Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-09-20

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and. lad X not been As It was. we
might never have met Is il very s-.f-
ish 70 b. glad thar yoa came AeE'e-
for whatever cause !; hapgeneds
FOz answer she eluns tAe esqsef -
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And 80 her head resting VA his
breast, his arms about her. refuge
and very tower III strength, she told
her story.
CHAPTER XXE-
Ala Warrin gIon's charm III manner
had beea principally Oh tie surface
she had been 4 spoiled ea.II. and lad
grown Into selfish woman. The RI
dnlgpnce that her parents had shown
her being continued after tAeir death
By an elder sister
Tenderiy and carefully Is Eisiae
told her story. George Severn conid not
but Sc that from the very first she
had sacrificed everything 10 please the
wsllfal beauty, who cared only for her
self. and had never appreciated the AZ
lection lavished on her Or given even
gratitude ia return. The facts spoke
for themselves. and needed no com
InsnT
ii had been Ada-s wish 10 20 upon
the stage instead of choosing some
more usual and rnexeepsionaDle means
y earning a livelihood; and though
Elaine had resisted for some time. size
had at last given in 70 her; for, ia
spite OF ner dislike 10 the publicity. she
had herself passion for theafricals.
and was not 50 very difficult % per-
suade
A more determined opposition Ada
had sin 70 encounter. for she was
then engaged to the Reverend Robert
Field. her fathers curate. and he was
naturally. both as a Clergyman and a
Ioyer. ayerse from the step she wished
10 take. He used every argument 10
dissuA lie her, but in vain, for Ada,
thsughtless and child ike rs she
seemed, had strong vein Of Obsginacy
In her disposition. and. as usual. sue
ceeded in gaining her own way.
What the eurate dreaded came To
pass. Ada's pretty Eighty head was
completely turned by the adularion She
received. and the tears she had shed
when she parted from her lover were
dried and replaced BY smiles sooner
than even he had thought possible.
Then Gerald We3re came upon the
scene "a young man belonging to the
wealthiesi family In sydney, and pos
sessed OF A handsome fortune in bis
own right. besides some expectations
Directly the two sisters appeared in 80
ciety he attached himself 10 them; and
after more Than months most no
ticeable devotion, he proposed 70 the
younger one.
To Elaine's Indignation, Ada ac-
cepte~i him AZ once. with no mention
Of the pr3mise that she had already
given. and. when demonstrated with
upon the deceit she had praefieed. she
retorted with those cruel words which
had been brought forward al the in
quiry after her death
You are jealous because he loves
me hest"
The taunt had contained the more
bitterness because in a measure ii was
trle. EIaine.s fancy had been taken
nv the young fellow. whose attentions
had always been pretty equally be
slowed. and who had not been alto
gether guiltless Of Irritation where she
was concerned Though he preferred
the younger, gayer sister. he had not
been always able TO resist the pleasure
Of seeing the elder flush at mis- com
ing. and her lovely eyes drcop shyly
at his whispered words.
Elaine could not contain The indigna-
ton she felt. and the hot words that
passed between them neither forgaFe
till for one forgiveness was too late.
4 week passed, during which the SIS
tiers never addres sed each other ex-
cept when absolutely obliged to do so
"A week during which Gerald Weare
was always with his fianeee; and
Elaine stood apart. seeing the love She
had thought 10 he her own layished
upon another.
Then one night-that fatal night
Ada had hurried from the theater and
insisted on going alone through the
public gardens. though Elaine bad 50
far unbent as to beg TO be allowed 10
20 with her The streets Of sydney
mere scarcely safe for any woman 70
traverse alone 50 late at night and
the pretty actresses had one admirer
at least who would not BE- oyerscrupn-
lous III the manner OF his wooing, on
whose account the pistol had been pro
cured and its use learned.
Against her earnest warning, Ada
had gone, and the sisters had never
met again.
This was all Elaine lad 10 tell. and
Colonel Severn remained for awhile In
thoughtful silence. His own idea that
she was suffering for the sake Of some
one whom she wished 70 shield was 2
wrong one. He knew her 10 be as in
nocent as she had declared herself;
but there was nothing In her story that
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