Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-04-20


Of it.; II fair young head tossed
YEARLY through the long night, un-
able to find rest on a pillow that
seemed strewn with thorns, no one
was any the wiser. Florence Wyverne
knew how to keep her own secret.
The year OF mourning expired at
asst, and tncn Lynnewolde resumed its
usual hospitalities. The terms of the
strange will had not been made pub
lie. II was the wish OF all who were
Interested in it that 1t should be so
Lord Lynne was consequently con-
sldered as one Of the most eligible men
in the county. The ladies were press
ing in their invitations, and it was
very seldom that one refused to visit
Lynnewolde, whether for picnic, din
ner, or evening party. Mrs. Lynne
did the honors of the house gracefully.
and no one was more popular than the
young lord and his high-bred, gentle
mother.
None of the family had been to Lon
don during the season. The time Of
mourning had been spent in the strict
est seclusion; but next year Mrs
Lynne was to present the young
ladies, and under her auspices they
were to make their debut In the
world of fashion
That summer, the one after the
death Of the late lord, was an unusual
ly fine one-it was also unusually
warm; and the sisters spent but lit
tie time indoors. Reading, walking
and sketching in the shady dells OF
the park-listening to the reading of
the worlds greatest poems, in which
Lord Lynne took the keenest delight
He had not spoken yet He had
grown to love Agatha Lynne, calmly
deeply, intensely. He thought Of her
as the one woman whom he should
like to have near him through life
He did not know If his love was re-
turned. Agatha was not of the dem
onstrative kind; but he intended, be-
fore he left Lynnewoide again, to ask
her to become his wife.
Some one else had learned to love,
beside Lord Lynne. With all the
passion and warmth Of her Southern
nature. with all the force of her
genius, with that fatal, concentrated
fidelity that knows no change, that
counts no risk, Inez Lynne loved the
handsome debonnaire cousin who de-
voted himself to her sister,
One bright morning in August the
two sisters, with Mrs Lynne, sat I'M
der the great cedar tree. 1t was too
warm to work, to read, or to sketch.
lnez declared that the only life en-
durable on such a morning was that of
bee who could rest himself at his
ease in the very heart of rose.
Agatha, by way of soothing her con-
work in her hand, She was talking
to Mrs Lynne, and Tnez was watch
in, the shadow of the trees on the
grass.
There are two gentlemen" cried
Agatha suddenly zone is Lord
Lynne: but who was that with him."
Some one who seems to know you,
said Inez. more by way of hiding the
crimson flush upon her face than from
any need of speech.
ooh, Inez," cried Agatha, 'it is
Allan Leigh. How long has he been
home, | wonder. How altered he is"
The two gentlemen walked slowly
over the grass.
II have brought you an old friend,
said Lord Lynne, with a smile, TO
Agatha. "and you, Miss Lynne, new
one"
There was little doubt that poor Allan
vas an old friend for he had loved
Agatha Lynne for as many years back
as he could remember He had loved
her without hope. He knew she
would be a great heiress, while he
although he would some day be
Sir Allan Leigh. of The Chase-was
comparatively poor, He loved her,
but he never told her so. He was
TOO dGident. too conscious of what he
thought his own inferiority, to dream
of asking her to be his wife. SO he
worshipped her at a distance, longing
with an unutterable desire for some
thing which should place him in a
never came
He had spent the last three years on
the Continent. and was so improved
by his travels. and SO altered, that
Agatha hardly recognized him. He
had learned a great deal, but he had
not learned to forget her, He had
seen brilliant and beautiful women;
but the calm, gentle face he loved hau
more charms for him than Venus he
self would have had.
The distance between them did not
seem so great now and Allan had re-
turned TO England resolved to risk
ALI and WOO and endeavor to win the
girl he had loved so long.
He looked with surprise AT the
beautiful girl by Agatha's side. His
father had told him that Miss Lynne
had been sent for TO Lynnewolde, but
he had said nothing OF what she was
like, and Allan had pictured to him
self dark foteign-looking girl, by
the side of whom his beloved would
Oh lilo 10 was not