San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-11-22

''That you give up your husband, who
but need not tell you what he is-thas
you consent to live apart from him, and
never to see him again"
sit is cruelty hafdl" she murmured.
Not so hard as you think, he rejoined.
Rank always has its penalties. How
many queens have married for the good OF
their kingdom, and have given up the man
they really loved? How many noble ladies
at the call of duty, have married men
whom they disliked? You are not required
to suffer so: you have but to leave a man
whose tastes, habits, and manner cannot
fail TO be disagreeable to you"
II love my husband" she opposed.
Certainly Well, you must think it
over, Ismay. and let me know the result"
She tried entreaties, eXpOstulations, re-
mOnstrances, and prayers-it was all in
vain. The resolve he had formed he would
not break.
At first she said to herself she would be
true to Paul She would go home. and
never mind the poverty, the privations,
or anything else. Paul was worth any
sacrifice; Paul loved her so dearly that
nothing should induce her to stay away
from him. Then she pictured to herself
with what infinite delight he would re-
ceive her-how he would love her, bless
her for her truth, thank her for the sacri-
flee. Her heart grew warm with love for
him, her eyes grew dim with tears.
But she was vain and weak; love and
vanity struggled hard for mastership, and
vanity won the day. She forgot the WOO
ing among the green lanes of Ashburne
ham, she forgot the early love of her girl
hood, the bright, beautiful, fieeting ro-
nance; she forgot her wifely duty, her
plighted troth her husbands love; she was
careless of his suffering, needless of his
despair, when she told Lord Carlswood
that she had thought the matter well over
and had decided to stay.
His lordship sent for Mr.. Ford, and Mr..
Ford received instructions to write to Paul
Waldron to inform him of Lord Carls-
woods offer and of his wife's acceptance
of it. He wrote, picturing to himself the
handsome haggard face as he had see it
last.
MAY Heaven pardon those who deliber
ately break human hearth he said, as he
finished the letter.
He had written very plainly, telling Paul
what Lord Carlswood had decided to do,
and that, although willing to adopt Ismay
and her son. he steadfastly refused in any
way to recognize his grandchilds husband.
Your wife has had plenty of time to de-
eide" he wrote, land she declines to leave
Bralyn."
BY Lord Carlswood's wish Ismay in
closed a note.
1T will be confirmation of Mr.. Ford's
letter." he said.
She wrote
Il cannot expect you ever to forgive me,
Paul, or to think as think. l know how
much you have loved me-and / have
loved and do love you; STILL for my own
sake and Leo's, think ought to accept
Lord CarlswOod's offer. wish that it had
been different; wish that you could share
all our advantages. You may think that
ought to have refused and have returned
to you, but should never have been hap
py at Ashburnham again. The little
home that contents you would not have
cOntented me. 1t is better that / should
tell you this frankly. / could not be happy
with you again. You must not think me
unkind. | always felt that | was not in
my right place. For all the love and care
you have lavished upon me | thank you
now in bidding you farewell"
So coldly, so heartlessly written, yet
blurred and blotted with burning tears,
without one word she placed the letter in
Lord CarlswOod's hand; but no one saw
Ismay Waldron again that day.