The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-01-11

OF the most limited KIND
"Well, then, Caught in his own
trap" asked Lady Wall. bringing
down her language 10 the meanest Ca
pacity with ill-disguised contempt.
..Oh YES. We know that" cried all
the Eulfords, gu tc proudly.
Then. there YOU have it. - concluded
their councillor. .'M hat say you TO my
pian?'
No, not Fulford understood her.
She very ne rly swore.
dear. dear" she burst forth; ''you
are all very stupid
They took this for good Joke, and
laughed gu lie pleasantly.
"Don't You see that the very man
stag, rs yoI call him-who is waiting
TO be s;alked, is no other than this same
noble viscount, Lord Bangs HIMSELF"
climaxed her ladvship..
So bold an idea was such bombShcll
to the Full ord brain that it very nearly
burst it.
There was very little time to be lost,
for ii was already the end of June
The fuss. the hurry, the want of al
dclicacy and disguise, which would
have proved fatal in so many cases.
were Just what favored the Fulfords in
the pursuit of 4 mani beg his pardon,
Il lord who was knocking under sim
ply. as he had before expressed it. to
that trait rous friend Howard, to escape
for life from the clatter, the row, the
untiring and transparent stra'agem of a
,,b rh,r Z l.
pause nor diScoura@ement, ignore alike
both fatigue, aS concerns Themselves. o.
pity for tn poor creatuI eS they pursue.
Within three weeks the marriage was
arranged. One spectator of this
strange vet common chase-our friend
Allan Cameron-lookcd on in the inno-
cence of his soul, 1T fir~t with incrcd-
ulitv. then with amazcmpnt. at last with
alarm. He had not been enough in the
first society t. have lost his sense Of
right and wrong.
When he finally realized the position,
he resol e |. as any brave Young fellow
would, not to SEE h : life wrecked, and,
W a 10 Inn came lar before that. not
10 suffer amrly that The girl he loved
III uld be sod ! Ike a Greek slave to the
highest bidder, without making one
/ oid c Tort To set matters right--to keep
what he had won. He sought and OBJ
tain,d, without opposition from any
quarter. an interview with M.lljcent
alone.
What is the meaning OF this?' he
sad, under his breath. with a desperate
e 5urt to : lex 10 the resolution he had
l. hot In H.,
tie Throughout. They we're cute far
from one another. parted by almost the
cnt re breadth Of the room.
I'm very sorrv. very sorry. indeed,
Allan, but It can't be he'ped.' she be-
can.
Sorry. You say YOU are sorry
still call me by the Old name. and yet
You say it can't he Helped"
."Ch, | am sorry gu insisted on see
ing me, it can do no good 81 q >hc.
hut am in the dark. do you h,'ar?
You loved me you love me still
know tt
Il do. There, will tell YOU so hon
estlv."
Then why. by all that's sacred, are
YOU marrying another man."
Listen to Ie,' and she told him as
well as she could how she must get out
of the way of her two sisters be
..shunted' her brothers called it. How
she was not prcferring rich match
without love TO poor one with ii; but
that her marriage with Lord Bangs was
by sacrificing her own feelings to dutv.
at least possible. whereas a un on with
IA
Very many wears:
"Oh, don't mistake me-, she contin-
ued. If | had only my own happiness
to consult
But that makes it all the worse" he
urged. ''If YOU told me your feelings
for me had changed -
"Ihev never can
.'And does Lord Bangs know thiS?'
II told HIM was very fond of YOU.
and could not pretend | was N love
with him"
land what did he say?"
"lie laughed and said every nymph
had her shepherd. of course; that real
love only came to women after marriage;
that he was neither Jealous nor scnti-
mental: and oh, Allan, what do you
think he ended with?'
"Iicaven knows"
"W lay. he said that | might be quite
easy for that. though he wished TO mar
~ Inc, he wasn't Economically in love
himself
The mans BRUTE" burst forth the
Young Scotchman. 1T S because you
have heart, and have q ven it for. yer
al. I l. 4 I,
TO save your happ ness, and my own,
too. for they are one. Oh. | repeat. If
You had changed, if you ca ed f"r tn $
+ ch iord, my pr de would b me depaO
lence | know not what won d be-
come Of me. but | would rrouble you no
more. But now hear ny from your own
sweet ps that you are tru e and, oh,
whatever befall. | bless You for those
words again and ara n-knOw ne, say.
that YOU are true, let me be,cech. i'm
plOre, nay, nave not T ght to order
you 10 pause at the br nix of the prec-
pice and draw back VIII lc there is yet
time?'
But. Allan, my parents have AZ
ranged settled everything. | am pow
erless in their hands. They leave me
no choice; they prove TO me that it must
be. DO not urge me 10 sinful rebel
lion"
And is it no sin, pray, to love one
man ans wed another? To perjurc your
self At the altar OF God?'
That just what | said to papa, and
he to d me that all these things are con-
ventiona that every one knows the
marriage service $ put into our mouths.
and that We have no cho ce as to the
exa t EXPIRE sions. He said if the con-
parties mean to be faithful and
kind To each ter. nothing more is re-
CURED o them either spir.tUa ly or So
cialiy. Oh, W.. had quite long talk
about if. Assure YOU"