Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-09-07

AouilttNi tAt >tStNs - tll'tt wv w SUI
at the wrong end | should have
worked for you first. and then have
Won YOU. l am half sorry we were so
thoughtless. but cannot help rejoicing
that YOU are my own.
And the poor young wife. blinded
by her deep love. forgot the sorrow
she had left behind her and WAS happy
in the golden dream of her first love.
The world was all before them. Youth
ever Sln@uinc. and love. over bright,
hid from them the proSaic reality.
Il shall make great name for my
self. Eve said the young husband.
and then your father will rclrnt and
forgive us
They went to London. Lionel hold
solemn counsel with himself us to the
method in which he should acquire
fame. He decided the most speedy
way to the top Of the ladder would
be to write Il book, political novel.
That would bring him into public no.
1ic". He would make politics his
study. get into parliament. astonsh all
England by his clouuencr. and then
the rest would be easy. Never once did
he doubt that his dreams would be re-
allied: no fear of failure ever crossed
his mind.
They both agreed that it would be
better for Lady Evelyn to drop her
tirle-it would seem absurd for Il Lady
ClrtcriS to be living i'll sccond-rata
apartments in KrntiSh town.
The first two months passed happily
cnui;@h All WIS novelty to the young
wife. She would have been perfectly
happy. but for the remembrance of
What she knew to be her sin Lionel
had fifty pounds when he left Tren-
ham. 1t was almost all expended be-
core he fairly looked his position in
the face. and remembered that when
that sum was exhausted he knew not
where to look for more. The famous
boot: would bring them in money-who
could tell how much: But although
he worked hard at it. weeks. if not
months. must clapSc before it could
be finished.
The time came when the fifty pounds
had all disappeared. and there was not
Il shilling for the weeks food and rent.
Lionel had to pause in the midst of
his book and seek for employment. He
then found himself reduced to the
common level-only one amongst
many hundred gentlemen. high-brcd
and we'll educated like himself, and al
like him DESTROYS of finding employ
ment. Gradually and slowly he began
to see himself as he WaS-clevcr gift
ed and intellectual but unframed and
unfit to battle with the world. unfit
to grasp the stern realities of life. so
different from his dreams and hopes.
One by one the jewels that his wife
had brought from her home were sold,
and they lived upon the proceeds;
when they were gone. hunger and
want stared them in the face. The
young husband searched the great city
and could obtain nothing to do. Fort
une seemed against him. He could
not secure Il single engagement. The
number Of advertisements he an
swercd. the number of applications he
made. the repulses, the denials. the hui
Mutations he met with. would have
Wearied Il far more courageous man.
He fought his fight nobly and well,
but the odds were against him. and he
lost.
The pressure of poverty was hard and
bitter to bear. Evelyn appealed to her
father. telling him Of their privations
and SufTpringS: but her letter WAS re-
turned without Il word of comment
Three weeks afterwards driven al
most to desperation by poverty and
want. she wrote to Lady T'rcnham;
her letter met with the same fate
Husband and wife said but little in
those days. Once Lionel drew Evelyn
to him. and pillowcd her golden hair
upon his breast.
DO you repent having married me,
darling!" he asked. My love has cost
you very dear.
1T has crowned my life" she re-
sponlel "and has changed me from
gay. careless child to Il thoughtful
woman. Lionel. l would sooner be poor
with you than rich with Il king"
And Lionel Clrters thanked heaven
i'll his heart that poverty and want had
not brushed the bloom from his Wife's
love and devotion.
But the poverty they had borne with
out complaining was uncomfortable when
another life depended on theirs. When
Eyelyns baby was born. she was very
il)--SO i'll and weak that the doctor
declared that she could never recover
without change of air and generous
diet. She needed good wine and good
food; if she did not have both, no art or
skill could save her.
From the unhappy young husband
DR.. Graham heard the story of the IA
tai and impTudcnt marriage. AS far
as lay in his power he helped the lit
tie family. hut his own needs were
great and his own cares heavy. He
resolved to do ii kind and brave deed
to 90 at once to Trenham. see the earl
himself and plead for the young wife
whose life hung upon Il thread.
Lionel CartoriS was in despair: his
book book proved to be 4 complete fail
ure-no one would undertake it, His
fair young wife. the pettrd and beloved
daughter of a noble line. lay literally
dying for want of those luXurics he
could not procure. He was without
money. without employment; nothing
was left Of the jewels and trinkets
that had been his wife's. His heart
sank. his strength left him. hope and
ambition were dead. The girl he had
stolen from her luxurious home lay
dying, and he could not avert her
doom.
The result of DR. Graham's inter-
ference was Il Letter written by Lady
Trcnlam to her daughter. The earl
offered to take her back. to pardon
her. To provide for herself and her
child. if she would consent to abandon
her husband-him he would never for
give. she might return home and live
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