Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-16

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disappointed ante-chamber, Doorgal
Sahjb walked with a rapid and fever
ism s.ep, stopping IN instant only again
TO recommence his promenade like that
Of a wild beast in its cage.
When he had walked so long that IA
tigue coLqEereG him. he fell upon a
diyan, but instantly rose, brusquely, as
If repose We're TO him impossible.
All the bad passions were depicted
upon his countenance. 4 blue circle
was drawn about his and, at
tines, a fierce anger sparkled there.
Nor was the anger m~oCiveleSs: For
the first time his all-powerful will had
been baffled. and by a young girls
frTnness.
Agnes resistance ind disdain were in
s~urmOuntable obstacles. against which
prayers, promises, threats and suppl
cations were of no avail.
Conquered by a child"
II was too much for the rajah's pride.
He felt his love changed into hatred,
and the fierce instincts Of his nature
| sprang to the surface. He determined
10 try one last temptation. and then, if
this temptation failed But how ex-
press DOorgal's thought?
Sending for the matrOn, he ques-
toned her:
what does the young girl doT'
"She weepS."
"Have you been able to reassure and
| calm her.
"All that one wOman may say to an
other l have said, illustrious lord; and
l believe, without vanity, that you
would have been gratified TO have
| heard me-"
What has she answered."
Not a word"
You spoke I her in English, how
ever"
Yes; hut she appeared not to under
stand. The more / talked, the more
| she sCbheI."
| HAS she consented to eat?'
"She has not touched food or water
HAS she taken no repOse?"
"NOne. illustrious lord"
But If she neither eats, o drinks
nor sleeps, she will die"
Such. / believe, is her intention
answered the matron.
DoOrgal shivered.
"She wishes to dier" he cried. "Then
I will prove the supreme temptation. /
win try 10 save her. If she opposes
me. misfortune follow her. Go bring
her here he commanded, land leave
me alone with her. But first send Myn-
dab to me-"
Ayesha went out to fulfill her double
mission.
Almost Immediately Myndha ap-
| peared.
"Myndha," ordered Doorgal, giving
her a key, go to my chamber, and
open with this key the iron safe oppo-
| site my bed. You will see there a sill
Yer flask. a yermillion plate and a gold
goblet. Place the flask and the goblet
on the threshold. return here, and if l
am not alone, conceal yourself behind
these hangings. When you hear me
strike the bell. appear, and co-le to-
ward me plate in hand. Do you under
standT'
"Most illustrious lord, I understand"
eco, then. and hasten"
Hardly had the slave disappeared,
when the door opened TO admit into the
apartment the matron followed by Ag-
mes.
The former merely crossed the thresh-
old, retiring again without speaking, in
| Ob'1lSANN W LAX loJdh VA1NlG.
Agnes had so altered since the day
previous as TO be scarcely recogniZa-
BILE, but her beauty was not the less
dazzling.
Her superb hair floaetd in sunny
waves over her shoulders; a singular
palenesS lent her an appearance Of
great delicacy; her eyes, always large,
seemed larger; great tears, like liquid
/ ,nnrl, 1r,nrr an he. Lone IprLn- ,nH
fell, on by one.
Seeing Doorgal opposite her, her re-
gard expressed not terror, but wither-
ing scorn and Indignation Instead of
retreating or endeavoring to escape,
she approached nearer him, as she
asked:
"Is it again to torture me that you
have had me brought "a you? To
impose such a punishment upon one
who has not deserved 1t, is both cow
ardly and cruel"
agnes" exclaimed Doorgal, sis it to
impose a punishment to repeat to you
that l love your
"Yes; for your love is INSULT"
"InSCltT'
Doubtless; since you well know that
I cannot be yours"
lou nave hot, tHen, uHueTStOOu, Az
mes, the lengths to which my passion
for you will carry mef"
81 wish to understand nothing"
"If you knew"
81 wish t know nothing"
cat least, listen to me-"
81 wish to hear nothing"
Dcogal stamped his foot in anger.
II will. however, speak!' he cried;
"and whether you so desire or not, MY
words must reach your ears. You ac-
cuse me of cruelty, Agnes; yet is is
you who, holding my heart in your
hands. crush 1t pitilessly. Am I guilty.
then, In having loved you? The fault
Is yours, rather than mine-yours,
whose beauty shines and warns as
does the sun. My only crime is in pos
sess.ng vision. Is IL a dishonorable
love that / offer you? ! am q prince,