Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-12-12
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The story opens in Allworth Abbey. Lord
Leaton has been taken III with a disease
which halfies tho skill of the doctors. Eu-
dora, his niece. Is his constant attendant.
and beeoning worn out from want of sleep,
Lady Lcaton takes her place. While the
latter is changing o dress In an adjoining
apartment she suspects the presence of
some enc ia the sick room, but can find
nothing on which to found her suspicious
and attributes them TO fancy. A sleeping
poIon that had been prepared by Eudora
Is gigea TO Lord Beaton when he becomes
suddenly worse and dies. The doctor sus-
poets poisoning. An inquest Is held, hut
nothing decisive Is elected.
CHAPTER Extraordinarily
II am very happy to meet you, my
dear cousin" he said, earnestly, as he
pressed and released her hand.
With the long lashes dropping lower
over her dark eyes, and her rich bloom
heightened, she curtsie1 slightly, and
accepted the chair that he set for her.
Malcolm placed himself beside Aga
tina, and glided gradually into convcr-
gation with herself and the princess;
but his eyes involuntarily wandered
of to the beautiful Asiatic girl, and
every furtive glance thrilled him with
q deeper and a stranger delight.
DiI.ner was announced, and NAL
colin gave his arm to the Princess
pezzilini 10 conduct her to the dining
room. At dinner he sat next to the
princess. who was herself a woman Of
brilliant conversational powers: but
while c~onycrsing with her his thoughts
continually wandered to the lovely.
dark-eyed girl on the opposite side of
the table.
When dinner was over. and they re-
turned 10 the drawing room, the even
Ing was spent In earnest conversation.
until at length, when it was quite late,
Lady Ieaton observed that Agatha
seemed much fatigued. and rang for
her maid TO attend her to her cham
Der. Malcolm led Agatha TO the door.
where he babe her goodnight, and
soon after the circle broke up for the
evening.
On taking leave OF Eudora. Malcoim
again touched her hand, and met her
eyes with n thrill Of DELIGHT MS strange
as IL was incOmprehensihle.
When Malcolm reached his chamber,
he at once dismissed the old valet,
locked the door. and commenced pac-
Ing thoughtfully up and down. the
room. He had enough Of exciting sub
tects occupying his mind to keep him
from rest. The presence of the mag
nificent PeZzilini in the house: the
death of his uncle: the failing health
o. his fair young cousin: but. through
all these disturbing subjects glidrd one
Image of ineffable NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
the beautiful Asiatic girl; and this
haunting image was so delightful To
contemplate, that MS often as Ii glided
before his Imagination, he paused to
dwell enchanted upon ii. He would
not listen TO the still, small voice that
warned him this was a dangerous Wis
lon: he mean no wrong to Agatha, his
betrothed bride, TO whom his hand
was n!.sl.ed. ~ whom he tha::ssast. HIS
heart WAS given, and he knew nothing
Of the insiduons approaches OF that
mas ~.er.passion which steals first
through the eyes, then through tie
lima gination, until Ii effects an inn
movable lodgment in the heart. The
field OF his imagination was already
occupied; would the citadel Of his
heart be occupied? Who could tell?
1t was after midnight when lie re-
tired to rest, resolving to he faithful
to his affianced bride, and sank To
sleep. dreaming OF the beautiful East
crn houri.
Eudora occupied n small, plainly
furnished room adjoining her cousin
Agatha's spacious and sumptlbus
chamber, and, since Agatha had been
ailIng, 1t was a part of Eudora's duty.
whenever the invalid was restless at
night, TO sit 10y her bedside and read
her to sleep. Blt, on reaching her lit
tie room this evening, Eudora found
the door communicating with her cou-
sins chamber closed and locked on
tie other side.
.Shc wishes to be alone tonight"
said the gentle girl TO herself, as she
drew a low chair and sat down before
her little coal fire tn fall into one of
those reveries to which her poetical
temperament inclined her. She thought
of the magnificent new relative to
whom she had been presented that
evening. for magnificent, indeed. 10
he: he seemed In his noble. manly
beauty and grace. She dwelt upon his
Image with a strange feeling of salts