Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-02-08


carrying beauties to which the wood
I'd margin. touched by autrmn's mas
ter brush. lent the chromatic splendors
of the Kaleidoscope. Marguerite and
ner rod became familiars Of the ris-
ing sur. Along the winding dirt
roads C old Hennepin she enjoyed
many an afternoon Rallop betweeE
the radiant walls OF the turning
leaves. As the Gay fell. wind-driven
excursions to the tree-crowued dams
81 Big Island, haunted oy iege1d, or
through the narrows 20 the roughea
waters of the expanded lake. lent .
closing zest 20 days with nature
When the copper shield OF the hal.
vest moon rose 1 flaming disc In the
east and the many-stringsd orchestra
hidden in the palms of the great yer.
anda wOOed concord, they sat IL
peace under the soft influences OF
moon and star, and were content.
Here Marguerite. the desolate. found
her cavalier. He was a student at the
University Of Minnesota, a boy of 20
just through his junior year. working
his way 10 educa tion by the labor Of
his own hands. At the big summes
hotel he served as an amateur guide
boatman. equerry. escort. 20 those who
needed him. III was Henry who best
knew where lurked the biggest bass,
and 20 what bait they wou.G rise. He
could sail a single sticker " d the in
trepidity and assurance of cup chal.
lenger. He could row for hours with
out fatigue. He rode like life guards
man and knew the secret pockets OF
the woods like a trapper. In addition,
Henry Lestrange was as handsome
as the young Antinous, q student who
bade fair 20 become scholar, a gen
tleman by instinct, and within his as
piring breast dwelt soul whose ycunp
ambition had raised a ladder whose
higher rangs were hidden in the sym
pathetic skies.
This was the attendant who had
been placed wholly at the service OF
Miss Carr0lrs party--which meant At
the pleasure OF Miss Carroll herself.
She viewed him iauyuidly at arst. as
she might have viewed any Other
domesticate crea ture assigned 10 DO
her bidding. On the second DAY she
became aware that he was good to
look upon. Then she adroitly delyed
in the depths of his uusophisticated
mind and found its native keenness
and its alloy OF Innocence mine OF
strange gems she had never looked d
upon. The task OF breaking heart
50 simple, SO ingenious, so unsu,lied.
so limpid in its virginia. simplicity.
seemed to her a languorous pastim
quite in harmony with her intentio
of restfulness, II would be neither
difficult nor too exciting, but il would
while the Minnetonkan hours. She
undertook "a. armed with the softly
insidious wiles a deep experience had
begotten.
But il was not long before Marguer-
ite perceived the random fire of her
ambushed batteries was Intellectual TO
disturb this unconscious opposing
force. Henry was studious.y polite
unquenchably good humored. No pet
ulance annoyed him. no Ia Dor fatig gued.
Yet when his hand touched hers IS ne
steadied her step into a rocking boat,
or assisted her 10 the saddle, or he. ped
her through a terny bog seeking for
wood treasures. she could feel no
tremor, could see no mantling OF hot
blood TO his unmoved cheek. Initially
this pleased her. III the quarry were
shy, more sport and glory for the
hunter. The game promised a rarer
interest than she had hoped.
The week Miss Carroll had marked
for her sojourn passed. She reen-
gagged her apartments, inds finitely.
Minnetonka had far more entrance.
ments than she had known, she said
She released her chaperon from at
tendance, and deflantly went upon long
excursions with Lestrange alone.
They walked together in the woods
rode in the dusk, rowed in the moon,
light, now growing faint, lie re-
mained unresPonsive, not cold. but un-
conscious, unappreciative of his con-
quest. One night she cried herself To
sleep. she, Marguerite Carroll, Who
had thrown over princes ard diSdaiued
ministers, and awoke 20 know that she
was hOpelesSly in love. Her bosom
ragged between a glowing scorn of her
own weakness and deep new-learne
tenderness for the man she loved. The
situation became cruelty unendurable.
She determined 10 end il, TO crush
her pride with fierce fingers, TO dare
all and by one master stroke 10 gain all.
We are going away tomorrow, Mr..
Lestrange." she said, on the evening
this resolution had been formed. Il
have telegram from uncle which re-
calls us at once TO Washington"
They were sitting alone upon the
verapda, whittier she had adroitly sum
moned him. The young man had at
tended, as a matter of course. Mrs.
Beaumont and Cousin Julia were
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