The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-07-21

this letter is taken to Mr.. Horac,
Margraye, Immediately, and then lool
to these trunks being carried down
stairs. Now. Ellinor. If you are ready? p
She had muff1ed herself hurriedly il
large velvet cloak. while her maii
brought her her bonnet, and arranged
the things which she was too agitatet
to arrange herself.
She stopped in the hall, and said:
81 must say goodbye to Horace
Margrave, and explain this change il
our plans"
"My letter has done that, Ellinor
You will not speak one word to Horace
Margraye while am beneath this roof u
(" As you WILL" she answers, submis-
sively.
She has suddenly learned to submit
to, if not to respect, her husband.
Henry Dalton is very silent during the
short drive to the railway station, and
when they alight he says:
"You would like to have Ellis with
you. would you not?'
She assents. and her maid follows hel
into the carriage. 1t seems as if hel
husband were anxious to avoid tete-a.
tete with her.
Throughout the four hours journey,
Ellinor finds herself Extraordinarily watch
ing the calm, grave face of her husband
under the dim carriage lamp. 1t is inn
possible to read any emotion on that
smooth, fair brow, or in those placid
and thoughtful blue eyes; but she re-
members the agitation in his voice as he
spoke to her in her dressing-room.
He is capable of some emotion" she
thinks. "What if after all I should
really have wronged him? If there
should be some other key to this strange
mystery than meanness and avaricep Il
he really loves me, and l have miscon-
strued him, what wretch he must
think me!'
The next evening. after dark, they
arrived in Paris; and Ellinor found her
self, after an interval of nearly four
years, once more in her aunt's little
drawing-room in the Rue Saint Domi-
nique. She was received with open
arms. Henry Dalton smoothed over the
singularity of her arrival, by saying that
it was a visit of his own suggestion.
Everything will explain itself at a
future time, Ellinor; for the present, let
ours be thought atemporary separation.
l would not wish to alarm your poor
auntr'
You shall have your own bedroom,
Ellinor," said her aunt. Nothing has
been disturbed since you left us. Look!"
and she opened the door of little apart
ment leading out of the drawing room.
in which ormulu clocks. oking-glasses
and pink curtains very much prepon-
derated over more substantial articles of
furniture.
''But you are looking very ill, my
dear child" she said, anXiously, as FL
linor pushed away the untasted plate of
cold chicken which her aunt had per-
suaded her to try and eat. "You are
really looking very i'll, my dear Ellinorn'
''My journey has tired me little; if
you will excuse me, aunt. 1t is nearly
eleven O. o'clock
eyes, and rest will do you more good
than anything. Goodnight, my dar-
ling child. Lisette-you remember Lii
zette-shall wait upon you exclusively,
till your own maid gets accustomed to
our foreign ways"
Wearied out with a day of incessant
travelling. Ellinor slept soundly, and,
waking the next morning, found her
aunt seated by her bedside.
"My dear girl, you look great deal
better after your nights rest. Your
husband would not disturb you to say
'Good-by,' but has left this letter for
you"
sis Mr.. Dalton gomez"
eyes; he said he had most important
business on the something. and a cir
cult" said her aunt vaguely; "but his
letter will no doubt explain all He has
made every arrangement for your COM
fort during your stay with me, my dear
Ellinor. He seems most devoted hus-
band"
"He is very good" said Ellinor. with
a sigh. Her aunt left her, and she
opened the letter-opened it with an
anxiety she could not repress. Her life
had become so entirely changed in these
few eventful days; and in spite of her
indifference, nay, dislike to Henry Dali
ton, she felt helpless and unprotected
now that she found herself abandoned
by him. She could not refrain from
hoping that this letter might contain
some explanation ct his conduct-some
offer of reconciliation. But the letter
was very brief, and did neither:
"MY DEAR ELLINoR: When you receive
these few lines of farewell, shall be on my
way back to England. In complying with your
wish, and restoring you to the home of your
youth, hope and believe that / have acted
Tor the best. How much you have misunder-
stood me, how entirely you have mistaken my
motives for the line of conduct which l have
been compelled to adopt, you may never know.
How much have suffered from this terrible
on your part, it would be
for me ever to tell you. But let
this bitter past be forgotten; our roads in life
henceforth lie entirely separate. Yet If at
any future hour you should ever come to need
an adviser, or an earnest and disnterested
friend, must implore you to appeal to no one
but HENRY DALTON"
The letter fell from her hand. "Now,
now 1 am, indeed, alone. What have I
DONE" she said, '.that I should have
never been truly and sincerely beloved?
The victim of a marriage of interest!
1t is very bitter. And the mantle
only man could have loved-no, no,
the thought of his Indifference is too
painful
CHAPTER VI
HORACE MARGRAyE's CONFESSION.
Life in the Faubourg St. German
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