Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05


Nobody will suffer for it, Godfrey, be-
cause you viii not dare to stir the matter up
for the girls sake if not for your own. Can
you deny that you were seen carrying her in
your arms from your room on Whit Sunday
nights Can you deny that you are in love
with herr
"And supposing that am in love with her.
is it TO be wondered at seeing how you treat
me and have treated me for yearsf he an
swered, furiously. 1T is utterly sise 70 say
that she is my mistress"
you have not answered my question:"
said Lady Honoria, with a smile Of triumph
'Were you seen carrying that woman in
your arms and from your room at the dead Of
night OF course it meant nothing, nothing
at all. Who would dare to asperse the char
acter of this perfect, lovely and intellectual
schoolmistress am not jealous Geoffrey.r
Il should think not, Honoria, seeing how
things are.n
a am not jealous, repeat, but please UNI
derstand that / will not have this go on, in
your own interest and mine. Why, what
fool you must be. Don't you know that
man who has risen, as you have has hum
dred enemies ready to spring on him like
pack of wolves and tear him to pieces? Why.
many even of those who fawn upon you and
6atter you to your face hate you bitterly in
secret, because you have succeeded where
they have failed. Don't you know also that
there are papers here in London which would
give hundreds of pounds for the chance Of
publishing such a scandal as this, especially
against a powerful political opponents Let
it once come out that this obscure girl is your
mistress
"Honoria ! tell you she is nothing Of the
sort IL is true that carried her from my
room in fainting fit, but she came there In
her sleep
Lady Honoria laughed "Really, Godfrey,
wonder that you think it worth while to
tell me such nonsense. Keep it for divorce
court, if we ever get there, and see what
jury says TO it, Look here; be sensible. am
not moralist, and | am not going TO play
the outraged wife unless you force me TO it.
do not mean to take any further notice of
this interesting little tale as against yos.
But if you go on with it, bewarel will not
be made to look the fool If you are going
TO be ruined you can be ruined by yourself.
warn you, frankly, that aa the first sign Of
it shall put myself In the right by commenc-
ing proceedings against you. Now, Of
course, l know this, that in the event of a
smash you would be glad enough to get rid OF
me in order that you might welcome your
dear Beatrice in my place. But there are
two things 10 remember; first, that you
could not marry her, supposing you to be i'd
lot enough TO wish 10 do so, because l should
only get judicial separation, and you would
still have TO support me. secondly, if / 90,
Ellie goes with me, for | have a right to
claim her at law; and that fact, my dear
Godfrey, 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 over
And with little nod she sailed out of the
room, completely victorious She was in
Iced, reflected Godfrey, mistress Of the stu
Atom" Surprising that she brought suit
against him where would he beg She must
have evidence, or she would not have known
he story. The whole drama had clearly been
witnessed BY some one, probably either by
or the servant girl, and that some
me had betrayed it TO Honoria and possibly
o Others The thought made him sick. He
vas man OF the world and a practical law
yer, aud though, indeed, they were innocent,
le knew that under the circumstances few
would be found to believe it, At the verv
'est there must be terrible aud shocking
candal, and Beatrice would lose her good
1880 80 PAaAcA hAAuoell the position oil
ounsel for the petitioner in a like case and
bought how be would crush and crumpls
UGH defense in his address to the Jury.
robable tale, forsoothl
Undoubtedly, too, Honoria would beactina
wisely from her point of view. Public SWIM
athy would be with her throughout. He
new that, as it was, he was generally be-
eyed to owe much of his success to
Is handsome and high born wife
low u would be said that be had
sed her as ladder and then thrown her
yer With all this, however, he might cone,
could even bear with the vulgar attack
vulgar press, and the jibes and jeers OF
IS political and personal enemies, but 10 lose
lie he could not bear And if such a case
ere brought against him, it was almost GER
IN that he would lose her, for, if he was
orsted custody Of the child would be given
} the injured wife
Then there was Beatrice to be considered.
he same malicious tongue that had revealed
Us matter to Honoria would probably re-
'al 1t to the rest of the world, and even If he
capped the worst penalties of outraged mo
hty they would certainly be wreaked upou
II. Beatrice's reputation would be blasted.
r employment lost, and her life made a
rueh 70 der. es, decidedly, Honoria had
best Of the position; decidedly, also. she
oke words of weight and common sense.
What was to be donei Was there no wav
OF 1T All that night as Godfrey sat iu
house, his arms folded on his breast and
appearance intently listening TO the long
rangues of the opposition, this question
united him. He argued the situation out
S way and that way, till at last he came to
conclusion. Either he must wait for the
Indal TO leak out, let Beatrice be ruined
direct his efforts to the softening of Hon
a, and generally to self preservation, or be
list take the bull by the horns, must aban-
a his great career and his country and seek
uge in another land, say America. taking
atrice and Effie with him Once the child
$ out Of the jurisdiction, of course no court
I'D force her from him
u the two courses, even ia so far as he him
was concerned, what between the mr.
cy Of the matter and the unceasing pres
9 Of his passion, Godfrey inclined to the
er. The relations between himself and
noria had for years been so strained. 50
llly different from those which should en-