Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-06-15
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tatton was . great one. and l fell. /
was so proud Of my fortune, so proud
foolish child that l was-of being a
countess. l fancied to be called NV
lady, and to hold high rank, the
grandest things in the world. I was sc
blind, so foolish. I know you can
never forgive me, dear--I do not ex-
poet it; but l said to myself that /
would never be false again. L need not
have told you. | might have married
you, and have kept my secret; but l
would not deceive YOU"
You did this, Leonie?:" he repeated.
1T cannot be-"
ION looking back, it seems to me, as
it, Rertram. You remember the night
when l sought for the silver buckles!
That was tho night that l found the
will. have never had happy mo
ment since then. I thought that if 1
married Paul it would be the same as
giving him the will; thus l was false
to you, for / loved you, and false to
him, for | did not love him. But I will
never be false again. ] have told you
all, Bertram. l know you cannot for
give mel remember what YOU once
said-that you could never pardon q
woman who acted dishonorably. 1t
will be just that you should leave me
now, knowing what l have DONE"
He had listened to her in almost
SPECIFICS wonder; he had felt sorrow
almost beyond mortal sorrow; but,
when he SOW that fair head bent so
humbly before him, the beautiful face
wearing the simple, wistful look of q
child, for all answer he opened his
arms and took her to his breast.
INV 0oy1ipr - bo urhi.po,oJ U,okL
ing shall part u.s."
Not even my past dishonor, Ber-
tram" she whispered, clinging to him
with happy tears.
My darling, he said, "the very fact
OF your having made this confession to
mo proves you to be tho noblest of
women. You need not have told me
your faults, yet you have done so; and
l say that you are now nobler in your
repentance. in your voluntary humilia-
tion, than are thousands of women who
have v known temptation, and so
have never fallen. If that is the only
barrier between lis. my darling, let it
exist no longer. We need eve men
tion the horrible past again-it is over
and done with for ever and ever. Oh,
my darling, do not look at me with
those humbled, grateful eyes. 1t is l
who am unworthy of you, sweet; your
truth and goodness are SO far above
mine."
Then you quite forgive mo, Ber-
tram?" she whispered.
Yes, and l say this atonement has
been more noble than the sin was dis
honorable. DO not mention it again,
sweet. l shall remember it only when
1 wish to realize how good and true
1s,nroap moo hy, pof,No- co r,ol <k,ok &c
they yield to a terrible temptation,
they rise again even more noble for
the fall. Will you DO my wife when
the summer flowers are blooming,
L-eonie?:"
The sun was shining over them, the
birds sang on the green boughs. and
the breeze brought u fragrance of the
pale spring flowers. y sunbeam, which
Leonie thought was a smile from
heaven, fell over them. and she looked
in her lovers face without u cloud on
the brightness Of hcr own.
There were two sensations that
year in the great world. One arose
from the marriage of Sir Bcrtram Cor
don and Miss Rayner, the other from
the sudden wealth that unexpectedly
became his portion. Large coal-beds
were found on his estate in Scotland
beds that made him in the end u mill
%ionaire.
Lady Fanshawc was made happy at
last. She could not live away from Le-
onie, and Sir Bertram asked her to
live with them at Glen Brac.
Five years after their marriage they
were at the very climax of human
prosperity. The immense wealth that
came to Sir Bertram from the mines.
added to the income of his estates.
made him IL of the wealthicst men
in England.
Lady Gordon once more reisns a
queen OF society. She is one Of the
most beautiful and popular women in
London. The world is ut her feet again:
but she is wiser than shc was in the
days when she considered riches the
greatest good.
She is honored amcng women for her
truth, her generosity. her charity;
and, ii there is one quality in her mora
beautiful than another, it is her pity
and sympathy for tho erring and I'M
fortunate. How many she has re-
claimed and kept from utterruin-how
many she has cheered, comforted and
consoled-how many she has made bet
ter by her noble words, will never be
known on Garth. There are hundreds
OF men and women who, when they
hear her name, say, Heaven bless
Lady Gordon"
At the Academy Exhibition a few
years back there we've three portraits
that ere very much admired. One
was of u child-Rayner Gordon. the son
and heir of Sir Bcrtram Gordon Of
Glen Brae Castle, a lovely child with q
charming Saxon face. The second was
of Paul, Lord Charnleigh, Il very hand
some man with q slight tinge Of mel
ancholy on his face; and tho third of
Ethel, Lady C%harnleigh, whose noble
features formed en-, Of the great
charms of the exhib. ton.
From this it may tie gathered that
Paul recovered from his disappoint-
ment, and in the after years married
the girl who had loved him aud no
other all her life.
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