The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-04

lie accepted the seat and took his
place in parliament. lie vas only q
moderate speaker, aud no spoke but in
frequently. But he was stiIl as pseiul
as before to his party and twas limited
us the years rolled on and the pendu'
lum OF political power SWING from
Liberals 10 Conservatives, and back
again, that his reward would come some
day.
From this it will be seen that Sir
Sydney aud Lady Carsland played no
uncomfortable partip the stirring and
eventful drama Of social and political
life. They had been more successful
than either had anticipated at the out,
set Of their voyage OF ambitious social
adventure.
But this was scarcely matter for won
der. Her ladyship's beauty, Sir sgd,
ney'a genial nature, generosity and good
looks were powerful influences in the
way Of securing friends, and the joint
income Of husband and wife-which
probably exceeded that OF many an
earl, or even duke-was the most po-
tent force OF all IN making their up
way smooth and easy TO tread.
Having made for herself solid posi-
ton in the fashionable world, Lady
Carsland's ambitions expanded, In
the early days Of her married life she
had only desired to take her place
amidst the other ladies OF title who
throng the metropolis during the sea-
son-had only wished TO stand on terms
OF intimacy and equality with the noble
the high and mighty danes whose
names figured in and almost constituted
current history,
That ambition was quickly gratiaed,
and that moment she was unsatisiied.
Success socially had sharpened her ap'
petite TO be the wife OF a baronet was
only o small thing after al when she
came to consider 1t. II her husband
were an earl, or baron eyent she would
be content,
These cravings OF Lady Carslapd
were not confined to the recesses Of her
mind. Sir Sydney knew all about them,
and II was in response to her ladyship's
intriguing after a title OF nobility for
her husband that the hint had been
given him that he might expect his re-
ward some day. What shape the re-
ward would take he could not guess
and had not yet received the slightest
intimation, In all probability it would
be barony-earldoms we're seldom
given to men as young rs he still was.
This brief record OF the married life
OF tho Carslands will have been suffice
lent 10 show that they had been FORUM
ate, and one would have expected that
success would have sweetened the life
OF each.
Such was not the case. In fact the
first years OF Sir Sydney's existence
after his espousal OF Miss Adelaide
Woodcock were spent in fear and
trembling. Only when he had placed
the wedding ring on the finger OF the
squirrels daughter did he realise the
enormity OF the crime he had coul-
mitted, and the danger OF the position
in which he had placed himself.
He had been guilty OF bigamy. His
first wife was alive-the woman known
to tho world as Lady ,Carsland was not
his wife at all-her children would be
in reality Legitimate The real Lady
Carsland was the daughter OF the
Spanish Qipsy, Pedro Velazo-the lovely,
trusting woman he had won aud then
deserted.
Hardened reprobate. rs Sir Sydney
Carsland was, he found 1t impossible
not to think OF what he had done, and
tho evil consequences that might issue
from his mad, sinful act. What an aw-
full exposure there would be il his first
his real wife-dsCavered who an0
what he really was. The country would
ring with his infamy-the squire and
the squire's daughter, whom he had dis.
honored, would prosecute him-he
would be sent TO jail, and all the world
would read Of his ignominy in the press.
Such thoughts as those indicated dog
ged the baronet's footsteps Tor years.
There was never day for a long period
in which he did not brighten himself
with the shadows Of Pedro Velazo and
his daughter. He could imagine tho
fiery spaniard following him like n
blood bound, ferretting out his secret
and striking him suddenly.
Hence when Lady Carsland urged
him to enter society and rent OF buy a
house in London he grasped at her
suggestion readily. In the metropolis
he would be safer, he thought, than at
Carsland Hall. Among the elite OF
society no would be moro secure from
the people he feared. Surely Pedro and
Salome would never dream OF seeking
him there.
AS years spent themselves and never
a word OF either Pedro Velazo or his
daughter reached him, Sir Sydney Cars
lands fears abated and were ultimately
swept away altogether by the waves OF
time. 5.sgc W 6rr gs
When five years had elapsed he had
summoned up courage to pay secret
visit to the scene Of his first wedding,
was surprised to find that the little cot
tage had strange tenants.
Pedro Vaianzo was dead, SO he was
told, aud his daughter had gone no ono
could tell him whittier,
A little easier in his mind, for he had
been in deadly fear Of the old spaniard,
he ceased his inquiries, which had been
carried on inCognito, and turned homo
wondering with an intense wonder
what had become OF the beautiful girl
llb lhu WOO VI WOHt altd 0ftCt W0t0o oO
suddenly and basely deserted.
Alter that his trepidHtion found wings
for itself and vanished, and in the whirl
OF political existence and the gaiety OF
social affairs, thoughts OF the past arose
in hia mind but seldom. His heart and
brain were engrossed in the present,
and whenever tho old days and old
things presented themselves he dis
missed them with a Swallowed face, a
wrinkled brow, and q heart that was
smitten by a dull pain.
Lady Carsland had borne her spouse
several children, all girls, but one only,
tho first born, had lived. Sir Sidney
had desired a son and heir, but mono was
vouchsafed him. He did not caro- to
think that his name and race would end
with him, and in his aombre moments