Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-10-01

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selves or cared whether they Lowell HIM
or not. 'Slic is p~roulcr and colder than
others he said to himsclf. but she is 81
thousand times noblcr."
Society amused itself by watching he
struggle. Who would win. the Italian
prince or the English duke? 1t could not
decide. Miss IcnnoN sccmcd TO like one
just as we'll as She did the other. She
never made the lcas, distinction between
them. EcatriN herself found two such
devoted lovers almost too much for her:
they were like shadows; never away from
her.
She was very careful. When she en-
tered Il hall room they both. as II rule.
approached her ut once; to ono she gave
the first waltz, to the other the first
quadrillc: if the prince held her bouquet,
the Duke of Heathland held her fam.
Both lovers hoped against hope: they had
been refused in the plaincst of words, yet
neither could believe in his rejection.
The Duchess of Elmslic spoke very seii-
| ously to BcatriN about them.
"Sllall you marry either of them, TriN-
/ ic:' she asked. And BcatriN answered
NO"
Then. said hcr kncst. "bc cautious.
They are madiy jealous of each other,
and the first sign of preference that YOU
make will he Il signal for murdcr-thnt
is. murder in the shape of a duel. You
underestimate
II can show no preference returned
Bcatrix. for i feel nonc.' The duchess
laid her hand on the girls arm.
"Beatrix," she said earnestly, 81 try to
believe YOU, but / cannot; it is incredible
to me tina you should deliberately throw
| away two such chances. You must be
the Duchess of Hcathland. l should not
like you To go to Italy. but l should like
to see you Duchess of Hcathland."
Peter Lcnnox came home early one
evening and. not knowing that his niece
was ut home. he went to his study and
fell asleep in the comfortable easy chair
that was his favorite resting place. When
BeatriN heard that he had returned. she
went ut once to see him. She never neg
lectcd him nor left him alone. She went
To his study. and, opening the door. saw
that he had fallen asleep in his chair. She
did not awaken him. but went up To him
very gently. How tired and worn the fine
face loolscd.. And there was the secret.
thought BcatriN. revealing itself in great
pitcous lines round his mouth. Her uncle
suddenly turned round!
II did not mean it," she heard him say
Il never thought of it,"
Then with IL sudden cry he awokc from
his sleep.
Grace. Grace.!' he called. For a mo-
mcnt lie looked wildly around him.
"Gracc. Gracc!" he repeated.
"unclc.' said Bcatrix. II came TO see
if You wanted anything"
An expression of fear crossed his face,
followed by one of great relief.
rs that yon. TriXic: ! was asleep
dreaming. j am glad YOU are at home,
my dear. i felt very dull Tonight"
And all night, while The gay world
moved along. she remembered that one
cry of Grace. Gracc!." and wondered
what it meant.
CHATTER X.
\ cozy little party sat in the beautiful
boudoir that Peter LennoN had furnish
ed for his aiccc. The Duchess of Elmslic
who vas just as devoted to the million
aires niece as she had been %inattentivc
to the poor outcasts at Strathnarn-had
driven over to Lady LcnnoX-who had
forgotten in her present happiness all her
past pain. and who delighted i'll the Cos
siping conversation of the duchcss-in
company with Lady button. IL of the
duchess dearest friends, who kept her
we'll supplied with news. These two la
dies with Bcatrix and her mother formed
IL friendly little party-they had partaken
of Luncheon, and now sat at ease discuss
ing the events of the day.
On this morning the conversation nmaz-
cd her more than II generally did. There
had been n great scandal. and the duchess
appeared to delight in discussing it. Then
she had many anecdotes of Lady Scales
to relate. Lady Scales was one of her
pet subjects. Rcatrix turned away tired
nj last. How shallow all this seemed to
the high soul and noble nature formed
amid the glorious solitudes OF Loeb Narn!
Lady Lennox saw her daughters look
and understood it. The Morning Post lay
upon the table, and, anxious to divert
Beatrix's attention, she pointed to 1t and
said:
"Beatix. will you look through that