Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-04-17

And now what remains to be told?
But little. | think! For my gentle Mo-
ma has reached that haven where she
would be-
Violet and Dorothy are to be married
next month, both on the same day, at
the same hour, in the same church,-St.
George S, Hanover Square, without tell
ing. From old Lord Steyne's house in
Mayfair, by Dorothy's special desire,
both marriages are to take place, NiO-
let's father being somewhat erratic in
his tastes, and in fact at this moment
wandering aimleSSly among the Him
alayaS.
Mona is happier than words can say.
She is up to her eyes in business, that
business sweetest to awOman' soul, the
ordering and directing and general man.
agement Of IA trOuSSeau. In her case
she is dOubly blessed, because she has
The supervising of two.
Her sympathy is mbOunded, her tenn
per is equal to the most trying occa-
siOnS. her heart open to the most petty
Grievances she is 10 the two girls an
unIdlllng source or cONlIOrl,-a refuge
where they may unrebuked pour out
the Indignation against their dress
makers that seems to rage increasingly
within their breasts.
of the plenitude of her heart. How we
should possibly have got on without you,
Mona. shudder to contemplate"
Geottrey happening TO be present
when this lattering remark is made,
Violet turns to him and says, impul-
sively,-
"Oh, Godfrey. wasn't it well you
went to Ireland and met Mona? Be
cause if you had Staid on here last au-
tumn we might have been induced to
marry each other, and then what would
have become of poor Jack?'
What, indeed?" says Godfrey, trag-
ically. Worse still, what would have
become of poor Mona?'
what is it You would Say?H GXclaimS
Mona, threateningly, turning toward
him a lovely face she vaihly tries to
clothe with anger.
1t is insupportable. such an insinua-
tion," says the lively DOatie "Yiolet,
Mona's cause is ours; what shall we do
to him."
"'Brain him with his lady's fanr''
quotes Violet. gayly. snatching up Mo
ma S fan that lies on prfe-CljcU near,
and going up to Godfrey
So determined is her aspect that
Geotfrev shows the white feather. and.
lyIng "Hted ctapd," DeaUs a nasty re-
treat.
From morn to dewv eve, nothing is
discussed in bower or bOudoir but
tl0unces, frillS and furbelows. three IS
that are considered at the Towers of
far more vital Importance than those
other three of Mr.. Pamell's forming.
And Mona having proved herself quite
in good taste in the matter of her own
gowns, and almost an artist where COL
oring is concerned. is appealed to by
both girls on all occasions about such
things as must be had in readiness.
" Against their bridal day, which is not
long AS for instance:
Mona. do you think Elise is right?
she is so very positive: are you sure
heliotrope Is the correct shade to go
with this?" Or
Dearest Mona, / must interrupt YOU
again. Are you very busy? NO3 Oh,
then do come and look at the last bon
net Madame Verote has just sent. She
says there will be nothing to equal it
this season. But" in a heart-broken
voice, Il cannot bring myself to think
it becoming"
Lady Rodney, too, is quite happy.
Everything has come right; all is smooth
again; there is no longer cause for cha
grin and never-ending fear. With Paul
Rodney's death the latter feeling ceased,
and Mona's greatness of heart has sub
dued the former. She has conquered
and laid her enemy low: without the
use of any numerous force the walls
hove fallen down before her and she
has m, rched INTO Une citadel with flying
colorS.
Yet does she not triumph over her
beaten foe; nay. so different is it with
her that she reaches forth her hand to
raise her again. and strive by every ten
der means in her power IL obliterate
all memory of the unpleasant past
And Lady Rodney is very willing that
it should be obliterated. Just now. in
deed, it is a fayorite theory of hers that
she could never have been really I'M
civil to dear Mona tShe is always ''dear
Mona" of late days but for the terrible
anxiety that lay upon her, caused by
the Australian and the missing will,
and the cruel belief that soon Nicholas
would be baniShed from the home
where he had reigned so long as master.
Had things gone happily with her. her
mind would not have been So warped,
and she would have learned at once to
understand and appreciate the sweet
ness of the dear girls character And
SO on.
Mona accepts this excuse for by-gone
injustice, and even encourages her
mother-in-law to enlarge upon it,-see-
ing how comfortable it is TO her to do
so,-and furthermore tries hard in her
own kind heart to believe in it also.
She Is perhaps as near being angry
with Godfrey as she can be when one
day he pooh pOohs this charitable
thought. and gives it as his belief that
worry had nothing TO do with it. and
that his mother behaved uncommonIy
badly all through, and that sheer obsti-
macy and bad temper was the cause of