The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-04-22
CHAPTER XVI.
II INt.E


AS one who pauscs at the threshold
of some tabled palace of the houri, so
did | stop, bcwildered by the beauty
of this virgin field of love, by fancy
decked With blossoms, now spreading
all the allurementS of fetterlesS mag
inings before ne. A sudden Wifi
brought me the perfume of her pres
ence, and, turning, she appeared before
me, whether in the spirit or the flesh. |
could hardly tell, SO transported was |
by the swift changes of my thought,
merging beauties ever new, ever spark
ling, with those scarce tasted ones but
just discarded. Yet there she was, Il
dainty thing in white. White of dress,
white of face, white of spirit.
In frightened tones of ar-awa
sweetness, her voice mingled with the
air, Sc low, so melodious one could
scarce determine when she commenced
to speak.
Monsieur. quick, listen. You are in
danger. ] was in Madame de Char
trains chamber and overheard. You
have letters. NJ. dc GrcvilIe will take
them from you-for her sake-thcy
compromise her. There is other dam
ger" she spoke b%reathlessIy on. other
more deadly danger lurking for you
here; | beseech o to leave-at once.
M. de Greville will AXE those letters
from you by force or guile. oh, tarry
not, there has been SO much of blood.
and this place so seeming fair: the
assassin, the poison and prison houses"
The ~eloguence OF fear trembled in
her words. Half starting forward [
drank in every syllable, not for the
warning she would fain convey, but
for their sweetness. All 1 could realize
for the was hat she had
sought me, sought me freely. Then
she WA pnna CuFiff1,- ,r;r,lNr,1, -.
she came. she disappeared. The dis
tant autter of her skirts among the
sombre trees marked the path she went.
Through 1t all | spoke no word, re-
turning, as n who has received an
angels visit, to my reverie.
L was not suffered long to spend my
time alone. The old beau, de Nirelle,
In his bluff n hearty way directed the
attention of Il party of ladies who We're
with him to where l hung over Il mar
Bile balustrade e~nraptured at the broad
eXpanSe OF valley, rosy tinted with the
hues of cbbing light, ]boundless as the
dim horizon of my own sweet dreams.
by my faith, captain, you should
have heard the clamor over YOUR de-
parture. Already famous, and so soon
weary of your laurels. All! a tryst."
he exclaimed. Verify you do better
than l thought" for he q picked w
a muslin handkerchief, edged with
lace, which sought in vain to hid itself
among the leaves. SO busted had /
been it escaped my notice. Instructive
ly l reclaimed the prize and with no
gentle hand | doubt, for his touch and
jcering name desecrated the sacred
relic of my vanished saint.
DE Nirelle scoWled somewhat at nv
precipitation but, meeting a no less
determined air, passed the matter by.
His ladies' affected not to see. They in
turn plled me with inquiries about the
savages in America, asked all manner
of silly questions. and completed with
their foolish simperings the disgust l
already felt at such an interruption to
my thought. Yet SO great is the force
OF novelty TO women they chung about
me as If | We're some strange tame AMI
NAL brought to Paris for their diver
tisement.
POUNDS, Margot dear" de virelle
blurted out aside, for even his dull
senses saw was not pleased, our
good Moliere must have had this her
init captain in his mind when he made
Alceste to rail so at the hypocrisies of
the world, and urge the telling of truth
and looking of truth at all times"
How brutally frank! What bad
breeding assented that young omar
This captain seems SO full Of weari-
ness at our coming, and lacks g. grace
to veil it decently; let us GO"
FINDING no hand of mine raised to
hinder them, these fair danes and
demoiselles, with many pretty pouts
and fiutters and founces, betook them
selves away, followed by their faithful
squire.
l began then to feel sorry at having
dlsgraced Jerome's gentle teachings.
The light dying away across the distant
fields and streams, I resigned my soli-
tary communion n set out slowly