The Morning herald., 1878-07-17
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mari while III his enhancing company
% But it was all over at last. The flights
were fed, the garland dead, D. ind Mrs.
Maxwell was In her tdrawing-roomtin ths
pale morning light under the hands Of her
maid. She lay back among the rose-velvet
cushions, languid and lovely, and looked
around with an irritated flush at the abrupt
entrance Of the master Of the house. He
did not often intrude; sinos the first weeks
Of their marriage he had been model hus.
band and kept his place; therefore Mrs.
Maxwell looked surprised as well as an.
noyed nsw,A g Tf A.
"Do you wish 70 speak to me, Mr.. Max
well?" she asked, colby for after an
evening with Gerald sefton she was
always less tolerant to her plebeian hus-
band. 4 I'LL @g \
"Yes--batalone.s will wait in your
boudou until you dismiss your maid"
Something in big colorless facs-some-
thing in the sound Of his voice startled her,
but he departed while yet speaking, and
the maid went Oh. r. .s,-.
'Hury. Cecil, "her mistress said, briefly.
and Cecil eoiled up the shining hair, ar
ranged thewhite dressing gown, and left
her., Edith Maxwell arose and went into
the bo,,doir. 1t was the dainties bVos of
6oudoirs, all rose silk, silver fligree.work
and delicious Greuze paintings smiling
down from the futed panels. A bright
wood fire burned on the marble hearth,
and her husband stood leaning against the
low chimnnassS ssSyE yE;piede. whittier and colder than
the marble itself. .a+, g..
"Well," she said, "what is it2"
He looked up, She stood before him in
all her beauty and her pride, jewels fash
ing on her white hands-a queen by right
divine Of her azure eyes and tinselled hair
his, yet not his; $50 near and yet SO
far" He loved her, how well his, own
wrung heart only knew. . ID. ~ = R&
"What is it?' she repeated, impatiently.
IT am tired and sleepy. Tell me in o
word" ....o.
II can-ruinl" --.
"What ?"
IT am ruinedl ALI 10 lost I am .
beggar!" W ~ ~ 1888 2 s,sr
She started back, turning winter than
her dress, and leaned heavily against q
chair $Ef mn rItgwhrfN&'L '"E'tl
"Ruinedl" she repeated. "a beggar !"
"Ugly words, are they not, but quite
true. did not know it until last night.
Walker came out from town to tell me.
My last grand speculation has failed, and its
failure engulfed everything; I am as poor
as the poorest laborer on this place; poorer
than I was Ave years ago, before this for.
tune was left me-" .'.'
There was Eort of pleasure In thus
hideously putting things in their ugliest
light. Rich or poor, she, despised him
alike What need was there for him to
mince matters2 -tlg.lr.
"There are your settlements; your five
hundred year and the place in Vermont,
that crumb of the loaf Is left, and remains
yours. I am sorry for you, Mrs. Maxwell
sorry that your sacrifice of youth and
Ioveliness on the altar Of mammon has
been in vain. had hope, when I mar
ried you, Of winning some return for the
limitless love gave you. know to-day
how futile that hope has been. Once again,
for your sake, am sorry; for myself do
not care. The world is a wide place, and I
may yet make my way. I give you your
freedom, the only reparation for marrying
YOU in my power to make. I leave here
tonight, New York tomorrow, and So
farewell" d. ...s s.aAa !
She stood like stone; he turned and
left her. Once she made movement,
seeing the white anguish of his face, as
though to go to him, but she did not. He
was gone, and she dropped down in the
rose and silver glitter of her fairy room,
a. miserable woman as day ever dawned
on.
A month later, and she was In the cot
taee up in Vermont. All had gone; the
nine days wonder was at an end; the "rlch
MAXWELL and his handsome wife had dis
appeared out of the magic whirl of society,
and society got on very well without them.
They had been, and they were not, and the
story was told. OF all who had broken
bread with the ruined man there were not
two who cared whether he were living or
dead. ,-.u.l. .-s8t r.t.,
The December winds swept down through
- :. Ii s-.. a,,d lacAad the win