River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-12-13

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Dir. Fulford said:
mo, really: can't your"
''Have you ever heard.n pursued her lady
ship, ''of Hoist with his own petardT "
| No; the Fulforjs only know Shakespeare
| from going occasionally to the Lyceum theatsr,
| and a. they seldom lsten-talkn g good DEAL
and looking more at the people than the stage
their knowledge of our greatest bard IS OF the
| most limited kind.
'sWtn, then, Caught in his own irap""
asked Lady Wall, bringing down her language
to the meanest capacity with ill-disguised con-
| tempt.
"0h, yes, we know thai" cried all the Full
| fords, quite proudly.
Then. there Won have il, " concluded their
councillor what do You say to my pan?'
/ No, not a Fulford understood her. She very
nearly swore.
Dear. dear" she burst forth, ''yOu are all
| very sJupid.n
They took this for good joke, and laughed
| quite plea sanity.
! .Don't you see that the very man--stag as
you call him-who is waiting 10 be sialked, -
10 other than this same noble yiscount, Lord
| Bangs himselfTn climaxed her ladyshlp
| So bold an idea such bombshell TO the
Fulford brain that it very nearly burst 1T
=
There was very little time to be lost. for it
| was already the end of June. The fuss, the
| hurry, the want of all delicacy and disguise,
which would have proved fatal in so many
/ cases, were Just what favored the Fulfords in
| the pursuit of mani beg his pardon,
| Iord-who was knocking under simply. as he
/ had before expressed it, to that traitorous
| friend Howard, TO escape for life from the
| clatter. the row, the untiring and transparent
/ stratagems of venery where the hunters
| know neither pause nor encouragement, ls-
more alike both fatigue, as concerns them
| selves, or pity for the poor creatures they
/ pursue.
| Within three weeks the marriage was ar
| ranged. One spectator of this strange yet com
| mon chase-our friend Al an Cameron-looked
/ on in the innocence of his soul, at first with
| Incredibly. then with amaZemens at last with
| alarm. He had not been enough in the first
/ society to have lost his sense of right and
| wrong.
| When be finally realized the position he re-
/ solved, any brave young fellow would. not
| to zee his life wrecked, and. what to him came
/ far before that, not to suffer tamely that the
| girl he loved should be sold like Greek slave
| to the highest bidder, without making one bold
| effort to Sc matters right-io keep what he
| had won. He sought and obtained, without
| opposition from any quarter, an interview with
! Miliicent alone.
| ''Nhat is the meaning of thisg ne said,
under his breath, with depersta effort to stick
! to the resolution be had made that he would
| be quiet and gentle throughout They were
| quite far from one another, parted by almost
| the entire breadth of the room.
/ ''Pm very sorry. very sorry indeed, Allan,
| but i can't be helped" she began.
! sorry! you say YOU dTc SUI Sdti
me by tue old name, and yetyou say it can't be
| helped "
sOh. am sorry you insisted en- seeing me,
| it can do no good" said she.
| 'tBut am in the dark, do you hear! You
| loved me-you love me still know IT."
| 81 do. There, tell you so honestly"
| ''Then why, by all that's sacred, are you
| marrying another MANI"
| "Ii-ten 10 me-" and she told him. as we'll as
| she could, how she must get out OF the way of
| her two sist rs-she was not preforrng rich
| match without love TO a poor Que with 1t; but
| that her marriage with Lord Bangs was by
I sacri fcing her own feelings to duty, at least
| possible, whereas a union with Allan was i'm
! possible-at all events for very many years.
''OD, don't mistake me, she continued IF
| had only my own happiness to consult
''But that makes 1t all the worse" he urged.
''If you told me your feelings for me had
| changed"
They never can
',And does Lord Bangs know this?'
| 81 told him / was very fond of yon, and
could not pretend L was in love with him"
s'Aud what did he say"
| s'He laughed, and said every nymDh had her
| shepherd. OF course, that real love only came
to xomea after marriage, and that he was
neither jealous nor sentimental; aud oh, Allan,
what do you think he ended wlthE
| 'sHeaven knows!"
