Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-30
CHAPTER XXX,
MADEMOIsELLE'S VISIT.

why had Sne not been true to herself
She stood there in the midst of crowd,
and her heart cried out in loneliness.
She would have given half her life to
be free, but she had bound herself.
She felt. as a reward for her folly. she
was to see this fair-haired man, for whom
she had such strange reverence, bend
over the girl she had just seen beside him,
Chris husband.
She asked herself why she cared?-
what it mattered to her?-and could not
answer.
She could not bear to think of Kenneth
up there alone with Chris.
Yet she would not have interrupted
their interview for the world.
She sat on the rustic seat in the garden,
surrounded by her sisters and friends;
her lover was beside her, but she seemed
only to see Kenneth ana Chris.
Surely they had met before they came
here" she thought, and she half turned
to question Griffith about what he knew
of Chris past, but pride silenced her.
And presently Kenneth and Chris came
down to her. and Chris said:
Olga, Mr.. Byrne says dog roses look
pretty in fair hair; may put some in
yours, as he has done in miner"
She bent. with the blossoms in her
hand, over Olgas golden tresses, but
dashed her hands away, and cried:
mo; hate dog roses.
Kenneth smiled as he muttered:
so, my love, you are jealous? Well,
Grifith's falsity must soon be discovered,
and then l can claim you for my own
darling Olga"
Perhaps he would not have felt so con-
tented If he could have seen the girl
tossing on her pillow that night. as she
Il am so miserable I wish l could diet"
While little Chris smiled as she lay
awake dreaming of that man who had
that afternoon looked SO kindly on her.
He at that moment was enjoying a
champagne supper at the village hotel
with Griffith and few boon companions.
Let's drink to Gritf's sweetheart, cried
one Of the gentlemen.
And afterward to her intimate friend
the ex-ballet girl" said another, with a
sheer.
"Hush!" laughed Griffith. You will
have Ken after you if you speak word
How dare you'll" angrily exclaimed
Kenneth. Neither her name nor Olga's
should be mentioned here"
"Pshaw! ballet girl is not lady,
said one of the men, who had been drink
ing heavily. .
one as she followed him out in the mining
regions" laughed Griffith.
Kenneth frowned.
IF this conversation is not stopped at
once l will knock the man down who
next speaks against her, he cried.
AID there was silence, for men knew
Kenneth Byrne was not coward, and
that he would keep his word
In half an hours time he had forgotten
the circumstance, but the conversation
had been written down against him in the
book Of fate. It was to cause him terrible
trouble in the future-a trouble that
seemed to have fallen upon him already;
for later, when they had returned home,
and Griffith stole into his room after he
slept, Kenneth looked pale and sad, and
his brother heard him murmur:
"OIga, beautiful Olga!"
Griffith took the bottle of brandy Of
which he had entered in search, and
passed from the apartment.
Outside the door he paused to mutter:
.You never, never shall have her, Ken
meth Byrne, though die in the attempt
to make her mine.
Then. as he reached his room, he flung
himself face downward on his bed, Sob
.0h, what fool-what fool I have
What new mischief did he contemplate
"A he Law there with his face hidden in
his pillows, and the wash OF the waves
sounding outsider" -.
The wind was bowling dolefully as If
to increase his sorrow, but euddenly no
raised up his head, he was flushed with
t.iumph. his eyes spanked wickedIy.