The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-11-11
CHAPTER xIII-(Continued.3

CHAPTER XIII-(COntinued.)
Lady Rosedene looked in alarm at the
girl-her face had suddenly grown
uvid, her eyes were dim with despair.
MY dear, Hyacinth,"" she said, "do
not look like that"
With a convulsive gasp the girl chung
| to her arm.
Lady Rosedene," she cried, "she' will
take my lover from mel am sure she
will. She is Turing him away"
"She ought to be ashamed of her
self, said Lady Rosedene, honestly in
| dignant. II wish she had never come
to Dene Hail.
The madness of passion seemed to
have taken possession of Hyacinth. A
| crimson color flushed her face, an angry
| light shone in her eyes,, all her gentle
ness and sweetness vanished. Under
the influence Of her terrible jealousy,
she was like one, transformed. Lady
Rosedene, never forgot that awful
change; 1t was the first time she had
ever been brought face to face with the
dreadful reality of human passion.
"She will take him from me- said
the girl, in low, %despairing tones; "and
he is all l have in the world. I wish
she was dead! , she cried. "Why
should she seek to take him from me -
"My dear Hyacinth, you must not say
such things" demonstrated Lady Rose
dene You do not mean them"
II do mean them!" cried the unhappy
| girl. IF she takes my lover from me,
I will kill herr
Then the wild, passionate words died
in a burst of tears. Lady Rosedene
| tried her best to soothe her, but to
| Hyacinth it seemed as though her SOUL
| had been scared.
Perhaps Alan was not altogether free
from blame. He might, as he express
| ed it, have kept out of Lady Fraser's
! way: but her evident admiration fiat
tered him. More than once, when lie
| found Hyacinth with q tragic face, and
eyes dim with tears, he muttered words
that were by no means complimentary
| to the charming widow; but also more
than once, when he found Hyacinth
sad and silent, or ready to taunt him
about Lady Fraser, he showed his indie
pendence by going straight to Lady
Fraser's side.
So things went from bad to worse,
and there seemed little hope of any i'm
UIOfelllCut. Lazy 1AoksEttCA&S ~ ~
speak to the beautiful coquette, who
was risking the happiness of two lives
merely to crafty her WI vanity. She
resolved to do or say something which
should shorten Lady Fraser's visit.
Il have never felt Jealous in all my
life," said Lady Rosedene to herself;
"but If jealousy car change any one
as that beautiful, happy, loving child is
changing, it must be hard to bear
It was hard to bear. Hyacinth tried
| to trample it down, but it rose again
| with a thousand tongues Of fame, and
seemed to Unfold her. 1t poisoned every
! poisoned the food she ate; it killed all
sweet sleep; 1t destroyed all rest. 1t
was like a %,corroding poison eating her
very heart away. There was no bright
ness, no beauty left in her life.
She was weighing evidence about
Alan. She said to herself a hundred
times over that if he. really found that
he liked Lady Fraser best she would
give him up, and then tried to imagine
what her life would be without him,
and found that it held nothing for her
but despair and death.
More than once Lady Fraser stung
her into the madness of pain, and she
had cried aloud that she wished her
rival dead. With many additions the
words were passed from one to another,
and the guests said such passion was
dangerous. ira
The night of the ball came, and great
had been the preparations. A ball at
Rosedene was one of the most pleas
urable events in the country, N this
was above all others eagerly looked
for. Hyacinth, by her lovers desire,
wore a dress of rich. white silk, su-
perbly trimmed with blue corn1owers;
a wreath Of blue c~ornfowers lay on the
golden hair, and she wore a knot of the
flowers at her breast. An exquisite
toilet it was, n just suited to her fair
springlike loneliness. She was SO
pleased with her lovers admiration that
something of her former glad young
happiness came back to her.
Alan was waiting for her in the hall,
and kissed the sweet wistful face that
was raised to his.
How beautiful you look, my darl-
ine!" he said. Now we will have a
night SO happy that it shall be like a
summer dream to us. Let me see your
dear face bright and glad as it is now"
They went into the Ballroom togeth-
or. Lady Rosedene watching anxiously.
She had seen something in the widows
dark eyes that BODIED mischief. When
Lady Fraser entered the ballroom
which she did IN hour later than most
Of the others-all eyes were turned
wOnderingly toward her. The beauty
of every other ON paled before the
fire OF hers. Art, elegance and luxury
had exhausted themselves in her mar
velOus costume. She wore dress of
the palest green brocade, so pale as to
be almost white; it was elaboIately and
beautifully trimmed with apple bios
SONS; and diamonds that shone like
dew-drops were scatterad over the bios
SONS. The lovely hues of the flowers
were shown to perfection in the wreath
on her glossy hair; diamonds shone in
1T, and q diamond cross sparkled like,
IRE on her breast.
"a low cry came from Hyacinth.s lips
when she saw Lady Fraser's dress. She
remembered the scene about the apple
blossoms. It seemed to the loving,
wounded heart MS though her beauty
suddenly faded, and the light of her
life went out.
Alan evidently understood all tIat
Lady Fraser intended to convey. He
laughed when he saw the flowers; he
laughed when people teased him; and
thcse who remembered the little scene
assured him that he vas much honored.
He laughed again when Lady Fraser
raised her face TO his.
.sfYou will dance Withsthe apple bios
SONS, IL you do not with me, she said;
and the heart OF the girl who loved him
stood still with jealous rage, with hot
bitter palm.
Once during the evening the two
rivals stood together. Lady Fraser
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