Omaha daily bee., 1890-07-27

and of course at his death I would become
Coun tess Clancarty. while she would be put
upon the shelf os dowager countess. She
isa tOerably young woman yet, and don't
take kindly TO that idea at ALL so she Is try.
ing to dispossess me of the title; but she
won tsucceed. ~ added Lady Dunlo earnestly,
''because am not the bad woman they say
lam. The jury will declare 1t so-oh, am
sure they will''-aud her big, blue eyes shono
with conviction
"And even if the jury don't the people
will, said MIR. Seymour
Eyes, indeed,n continued Lady Dunlo, ~
get 50 many letters every day from perfect
strangers who say such kind things and
encourage me to keep my courage, and
when 1 drive out lots of gentlemen
whom don't Know at all raise their hats re-
spectfully; and Just think of it, whcnI was
in Newcastle with my company few weeks
since, about five thousand students gave me
perfect ovation and insisted on dragging
my carriage tothe hotel. l am sure there
will be a tremendous uproar the first time
appear again before n London audience
"Then you expect to continue in your pro-
fessionl'
Certainly, | have no other resource. l
havee earned my own living ever since mar
ried Lord Dunlo. and shall continue to doso
in the future"
"But suppose the jury gives verdict in
your favor, what viii be your relation with
Lord Dunlol''
"0h, that will depend upon what course
Lord Dunlo pursueS.''
"And what do you think that course will
be 2"
Lady Dunlo knitted her pretty brows
moment in thought and then said conf
dentially: ~ am almost sure what it will
be, knowing as | do the weakness of Lord
Duno's character, How'll throw himselfa at
my knees and beg forgiveness
"And what will you do i'
"Ah! now you are asking too much Lord
Duno has certainly treated me sh amefully,
and yet do you know, l shouldn't be sur
prised if beloved me all the time. Men are
such queer creatures !; and Ishouldn't be sur
priSed, either" she added with mischcv-
Gus smile, '1f loved him just little still,
for we women are queer creatures, toO.,'
''But Lady Dunlo," asked, 'if you were
as fond of your husband as YOU say, how
could you consentso Willingly to live away
from him during all the months following
your marriageP'
81 never did consent willingly she ex-
claimed 81 was obliged to consent. Lord
Dunlo assured me that if Iwould be patien t
until December, whenhe would come of age,
his father had promised to consent to our
union, but that otherwise he would not give
us a penny; and Lord Dunlo took great
deal of pains to impress upon me
the difficulty of living upon love and air. OF
course under these circumstances, | did as
hewished and struggled along aloneas best L
could. Mr. Wertheimer, with whom l am
accused of having been intimate, and who is
one of the best men God ever made, stood by
me in my hour Of need, and 1 swear his
friendship was and always has been disin-
terested.
"Mr Wertheimer loved me, that is true,
but it is not the impure love which would
ruin woman's fair name. 1t was love
which prompted him To- ask me to be his wife
and which made lain srroud, even when /
had refused him forpIi osher, TO hold out to
me helping hand when my own husband
deserted me-
ut is true we weretcgether frequently and
that he paid my house rent, but all was done
without a shadow of conceal meut and with
pure motives. Admitting that was the un.
worthy woman they pretend is it likely that
having gained a lofty title 1 had coveted,
would have deliberately sacrificed it by
causing an open scandal But the strongest
proof of my innocence has been furnis he'd 10y
my accusers themse selves, by their own story
Twas dogged day and night by detectives in
hopes that might have been found unfaith
full to my marriage vows, and what did all
their doggng discover! A lot OF servants
hall gabble, nothing more.
elf you read all the Testimony against me
you will not find single piece of testimony
really damaging, If they, my husbands
family, with all their power, money and all
their inducements of hatred and jealousy,
could find nothing serious against me, it
means there was nothing serious to be
fOund.n
'And did they never try to arrange matters
by compromise with y0us'
'Indeed they did, shame upon them. Some
time before the case was brought into courtI
was calledupon bya gentleman representing
the other side, who offered me an in come of
several hundred pounds for life If Iwould
pledge myself to make no odefensc. OF course
refused Indignantly
So the conversation ran along for
some time longer, and / went away con-
vinced that if Lady Dunlo's is nota genuine
case of outraged loyeliness, it is surpris-
ingly good imitation of the same, and that If
it is but an imitation-if, in all that she said
she was merely playing a part if her
straightforward manner is but sham; in
short if she is all that their enemies say, a
wicked and deceitful woman, then surely
whether she remain Lady Dunlo or become
once more plain Belle Billion, she is entitled
to a hign place among the actresses of her
time, for better acting than hers | never
saw In fact, | don't believeit was acting at
all it was truth.
AN ARG ENTIyls REVOLUTION,