Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-03-10
SOUTHPORT, WISCONSIN: MONDAY, MARCH TO- 1915

lures. The infant laughs. perhaps stretch
es out its little hands, aud then there is an
outburst of delight half stAed in blandish
ments.
For the moment that child was all the
world to Lady Normanville. She did not
see standing opposite TO her the mild and
benevolent face of the good nurse, beam.
ing with satisfaction. She did not see
that her lord leant above her, with features
rejecting the happiness Of her own. Twice
had ne 10 touch her shoulder before she
looked up, and then he said with pleasant,
irony,
"rhis is dull life for you, Caroline"
"Dull !! you are testing, know. Blu, |
will not have you jest on such subjects
Look, does she not grow perfect angelF
For ever blessed be the bonds that unite
the past with the present, and bind all the
generations Of man into one grea, family.
With the sel[-same feeling that Hector took
his child from A ndromache's arms, when
Troy was an empire, and the forces Of the
Greeks besieged it, Lord Normanville ten
Derby took the babe and brought the cher
Unlike face to his lips, before he consigned
it to the care Of the ready nurse. She
Withdrew, and the Eoble pair stepped from
the window to the open air Of the balcony.
Sand do you really forgive me, love, for
having brought you to this retirement p
Reared in splendor, can you be content
with life so quiet and humble!''
"Contentn she answered, "is not that
too poor word to express the bliss have
felt since had the courage to escape from
false position! Charles, before | came
here, for two years never knew one easy
moment"
"What, no: at the fete Of Queens, of
which heard so glowing an account,
and where you reigned chief star of the
nigh'W
II knew nothing of pure joy there
Some minutes Of feverish excitement
tasted, which made my pulses beat quicker;
but how unspeably bitter was the penalty
paid-how dreadful the bIgh, that settled
on my name-how agoniz ng the Persecu-
tons Of that bad man, who boosted that he
held my reputation, like my jewels, in his
power.-I dwelt then on the edge of an
abyss; and now Charles, standing here in
in the sunshine, feeling thy heart beat
calmly beneath my hand, look back to
that time Of peril and anxiety as one does
to the hour when in sleep we walked to
the edge of a prcipice, and woke at the
instant that another forward step would
have plunged US into the chasm below"
"Yet to me, Caroline, your faith never
wavered, though | was the cause Of all
your sufferings."
"Oh never, never; it was our mutual
love that sustained me. But think how
dreadful 10 live always in the fear ofexpo-
sure, 10 have calls made upon my purse |
could not meet, yet dared not refuse; often
TO have at my side living witness Of my
disgrace; to hear taunts hurled at others
which knew applied with ,enfold greater
bitterness to myself; and, at last, to have
my fame assaled, the motives Of my econ
omy misrepresented. But now let us think
of that as bad dream, AMI speak Of other
things"
Yet, tell me truly, are you happy now?'
Must /, in very sooth, reveal all my
thoughts to you!'
yes, for once must be master Of your
mind, as you tell me am Of your heart
'Then must avow have one cause OF
uneasiness'
That can remove"
Nay, that know not. II is this, late
ly have observed cloud upon your
brow. You rise early; you are at your
desk constantly, | see signs Of impa
thence and care upon you features, when
you think | do not note you. You are
t;oublec even in sleep. Something, | am
certain, has gone wrong with you. The
intricacies of diplomacy are new TO you
perhaps you have been entangled in them
and designing men have taken advantage
of your open nature and clear he Is
the affair so delicate that | cannot be trust
ed with itE
What, shall be,ray to you state Sc
crc,s Say, am vexed, dis; no
disgraced cannot be; but overreached.-
Shall be easier because my wife know:
my simpl,city2'
1T is then as feared. You are too hon
est TO be n match for these old statesmen
: Hush my love, | used TO think as you
do, that diplomacy was game of Graf
and cunning. am now wiser; in my IN
,ercourse with the ministers Of all but one
state, with which, in truth, have had lit
tie to do, have found only the most oper
candor, the purest honor. If have failed
il must be from my own lack of ability
and not from unfair opposition, no, ever
from want Of generous assis,ance.'
And will you not tell me the cause o.
your uneasnessl You do not fear TO trus
your mird with the impressions OF your
eye. My soul shall be as secret as your
own
"Well, will be more op'n to you thar
Hotspur was with his Kate, though, indeed
if this vexaiious affair were moi closed,
could not trust it even TO your ear. A dis
pute, disastrous, perplexing, arising out Of
family matters, and involving all the nor
thern courts, was referred to me for ar
opinion, as the representative here Of Eng
land. Had the question, Caroline, beer
one OF territory or Of debt, clear minc
might soon have fathomed IFS intricacies
and have come TO jus, decision; but here
were delicate considerations Of personal
honor TO be adjusted; had 10 reconcile op
posing feelings, which are much more diff:
- l. II