The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-06-30

country mansion; magifcent oak panel
ing. contemplate servants Offices;
three secret staircases, and not one
register stove: six tapestried chambers.
and no bathroom; dozen Leonardo
da Vinci's, and not one door that does
not let in assassination. in the shape OF
a northeast wind; deer park, and no
deer; three game-keepers' lodges. and
not game enough to tempt the most
fabulous of poachers! Sell Arden Hall!
Nothing could be more desirable; but,
alas! my dear Ellinor, your husband is
not the man l took him for, if he calcu-
lates on finding purchaser ,
She looks at him with not little con-
tempt, as she says:
but the want of feeling; the out
rage upon the memory OF my poor
uncle?''
"Your poor uncle will not be remem-
bered a day longer through your retain
ing possession of draughty and I'M
comfortable house. When did Dalton
tell you that he meant to sell Arden?"
"On our return from our tour. l
suggested that we should live there
that is, of course, out of the season"
"And he?'-
"Replied that it was out of the ques-
ton our ever residing there, as the place
must be sold"
"You asked him his reasons?''
81 did. He told me that he was un-
able to reveal those reasons to me, and
might never be able to reveal them.
He said. that if l loved him, l could
trust him, and believe in him.. and be-
lieve that the course he took, however
strange it might appear to me, was, in
reality, the best and wisest course he
could take"
'But, in spite of this, you doubt
him?' he asks, earnestly.
"How can l do otherwise? Of the
fortune which l have brought to him, he
refuses to allow me a penny. He, the
husband of rich woman, enjoins econ
omy-economy even in the smallest
details. dare not order a jewel, q
picture, an elegant piece of Furniture, a
stand of dollhouse flowers; for. if do
so, am told that the expenditure is be-
yond his present means, and that l must
wait till we have more money at our
command. Then again, his profession
is thousand times dearer to him than
l. No briefess, penniless barrister,
with mother and a sister to support,
ever worked harder than he works, ever
devoted himself more religiously than
he devotes himself to the drudging rou-
tine of the barr
"Ellinor Dalton, your husband is as
high-minded and conscientious man as
ever drew the breath of human life. 1
seldom take the trouble of making We
hement assertion; SO believe me if you
can, now that l do! Believe me, even
if you cannot believe himn'
"You, too, against me-" she said,
mournfully. 80, believe me, it is not
the money for which wish! it is not the
possession of the money which grudge
him; it is only that my heart sinks at
the thought of being united to man l
cannot respect or esteem. Ibid not ask
to love him." she added, half to her
self; "but did pray that mi ght be
able at least to esteem him."
II can only say, Ellinor, that you are
mistaken in him.
At this very moment they hear a
quick, firm step on the stairs, and Hen
~ Dalton himself enters the room. His
face is bright and cheerful, and he adj
vances to his wife eagerly; but, at the
sight of Horace Margraye, falls back.
with frown.
''Mr. Margrave, l thought it was Fart
of our agreement that
The lawyer interrupted him
''That / should never darken this
threshold. Yes"
Ellinor looks from one to the other,
with pale, frightened face.
TO BE CONTINUED.