The Red Cloud chief., 1896-06-12
CHAPTER V.
"lhou didst del light III n car,
M, little praise; tIy voice
Makes other hearts rejoice,


stands for II full minute motionlcss.
Doubtless hcr first feeling il astoni-h-
mcnt, in that this heretofore abjcct
love of hers has now proved 50
ma>tcrful. But the next j. rage
pure aud simple.
To treat her like that He, Ralph
who had been SO humbly glad when
she had fallen in with her fathers
views about him and permitted him
10 be engaged To her, The world
must be coming To an end.
She j. staring through the window
that has seen him depart. Her hands
are hanging by her sides. Her tall,
! slight figure has grown rigid.
The world must be coming t. an
end. bat whose world? Ills, or hcrs?
Who is to fall in this encounter?
Which of them will be counted among
the slain?
Not she, at all events. Despite the
wild t%hrobhing in her throat she com
mands herself so far a TO forbid the
tears that are struggling FOR an open
ing. He may still he thcrC-out there
in tho chill of the exquisite cary night,
and he might see.
He. lyraut, And to this man her
] ldlIltI HAS HlNtu htI. - llissu VIM,
ON the smallest p~royoca'ioc. has
showcrcd insult upon insult ON her
head. Well, he shall see, Father or no
father, she will never marry him. Oh,
he snail see!
She griuds her little lovely
white teeth together, and with II last
defiant glance at the window leaves
the room.
In the bali she checks herself. An
idea, II thought of vengeance, has
occurred to her. This other
this stranger-he loves her. ut I'll
events. In him lies Il chance of res
cue! Rescue from marriage with this
detestable man. who has told her so
man. horrible things about herself,
ana all. naturally. untrue.
She opens the door of the old
school-rOOm, and enters it with n We
hemcncc that can hardly be m%isundcr-
TODD.
something has happened" says
Eyre, getting on to his feet with some
difficulty. What is it, Dulcic?'
"Dh, he has behaved a~bominably,'
says she, her eyes flashing. ale said
the most cruel things"
Never mind him. darling. Come
and sit down by me, and los IL try
to find a way out Of our difficulties"
But | must mind him. cries she
indignantly. ''Why, can't tel: you
all he said
PPM so glad Of that puts &c in
soolhingly.
But | must tell YOU all that" nth
charming inconsistency. Il rcmcm-
Der every word. They seem burned
into my brain. Oh! he was so rude.
Fancy his telling me | had ruined his
life"
ut seems to me that he is trying to
ruin yours
''Mine?' She gazcs at him n NOM
cnt. as if not quite understanding this.
and then; 'lou don't understand"
Il Y she. Now. could he ruin mine?
Bat never mind that-that's folly!
Just hear the other dreadful thinge he
said: He began by telling me-
"Dulcic," he checks her by Il wav-
ing hand, after all, you know, he
can't have wanted me to hear him.
We needn't go into details, need We?
1t is enough for me TO know that he
has been, well, bcastly to you
.'Bcastly. he hasn't been that" says
she. with quite unexpected fcrvor.
..Bcastly is IA vulgar word. He has
been horrid. l." with IA decision that
carries II frown with it, ''don't deny
that; but he has never been bca,tly"'
You are n generous foe,' says
Eyre, smiling. Her generosity. in
deed. strikes him rs being something
out OF the way, something beyond
Notwithstanding. 1t would have
been so easy to her To abuse this
troublesome-this so evidently Unde-
sired lover. And yet she cauuot
bring herself in her integrity 10 deny
any small virtue he may possess,
well then, we will let him slide j;
You like; no use talking about IA low
sort OF hound like that"
What abOminabIe language you
u5em says she. Even ii Sir Ralph
has behaved unkindly to me, ! don't
see why you, n stranger, should Gull
him bad names
"iou are quite right, and | am
wrorg,' says Eyre, giving in delight
fully. But surely-now, alter all
you have told me, you don't still feel
bound in duty's chains TO marry that
disagreeablc person."
''Certainly not" says she, with a
firm compression OF her mouth, ''li
there is one thing on earth about
which | have quite made up my mind,
it is that | shall never marry Sin
Ralph"
And n good thing, too says he,
"lOu mean il?"
Cant you see that / mean itP'
turning 10 him an extremely pale and
unhappy face
Il can't" says he, gazing at her re-
Grctfully. 81 ear see only one thing
ana that is that you are unhappy"
'Of course I'm unhappy, after the
scoldins | have just undergone. Why,
father, never scoldcd me AS he did"
Cant you forget hlm'' says Eyre
imploringIy.
Il cant. 1t is very hard to forget
the people one hates, However,
whether forget or remember him,
my mind is made up; | shall never
marry him.
.'Nlarry Inc iustcadi' says Eyr1