The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-10

only get Judicial separation, and You would
still have 70 support me. Secondly, If go,
Ellie goes with me, for / have right to
claim her at law; and that fact, my dear
Geoffrey, makes me mistress Of the situation.
because do not suppose that you would part
with Ellie even for the sakeof Miss Beatrice.
And now will leave you TO think it overn
And with little nod she sailed out of the
room, completely victorious. she was In
deed. reflected Godfrey, mistress Of the stu
alton" Surprising that she brought suis
against him where would he bel She must
have evidence, or she would not have known
the story. The whole drama had clearly been
witnessed by sorne one, probably either by
Elizabeth or the servant girl, and that. soma
one had betrayed it to Honoria and possibly
to others. Tho thought made him sick. He
was man OF the world and practical law
yer, and though, indeed, they were innocent.
he knew that under the circumstances few
would be found to believe it, At the very
best there must be terrible and shocking
scandal, and Beatrice would lose her good
name. He placed himself in the position Of
counsel for the petitioner in a like case, and
thought how he would crush and crumple
such u defense in his address to the jury. A
probable tale, forsoothl
Undoubtedly, too, Honoria would beactins
wisely from her point of view. Public sym
pathy would be with her throughout. H.
knew that, as 1t was, he was generally be
heved to owe much of his success to
his handsome and high born wife.
Now it would be said that he had
used her as ladder and then thrown her
over. With all this, however, he might cope;
ha COt1iA a..
OF vulgar press, and the jibes and ieers of
his political and personal enemies, but To lose
Ellie be could not bear Ard if such a case
were brought against him, it was almost GER
tain that he would lose her, for, if he was
worsted, custody Of the child would be given
to the injured wife
Then there was Beatrice to be considered.
The same malicious tongue that had revealed
this matter to Honoria would probably re-
veal it to the rest of the world, and even if he
escaped the worst penalties of outraged mo-
rality they would certainly be wreaked upon
her. Beatrice's reputation would be blasted.
her employment lost, and her life made a
burden to her. Yes, decidedly, Honoria had
the best OF the position; decidedly, also, she
spoke words of weight and common sense.
What was to be donel Was there no way
out of it2 All that night as Godfrey sat in
the house, his arms folded on his breast and
to appearance intently listening to the long
harangues Of the opposition, this question
haunted him. He argued the situation out
this way and that way. till at last he came to
conclusion. Either he must wait for the
scandal to leak out, let Beatrice be ruined
and direct bis efforts to the softening of Hon
oria, and generally TO self preservation, or he
must take the bull by the horns must aban-
don his great career and his country and seek
refuge In another land, say America, taking
Beatrice ard Effie with him. Once the child
was out of the jurisdiction, of course no court
could force her from him.
OF the two courses, even in so far as he him
self was concerned, what between the ur-
gency of the matter and the unceasing pres
sure OF his passion, Godfrey inclined to the
latter. The relations between himself and
Honoria had for years been so strained, so
totally different from those which should ex-
1st between man and wife, that they greatly
mitigated in his mind the apparent iniquity
of such step Nor would he feel much COM
junction at removing the child from her mo-
ther, for there was no love lost between the
two, and as time went on he shrewdly guessed
there would be less and less. For the rest
he had some seventeen thousand pounds in
hand; he would take half and leave Honoria
half. He knew that he could always earn q
living wherever he went, and probably much
more than living, and of whatever he earn
ed strict moiety should be paid to Honoria.
But first and above everything there was
Beatrice to be considered. ShS must lie saveG.
even If he ruined himself to saw, her.
L
say, bad little idea that she was driving her
husband to such dangerous and determined
councils. She wanted TO frigt,sn Godfrey,
not to lose him and all be meant 20 her: this
was the last thing that she would wish to do
She did not greatly care about the Beatrice
incident, but her shrewd common sense told
hor that it might well be used as az engine to
ruin them all. Therefore she spoke as she did
speak, though in reality matters would have
TO be bad indee.l before she sought the aid Of
a court or law, where many things concern
ing herself might come to light OF day which
she would prefer to leave in darkness.
Nor did she stop here; she determined to
attack Geoffrey's position in another way
namely, through Beatrice herself For
long time Honoria hesitated as to the method
Of this attack. She had some knowledge OF
the world and Of character, and from what she
knew of Beatrice she came to the sound con-
clusion that she was not woman TO be threat
ened, but rather one TO be appealed to. So
after much thought she wrote to her thus:
"a story, which I still hesitate to believe,
has come to me by means of anonymous let
ters as to your conduct with my husband. I
do not wish to repeat it now, further than to
hat fr11p Srat iebo airc cfo
which leave no doubt as to the existence Of
relations so intimate between you as to
amount to guilt 1t may not be true or it
may, in which latter event wish to say this:
With your morality have nothing to do; il
is your affair Nor do I wish to plead toyou
as an injured wife or to reproach you, for
there are things too wicked for mere re-
proach- But will say this: If the story ia
true must presume that you have some at
lection for the partner of your shame put
myself out of the question, and in the name
OF that affection, however guilty it may be,
ask you to push matters no further. To do
SO will be to bring its object to utter ruin. II
you csre for him sever all connection with
him utterly and forever. Otherwise he will
live to curse and hate you. Should you neg
lect this advice, and should the facts that I
have heard become public property, warn
you, as have already warned you, that I
shall be forced, in self preservation and for
the sake of self respect, to appeal to the law
for my remedy. Remember that his career
is at stake, and that in losing it and me ne will
also lose his child Remember that il this
comes about it will be through you. Do not
answer this, it will do no good, for 1 shall
naturally put no faith in your protestations,
but if you gre i'll any way or measure guilty
of this offense, appealing to you as one wo-
man to another, and for the sake of the man
who is dear to both, say do your best to re-