The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-03-05

. ! vivid flash Of lightning revealed in
lurid glare the dark water. the stretc
Of beach, the two figures standin
there. .... .......
In that moment they did not see tn
outline Of form standing up on tn
ridge of high-water mark--a fgur
that started vislbly as the fash O
light showed him the man and woman
"Ah, muttered this unknown man.
And he took few steps quickly for
ward on the shingle: but the sound o
his movements seemed so loud that HI
stopped quickly, and for fear he NIGH
be seen when another flash of light
ming came he threw himself fat or
the ground, listening intently and with
his eyes turned in the direction IN
which he had seen the two.
1T was Kate-Td swear ii was
kate!" he said, as he lay there mo,
tionless, patiently waiting. $50 this is
her way! So coldly modest, so devil.
ishly proud with me, or with any one
that knew! She kept Caryl at dis
lance, 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 a man in this wayl Curse
him-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 coldness
to me. But who is the man? Is he
Rothesay? He'll find himself in O.
mighty tight box II it is"
Rapidly he muttered these words be-
tween his teeth as he lay, like some
wild beast, crouching for ppy.
Kate, watchful as she had 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
CaryPs death?"
"Strongly-and your concealment.
your open quarrel with I'm at the
railroad station-Oh, do you not see
how strongly they would suspect" re-
piled Kate, longing to ask him to ex-
plain his movements.
Yes, l see they must. But can do
nothing now" he said, in a tone that
gave no hope of his changing his mind
while he was bound by those mysteri-
Gus circumstances which he did not
attempt to explain, and about which
Kate would not question him.
"Elut do
Can you ask me?" she said. indig-
nantly.
Even though my own actions seem |
10 say those suspicious are just and I |
do not explain to you?" he persisted.
Do l not love you?-and, loving; do !
not believe in your" 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
.requent and sharp, and now some
leavy drops of rain began to fall.
For while it seemed as If the girl
vas unconscious of the storm that was
Ibout to burst upon her. The glamor.
he dear enchantment Of love was
lpon her, and the presence Of the low
n seemed still to surround her and
hield her.
She forgot all her fears and ankle
les. She believed no one had seen
lin, and she gave herself up to the
Hiss of the first, the supreme love.
She had not seen the figure that, Il
'hen Rothesay had left her, had risen
nd moved swiftly after him. II was
'ell for her peace that she had not.
In a moment more the tempest,
Which had been so long in coming.
urst over the shore with terrific fury.
lain came down in sheets, lightning ,
ashed from one horizon to the other.
he whole world seemed enveloped in
he rush of the flood and the roar of
ne thunder.
Kate, though she ran swiftly, was
renched before she could reach her
ONE, Her long hair, unbound by her
INNING, was dripping with water: her
heeks glowed, her eyes burned with I
fire before unknown, but which q
ade her beauty yet more seductive. I
Could Vance Rothesay have seen q
er face then, could he have left her? c
Ito be continued.)