The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-12-17
CHAPTER Y

l. wa> late when Angela woke the next
morning. and even as her eyes opened. a
dark shadow seemed To settle upon her is
She remembered that her mother WAS %
IL. to marry Caprain Vance Wynyard. \
WEIGHT as of lead lay upon her heart; hei
bra.a seemed bewildored.
M misery IS greater than ! can bear"
sho "ried III an agony of despair.
The pretty breaEfast-roo1. usually red
Ole: Of roses. was empty when she en-
tered; her mother was not there. Think
ing she was in the drawing-room. An
cela made her way thithcr listlrssly
enough. She had opened the door and
entered the room before she saw that
Captain Wynyard VAS there, o..
Angel. come here" said Lady Rooden.
Il have something to say to YOU"
Slowly. and with aversion in her eyes,
sic went up to her mother. Captain WYn-
yard noting keenly the expression of her
face.
"s;!ar does not like me. and does not like
the MARRIAGE" he said to himself. Il
shall nave IN enemy in this slender girl:
bur ii viii not matter"
"Angcl." went on Lady Rooden. Il am
gla,i YOU came in. | want TO speak to
YOU" Then ii flush rose to her face. and
a certain shyness came over her man
me-.
"Lrt me- speak for you. dearest Laura"
intercepted her lover; and Angela started
at tie words. Never sine" her fathers
death had she heard her mother addressed
by war name. y am sure that the laugh-
ter who loves YOU 50 ioGriy ard 50 de-
votriiy will be pleased To hear Of any
thin- Wa:rh will a!I 40 Your hip,iless.'
1Ae Captain spoke flucntly enough. and
he turned his handsome face with Il s"liir
t. Angela. but there was Il certain uit-
easi,"s> about him. a restraint that almost
mad" lis manne ungraccful. tor he
kucw we'll in his hear; that he did not
love This whom he was 50 anxious
10 make his wife. Your mother" he con-
tinurd. has been SO good and generous as
tGlpok on me with favor. and | have prom
isVl u devote the remainder of my life
t. her. ! shall do my best to make her
hal:%: and with the love of the mother
! h1I" To win the love Of the daughter. l
WIZ 80 my best to deserve it,"
A. Vance Vineyard spoke, Angela's
fac -:"w Wh;te even to the lips. \. burn
il. lr"i!A- of hate rose in her heart
~a-aili-t MIN. She could not control il for
a t"W minutes Su as to answer him, and
he. almost clad of her silence. Went on:
Il promise to devote myself to your in
tcar~f> and, rs far as | can. TO fill worth
ily your fathers place"
This unfortunate alluSion to her father
reused the girl at once. She raised her
face to his with an indignant flash of
anger that. callous as he was. he 1uailed
before it.
We will leave my fathers name quite
out Of the question. Let me say. once
and for all, that you will never fill his
place. and that to my mind it is ,iesecra-
non OF his memory even TO say such Il
thinE. He WAS my mothers husband;
he loved her: he was Il undetermined
man"
y hope in time to win your good opin-
Jon" be said. Vain. cold and calculat;nr
as he WAS. there was something in the
attitude Of the -irl. standing at bay. as it
Were. that touched him.
"Aiy dear Angel" cried Lady Roodon.
Speak 10 Captain Wynyarl; have You
nothing 10 say in answer to his kindly
Words"
"Notbinr. mo,un,o sh. soid uri,uro
her bands. - have nor = w.,rJ n.a,"
"Tbpn. Vance," said I,dv pulor
tu.niur To Captain Wvnvorj 81 unnSt
love You doubly. 10 atone for my dor,b.
tcr'> un.raciousnrss."
u >hall hope" he said. suoyeIr ..to
wiz from Miss Ron,lnn ~rnator ,,r,oo o,l
greater kindness.