The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-16

colored deeply and bowed. Lord
talbot said rather angrily, Orchard,
Mss She waits for you to speak"
Then Lord Richard turned to me and
said something, but in such n low voice
that | did not catch its meaning. "My
son says you do him agreat honor-and
pleasure, exclaimed Lord Talbot. and
he kissed me and led me toward the
unwilling bridegroom.
"Of course Iought to have hated him.
Selma, but 1 did mot. On the contrary.
tel desperately in love with him.
Perhaps it would have been better for
me If l had not. Richard read my heart
IN my face, and despised his easy ION
quest. AS for me, I suffered in that
weak and torturing suspense of a timid
schoolgirl in love. l dressed myself in
the best of my plain, unbecoming child
ish toilet, and watched YEARLY every
day for a visit from my promised
husband; but L saw no more of him UNI
til our wedding morning. BY this time
some very rich clothing had arrived for
me, and also a London maid, and l
think, even then my appearance was
talrenouSh to have somewhat conciliat-
ed Richard Talbot. But he scarcely
looked at ne. The cermony was scru-
pulousy and coldlv performed. my ia
tEel, aunt and g%overness being present
on my side, and on Richards his father
and his three maiden sisters.
Il never saw my father alive again:
he dl d the following week, and the
moclSery of our wedding festivities at
'Inlllnt (taettn won C,,p,n,,l,1 ~ 49,, =,
Difference to my grief. Then J. came to
London, and my Lord selected for his
own use the left wing OF the house, and
politely placed at tiny disposal all the re-
manning apartments. I considered this
an intimation that l wasnot expected to
intrnde upon hisquarters, and l scrupu-
lousy avoided every approach to them.
| knew from the first that all attempts
to win him would be useless, and indeed
| felt too sorrowful and Inundated to
try. During the few weeks that we re-
NAMED under the same roof we seldom
met, and | am afraid j dill not make
these rare interviews at all pleasant. 1
felt wrong and miserable, and my wan
face and heavy eyes were only a re-
proach to him"
"Oh, what a monster, Kate!"
"Not quite that, SELMA, There were
many excuses for him. One day I saw
a paragraph in the times saying that
Lord Richard Talbot intended to ac-
company a scientific exploring party
whose destination was Central Asia. [
instantly sent and asked my husband
for an interview. l had intended
dressing myself with care for
the meeting, and making one
last effort to win the kindly regard. at
least. of n whom / could not help low
ing. But some unfortunate fatality al
ways attended our meeting, and Inev.
er could do myself justice in his pres
ence. He answered my request at once,
| suppose he did so out OF respect and
kindness; but the consequence was he
found me an u~nbecoming dishabilIc, and
with my face and eyes red and swollen
with weeping.
II felt mortified at a prompt attention
so malaprapos, and my manner, instead
OF being winning and concilliating, was
cold, unprepossessing. I did not rise
from the sofa on which l had been sob
bling, and he made no attempt to sit
uONu DcSItle llc VI W CpllllOIu NE.
Ipointed to the paragraph and asked
if it was true,
ayes; Lady Talbot he said, a little
sally and proudly; 4 shall relieve you
OF my presence in n fey days. i intend
ed Writwell to call on you to- day with
a draft of the provisions 1 have made
for your comfort"
81 could make no answer. I had
thought of a good many things to say,
but now in the presence I was almost
fretful and dumb. He looked at me al
most with pity, and said in a low voice:
Kate, we have both heen sacrificed to a
necessity involving many besides our
selves. l am trying to make what re-
paration is possible. I shall leave you
unrestricted use of three-fourths Of my
income. 1 desire you to make your life
as gay and pleasant as you possibly can.
/ have no fear for the honor of our
name in your hands, and l trust that
and all else to you without a doubt.
If you would try and learn to make
some excuse for my position I shall be
grateful. Perhaps when you are not in
constant fear of meeting me this lesson
may not be SO hard"
'tAnd I could not say q word in reply.
1 just lay sobbirs like a child amo...
the cushions. Then he lifted my hand
and kissed it, and l knew he was gone"
""And now, Kate, that you have be-
come the most brilliant womant in Eng
land, what do you intend to do?"
"Who knows? 1 have such a con-
trary streak in my nature. always do
the thing l do not want to do
Certainly it seemed like it, for, in spite
of her confession, when Lord Talbot
sent the next morning to request an in
teIview, Kate regretted that she had "a
prior engagement, but hoped to meet
| Lord Talbot Mt the Duchess of Clitford's
that night.
My Lord bit luis lip angrily, but
nevertheless, he had been so struck
with his wife's brilliant beauty that he
determined to keep the engagement.
She did not meet him with sobs this
time. The centerof an admiring throng,
she spoke to him with an ease and nom
| chalance that would have indicated to q
stranger the most usual and common
place acquaintanceships. He tried to
draw her into a confidential mood, but
she said, smilingly, "My lord, the world
supposes us to have already congratu-
lated each other; weneed not undecieve
it,
He was dreadfully piqued, and the
pique kept the cause of it continually in
his mind. indeed, unless he left Lon
don, he could hardly avoid constant
meetings which We're constant aggra-
vations. My lady went everywhere. Her
beauty, her wealth, her splendid toilets,
her fine manners, were the universal
theme. He hnd to endure extravagant
comments on them. Friends told him
that Lady Talbot had never been &c
brilliant and so bewitching as since
his return He was co~npratulatad on