The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-03-20
Fair CreoIe'S Fortune
The Scheming Of a Desperate
Woman For the Sake OF a
Profligate Brother and the
Resulting Adventures Of
Winsome Virginie Terrier.

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and the hesitation of the banks that
he often fell asleep of an afternoon.
AS \irginie looked she thought of the
danger hanging over them and how
this peace might be interrupted. this
rest disturbed and these dear old peo-
pie sent adrift to find such shelter as
they might. To be sure. where her
mother lived there would be Nine.
kemyss, there, too, the squire. But
Tom!
And she blushed, because during all
the voyage Tom had never once been
out of her thoughts. What would he
say: What would he say?
At this juncture Tom himself came
%saunterins slowly down the avenue.
He was dull because the house was
dull and its silence almost intoler:,ble
to him. And in these days he was al
ways detected and found no joy in
anything nor any brightness in the
sunshine. And, behold. before him
stood none other than-Nirginie.
He took her in his rms. and with
out a word OF question or explanation
perhaps he read her eyes-he kissed
her many times regardless Of the driv-
er who sat on his box and grinned ap-
provingly.
"Oh, Tom," she cried; do you love
me still:'
Did he love her? Did the II shine:
Nloc Tina cGv- h1,,0o NX'nr, <1o Aou-o,.s
growing under their feet: Did he love
her still?
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And there We're present at the we'd
ding his eXcellency the governor and
her ladyship. his illustrious consort;
also the right reverend the lord bishop
Of Palmiste, with the young padre, his
examining chaplain-it took the pair
Of them to read the ~service-and the
bishopess and the bishoplings and the
colonial secretary and the auditor gen.
eral and the treasurer and all the
heads of the departments, with their
wives and daughters; also all the men,
bers of the legislative council. with
their wives and their sons and their
daughters and their grandchildren. and
the general in command of the forces
and the colonel and all the officers Of
the regiment in garrison and all the
French and English merchants and as
many Of the planters as were white
you mustn't mix colors in q tropical
climate any more than in aesthetic
zones-and among them the Mc.Andrew
and the Mclaughlin.
AS for the pink boy, he was there
too. His friend the squire was saved
from ruin. His letter had been acted
upon, and, after all, this was the sad
and fatal result. Yet he bore up and
acted as best man, looking very pink
and young and handsome.
They were married at the English
cathedral, which was much fuller than
was ever before known in the
of man.
They spent their honeymoon in a lit
tie shooting box hidden in the heart
Of the wood, where they wandered "
cry day hand in hand. Sometimes Nir-
ginie would read to Tom, who never
read anything for himself. Sometimes
she told him Of the great world she
had seen for a little and left forever.
Once she told him the story Of her en-
gagement, and honest Tom was fain
to own that the wickedness Of man
may be very astonishing.
\ sweet and simple honeymoon, the
prelude to a sweet and simple life.
Perhaps Nirginie will be happier with
her garden and her flowers, her woods
and hills, her sunshine and peace, than
if she were the lady of the Towers,
even though her husband We're the
Bayard that Maude represented him
to be.
The END.