The Lincoln County herald., 1872-05-30

COMPTON p su h... l'' 'N. II'
She answered ne .itl provoking oo..
p0sure :g.I I'D o., 500 jlsu3 rlGI nv.
"What about him =? Is anything the
matter lie was here talking to INC
three minutes ago, and"-with coques.
tish snhils--"will probably three minutes
hence be here again. -y7n Jo1r tl'i g..
"Ob, don't talk 30 u ! said elcitsdly
''but you won't yhen you know ALL"
Know whatY My dear Bessie, what
. fuss you are 10 r''' A y" % ,'' .' -'1""
And 50 will you be-" Isxclaimed =
little pettishly, l fear. for her way OF
taking the matter provoked me, when
you bssr that Major Compton i, q mar
ried man"
Greatly to my surprise and di.may,
'Gerty at this announcement laughed
contemptueusly. ~. ..t-. .1ni'sa
$50 people say" she rejoined care,
'lessly "but, my poor Bessie, you will
learn 10 time that you cannot alwayi
judge correctly from appearances. But
here he il" she whispered (; "uot,s word
mSrs ! will tell you everything to.
This she did, and the s..., ...-.",
amounted to this, namely, that Burford
Compton had, By his own account. presi.
dsntialIy discovered that an informality
10 his marriage With one who according
to his version Of the case-was simply
detestabls, empowered him at any mo.
ment to free himself from his hated
bonds, and unite himself, should he 30
choose, to more cougenial partner.
IL never heard Of . more odious wo.
mani said Gertrude, on whom the
details Of the miserles by which the
handsome Majors oonjuga life vas en-
bittsred had evidently made q deep i'm
preston. "She is a foreigner aud has
not, he says, single nice English haiti
And ther, she is 40 ill.tempered, and SO
dreadfully uufeeling. Their poor little
boy was lost is supposed to have fallen
into tho Alster Just the very duy before
the great frost set in. Major Compton
says that he was in great despair, but
that she took it so coolly! Even when
she was told that it might be weeks, or
even months. before tbs poor child's body
could thanks to . thaw-bo sought for,
and possibly recovered, she seems to have
shown no signs Of emotion" ''1' .. =
"Aud whore 10 Mrs. Compton, nowT 2
l asked, feeling, must own Goo apt are
wo to. be run away with bya strongly
urged testimony, especially when that
testimony comes from tho lips Of one
who has right to be we'll Informed on
the matter,) a considerable leaning in the
way Of sympathy toward this ill-mated
Englishmau. ....,
IL don't know-travelling somewhere,
l believe. Major Compton is quite sure
she is running him into debt; but te
shrinks,. poor man, so sens,tively from
taking the necessary steps to restrain her
1t really seems sad case. And he has
such . kind heart, and actually cauno'
live, he says, without sympathy and
affection" t.s. ...,.
After this, Major Comptou-of whose
married life, by the way, very little wa'
known in Hamburg became frequeu
visitor, both at our house and the ont
where Gertrude Ruckm mann. temporarily
resided. We oil liked him indeed h
: was universally popular, and society wa'
apparently unanimous in the opinion tha
the lady who had been 20 little known il
tho city--indsed, who had only residec
| therein for short fortnight, the forn'gh
{ preceding the loss Of her little boy--wa'
the one of the two who was solely aud
, entirely in fault. The excellence, tn
perfection of his temper, and tho ki,dli
. ness of Burford Comptons heart. spok
|in manner not to be mistaken 10 ever.
: feature Of bis handsome face. Their
: could be no mistake about it, les abseu'
oue soxjours torti and Mrs. Comptou-o
Countess Fenigstein, as her husband sal
she insisted, nstwithstsuding his great oh
o Lection to her doing 90. on being cslle'
Q e|-was reprobated and abuhed accordingly
Q Well, to cut q long story short, Ger
e trude, impressed with the belief that III
| Msjor was 10 reality single man, gre
i a. attached to him ~ her nature va
. capable of bsing. That she would on
. |dsy.--whsn the truth concerning ii
marriage with his supposed wife shonl
,f DO made apparsnt--be led to the altar b
Q her fascinated admirsr, the iinfatuate
y girl fi,u,ls believed I; and it was when th
s tblissful dream was st is height that Il
10 Frost broke mp. The passage Of tho 'Ett
n became spsn for steamers, and the 'hos
}, of our departure drew nigh. 2 But bsfo
" We took our lesvs Of the pleasant, susr
IL J Ian fer nsties, vs wers made cogniEa'
II of the fact that the search in the no
10 uufrozeui waters Of the Alstsr for tt
II bodies Of those whose remaiss had boz
., flor months looked up therein, was takiI
J. place. Many we're taken out, but amor
I'D them, much to the surprise Of Hsmbul
1t sooiety, WAS not the little six,year .
,s corpse Of Major Comptous son. II
. during that trying season Of suspsns
u remsined 10 bis own apartuents, but
d leaked out that bis state Of exoitsms
d was most iutersstinR, and public symr
d thy with bis sufsriuas was proportio'
ID a,sly great. II Asd hardly begun
= subsids when our party--souething
X nv regret, for vs left masy kind frieu