Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-19

out With good many others
every time was to be the last, and so
indeed 1t was. until the next. During
the winter when st. John Lockwood
carle of age, Claiborne Court out
shone itself Where the does
all this money come from?' Men ask
each other.
Shortly after the last of these gay
eties, st. John went up to London
to see fellow off who was going
abroad. The next thing heard of
was that he had gone abroad him.
self, md the next that he was mar
ried On certain night at Vienna,
he said to himself in the glass as he
nnd'd his collar, Threw herself at
my head, by Jovep and was elated.
By the following Wednesday he
found out that the object of this re-
mark threw herself at peoples hearts
and not their heads and was horri-
bly, jealous. On the next Saturday he
| threw himself and his fortune at her
feet and was made happy. She was
an American, one of those bright,
beautiful, hearty girls who dance
through their youth to the music Of
their own happiness. Impulsive as
he was, and as much in love, she
saw no reason why they should not
be married right away And mar
ried right away they were.
This was heavy blow to Mabel,
rendered more hard to bear by her
fathers conduct. He was furious
denounced Lockwood as a scoundrel
and poor pale Mabel, as "a - little
fool Why had she not played her
cards better? Why had she put him
Cher parent) to all that expense and
let the prize slip through her fingers
after all /? He had been borrowing
money right and left upon the
strength of the marriage and when
the news came from Vienna, it
brought crowd of indignant credi-
tors about his ears
When the happy pair came to live
at Dighton Honor there were. of
course. plenty of good natured
friends to tell the BRIDE OF Mabel
Ravesy's disappointment and to
warn her against that dreadful man,
the Colonel The Colonel had been
obliged to let CIaiborn Court and
to move into a modest cottage over
somewhat nearer Dighton, He was
not able to entertain now and 80 no
one called upon him. Mr.. Lockwood
was. however, too careless and his
wife too wise to follow what was
pointed out to them as the proper
course. the one sought the Colo.
mel (who found it expsdient to hide
bis feelings) as much as ever, and
the other made prime favorits of
the Colonel's daughter. At first
there was more of the wisdom of the
serpent Con the married Iady's side)
than the softness of the dove in this
arrangement.
I'll let them see,' said she to her,
fs1 m that I,a, Feel Ell that a' ; IF i
This perhaps, was somewhat risky
with man of Lock woods tempera.
mont, but it answered Its purpose.
All went well; little Stella was born
and the Squire, under the manage
ment of his clever wife settled down
into steady-going country gentle.
man, when that accident already
foreshadowed took place. He had
been called to London on business,
which was to detain him some ten
days. On the morning of the sew
onth he telegraphed to his delighted
wife; AU done. Meet me By the 2:4o
train.
Owing to some delays the mess.
age did not reach the Honor till
past two O'Clock, and the station
was good half hours drive away.
Mrs. Lockwood's pony carriage hap
pened TO be at the door for another
service. By making short cut over
the grass of the park she could still
catch the train. In she sprang and
off went the high spirited little nags
at handsome galIop. When the
toughest of the drive was over and
only hundred yards of level turf
separated their excited driver from
the main road, one of them put his
foot in rabbit hole, fell, tripped up
his mate and overset the carriage.
The beautiful Mrs. Lockwood new.
er sat upright again.
Il wish it had killed me outright
Mabel she said one day. Il am no
companion for him now, poor fellowl
and he feels it. No more drives
with him to the meet, no more scam
pers over the autumn fields with the
luncheon basket. Yes,' she added,
halt to herself with long drawn
sigh, 'if it were not for Stella
Mabel Ravesy hardly ever left her,
so as matter of propriety the
dreadful Colonel, who had no home
now, as his creditors had swallowed
up tie cottage orne, took up his
quarters at the Honor, and brought
with him the last remaining member
of bis once numerous household as a
sort of companion to Mabel and as.
sistant nurse to the afflicted lady of
the house. This person bad been
housekeeper at Claiborne Court, and
was a model of that com bination of
dignity and respectfulness which is
so valued in an upper servant. She
might have been mistaken for q
duchess as she swept along the hall
in plain rich black silk to take the
orders for the day-she stood before
her young mistress meeker than the
last arrived dairy maid. She gave
quite character to the house. IF
half the stories about him[ the dread.
full COLONEL are true friends of bis
prosperous days would say, Mrs.
Kirkman would not be there
Strong, firm, quiet, she made an ex.
cellent nurse so fer as mechanical
success went, but for tenderness or
sympathy one might as we'll have
searched the neither milestone.
Mrs. Lockwood lived or rather
suffered life tor two years and then
the end came unexpectedly. She
was found dead in her bed with little
more than the usual wiring of pain on
her once happy face.
We all know how tribes will be
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