Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-03
rHArTEE VI

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associations connected with L. and IlEes
II he- head On md Ye-l -her-.
I've come uara-" she r-l->. breath
.-ss.-. sinking into seat aul la0s.-- a,
Ts-4 wiki despair iu her eyes y n-Te
611- e. -a- l->i-s5 ne. have said good
o. -a him forever.
"W1l- did b. say Was ne very much
upset wi-u burning interest.
a= said he'd manage O. s=e me IN
some w~y o- other says G-i>e.Ga. Win
E lszTg sigh.
Oh. ve..-come now. -ha-'S not 30
bad. says Vera Cle--tUl!y. fo--e-tul ot
prudence az si-nt u her sisters grief.
He seems from al I have heard from
you s-s so-- N pa-Son who would BE-
difficult, To bafiie. ! think I should pu-
tsIEb IL .ha- declaration ot MS i I We're
you"
Oh. he said more than that" cries
G-.selGa. Why, il appears that Tom
NJ. Psyt0n-knows Seatou quite well.
and likes him. too. NJ. Peyron says
that ne. SeaJol. is engaged 10 be married
70 e Miss Butler, : friend OF Lady Eiy-
erdale's
For moment there Is s dead silence.
during which the pretty crimson on
Ne-a's cheek dies OUT. leaving her siugu-
Iaciy pale. No doubt the surprise is
great
Is that t-ue?" she says. y should
not b. surprised, though I confess an:
il i only what ! might have expected
from my first Judgment Of him. And
one should NOT condemn him, either; il i
not his fault that ne calls Uncle Gregory
father"
A footstep upon the gravel outside
makes them both turn their heads
What Is il. Crunch Vera calmly
asks as the housekeeper appears on the
threshold
The master wishes 10 see you. Miss
Dysart, in the library" There is an ex-
preston Of malignant amusement in the
woman's eyes as she says this.
Vera had gone into the library with Z
pale face. but It was with one paler still
she came OUT Of il half an hour later
white as death and with a strained look
OF passion Oh every feature not 10 BE- sub
dued. She might perhaps have given way
10 the blessed relief Of tears if she had
had time 10 escape Griselda: but as she
hnds herself looking az Seatou Dysar-.
who has Al this moment entered The i'll
ner nall leading 10 the room she has just
left. al! her being seems 10 stifTen into
cold horror Of contempt.
She stops short and hzes he- heavy
eyes or his.
so you betrayed me- she says. il 2
low tone that vibrates with scorn.
Betrayed yoUt' echoes he. starting
There J. that in her face not 10 b. mis-
taken, and 2 preseutimenr Of coming
evil sends hot flush TO his brow
You ara G bad actor" says she. with
= palesmile; you change color. a. g
crisis; you have still last grain Of hon
esty left in you. You should So To that.
kill il quickly, il spoi.s your otherwise
perfect role
You are pleased 10 be enigma.ica.. '
says he with trowu. Il am. however
a. loss To know what you mean"
oh. are you ashamed 10 keep il up
the decep;ion:" cries she with & sud
den outbreak Of wrath. oh. how could
you do it,
=
that have done nothineT" exclaims he.
growing pale a. herself.
There was 10 one else awake. there
was no one 10 see ne" says she. r-yinc
10 stide her agitation. What then. must
I think bur that you We're the one 70 tell
your father Of that unlucky night when
! was locked out in the garden
He has heard rharE'' Seaton. as il
thunderstruck. looks blankly al her.
Why do you compel me TO tell you
what you already know" says She. with
& little irrepreSsible stamp Of ner foot.
II you will listen to what is already no
news 10 you, learn that your father sen,
for me- just nova long time ago. hours
ago. l think" putting her hand TO her
head in 6 little, confused. miserable way.
and accused me Of having spent the
whole night alone with you, purposely, il
the garden
And you think that L"
Il don't think" with a condemnatory
glance. As l told you before. | know.
Your father has insOlently accused me
Of an impossible thing; but even il | had
stayed in the garden with you that night.
OF my own free will, l cannot see where
would lie the disgrace he connects with
IT,"
You are right, no one could see dis
grace where you were" says Seaton.
calmly. My father is an old man. he
lis old enough TO know how to insult
a woman" coldly. when" with q terri
bic glance at him. shown the way. Oh. ."
laying her hand upon her breast in a
paroxysm Of grief, III was abominable OF
you. and you said-twice you said it"
coming closer 10 him, and lifting accus-
ing eyes TO his, Trust me, | remember
it as though you uttered it but now. and
believed you. Trust me- you said"
II should say il again" says Dysart,
"a hundred times again. Come" he says,
and leads her back again TO the library
she has just quilted.
Gregory Dysart still sits in mis- usual
chair, his arms on the elbows OF il his
face is set, as though death had laid its
seal ON it, save for the marvelously,
horribly youthful eyes, so full Of FIRE and
life.
You will be so good as TO explain to
Vera AT once" begins Seaton, in a dan
gerous tone. how it was you learned of
her being in the garden the other night 4"
What night? She may have been out
a. Ill