Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-05

ueT ny tiiaN''Nl VIII ITO everything open
~. i wi. aSk to soc her. IL then tel.
her wlss ia:i come"
Fortune favored him. He knocked at
the hail DIOR. and was told that MIR.
Lennon So, Lady Lennox were not at
eomc-tl,,t they were not expected at
home un.i. rour-but that Miss LennoN
was disc,isa =cd.
Beatrix ...f ilonc in tho superb drawing
room, %try;,- to decide what vas best and
right for hos to do. She glanced ~listlcss-
~ enou..s al the card that the servant
brought Ia. nut when she saw the name
her collre>s deserted her; the sweet face
vas transformed, her Eyes filled with love-
" light. hrr lips parted with Il smile.
She lci,l INT both hands to Bcltran OH
his entrance. His Jealous eyes looked
quickly ~ jhcm-thcrc was no engage
mcnt ring ci her finger. Quite silently lie
clasped 'as outstrctchcd hands-thcir
meeting w,,s so sweet, SO pleasant, and
it woull ~ over so soon.
She di,! unt seem to remember that he
WAS c~last,iug her hands.
II am verv glad to see you back again."
she said. u was so sorry when you went
AWAY"
~ am assumptions. I know" he told
her. II cannot help it. l have only call
ed to ask ysu. is it truc?"
"Is what true?" she asked. She had
completely fnlgottcn the paragraph in the
newspaper. rs she had forgotten every
thing else il her joy at seeing him again.
Els it :ric that you are about to marry
tho DuS. VI lIcathland?' he inquired.
A lovely flush rose to her face. her
heart brat fast, but "Princc Charlic's"
daughtee ss.idc one last effort in defense
of her m.idcnly independence. Il can
not understand why You should ask ME
that question. Mr.. Carcw," she said, and
that was perhaps the least truthful sen
tence she lad ever uttered.
"Will ylu not sit down?' she added.
And w;i YOU not release my handsw
she was ABOUT to say, but something in
his face prevented her.
~ will not sit down. thank you. 1 will
stnnd jn>t where 1 am, holding your
hands III trire. while you pronounce SEN
tcnce of punishment pom me-"
The dark eyes filled with pain.
SENTENCE of banishmcnt, MI. Carcw?
Nay, yo; u III never hear such n sentence
from NO.
"You ca,,,ot understand why I should
aslS you tisnt question" he said. LET me
tc!! you-yo,i can but send me angrily
a";ay-it is because I am mad: because
fr,m the .i-st moment that I beheld your
face until ;iow l have loved you with mad
ness, but r;lch madness makes a mans
life SWEET u him. BcatriN-this .,ncc let
me call yot 'Bcatrix.' have bcen mad
enough to love you. Dear heaven, if 1
could hut toll you how no other face,
sweet, has comc between me and heaven
save youis. Everything speaks of you.
The waves Fnurmur and the brooks sing
'BeatriS.' / know no other word; your
name, so sweet, so simple. fills thu world
for me. I did not know that l loved you.
/ never sa;,i TO myself. 'Shc is the faircst
amongst yemen, and l will win ner.' 1
driftcd Is leaf drifts down the stream.
I dreamed ~ a child dreams. l wake to
find mysrit struggling with Il mans love.
n mans DESPAIR. \ went away while L
had strength to so. You are not angry
with me, >wcct?'
Il am not angry" she replied. all I'M
conscious 1T the story that her downcast
eyes and %,.iooping face told. all uncon-
scious TIM she still stood with her hands
claspcd in Ills.
II wcie .way because l felt thai il l
saw you a!s:,in 1 must tell you all, and that
IN telling I misht lose you. l thought that
NASAA = 49, iAA away AAVA SOu L SlUulu
forget yo,,. | would learn to love you less.
I have studied hard, l have worked hard,
and haze returned quite as mad as when
I went away. The first thing l saw on
my arris al N England was the %announc
mcnt of yeur hetrotliai; ind / have come
to ask yot. IS it truc:'
NO." shp replied, sit is not true"
The si.,llen CLEAN of happiness in his
face startled her.
Not ,;'ie. Thank heaven! Oh, Bca-
triN. permit ne to ask. do you love this
great AMI nlishty duke who has so much
to offer yut!'
You do nat deserve to know" she said;
and his heart ::rcw lighter Mt the words.
"Why d. not?' he asked.
Gone would thinls-that is, I should i'm
arine-- ,,md then she stopped.
You wnt.id imagine what, Bcatrix?"
II sloi'l think that, ii YOU had rcaliy
been anyirgs 10 know, you would have
asked No instead of going to Athens"
she sail.
II dared rot"
why. Mr.. Carcw?" she asked, briefly.
"Wly: Because you are Il great heir
ess, n brilliant belle, u queen of fashion,
and / am Z poor barristcr with no for
tune
What ~nci.sense.!" cried Bcatrix: and in
some vasl;s way, though the words were
rather commonplace, he seemed to find Il
great deaf Ct encouragement in them.
"Nonsc,,sc? Nay. it is hardly that. Had
I acted otherwise, it would AVE been the
case of King Cophetua and the bcggar-
maid reversed"
at woall have been no sucn thing"
she reioinei, quickly.
You have all, Bcatrix, and I have
nothing" az said. ''If the world were
mine. l would lay it at your feet, I would
give You every thing"
"Are you the only generous person in
EXISTENCE" she asked.
A sudden passionate Ere famed in Dis