Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-12-07
CONSCIENCE.

Maudeg ilie the dark. silent, sphinx Ike glrl,
who from her first appearance in society,
had alNays carried herself with the AR u q
tragedy qneenf None could till, though
many con ircrursd But it was quite VOL
known that the duke and duchess had guar
relied bitterly tho day after marriage. Since
then tho duchess had dweit alone, and the
duAs mad fonn1 soace in the society % the
merry, blue eyed little lady who accoiupa
nied him on his ineognito trips abroad In
town and In Scotland. at the chef country
houses where entertaining had To be
dnue, at other peoples houses ou
visits the duke and duchess were
always together And Oh, now bored
they must he, thought every one. Twas not
difficult 10 amuse tue duke, in the uufortu'
nate absence u the blue eyed lady, he was
man u easY and epheneral amunrs Bat no
one ever succeeded in amusing the duchess
It was well known that before her marriage
she had been engaged 10 Lord NIne, and It
vas an accepted fact that the breaking IF Of
that engagement had been the result Of
lovers quarrel, and the marriage u Cllulia
with the duke matter Of piqus on her part,
Il was Understood, therefore, that She was
still attached 10 Lord Vaue- Why ia the
world, then, said the cynical, did hr 4pt come
and carry her prayer book aud fan flr her
and visit the same country houses, ike the
elegant and indstingushahio heroes Of
"Ouidas' novelist But no, Naue was Ju the
war oath again, he had gone OIL IA his yacht
10 unknown seas; perhaps he was shooting
seals, or something equally absurd and IN
human Al all events, he was not dana ling
after Clnudia, his one timn iualnorata.
And yet she was the one central spot on
this globe to him He never went near her
for be believed he luuthed aud hated her Yet
go where he would and RmuSe himself a. ne
might, his Thought was really always with
thus inerpacabie woman
quite Young beautiful that the why
her drcses were made really hardly
mattercd. and her face WAS never touched
with anything but honest watera woman
admired aud conrted, yet quite alone Two
men had loved her, and each had parted
from her Tor life after a terrible quarrel
What my syery was II that mlle her So i,o-
lntedi People asked the questions in vain.
10 wns evident that the duke, though he kept
up all necessary appearances before society
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