Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-20
CHAPTER v.

Kenneth Byrne found the wedding fes-
Invites very distasteful to him. He felt
wearied before the ceremony had COM
menced, afterward he proved to be but
poor company to himself or anybody else.
Looking back on this evening he always
felt he had had presentment of the woe
which the morrow was to bring him.
He always felt it was a reflection of the
shame coming to him with dawn, that
had caused him SO modify to avoid the
fair ladies grazing the entertainment, and
to stalk through the dances with a spec
ter of melancholy beside him; and more
than once the young man irritably
thought of the sweet young face he had
seen raised to Griffith's that day in the
theater, marked With such unmistakable
woe.
But what the deuce is the girl to me
that tried to save her from Grif?" he
muttered savagely.
Let her take care of herself. I am not
knight-errant. took Grit from her to-
day, but suppose he will be all the more
in love with her tomorrow, if the little
fool does not get out of his way"
The frown that overspread Kenneth's
face would have made most any one want
to get out of his way; and catching one
or two inquiring looks, the young man
saw he was not playing the part of we'd
ding guest very well; so to avoid observa-
ticn he went through one of the French
the night air; but after a moment he saw
that even this place had an occupants
woman was beside him.
With o sigh of joy he perceived it was
Olga Asst ange. She was only school
girl, and lie reed not weary himself with
being polite to her.
He asked rather CURLY:
May share your retreat?"
She answered as abruptly:
"Yes."
Then they were both silent.
But after q short time he began to won
der little at this girls cold treatment of
him, whom women usually hattered by
great attention. Even the shadow thrown
over him by his coming trouble lifted
moment as an interest in this girl. who
let him stand quiet and unnoticed beside
her, filled his mind
He had known Olga from babyhood, yet
tonight he stared at her as if he saw
new person.
The light from the drawing room win
dow fell over her face as she leaned her
arm on the railing before her and stared
out straight on the lawn.
It was easy to see she had forgotten
him. forgotten the place, the time; and
that she was lost in the dream world of
thought; for the glorious red-brown eyes
we're lifted up in that intense all-absorbed
manner which reveals perfect uncon-
seriousness of self.
Kenneth saw, as he idly watched her. a
| tall FORM slender, so slender she seemed
scarcely larger than one of his powerful
arms. and not fully developed as yet. clad
in thin white dress. of which there was
an overdress composed entirely of pink
| an nroo my Uhito tea rOS0a
A baby waist did not quite conceal q
| throat white as the down on a swans body,
but almost painfully slim, and above
| which soft, waving masses OF brilliant
red gold hair mot light, but dark and
bright as the breast of the golden oriole)
were bound in q loose coil high on the
small but broad head.
This wondrously beautiful hair curled
low over forehead white as snow and
blue veined. and looking beneath 1t the
| great red brown eyes stared coldS grave
| ", unlighted with the warmth of the pas
sion they could SO we'll portray.
The nose, he noticed, was short and
somewhat broad; the mouth was straight,
proud, determined the thin lips, he
knew, denoted courage, fortitude in meet
ing pain; but he saw there were lines in
tn at mouth that were gentle tokens of
love; not tho meek. clinging, pitiful love
that some women give, but strong,
mighty passion, such as would wreck or
mar this woman's future.
The firm, square chin told him know
ing women, and women traits of charac-
ter as he did that this girl would be no
man s toy, his plaything for an idle hour;
she would be his equal, his companion,
hoped not, TOR he know she was one not