Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-03-05

viv;a nass, Of lightning -evealed ~ a
lurid glare the dark water. the stretch
of beach. the two figures standing
there.
In that moment they did not see the
outline of a form standing up on the
ridge of higl-water mark-a figure
that started visibly as the flash OF
light showed him the man and woman.
"Ah, muttered this unknown man.
And he took a few steps quickly for
ward on the shingle: but the sound OF
his movements seemed so loud that he
stopped quickly. and for fear he might
be seen when another fash of light
ming came he threw himself fiat on
the ground. listening intently and with
his ewes turned in the direction in
which he had seen the two.
ut was Kate-ld swear it was
Kate!" he said. as he lay there mo-
tionless. patiently waiting. so this IS
her way. So coldly modest. so devil
ishly proud With me- or with any one
lAdI 1 NltSM. NollS NSl'N SoAS ~ ~ >>-S
tance. and Caryl was false to every
word he told me and tried to win her
for himself, | am convinced. Luckily;
Caryl is out of the way. It's not safe
to oppose me too much. And she
she meets man in this way! Curse
hin-a thousand times curse him!
Those two are lovers! And her father
assured me that she loved no one.
Now know the secret of her GOODNESS
to me. But who is the man? Is he
Rothesay? He'll find himself in q
mighty tight box if it is
Rapidly he muttercd these words be
tween his teeth as he lay. like some
wild beast. crouchins for ply.
Kate. watchful as she liao suddenly
become. had not seen that PROSTATE
form.
Give me one minute more" pleaded
Rothesay. and then ! will go! Do
they suspect me OF causing Ralph
Caryl's death?'
"Strongly-and your concealment
your open quarrel with lSm at the
railroad station-oh. do you not see
how strongly they would suspect?" re.
piled Kate. longing to ask him to OK
plain his movements.
Yes. see they must. But l can do
nothing now" he said. in a tone that
gave no hope of his changing his mind
while he was bound by those nysteri.
Gus circumstances which he did not
attempt to explain. and about which
Kate would not question him.
But you-you do not share these
suspicions?"
Can you ask meo" she said. indig
nantly.
Even though my own actions seem
to say those suspicious arc just and J
do not explain to you?" he persisted.
do not love you?-and. loving: do
l not believe in you?" she said, in a
voice whose sweetness thrilled her
lover as no passionate protestations
could have done.
In a few moments more Kate was
alone. standing just where Rothesay
had left her
The clouds over the sky had thick
ened; the lightning had become more
frequent and sharp, and now some
heavy drops of rain began to fall.
For while it seemed as if the cir,
was unconscious of the storm that was
about to burst upon her. The glamor,
the dear enchantment of love was
upon her. and the presence of the low
er seemed Still to surround her and
shield her.
She forgot all her fears and ankle
ties. She believed no one had seen
him, and she gave herself up to the
bliss of the first the supreme love.
She had rot seen the figure that
when Rothcsay had left her. had risen
and moved swiftly after him. 1t was
we'll for her peace that she had not.
In moment more the tempest
which had been so long in coming,
burst over the shore with terrific fury.
Rain came down in sheets. lightning
flashed from one horizon to the other.
The whole world seemed enveloped in
the rush of the flood and the roar Of
the thunder.
Kate, though she ran swiftly. was
drenched before she could reach her
home. Her long hair, unbound by her
running. was dripping with water; ner
cheeks glowed. her eyes burned with
a fire before unknown, but which
made her beauty yet more seduct We,
Could Vance Rothesay have Seen
her face then, could he have left her?
(To be contnued.)