Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-02-07
" ONE OF THREE"
By JESSE FOTHERGILI,
.Ai6hor Of "PrObdtion," Tho Wclfelds," Etc.

CHAPTER At.-CONTINUED.
cit must remain too much for him
then, Margaret had said. 81 shall
newer even speak to him again until he
has apologized to me-which he never
will. suppose YOU mean, dear Mrs.
-Lascelles, that if l had in reality been a
poor, destitute governess, who would
have owed everything to him-home,
and love. and position, everything-he
would have married me, sure that he
must have always been first, that he, at
ANY rate, would be under no obligation
would never have to stoop and say
Thank YOU But when he found that
in a worldly point of view l was the
more important of the two-that he
would have had to change his way of
life. his standing, everything, and all
because of his wife. All. it is horrible!
He gives me credit for no magnanimity,
NO greatness of heart; he can not trust
me; he turns upon me. reproaches me,
-sneers sarcastically at my follies (Which
know are innumerable, and every one
of which / would have crushed to please
a generous man, who loved mel. and
uses tone toward me to which / would
mot submit from the best and wisest
man in the world. Is not that the plain
English of it?'
Il fear it is. But you must not be
too hard upon him. You must forgive
him"
II will shake hands with him when
he apologies to me-not before. AS
for forgiying him-ne! / will not for
give a man who wants cringing span
lei for his wife. and who loses his tenn
per when he finds the woman he has
thought of distinguishing is not spaniel.
He shall respect my individuality, or I
will never notice him again.
Mrs. Lascelles had not tried TO shake
this determination. Perhaps she hoped
for time to move it; perhaps she con-
sidered that Louis hardness deserved
punishment. There had been a heart
breaking parting between Margaret and
Rupert, who wept and would not be
.-comforted. Sobbing, he had said to
Margaret:
s.Ah. not even Louis can make up to
me for you"
Margaret's heart thrilled at the
words. Louis then was not in every
thing able to crush her often-erring pos
-itive influence by the power of his mega
tive perfection. What was it that i'm
PEELED her to whisper to the boy:
.Do not tell him SO. 1t will grieve
him.
She promised to return to him ere
long, and made Mrs. Lascelles VOW that
she would summon her if the boys
health gave her any uneasiness. Then
she had departed, escaping from Foul
haven before John Mallabarr's return
from London, and without having again
seen Louis. Her pride had enabled her
to 90 through it all with composure,
but the recollection of the wretched
alteration with Louis had never ceased
to pain her; nothing had been able to
remove the dull, aching misery of that
memory--a misery varied occasionally
by an acuter pang-the thought: HE
loves me ana love him, and we are lost
to one another"
When questioned by Miss Percival as
ito the reason for her sudden departure
from Foulhaven, she had replied care
lessly that she had got tired of it, and
that Miss Percivars letter had given her
"A welcome excuse for coming home.
Then they knew who you really
-wereP"
.Oh, yes! I explained everything to
Mrs. LasceIles. We parted the best OF
friends, and L am going to stay with
her some time soon. Meantime. my
dear, we are going to be very busy get
ting ready for your Wedding
The preparations went on; the we'd
ding took place; and Mrs. Biddulph
said farewell to Margaret with an air of
,,',,trnr,ly patronage, rs if to assure her
.of her continued affection and good
win. which vastly diverted the Lady of
the Manor of Beckbridge.
All this Margaret quickly conned
over in her mind, as she sat resting
short time before going up stairs to lay
sside her finery. The freight played
now upon the dun hue of her satin and
Velvet. anon upon the creamy old lace,
and twinkling diamonds. and the luster
of her crown of fed-gold hair: She
closed her eyes and lay back in her
chair-a lovely women, IN tne pr'oe OF
: ..{vhst 8 short time it is since that
,.axht 81 my sventzs6rst birthday, and