''Why, be said / might be quite easy for that
| though lie wished TO marry me, he wasn't ro-
mantically in love himself
| ssrhe mans 4 brute" burst forth the young
| Scotchmau. ut Is because you have heart,
ana have given it forever to me, shat l will
move heaven and earth to save your happiness,
and nav own too, for that purpose. On, re-
peat if Won had changed, il you cared Tor this
| rich lord, my prize would bid me depart IN
1 silence. / know not what would become OF me,
but | would trouble YOU no more. But,
now hearing from y0ur own sweet lips that
Won are true-and oh, whatever befall, bless
You for those words again and again. Know
| ing / say. that you are true, let me beseech-
/ imp. Ore--nav have / not right to order you
to pause at the brink of the precipice aud draw
| back while there is yet timer"
| But Allan, nv parents have arranged
! settled everything. am powerless III their
hands They leave me choice; they prove
ful rebellion"
''Aud is it no sin, pray, to love one man and
we'd another? To perjure yourself at the altar
of Gody"
"Ihat's Just what l said to papa, and he told
me that all these things are conventional; that
every one knows the marriage service Is put
into our mouths, and that we have no choice
as to the exact expressions. he SAID II tae
| contracting parties mean TO be faithful and
kind to each other. nothing more rs required OF
them either spiritually socially. Ga, We
had quite "a long talk about it. l assure you
During this speech Cameron had gradually
drawn quite close 10 her, and was now looalng
hard into her eyes to see If she was dealing
with him frankly.
Yes. there could be no doubt, the girl, IL
| Blinded by sophstsies, was yet without gun e.
| During all tins co l0quy ne had never called
her by name, though ste addressed him as
| Allan a. simply as If their relations had never
| changed.
Perhaps he waited to see If she deserved it.
or did he keep the power that is inherent Ia
such terms to try last appeal.
, He made it now. Taking her uDresistnS
hand in both his own. he said:
| Did not know YOU well j should think
you were actiOg part Hdiiy!-my own
| Millvi il wero better - b9tter far IN the
| sight OF heaven, believe me-that you shouid
| fly with me this night than fulfil this cursed
engagement do not say shall urge that
| viii think, deliberate. pray. On!y tell me,
Mlly, that You will never wed Lord Rfz.1s."
son. ] cannot You should not urgo me.
Indeed you should not have promised papa
I and mamma"
] awav from him, and her whole aspect became
< one at perDlexity and alarm.
For moment the young man thought he
, | should lose his senses.
What was to be done with such girl? She
i owned she had for him what she called love
| vet was that love which would not submit &c
| either guidance or coercion2
The solution lay IN word, but 1t was quite
| beyond Allan Cameron.
| She was FulfOrd!
. How long the painful conference might have
g lasted am unable to say, but at this pom
g stems and voices we're heard approaching, auC
Il in another moment Mr. Fuford and Lady Wal
1 | entered the room
San. Cameron, how are you? Won't you
stag and lunchy This is queer news OF tn
i house of lords"
g such was ths perfectly easy greeting Of
g Milv's father to the man whose wreck he hat
u succeeded in accomplishing.
Lady Wallis was very different
!, Kissing MilliceBt with effusion, she bestowed
& an inclination of the head upon her lover muel
| rider that any Ctlt direct
,e The fact Is, her ladyship had made war TO
g so many years o. her life upon "detrimentsls,
that she continued after ali her daughters ha
4 married 10 hate them from habit
q Poor Allan had but one distinct feeling a
- the moment A longing to escape from then
n all, and 70 be alone. Muttering few words q
excuse and farewell, he rushed into the street
st strobe OF for his solitary lodging, and lOckiu
y himselfiu, he flung himself upon his bed, an
| sobbei aloud
: He felt that his happiness in this world wa
over
8 And Millcent married Lord Bangs, and til
twins came ont with no obstruction in the shap
70 | of an attractive elder sister.
All the Fuifords rejoiced and caekled owe
10 heir handiwork like so many geese. just q
1- frst-:or week or two-his lordship wa
IN rather happy. II was a change, you know.
Evn Milleent nearly enjoyed her hone!
IL moon.
= After that the marriage turned out like tw
ut out Of every three which are botched up o
- the above fashionable overwhelmingly ILL.,
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