The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-01-08
VII.
The Woman He Lovea.

ono -. VI Ho ~ ~ picturesque cottages
standing'in an expanse of verdant turf,
cool to the eye and soft to the feet,
down by the silver wave of Father
Thames. lear NARROW, BY the bend
of the river. just above the Quaint old
town. n of those red-tiled domiciles
was as the Lock to Lock Times in
formed its readers. occupied bv Sir
John Maunders. his daughter Olive
and a party Of friends who had fled
Nom the noise and dust of London to
the pleasant cool of tho country.
The Nook Is lit was called, was 3,
cosy little place. of somewhat neon.
gruous architecture. the present pro-
prietor having purchased it as a cottage
and added wings, gables. turrets and
orlel windows TO the original erection
until it had assumed quite an impos-
ing appearance. Nothing ancient
! about it, certainly, no Tudor BATTLE
ments. Georgian frontages O Nor
man towers. for it was eminentlv Vic
torian In it's appearance, and all it's
arrangements. both without and with,
in. had all the latest improvements
conducive to comfort and luxury.
On this hot July afternoon one OF
the tables was spread for afternoon
tea. presided owe by Olive Maunders
and Sir John who sat near her while
all around were the guests, mostly
young men and women with a sprink.
ling of chaperones. Sir John, a
genial-looking old gentleman. was al,
ways delighted to surround himself
with young people, as he said thev
made life look bright to him. and GER
tainly there was plenty of laughing
and talking as the party on the lawn
chatted about the events of the dav,
listened to the voice of the wind stir
ring the leaves overhead or watched
the boats floating past on the sunlit
river. with their loads of young men
in t1annels and pretty girls daintily
costumed in river fashion.
Olive Maunders evidently found the
conversation too frivolous, for she
suddenly arose. went up to the house,
n retired into the drawing-room.
Sir John looked after her with rather
a panied expression on his face. and.
Selling the opportunity afforded by
Teddy Rudall beginning a soma, he
slipped away to look for her.
She was seated in a Longing chair,
leaning forward with bent head and
clasped hands, the frown still on her
face. A strixing-looking girl, tall
and slender. with a handsome, reso-
Lutte ~countenance Of a pronounced
brunette. type, and her small head
Win us coils or smOOLn DIack nail.
was well set on her sloping shoulders.
why did you run away so sudden
y. Olive?' asked her father. sitting
beside her. and taking one of her slim
hands in his own.
Il grew tired Of the conversation"
said Olive in a clear sharp vo.ce; lit
is SO frivolous. and there is such a lot
to be thought of.
my dear. you must not brood too
much over T~revanna's accident
I'm not thinking about Mr.. Ire
wanna. but am about Adrian. Where
can he 5bep = 1t is now a fortnight
since he disappeared. and nothing has
been heard Of him."
sch! he'll coms5haek again as-soon
IS he hears Treyanna is getting better.
expect lie thought he had killed
Treyanna, and is keeping l1iet."
i"l3lt nowlthatsMr. Ire wanna is get
ting we'll, he has exonerated Adrian
entirely. They we're both foolish, no
doubt but netnnipggs was SO bad $as to
make Adrian hide himself like this"
a:Perhapse the advertisement you
put in the paper will bring him.
saggested- Sir Johhtthoughtfully."
Il hope SO" replied Olive quickly.
If he's anywhere in England he must
have seen it by this time. but he
seems to have vanished altogether.
Why cannot your occult science dis