The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-09-03

mnst mot only have the qualifications Of
. Lord, he must be one.
He fixed his eyes upon her As he
leaned against the manteL and with
deep sigh. replied:
$50 for the sake of an empty title
Won will sacrifice your happiness? You
will sell your soul to be . Lady,"
She answered in the affirmative, and
bidding her . good afternoon, Albert
walked out into the hall, took his hat
from the rack and left the house. He
was filled with indignation, and his
spirit, life and ambition were crushed.
He was too much . man to press his
suit further, and yet had he seen the
tears Of agony shed by the ambitious
girl, he would have pitied her. The
sacrifice was great one, for her pride
she felt, had doomed her to misery.
She had but one ambition left. and she
would give her hopes of Heaven to have
that attained.
Six months after rejecting Albert
Brantner she became the wife of Sir
Thomas Norville. The wedding was
grand affair. In ecias New York has
never surpassed it. Brilliant costumes.
dazzling diamonds, wit and beauty,
made it an occasion long to be remem-
bered. But it was q pale, cold bride
his lordship received. Sir Thomas, as
heartless and selfish in this as in all
other matters. went gaily through the
wedding ceremonies, regardless of all
breaking hearts. Albert Brantner had
long since forgiven the woman who had
wrOnged him and herself. He was now
content to only exist, with no lofty
ambition for the future. Had he been
less strong he would have plunged into
a course of dissipation which might
have temporarily drowned the heart
ache. but would have bred canker
which would have eaten his heart away.
He lost heart, and in years time be-
came u silent, moody man, prematurely
grown old; society lost him. He re-
tanned his honor, but that intellect
which once bid fair to become brilliant
was dulled and dwarfed by the blow it
received.
His sufferings could not have surpass-
sed those of the foolish girl who sacri-
feed herself to become Lady. Her
husband at once took charge of her
marriage portion. They went on a
bridal tour to Europe. where Lillian
was to meet with her great disappOint-
ment. She was not taken into that
brilliant society of mobiles and gay
ladies. Instead of entering the gilded
courts of Queens, she was taken to an
obscure, even mean. house to live. Sir
Thomas did occasionally go into that
brilliant society of Lords, and noble
ladies. Instead of taking his plebeian
wife, she was left at home. She endur-
ed this slight until she was no longer
able to bear it. Her husband neglect
increased. He dressed superbly, and
usually spent his time ut his club or in
strolling about the avenues and parks,
his wife seldom in his company. His
Lordship was sometimes absent for
days, and when he did return his feat
ures bore strong evidence of dissipation.
He even grew insulting to her. One
day when he announced his intention
of going to the reception of noble
man, she could remain silent no longer,
and demanded to be taken herself.
Take you." said his Lordship. with
a sneer. ''You associate with noble
bloodr'
"Am I not your wife," she asked.
"Yes," he answered, with brutal
oath. ''but you must bear it in mind
that if you are my wife, you arc not my
equal. nor the equal of any of the no
bility. Were you and your parents SO
foolish as to think that simply marrying
me would admit you to the best London
society?-that you could be permitted
to dance at the Queens balls and
attend to her private drawing-room re-
ceptions and dinners? Such an unheard
of thing can not be permitted, and the
sooner you get it out of your head the
better"
''Oh, Heaven, help mcr' she groan-
ed, sinking in chair and burying her
face in her hands. She now realized
just what it was to be the wife of an
English Lord. The gilded dream had
passed away. Ostracised from society
and practically abandoned by her hus-
band, her beauty wasted away. At
twenty-five her hair was growing white.
She was in reality deserted by her
husband. The handsome dover from
her father was consumed by his Lord
ship in riOtOus living. She even saw
him playing the gallant to other ladies,
ignoring the presence of his own wife.
Sometimes she was really in
want of the ncccssarics of life.
Sir Thomas was appealed to
again and again, but he became so
brutal that when she tried to force her
self into society, he threatened to have
her removed by the police.
After eight years of this miserable life
she received legal notice that bill of
divorce had been filed against her by
Sir Thomas Noryiile. She made no de-
tense, but wrote full particulars to her
father. He sent her money to come
home, and the next day after receiving
it she sailed for America.
There is now in New York sad.
lonely man, whose youth was SO full of
promise, but whose lamp of ambitious
light early went out; and a sad, white
haired woman, once the reigning belle,
but long since forgotten by her giddy
associates; both disappointed and mis-
cradle. Two promising lives blightcd
by an ambitious girl marrying Lord.
John X. Musick.
A Lawyer on Fire.