The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-05-05
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Copyright. 1906. by w. r. Hearst.)
AT that time / was engaged (and
fery pleased to be) to a most enig-
NAUTICAL young person. She spoke rare
y and in a way always a little mys-
ieriously, making voluntary secrets of
4 undre little actions of life, and
owing solitude in an alarming manner
AN TINS was offset by eyes SO beau
.l1ul, by a coloring so marvellous, by
an expression so divine. that had not
the courage to reflect on the singular
often passed hours of the night sit
lre before her doorstep, simply dream-
'hs mat h lived here AND mediate
,hs on her presence as does the be-
lever on the trans substantiation.
l dla no. know, in the first place,
whether she loved me OF not; she all
ways refused to answer that question.
feferrlng to the wishes of her parents
ana her confidence in their wisdom. If
I insisted, she generally ended by saw
ing, that she knew nothing about it,
out that she felt no antina1hy toward
me, ana That, according to her ideas.
was enough to decide a u girl on
MARRIAGE" In vain l supplicaIed. in
VAIN tried to animate this enignatical
being; h remained as distant as the
manner In which she loved, as UNI
Known as she was dominating.
one evening as l was dreaming a
niue sadly OF these things, a commo-
.oh was heard in the house. l re-
turned to the solon, where everything
was IN disorder. my hosts We're dis
.ressed. their friends embarrassed and
troubled, and old Nine. Laroche horrf-
ply pale II trembling.
n IN h world has happened? ?"
l asked. They explained incoherently
that Nine. Laroche's diamonds We're
stolen-old family diamonds of great
Salue. All the servants had been sum
noned into an adjoining room-in
a formal search was to be in
An old gentleman! NJ. Cope.
mad been unanimously selected to di-
rect inns investigation, Just as l was
eLieeilis, ana ms hrst proposition was
mat every one should submit, or, rath-
er. offer himself to be searched. Al
the thing was rather offensive.
no one protested, n it was decided
after the servants, each person
present should be examined.
10 tell the truth. all this eemed of
small importance beside my personal
:ares; and, with several others. I
waited the end of the adventure, while
M. Cope, his two witnesses and our
host, began the inspection of the de-
Very soon l fell again into my medi-
ea'on' my eyes fixed on the fireplace.
as tnough there were a fire, when sud
denly | felt a light touch on my elbow
raised my head with a start, to see
my fiancee looking at me most he
seechingly. We We're alone near the
and could talk in low tones
Withou being overheard. She mllr-
very low:
III you love me, arrange that they
earch you first; then try to be near me
without being seen, try to conceal
The object that / shall pass Won fro,,,
~
MY blood ran old This ANNOYING
Incident became terrible. filling me with
most passionate trouble. / looked or
girl in agony, but forced MYSELF To
smile, and whispered:
~ shall be as you wish!''
My knees trembled, my mouth was
not n dry. The feeling that over
Nheimed me was inexpressible. 1t was
4 strange mingling of bitterness and
pleasure, that my loved one should he
to such a degree. i forced nv
sci. 10 nave a sort of disdained pity.
in reality love beat ardent. strong
tern IN my breast. l understood. in a
lash, how beauty could become divine
Dove baseness of soul, and how one
'ould respect it ven in dishonor-and
hundred other things in which were
fervent love. devotion with
limit, a desire noble and perverse.
Jeanne had thanked me with a hardly
movement of the lips; she
1000 by the wall with an air of indif-
erence and pride,
.Ihey are very long about it, she
aid, sternly. M. Cope is a man of
nethod.' some one replied. And a si-
followed which told more and
lore on ones nerves, for even the wait
in a peaceful frame of mind finished