Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-05-25
CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XII
AT last-at last" murmured Inez.
as she reached the quiet sanctuary of
her own room, q have won him; and
! will only live to make him happy.
He shall never repent the words he
said this night | will make him hap
pier and greater than my cold, quiet
sister could have done"
In that hour of triumph ~fnez forgot
the false, cruel treachery that had led
10 her present happiness; she never
thought OF her sister, betrayed and
unhappy; she remembered only her
love and it's success. The fatigue
and WEAKNESS that a short time be-
fore had almost overpowered her,
disappeared; it was fresh and
radiant face that smiled so brightly,
as busy thoughts painted the past
aud present in strong colors.
1t is not only that | love him, ;"
she cried; were he penniless and
obscure l would endow him with all
my wealth; but there is triumph to me
in the thought that my fathers
neglected child will be Lady Lynne,
mistress of this proud home; exiled
and neglected no longer; loved and
revered as Lady Lynne"
She would not remember the falsity
that had crowned her with success.
BY strong effort of her indomitable
will she swept away all unpleasant
thoughts. She remembered only that
she loved and was loved, THAT the
one thing she coveted was now hers,
her hopes gratifed, her wounded
pride soothed the cup she had craved
for filed to the brim.
If all this could have been attained
by fair and honorable means, lnez
would have been better pleased. She
did not like to remember the false
words that had stained her lips, or
the pain she had seen in her sisters
face But-aud she silenced the out
cries Of conscience in the thought-he
would be the happier for it in the end,
and so would Agatha; they were not
suited to each other, she said to her
self over and over again. Agatha had
no ambition; she would be content to
dream away her life a, Lynnewolde,
satisfied in seeing her husband full
filling the duties Of wealthy landed
proprietor, without caring for or
thinking of fresh glory But it would
not be so with her, She would incite
him, help him. urge him on until the
name of Lynne was known and
revered throughout the length and
breadth of the land He should be
statesman such as the Lynnes of
old had been, and all England should
ring with his fame and his talent.
Then he would turn to her, and bless
her as the center and source of all
mis- success. Then to himself he
should own that 1t was well the fair
haired cousin had rejected him. and
the half-southern sister crowned him
with her love When the mighty voice
of a mighty nation was raised In his
praise when h0nors had been thrust
upon him, when the first and grandest
of positions were open to him. then
he would but love her the more, for
she would have helped him on his
brilliant career.
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lynne when he awoke on The morn
ing following the scene iu the bou5oir