Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-14

companions wGxS. Her heart, at first
so bruised and sore. bad, moreover, by
degrees, hardened toward Ernest Nor
TOP. A woman may. for a time. suffer
kcerly from the sting of dtspiSed love;
but she win generally end by hating
the man who 50 scorned her.
One afternoon Daisy and she were
caught in u shower, and took refuge in
the Burlington Arcade, until the rain
should Many others had done
the like, with the result that the nar
row avenue was somewhat crowded
and movement a matter of some diff
culty. As they stood thus, waiting.
the ubiquitous Mr. I~vanovitGb edged
up to their side, and, before Zana well
realized what was taking place, she
found herself introduced
Apart from a slight foreign accent,
Mr. IVanOyitcA spoke English perfect
L; he was an exceptionally handsome
man, of the fair-haired Russian type;
and he possessed in a high degree, that
secret passport to q woman's good
Zana was by birth a princess, he could
not have treated her with greater def
erenee
well, dear" remarked Daisy, half
an hour later. 'tlie rain shows no sign
Of stopping. and time is on the wing:
so l think | had better put you into a
cab and see you off to Hammer
smith"
"HammersmithT" put in DIR. Ivano-
witch, quickly. 81 am going in that di-
r~ection, and my brougham is waiting
in Burlington street. viii you allow
me to drive you home, Miss Clifford?"
"No, thank you" replied Zana, a LII.
tie irresolutely. for she was still Ia
mentally ignorant of English usages.
81 think I would rather take n cab"
"NoLsense, dear!" protested Daisy,
coming to the Russians assistance.
you'll travel far more comfortably in
Mr. Ivanovitch's brougham, and. as he
Is going your way, it will not incOn-
v~enience him. Cone along"
Zana had q vague feeling in her mind
that she would have preferred driving
home by herself in a cab; but che did
not see how she could we'll refuse the
polite Russians offer without giving
needless offense, and he, prohting by
her obvious hesitation, settled the
question by conducting her to the car
riage and opening the door. Refusal
being now tantamount to downright
rudeness, she got in; he followed, and
they were soo speeding toward Ham
mersmith.
Little vas said during the drive;
such few remarks as the Russian occa-
sionally made were upon commonplace
subjects, and his demeanor throughout
was that Of studied respect. Zana's
replies were coucbed in the feEest pos
sible words, and her IL of
distant coldness.
When the brougham drew up at Mrs.
Ratten's, he shielded her with his UNI
brella until the door was opened,
paused m~omentarily, raised his hat
with a profound bow. and IA driven
back TO Picadilly; FOR, Of course, his
alleged mission beyond Hammersmith
was pure fiction. 1'nat evening he and
Daisy dined t~ete-a-tete.
"You are convinced that the girl real
ly is as rich as you say, and that she
with herY' said the Russian, during
the progress Of the meal.
Ills eyes seintillated and his fingers
twitched neryously on the snOw-white
tslle cloth. Could Zana have seen the
tNlT(SSlpH upOu HIS tdtC ut thFS NJ
n,ent she would have failed to recog-
nize in him the hand; ONE cavalier who
had acted as her escort an hour or
two previously. ~Coyctousness and
greed, interningled with an absolute
determination TO enrich himself ut all
hazards. stamped his features with u
ferocity which would have l,een ahso-
lrtely rerellant to any but the one who
was aiding him In his scheme.
"Rieh!" said Miss Fitzclarence. sub
DUNG her voice. "She is q veritabie
Croesus. Why, I have already had
some fifty or sixty pounds from hor,
and there seems no enl 10 her resnurc-
es. Az to her jewels. | have an i'm
preston. from words which have IS
cared her. N spite Of her r~eticence.
that sine is OF Indian extraction, and
that extremely valuable gems hs ve
been intrusted TO her as the outcov.c
of SEINE policy connected with the
Lenthenish rites OF her religion"
"She 10 certainly. hy no means. the
6rst Indian refugee TO whom the task
Of guarding such treasures has been
intrusted. But have you G Q them
mo. More than once l have searched
her rooms narrewly-too narrowly, In