Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-05-18

She was too wise to weaken them by
repetition.
Il am firing you she said. Il for
get my little troubles interest no hui
man being beside myself. You said
yesterday, Lord Lynne, that you
would like to hear that Venetian bar
2arolle. Shall | sing 1t to you?"
Before Philip had time to reply,
lnez was seated at the piano, her
rich voice filing the room with the
melody of the old Venetian song.
When that was finished she began
another,-a love song this time with
every note a sigh, low, soft, and TAX
ing with 1t the fire of her genius, and
| The love Of her heart. She sang on
until Philip rose from his seat and be-
/ gan to pace the room He could
! not withstand the charm OF this
| 3yren; she seemed to sing his heart
| away from him; his whole being
| thrilled with the sweet fancies that
came to him with the music.
"He Is half won" she murmured to
/ herself as she watched the changes
| that passed over his face in the
| cleaning; "a little more patience, a
! little more skill and he will be mine"
| This skill she displayed still more
adroitly by seeming to avoid him dur
| ing the last two days Of his stay. He
! had professed himself charmed with
her society; she knew that she amused
and fascinated him. Now he should
! learn what i was to be without her
During those two last days she only
| saw him at rare intervals; and when
he was leaving Lynnewolde he babe
her adleu with real regret, for she
had been most delightful companion.
Send .me a message sometimes" he
said, when my mother writes;-
remember, shall be a lonely bachelor
on the Scottish moors; send me a
| little news
During the first week she sent mere
ly a little piquant message through
| Mrs. Lynne; then she enclosed a
sketch OF his fayorite hunter Lord
Lynne wrote to her, and in less than
two weeks he began to look for her
| letters more eagerly even than for his
! days sport. Not that he loved her.
Love and Inez Lynne never entered
| his mind together; but those letters
wer lnfnitly charming. A woman's
genius shows Itself in her letters,
and those OF Inez were matchless.
They were witty, sparkling, and anus
| ing; yet veil OF melancholy hung
over them Sweet. simple Agatha
could never have written such let
ters; she would not perhaps have I'M
derstood them even; the graceful i'm
agery, the daring wit, the poetical
fancy. that revealed themselves in
every line, were all unknown to her,
So for nearly three months they
correspondent while Agatha regalned
her lost roses. and strove hard to find
peace and tranquility The Christ
mas came round, and Lord Lynne re
solved to spend It at Lynnewolde.
fhey wrote and asked Agatha to
come home Allan Leigh was at the
Chase and MIR Bohun was again at
the Court. but she declined to leave
Evelyn, who chung to her society,
and seemed to love her better than
any one else upon earth.
Christmas was to be very gay. There
was to be a grand bali at Lynnewolde,
! and another at Bohuu Court. Lord
Lynne determined that this year at
least he would be gay; no one should
know that he was rejected lover,
rejected by fair-haired, gentle girl,
too. who seldom said, NO" He
did not know where he should be next
year-abroad most likely Time was
passing quickly; and all hope of his
unole's legacy died with his rejection.
He was a Lynne and a gentleman. It
did not enter his Imagination TO marry
! lnez without loving her, and so secure
! his fortune He loved Agatha, He
would have married her. even II in
doing SO he had lost instead of
! gained his heritage, but she had re-
fused him, Love and money had
| failed him, and Phillip began 20 make
up his mind to the loss. lie was too
/ honorable. too noble to think of
marrying without love Not even to
/ win a crown would he have done ii.
! and lne2 Lynne, who read him rightly,
| knew that II she won him IL would
be apart from NIL mercentry motives
| He was pleased to see her again. He
met her frankly, aud kindly thanked
1 her for her charming letters, which
\ had oheered aud amused his solitude.
| That very fyankness and kindness
were Hike a dea,h-blow to her II his
[ face had flushed, his voice had
/ trembled or his hand had clasped hers
more warmly as il lay IN his grasp.
| SHE would have known that he loved
her That frank open kindness, the
I clear eyes that looked into her own,
the calm, steady voice that thanked
/ her, an told the same story, she in
urestcd amused, charmed him; but
| he aid not love her
/ " will NOT lose heart. she said
mot even yet ! viii succeed, or l
I win die"
Lord Lynne showed that he re