The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-02-15

out 10 no purpose"
"Why, Mrs. Chalmersl Don't you
lore your husband ~
An expression of pain, akin to mortal
agony overspread her expressive, dim
pied, baby face, and then changed and
settled into look Of apathetic endur-
anee.
awe are commanded to love our hus-
bands, and 1 shall ever strive to obey
the teachings Of my religion" she an
swered, evasively.
1 believe I have said already that I, at
times, see visions; but ] do not pretend
to understand their philosophy.
1 was lolling listlessly upon the seat
beside the vessels railing, swayed at in
tervals by the gentle motion Of the bill
lows, aud listening with closed eyes to
my friends conversation. For an in
slant saw what at the time seemed to
me unutterable things. / forgot that
was on ship board. The undulations Of
the ocean seemed only as billows Of air.
1 felt myself floating as upon invisible
wings, and in a little while l paused,
suspended over Bothwick castle. The
sun was sinking like a copper ball be-
meath a smoke-laden sky. Lord Both
wick stood within the turret, looking
intently out beyond the low reef of
mountains that border the lochs of Scot
land, where l knew my mother had
spent her merry childhood. Soon a
maiden emerged from the wood, and in
the approaching twilight sought the
castle garden, where a servant met her.
l seemed to see through walls and trees
as though they were crystals; and felt
even more than / could see. The man
and maiden met within the turret and
exchanged eternal vows. Then a
shadow, as Of black cloud, intervened.
For a time all was blank, and l was
sensible only Of a floating sensation, as
/ though borne again upon the air.
/ The scene changed, and the heavens
wept. I entered the parish church by a
simple effort Of the will, and gazed
about me. a white-haired man was
/ leading a maiden TO the marriage altar.
Nature was in commissions. Thunder
and lightning ruled, and the rain fell in
torrents. I listened to the marriage
/ formula that seemed like a burial SER
vice, and TO the subsequent Ginning Of
/ the bells that sounded like a death knell.
Again gazed at the bride and groom.
] screamed involuntarily, and the effort
brought me back to the government
ship and all surrounding realities.
whats the matter, dearie? Have
you been asleep?" asked Mrs. Chalm-
ers, bending over me in love and sym
pathy.
"You love Lord Bothwick," >" replied,
as involuntarily as had screamed
'She-s-s-ser' r' she said, putting her
finger on her lip. "Mr. Chalmers is
jealous Of my lord already"
''Then if he thinks you prefer my lord
to him, why does he wish to intrude his
/ presence upon you ?" asked, with
more OF the fire of my childhood than
had exhibited since becoming a wife.
"Don't ask, dearie. You've probed q
secret that would die to conceal, bui
your confidence will dome good"
81 know it ALL" 1 answered, "and W,
needn't talk about it at all. But oh
my! How pity your
"Whyg"
"Oh, nothing; only I was thinking
how awful it would be if some othe
person should have married Gerald, or
had been compelled to be the wife Of an
other. couldn't aud wouldn't live ant
! bear it."
"You can't always die when you wan
to, child. But see; yOnder come th
> gentlemen"
My husband bowed to Mrs. Chalmers
p who moved away with her serious-vls
: aged lord, and assisting me TO rise, OF
+ fered me his arm for promenade. HoS
b 1 did long fora repetition of the old ten
Il derness by which be had captured m,
e But he was dignified, aud, to my mex
perienced thought, severe.
: "You have had miserable opportuni
= ties for culture, little wife, aud ] eai
u nestly request you to keep a still tongu
in your head during future table cor
!, versations," he said, abruptly.
q "I know Pm a fool, Gerald, but yo
= knew it also before you married me"
d replied, breaking away from him, an
oi turning my back, with my arms folde,
g Had he been a suitor for my hand,
J. would have made effort then and the
E. to reconcile me to himself if he hs
le cared to retain his hold upon my afie
tiOns. But / was his wife, and now
N was my lot to do the wOoing. Yet
was ten years my senior, and shou
o. have been ten years wiser and bett
than /.
D. "It is also my will that you cease yO
es present intimate relations with Nj
IS, Chalmers. a wife must never have a
is other confident besides her husban
es Mr.. Chalmers expects it, too and
US want you, as my wife, to preserve ]
tie dignity. There is evidence Of fam
so iarity with the servants which / mt
also rebuke."
?" The blood Of the Graemes was
stantly at fever heat. 1 stamped n
OF foot in the very impotence Of rage.
"Gerald Grey, master Of the sh
III 'Bellefontaine,' inspector Of Her Maj
IN tvs floating property, and unlawi
I'd eaptor of Donald Graeme's daught
P- you are my husband, but you shall 4
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