The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-03-03
BEYOND REACH.
CHAPTER III.-coNrrsurp.
BY J. f.

anu mat Is why l don't think you
ought to become his wife, he went on
eagerly. IA loveless marriage Is
terrible thing. Fancy having with
you day after day person to whom
you are utterly Indifferent, or, per-
haps, what Is worse, that you abso-
lutely dislike, for indifference between
husband and wife often merges into
dislike. A person who has nothing In
common with you, whose pursuits,
tastes, ideas, are totally unlike your
own, and who will concede nothing,
caring nothing for your whims and
fancies."
lit must be very dreadful" agreed
Dorothy in low tone.
Dreadful! My child, it is worse
than dreadful; it is living death for
a woman 10 be tied to man she dis
likes. 1t is bondage for her, slavery,
misery, without a single ray Of sun
shine TO tighten the gloom of her heart
and life. Many wives fade slowly
away. The doctors call it decline, con-
sumption, but it Is OF broken heart
they die, the result Of the neglect an d
i'll treatment of their husbands. There
fore, think, Dorothy-think and re-
fleet we'll before you condem yourself
to such fate"
"But what is the use of my thinking,
JackT" she asked helplessly. ~ must
do as papa and Aunt Elinor wish"
"5urely they won't force you TO
marry against your willg"
~ suppose not; but / haven't told
them that it is against my will"
Then you ought to do So"
"I-I-couldn't 1t would disap-
point papa 80 much"
"Better to disappoint your father
than to condemn yourself TO such a
life"
''Oh, Jack, really couldn't--indeed
L couldn't" she burst out, "interfere
with their arrangements / wouldn't
dare TO say anything TO aunt. / have
always obeyed her implicitly, and she
tells me / shall be perfectly happy,
and have everything | can possibly
want, and"
Everything but love and content"
muttered Bingham.
$50 must do as they wish. Be
sides, what excuse could maker No
one else wants TO marry me-" she con-
cluded naively.
Don't they" he commenced,
and then stopped short, for he felt la
mad desire TO take her in his arms and
tell her that he longed to make her
his wife, and cherish her as her titled
adorer neither could nor would; but he
f.-n.,, .t,at 10 no o,oko tha vofl uotld
fall from her eyes, and she would be-
come aware of what, in her childlike
innocence, she was ignorant--that she
loved him; so honour forbade, and he
kept silent, with mighty effort of
his strong Will.
mo, Of course they DON'T" she re-
Joined with a sweet ripping laugh;
4'and if / reject him shall be an old
maid. And now we won't talk about
him any more; let us have coy chat
about the dance. OF course you are
coming, and Blanche, and Mr. Haw-
thornel have been very busy get
ting ready my best bib and tucker,
for some Of Aunt Elinor's grand Lon
don friends are coming to stay here
for II, and q regular professional
beauty, Lady Fitzeadeline. Wont
you be dying to see herr"
al hardly think so. Dolly, tell me
when are you to be marrieds Is yo1I
wedding-day fixed9"
He asked Bthe question abruptly
his lips were dry and parched
they could hardly form the words.
ayes, it is fixed for the first week
in May"
"And when does Lord Yarra conner
Tomorrow"
And Jack left Hadlow Hall tha
night very miserable man, but never
theless under promise to come thu
next day to dine, and to the dance
and whenever, in fact, the girl h'
idolised chosed to ask him.