Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-09-21

! you lOFe me, my husband, 90 you
not?"
"of course do, darling" he re-
piled; and | ought to be more care
full Of you
Tell me just once again that you
love me" she said gently
he bent over her, and smiled into
the beautiful pale face, while he whis-
Igered that he loved her better than
his life.
Lady Lynne would not go to her
room until Agatha and Lady Florence
had gone to theirs. Then, when she
was sure her sister and her husband
would not meet again that evening,
she went up stairs to her own cham
Der, a handsome apartment, with some
traces OF the old Roman luxury in It,
large mirrors, rare statues and pic
lures silken hangings, and thick
soft carpets, were all there's but
Lady Lynne noted nothing OF the mag
niGcence that surrounded her. Ste
phanie awaited her mistress, a blue
! silk dressing-gown thrown over her
( arm.
] Will HbI hCtp YOU lllLS tf6HlHs,
said Lady Lynne to her maid. Fetch
my writing-desk,- is something
in it ! have forgotten"
The maid soon returned, bearing
with her the desk gwen by Lord
Lynne TO his wife.
AT least, my lady" she said, as her
! mistress waved her hand in token of
/ -,I
ments, and unfasten your hair"
Listlessly and silently Lady Lynne
sat down in the easy chair, drawn up
| to the toilette table, gazing stead !
lastly at the face reflected in the mir
| ror
One by one the skillful hand |
maiden removed the jewels from the |
thick tresses of raven hair; then she
unfastened it, and let it fall in all its |
rich luxuriance over her mistress
shoulders.
mo one ever had such hair as my |
| lady" she murmured to herself, brush |
/ ing 1t the while, and as proud of its |
\ glossy magn1cance as though it were !
! her own.
Very beautiful did Inez look then
with that wealth of hair flowing like |
veil over her white shoulders. Stead |
| fastly and silently she gazed at the |
wondrous lOveiness of the face in the |
mirror, the dark lustrous eyes with |
/ their jetty fringe, the rich red lips, the |
Queenly brow, the exquisite cheeks, |
/ There were few such faces in the |
world
"All in vain she said, call in vain "
Did my lady speak?" asked
Stephanie
"No," replied Lady Lynne, YEARLY. |
Bring me the little phial $50 that if
| am in pain | need not call any one. +"
/ Stephanie obeyed and then went out,
wondering why her mistress looked
SO long and calmly in the mirror.
Then Inez remembered the note
that had been pressed into her hand.
II was in the pocket OF her dress she
rose, and found It. Her hand did
not tremble as she opened IT, her lips
never quiyered as she read it, al
| though the few lines IL contained were
her death-warrant.
Il shall call tomorrow at three,
wrote Count Rinaldo; Il shall ask for
private Interview with your sister, |
and make her an offer OF marriage, II
/ she accepts me, which she will do if
/ You use your influence, all is well ii |
she refuses me, ! shall ask for Lord /
/ Lynne shall tell him an that took /
place ait Serrauto, aud claim you and
! your fortune as mine by prior right /
/ Nothing will move me from this Qur-
pose Instead of wasting your time /
/ i'm useless appeals TO me, spend it in /
persuading your sister TO accept me
/ # am hunted down, cried the /
vretched girl, as the note fell from
/ her ueryeless grasp u am hunted 7.
4 down, Ruin lies on an sides of me- |
/ Tomorrow Philip will ask Agatha what I.
she meant by not understanding his /
|oIuslon q the white hyacinth, to-
morrow be win know that | lied and I
|selemei and betrayed my sister to /
/ Twin his owe, tomorrow he win know /
/ that nave deceived him he will .
/ know an the wreghcd story OF my /
! folly and ereluIty, my sin and shame /
/ win know that / ann no wife for an
honorable man. on, Heaven, can /
uer it.'
SHE l.l not weep now as She had
done months ago. when She wept for
! the love given to another The time
. for tears was over with Inez Lynne.
. a palor Ijke that of death settled on
/ har beautiful young face
"fI must be fate" she cried as with