Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-04-12

arch jest would have sounded so
strange when uttered. The meeting
which resulted thus, however. had
its good effect in checking the bitter
ness of their rivalry; and they re-
peated her speech to their relatives
and acquaintance with hilarious
frequency and,puhlicity that the lady
little OWNED. or she might have
hlushed and felt ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
still.
In the course of time the position
resolved itself. and the heauteous
Lady Penelope las she was calledl
made up her mind; her choice being
the eldest of the three knights, Sir
George Drenghard, owner of the
mansion aforesaid, which thereupon
became her home; and her husband,
being n pleasantman,a and his family,
though not so noble, of as good re-
pute as her own, all things seemed to
/ show that she reckoued wisely in
honoring him with her preference.
But what may lie behind hestill and
silent veil of the future none can fore.
tell. In the course ola few months the
husband of her choice died of his con
vivialitieS, (as ii, indeed, to bear out
his nGme,l and the Lady Penelope
was left alone as mistress ofhis house.
BY this time she hadapparently quite
| forgotten her careless declaration to
her lovers collectively; but the lovers
| themselves had not lorgottenit,a and,
as she would now be free To take a
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appeared at her door as early in her
widowhood as it was proper and
seemly to do so.
She gave him little announcement
for OF the two remaining, her best be
loved was Sir William, OF whom, If
the truth must be told, she had often
thought during her short married
life. But he had not vet reappeared.
Her heart began to be SO much with
him now, that she contrived to con
vey to him by indirect hints through
his friends that she would not be dis
pleased by renewal of his former
attentions. Sir William, however,
Inexperienced her gentle signaling,
and from excellent, though mistaken,
motives of delicacy, delayed to in
trude himself upon her for long
time. Meanwhile Sir John, now Gre
ated baronet, was unremitting, and
she began to grow somewhat piqued
at the backwardness of him she Sc
cretly desired to be forward.
''Never mind, her friends said Jest.
ingly to her, knowing of her humor-
Gus remark, as everybody did, that
she would marry them all three if they
would have patience. Never mind: |
why hesitate upon the order of |
them? Take 'eIn as they come"
This yexed her still more, and re.
GREETING deeply, as she had often |
done, that such a careless speech |
should ever have passed her lips, she .
fairly broke down under Sir Johns 4
importantly and accepted his hand.
They were married on a fine Spring
morning, about the very time at |
which the unfortunate Sir William
discovered her preference for him.
and was beginning to hasten home
from a foreign Court to declare his
unaltered devotion to her. On his
AIRY al in England he learned the sa d
truth,
IfSir William suffered at her pre-
cipitancy under what she had deemed
his neglect, the Lady Penelope herself
suffered more, She had not long
been the wife of Sir John Gale before
he showed disposition to retaliate
upon her for the trouble and delay
she had put him to in winning her.
With increasing frequency he
would tell her that, as far
as he could perceive, she was an
article not worth such labor as he
had bestowed in obtaining it, and
such snubbings as it had taken from
his rivals on the same account.
These and other cruel things he re-
peated until he made the lady weep
sorely, and well-nigh broke her
spirit, though she had formerly been
such a mettlesome dame. BY degrees
it became perceptible to all her friends
that her life was a very unhappy one;
and the fate OF the fair woman seem.
ed harder III that it was her own
stately mansion, left to her sole use
by her first husband, which her sec.
ond had entered into and was enioy-
ing, his being but a mean and mea-
gre thing.
But such is the fiippancy offriends,
that when shs met them, and secret
" confided her grief to their ears,
they would say cheerily; "Never
mind; there's third to come YETI
at which Inalodroit remark she would
show much Indignation, and tell !
them they should know better than
TO trifle on such solemn theme.
Yet that the poor lady would have !
been only too happy to be the wife !
Of the third instead OF Sir John,
whom she had taken, was painfully
obvious, and much she was blamed i
or her foolish choice bysome people.
Sir William, however, had returned (
% foreign cities on learning the news (
Of her marriage, and had never been /
heard Of since.
Two or three years ofsuffering were ,
passed by Lady Penelope as the de-
ipised and chidden wife of this man 4