Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-01-10

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son Why you should 60 hot beaded 70 work, an
, make believe you did itl Grub is, not YOU
! husband, and you have no right 70 th G monsy
! Thlngs that the iaw will permit wife TO q,
with imPunily, you might b0 run up to the drUl
; for"
who has been saying thisl" uttered thl
prisoner, in breathless bewildermeut lSursh
not Lady Adela"
rCharles, inteTFosod Lady Grace, and hel
quiet tones, alter those Of the counti.ss sounded
like the lulling of storm "there is no mecca
slty for further mystery, OF for you continuing
to assume the guilt which, as my mother saws,
was an unwise step on your part-"s ~
II do not cay unwiae," sharply interrupted
the countess; "eall things by their right Dsmes,
Lady Grace. ltws insanity, and nobody but an
idiot would have done il. That's what said y
"Ihe circumstances are known 10 us now, !"
went on Lady Grace. Poor Adela, at her
wits end for money, drew the cheque, and sent
you to cash it. And then, terrified at what she
had done persuaded you TO assume the quilt y
"She did not persuade me ," relorted Charles.
falling completely into the snare, and still anx
iOus to excuse Lady Adela: IL volunteered 10
bear It. And | would do as much again.
| "OhaTles, It you were present when shewrote
the cheque-I did not inquire, and Adela did
not say you were d0ubly to blame She, Door
| thing, was excited at the moment, and incapa-
bic OF reflection, but you ought TO have reasoned
with her, and refused to aid in ii--for her own
sake"
And of course I should" eagerly answered
Mr.. Charles, chad known there was ANYTHING
wrong about it She brought me the chedus
ready written"
when you went up from the city for the
eheqne book, on the Saturday morning Yes?r
Yes. / declare thOughtit was Mr. Gmbb's
writing, if ever saw his writing in my lite. /
was not likely to think anything else, having
no suspicion. And l knew nothing more about
it till the Monday night, when came up from
Brighton as l suppose Lady Adela has told
you, if she has told you the rest"
'And then you undertook to shield her" in.
terpOSed Lady OaktOn, "and a glorious mess
you have made of it between you Grace, how
you worry; you can speak when have done.
What she did would have been bushed Nd by
Mr. Grub, for all our sakes, but what you did
was a different matter And now the disgrace
has been blazOned forth to every corner Of the
United Kingdom"
"And these are all the thanks get" remark
ed Charles, striving to speak lightly"
"What others would you hke!" questioned
the countess, ga service of plate presented to
you! You deserve it, think, to have run your
head into moose for q married woman AID
Adela, OF all other, who cares for nobody on
earth but her blessed self Not she.
my mother is right, said Lady Grace, sand
It may be as we'll, Charles, that you should know
it. Adela has never cared for you, mother than
for another. If ysu have given undue love to
her-which you ought not to have done-it has
been thrown away. tell you"
He bit his dry and fevered lips with morsif-
cafiou- faverad for ber-aa1 h l.
ried Lady Grace away.
"A capital success we have met with.
Graeie," she cried when they had got outside
the stone wall, 'hut it's eli thanks to me. 1
got it out Of him nIeely-like green sea>gull
as he is. But, Grace, my ohild''-and Lady
Oakton's voice grew hushed and solemn
"what in the world will be done with Adela %
What indeed Lady 0akton soon knew.
That which the insults, the scorn of wears.
had failed to effect on Mr.. Grubb's heart was
now accomplished. From the hour of his en-.
lightenment, he was changed man; his con.
sideTstion for her had become contempt, his
love hatred. Not with her did he enter into
negotiations for their SEPARATION, but with her
parents. The merchant proposed TO allow her
liberal maintenance, and the earl and conn
tess agreed to receive her back in her maiden
home. The seel,s which cnsued between her
burst stsrtingly upon her, was more humiia
ting, to her, than any she had hitherto held
part in. For she was kneeling to him in her
terror and distress, kneeling 10 supplcate his
mercy. Lady Adela, so alive to the opiniops
Of the world, would almost have pFeieYped
death, than that her husband should eonder,n
her to q forced separation.
IL have been very wrong, i" she impioled. the
tears streaming down her cheeks; a have not
behaved as ! ought from the time Of our mar
Tiage acknowledge it. Forgive me what IN
past, and in future l viii Be all that wife
ought"
''Do not humiliate yourself by kneeine TO
me, Lady Adela"-and his tone had no re,
lenting in it. "Ipny you rise"
''NOt till you say You forgive me, was her
TejOinder, elasping his knees, and laying her
fearful face against them. ''Do not let me
kneel to you in vain-Bly husband"
Lady Adels, but a short while ago it was
my turn to supplieate you. told you I would
protect, shield and forgive you / solemnly
pray cd you to trust in me-your husbands
ygl wished it 10 be ioeR t0ifh Us IN our future
Ete. Do you remember your answer Z"
She moaned aloud-her only answer now.
Gas you rejected me, so must l reject you"
~ will give up play--I will be all you wish |
"a man nlGy not reject HIS wife," she wildly /
urged.
'He may-when he has sufficient reason
Look at all you have dealt to me- Few men |
would have borne with you as have done. !
have loved you with true and lasting love |
how have you repaid me 7"
''Try me once again-a month"; week-let /
me still live on, your wife. will, indeed, be /
all you wish. Only try me-"
ut may not be-" he coldly said My reso-
luton has been deliberately taken and cannot /
change It on impulse"
"Later them" she pantsd, "try me later
Oh, mercy mercy %
"Neither now nor later. Ny feelings wero
long outraged, and bore with you; but in this
last fearful act, you have broken all allegiance,
and thrown off my protection. Lady Adela, I
shall never inhabt the same roof with you
again"
She continued her distressing appeal
'Msrcyi mercy" but her once fond husband
gently unwound the clasp of her arms, laid her
on q sofa, and escaped from the room and the
house. BE did not enter again until she had
finally leftit.
l- CHAPTER XII.