The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-12-28
FOR HER FALSE SAKE

lis II like Guy Severne; honor hi
~ above his fellows. And that is ,noug
~ have never loved anybody, and
. never shall. i do not believe in Il
IN sentiment" declared Madge Fayne, HI
81 lovely brown head very erect, her ros
e. red lips curling with proud disdain.
But in marrying him, dear Madg
cannot help thinking you will brave
d great peril" her companion said gently
= Suppose afterward you should NEE
= somebody who would teach you hoy
$ to love? Have you considered the mis-
+ cry of such possibility? And an.
: such change in you would be death t.
Guy Severne; no woman was ever love-
before as Guy loves YOU
Beautiful Madge made nm impatient
movement. The proud brown eyes
! flashed Indignantly.
, There can be no such possibility, u
! she answered with cold conviction.
There is no reality in what is called
love; 1t Is poets dream or the over
wrought fancy of an emotional mind,
and even when 1t has been most fervent
it never outlasts the honeymoon. Talk
to sentimental school girls of love, if
| you like, or to old men in their dotage,
but not to me. Thank goodness I am
too sensible for any such folly"
l Ia 1n,,. : 4 Al.
months or was it three millions of
years-endless and countless ages of
| bitterest agony and maddening roget
since Madge Fayne had thus proclaimed
herself superior to the sweet folly Of the
human race?
"Ah, fool, fool that I was, to think
myself wiser and stronger than otheis"
she walled in solitude, as she smote her
white hands fiercely together i'll the i'm
potent torture which seemed to rend
her heart aSunder.
She was no longer the proud and
self-sufficient Madge, whose reposc of
spirit and manner had seemed as I'M |
pregnable as that of an image In gran |
lite. She had changed greatly in those |
FEW fleeing weeks. Tho pretty pink
color, as delicate as the bloom of an or.
enid, had faded from her satiay cheeks. |
Inc large, deer-like brown eyes were
somDer and unfathomable No smiles
ever dimpled about her rose-red lips,
md her once gladstone voice held an un.
conscious undertone of ceasaless main
and rebellion. The movements Of hvr
tall and willowy form were languid and
like one grown aged OF ill.
Life for her had no longer either in
terest or charm.
1t had all happened In a moment.
She was at the theater one evening
with Guy Severne, her pllghted hus.
band, Ec sat beside her, on one white
mana hazed the diamold hoop, which
was INC visible sign of her betrothal:
hcr white satin-llned and gold-embroid-
cred opera cloak had slipped back from
her shoulders. showing his flowers in the
bodice OF her violet velvet gown.
In her serene and passive way, she
was quiet and happy. She did not be-
neve IN love; but all the same she knaW
ne adored her. Aud it Is very crafty
ing, no doubt. to feel TINT a man would
pluck tho live heart from his bosom
II by SO doing, he could add 20 ones
pleasure, or save one some trihinc pain
My beautiful one, If you only cared
for me rs / care for YOU he had inst
whispered, as he bent toward her ear
cssingly. ~
There was n sudden dilation of her
large brown eyes. That lovely orchid
pink color flushed the alabaster fairness
OF hcr sensitive, proud face.
why was there always somsboiy to
her that she was lacking In love
Tor The man who was to be her welded
ioru: DID she not 'Onor him, and trust
IN his manhood's integrity? Was not
ms society pleasure to her? What
more then was needful?
she resented Il repfoach which he had
not intended. Still, the passion and
yearning of his handsome conntenonca
touched her.
You will always be first with mo
hcar. Is not that enough 2, she answer
ed gently.
Just then there was n sound Of foot.
s'epS ana subdued tones In the corridor
back of them.
Immediately friend entered the box.
ne was followed by n stranger whom
re introduced as Mr.. Sidney Claveriny
Madge heard her name repeated by
crave, strong, barytone voice: and sbc
urned to see tall and soldi arly-loolxinr
igure, with dark, proud face framed
IL dark, wavy hair and lighted bv fine
Impressive eyes Of intellectual gray.
lie was not what one would describe
= handsome man; as compared with |
he fair, fascinating, elegant GUY Soy.
'rne, he was absolutely plain.
He acknowledged the Introduction
".th grave and unsmiling courtesy
Which TO most young girls would have
,een almost repelling in its dip,itied
'''eu
But Madge was conscious of n sud.
len, thrilled interest us she look al into
yes. sley L
she knew instinctively that life yvou,a
lad been. 40 - f
something new and strange WAS
"akened within her sleeping heorf q
,hich set her pulses leaping. and tbn d
iood racing through her yeins le
Wiiiie the newcomer remained IN flo IL
OK the naturally blithesome and self.
assessed Madge sat shy and silent hey b
YES downcast. the delicate orchid-nI,.,, OF
DIOR on her satiny checks changed IN
lyld and scorchIng crimson. ir
What the party discussed during TIM,
me she never knew &C
Al their voices but that of Sidney CT
iNerlhg, were n meaningless hum TO
ef; all faces but his were like an In
blot in her sight.