The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-07-18
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OF him by flirting outra geous1y with
the rest OF us. confess to having
been one of the victims myself, and
had quite sharp wound from that
quarter, but the little rascal only
laughed at me when / told her So
Ried used to look savage when she.
made eyes at any Of us, and think
she dearly loved to torment him, al
though they invariably made up after
the fashion Of all lovers =
Where is he nov ~ asked MIS-
Traynor in a voice unlike her own.
Bob turned quickly to look at her,
as the freight flashed brightly for
an instant, showing the pale, set face,
with eyes so full of jealous pain, they
betrayed the secret she had so bravely
and successfully hidden that no one
had ever thought the life she was
leading was not the fullest happiness
she had known. He remembered then
the faint whisper Of how she had been
madly in love with her young officer,
whom she. had afterWard Tilted, be-
cause he vas not rich enough to keep
her III the luxuries she felt she could
not live without, and now, at the last
moment, she had given him up when
the wealthy captain sought her in
marriage, and as she had seemed very
happy as his wife, the gossips had
made up their minds that She had not
cared for the young lieutenant, after
all. Alas! poor Isabella, after three
long years of struggling to forget,
Bob's story had reused all the slumb-
ering pain she had suffered in giving
ur love for wealth, and she was filled
| with the most intense hatred toward
her rival, who had come into the life
and heart she had left desolate by her
desertlon. she mad thought It lmpos-
sible that he should ever care for any
other woman IN this world Whlle shes
lived. even though she must be as
one dead to him, and now, in a mo-
ment of passionate Jealousy, she had
betrayed her secret to Lieut.. Brighton.
The thought was lntolerable to her
proud spirit, but Bob, with chlyair-
Gus desire to show that the unspoken
| confidence was sacred, quietly laid
his hands on hers for an instant, as
he added:
I" Your secret is safe, my dear Lody
Isabella said he, gently raising her
white hands to his lips You can
trust to my honor that neither Clay
ton Ried nor any one else shall ever
know from me that our Captains
wife is not the happiest, just as she
| is the most charming woman in the
| world s.
| You will tell me II you hear any
| further news from him, will you not
| pleaded Isabella in a low voice, as
| she left the lieutenant to receive other
guests who were just arriving.
Yes, surely, he replied, but he
did not keep. his word, for in less
than a month from that time he re-
! ceiyed q letter from Commander Ried,
/ which read:
Richmond. Va, October f15, 1894. {
Iiieufs Robert BFigh 10.
Ny Dear Bob: For the sake of the
warm friendship between us during
the eyentful cruise from which we
have lust returned, write to tell you
of. the coming event which will make
! me the happiest man in the country.
| You may not know that soon after
we landed I obtained leave of absence
and started at once for old Virginia.
I was welcomed right royalty by the
eaptain and sweetly, though shyly, by
| his daughter. the "Little Princess"