Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-09-20

annual income WOulu not suppbTt MN
a month. Would it not be the best
plan to accept the good fortune SO evil
IDENTIFY within his reach!
Elizabeth was handsome and inclined
to favor linn, and though She had the
reputation of being both authoritative
in temper and economical in money
matters, he did not doubt but that she
would finally acknowledge his power
as completely as his own mother and
sisters. So he set himself to win Miss
Braithwaite, and before Christmas they
were married.
True he had been compelled TO give
up a great deal more than he liked, but
he promised himself plenty Of marital
compensations. Elizabeth insisted on
retaining her own house. and as Steve
had really no house to offer her he
must needs 60 to Draithwaite Hall rs
the husband of the proprietress. She
insisted upon his removing his Office to
Braithwaite. a small village, offering
none Of the advantages for killing time
when large city Ike LEEDS diu n
she had all her money scrupulously
settled upon hesen LOT her own use
ana under her absolute eontroi.
Steve felt very much as II his wife
had bought him. but for n little time
the eclat OF having married u great
helress' the oridal FESTIVITIES ana lot.
elgn uaVei compensated o 'he loss Oh
ms reeuoih hut Wilei the! retur'ied
10 braitiiwaite NE sooh siloweu nm a
lar more prosaic siue' hrs. uashiiis
disposition soon oecalne
particularly offensive 10 steve. sie
inquired closely ihto ms business ana
did NOT scrup'e 10 make uh~pieasail,i!
WITTY remarks ABOUT MS income she
rapidly deNeioped' TOO an autiori'a'
i've disposition. against when steve
daiiy more ana more reoeileu. ihe
young couple were o very unhappy
The truth was that a great Transition
was taking place IN Steve iniiId, ana
times OF transition are always times OF
unrest and misery. The better part o.
his nature was beginning to clam a
hearing He had seen now all that
good society could show INN; lie a
tasted OF all pleasures money can buy,
and he was not happy.
His wife had no ennui and no dissat-
isfaction with herself. There was her
large house 10 oversee, her gardens and
conservatories. her servants and charity
schools, her toilet. and IA Whole colony
of pet animals. Her DAYS were toe
short for all the small interests that
filed them; and these interests she
wonld Willingly have shared with Steve,
but to him they Dor became intoler
able bores.
Under some circumstances he might
have found his work in she ordering
and investing Of lis wifc's large estate,
but Elizabeth was far too cautious a
woman to trust il in untried hands.
Her fathers agent was her agent: her
banker mana;-'! MI her investments:
her park and farms and gardens were
all under the care Of old and expert.
enced servants. who looked upon Steve
merely ms '~'NIisSis' husband"
In the second yearof his marriage he
began to have some thoughts which
would have as,onished his wife could
she have thought il worth her while to
inquire what occupied his mind In the
long. moody hours when he paced the
shrubbery or sat silently looking out
Of the window. But Steve was now
ready for any honest thing that would
take him out o. the purposeless, de-
pendent life which he had so foolishly
chosen for himself!
One day. greatly 10 his surprise.
Elizabeth sail 20 4 N:
Steve. / have a letter from q cousin
Of my mother, who lives In Glasgow.
She is going 70 Australia and wants me
70 buy her housp, She says IL Is a
great bargain. aad | wrote 10 Barrett
to 60 and see nhout it. | have n let.
ter this morniu, saving lie Is too III TO
leave his bed ! wonder II YOU could