost amounted to bluntness;
lit is very beautiful"
oh. and where did you get it?" she
exclaimed.
AT the Chateau Chenier. A peasant
who lives there dug it up in the garden.
paid an enormous price for it. The II.
z. must stand for Rosalind Chenier. you
know"
How strangel" she murmured in a
musing way, with her eyes cast down.
Papa has the story of that cross in
manuscript, written in Provencal 1t is
a beautiful legend, called The Maid of
the Mistral.'
Julian smiled at her simple faith, but
he would not have clouded it for the
world. A great love for her had fastened
itself upon him; it was struggling for
expression, and yet he felt sure he ought
not to speak. She seemed too much a
child to have the fire of his passion re-
vealed to her-it might destroy her as y
tame would destroy flower.