The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-09-12
CHAPTER ".

CHAPTER ".
Lady Betty Marchmont was In a very
bad temper. The coming of her hus-
bands niece had been a signal for an en-
tire change in her existence. For the
first time in her life she found herself
compelled to play a secondary role. 1t
was most Notifying and equally incom-
prehensible that the world-her world
should suddenly. have determined to regard
Antonio as a beauty.
The girl seemed to find great pleasure
in being with her uncle, in looking after
thai m~uch-ncglected man, and in trying
by every little thoughtful act to show
him affection and attention. She went
out very rarely with Lady Betty but
she lad been out quite enough to attract
attention.
Another thing that annoyed Lady Betty
was the apparent indifference with which
Antonio regarded her social success. An
tonia took al that came in the calmest
possible manner. She was not impressed
with any of the smart people with whom
she was brought in contact. She was not
in the least an ordinary girl.
l1CA IIOluco "cIt SIllplIClly llSbll yet
even Lady Betty was obliged to confess
chat the style in which the girl dressed
herself was one that enhanced her charms
threefold.
1t was such a contrast, too, to her
costly and fashionable raiment, and yet
everything that Antonio wore came from
the hands of one of the most celebrated
dressmakers In London. That was what
surprised Lady Betty so much, that this
girl, who came, as she phrased it, from
the wilds of nowhere" should have had
not only a marked individuality but a
certain knowledge of the world
The gowns that Antonio wore made
her open her eyes, for, despite their sim
plicity, they were cut and shaped by the
hand Of a genius.
1t was the same thing with the big
picturesque hats and the small, Quaker
like bonnets which Antonio wore alter
nately. All this was gall to Lady Betty.
IF she had been one of the cleverest
women in the world, she could not have
hit upon a more splendid idea," the little
lady said to herself more than once as
Antonia's beauty was revealed, perhaps,
in some new light What the world likes
is change. All we other women seem cut
out in the same pattern. She stands
alone. What will Gerald think of her, l
wonder?'
She began 20 be quite eager for An
tonia and Mr.. Tenby to meet. She spoke
of him frequently. 1t was soon evident
to the girl that this particular man oc-
cupied much of Lady Betty's thoughts.
His photograph was given the place of
honor in every room which Lady Betty
occupied, and Antonia was quite familiar
with the fact that great things were ex-
pected of Gerald Tenby.
Antonio listened to all this quite calm
ly, but as the DAYS VEN by and Tenby
never made his appearance, the girl had
a sense of bitter satisfaction.
Coward" she would say to herself
between her teeth. "He can face the
whole world, but he 5are not face me.
Well, l can wait-wait all my life, IL
needs be and though l may never know
happiness, though l may never see HUI
bert again, / will not go to my grave till
I have punished this enemy"
This thought was in her mind more
prominently than ever one night as she
sat in Lady Betty's box ut the opera.
listening with dull ears to the voice of
a celebrated singer.
People came and went in Lady Betty's
box-but Antonio never moved until the
door opened to admit another arrival, and
the sound of Gerald Tenby's voice fell
on her ear. Then a food OF color spread
over her face, her little hands clinched
themselves round the fan she held. Ii
seemed as If, when she drew her breath,
she were going to take some plunge. The
next moment she had looked around with
a radiant smile and was holding out her
hand.
you did not expect to see me in Lon.
dom" she said, as she noted that Gerald
Tenby drew back and hardly knew how
to approach her.
Lady Betty looked from one to the 9th,
err half impatiently.
you never told me that you knew Ger
aid" she said.
Antonio smiled again.
"I never realized that your Gerald ant
mine were one and the same"
Tenby fixed his eyes upon her eagerly
Those casual words of hers sent a kline
of fame to his heart. Her beauty STRUCK
him as being greater than ever.
Re looked IT her eyes, They met hi