Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-06-11

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monty alleged To be, and which the /
Doctor had expected
When he was alone there was always /
recurring pang OF conscience, not for i
his ilial disObedience-he was convinced /
that he had done strictly right in that !
respect-but for another reason He |
could not Danish the self-reprOach that /
he had obtained a bride under false pre- |
lenses, in not telling her his ex-
act financial position Only when |
he was with her and nobody |
to disturb them he felt completely |
happy. But he soon began to think that |
his wife did not give him that pleasure |
as frequently as he would have liked |
During the passage on the steamer she
was the center around which the pas
sengers, at least the male portion OF
them, gathered, and IL must be owned
that she understood, as few women do.
the art Of entertaining a large circle Of
admirers But her husband soon began
TO think that she devoted herself rather
freely to the exercise Of her social
accomplishments. 1t has been said to
be poor breeding for a married couple
to make their relations apparent IN com
pany by too exclusive devotion TO each
other. OF this error Mrs. Warringham as
suredly never showed herself guilty.
When she was sitting on deck with half
score OF gentlemen surrounding her, all
eager to get smile and a pleasant word
from her, and none disappointed, surely
none would have guessed, from appear
ances, that the handsome gentleman, who
usually sat little aside and took by no
means q leading part in the converse
ton, was the husband Of that yiYacious
and charming lady. However this
might please others, it was not to the
taste OF the Doctor, who, in the fervid-
ness Of his young love, grudged every
body the slightest glance caught from
the idol of his heart Ralph fell 70
thinking on this subject, and, eager as
he was TO find excuses for Lucy's be-
haviOr, called himself q jealous mon
ster. Did he expect his wife 10 have no
tongue nor eyes but for him? II that
was the case, he should go 10
Turkey and shut her up in a harem.
Was not Lucy, by her theatrical career,
accustomed TO an unembarrassed asSO-
citation with men, and could she break
up a fixed habit within few days? Prob
ably the idea had never struck her that
she was not acting just as he would have
liked her TO do. he might throw out
some hints, and resolved to do so.
But Notwithstanding all this reason
ing, which 10 his head seemed cOnclu-
siVe, his heart would not be Quieted- 1t
Obstinately asserted that his reasons to
complain were as plenty as blackberries
ones, too. But Lucy had a way OF turn
ing of the shafts Of his anger with a
Jest, a smile, kiss, and 4 funny little
pas dc seliL that was simply irresistible.
Ralph felt his anger vanish like snow
under the rays of an April sun, folded
her in his arms, swOre that he had the
dearest, prettiest little wife on the globe,
and promised that he would never again
trouble her with his foolish Jealousy.
These little occurrences became, even
during the nine days Of the ocean Yoy-
age, Of daily occurrence, and always
ended in the same manner. Mrs. War
bingham went on as before, and Ralph
/ spent most Of his time inyenting grounds
on which TO excuse her before himself.
To admit that she did not care as
much for him as he did for her would
have seemed TO Ralph equal TO a sen
tence of death. His love for her per
Vaded all parts of his being, and he
/ could not even bear TO think of her
| faithlessness as a hypothetical case. 1t
would have been fatal blow TO his van
! ity also, Of which he possessed his full
share. 1t would have justified all the
malicious criticism of the world which
he had so proudly despoiled. And, worse
| than all. it would have meant that he
/ had given the love of his admired mother
for the possession of a creature that was
utterly unworthy of such sacrifice.
| He cOnsoled himself with the hope
| that all would change for the better as
soon as they left the ship, when they
/ would no longer be thrown into hourly
| contact with strangers.
| The intention was to stay but short
| time in England, and, after having seen
the principal sights. at once proceed to
the continent Ralph had been in Eng
land before, and felt. in advance, the
pleasure of serving her as cicerone.
But here he was to have another disap-
| pOintment He soon found that Lucy
felt very little interest in the things that
had the greatest charm for him. AT
| Standardization he could clearly per-
ceive that inwardly she pronounced
Shakespeare a bore, although to please
him she declared herself charmed" with
| everything he showed her. AT other
| places of interest this experience was
repeated, and Ralph was greatly shocked,
when, on the boat in which they crossed
over TO Ostend, she admitted that Of all
the things she had seen in England
| nothing had pleased her more than the
magnificent shops in Regent street and
the afternoon parade OF society" in
Rotten Row.
The fact was, that Lucy's education
was of a very limited nature, and the
natural endowments of her mind not of
very high order. Everybody knows
that the gift of mimicry is but remotely
allied to the higher talents, and il is q
common experience that even great &C
tors are seldom, If ever, men Of extra
ordinary general intelligence.
After spending some time in the an
cient cities of the Netherlands and Bel
GUM, the Doctor and his wife at Bonn
took steamer for trip up the Rhine.
Perhaps no other journey can be made
so thoroughly enjoyable as one on that
river. Having been one OF the chief at
fractions to tourists ever since the modern
great travelling mania begun, the Rhine
and the adjacent country have brought eli
appliances for the accommodation oil
tourists to that perfection which is bOrI
Of experience. 1t must be confessed
that the same experience has developed
in the inhabitants Of those regions al
extraordinary talent for Turing the
tingling coin out of the travellers pocket
into their own. But that is a small
grievance, after all. Other rivers may
have grandsr or fairer banks. be richer
| even in historical "reminiscences and
poetic associations, and see a sWeetel
grape ripen on their sunlit slopes, bu
none can boast Of such a combination Of
all that makes a journey interesting,
profitable and entertaining as the favor
lite stream Of the Germans. To sit OF
the deck OF one of those magnificent
steamers, with the heat of q summer
day tempered by the refreshing exhala
tons OF the water, surrounded by people
of every civilized nation on earth, TO siJ
the golden wine of the country and L
watch the ever varying shapes Of tn
hills on both sides, now bold aud craggy
now softly slOping, the ruined
castles of feudal lords overlooking
every bend of the stream, the vine
yards covering the lower portion
of the hills, and towns and villages hid