The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-25

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I hand, that lay cold and limp within his
strohg warm grasp, and told her in sem
fences broken by his fervor that he loved
her with all his heart, and could never
| nVe without her, and entreated her to be-
| come his wife, she, wondering at the emo
ton which moved him SO greatly. but
which she was unable to share. promised
| 10 pc MS bride, whereon in the transport
! or his JOY he kissed her on the Inns thar
! seemed bloodless as marble
! AS there seemed nothing to DELAY her
! happiness their engagement was short:
the course OF their love ran smooth and
their wedding at the close of the season
was long remembered for it's magnifcence
win the months that passed Lord Deans
grange saw his contentment increase and
a Thousand times in the secrecy of his
heart he told himself no man was moro
Dressed than he in gaining so priceless a
treasure or Womankind for his wife And
| ne LOT her seemed one Uncouded day. No
WISH was left unf1lled; the full devotion of
ialthtul heart was hers to command
w mem the season came he murmured at
me tnought of leaving the seclusion of
tnelr country home where undisturbed he
had known such unrufied delight; but he
was too proud of his wife, who If possi-
! DIE mad grown more beautiful and more
| charming than before, not to show the
world the prize that he had won. Through
OUT the Whirl of a London season, Lucille,
/ countess of Deangrange was sur-
prised to find herself the center of a gronn
OF young men whose attentions to her
| We're more marked than when she had been
| uhWed And complaining of this to hen,
husband, he had TESTED with her on these
unhappy moths who fiuttered round the
name OF her brightness, begging her not to
sihge their wings; the truth being he felt
Hattered at the avowed admiration she
universally won.
Amongst this group was one whom she
remembered well. Since they had met he
had inherited title, and was now known
as Lord Rupertswood. On their first meet
| ing this season he greeted her with the air
of one whose friendship dated far back,
| and from that time a day seldom passed
that he did not see her. He had helped
her In selecting and arranging the guests
| to meet royalty at her first dinner party;
| he had advised her regarding the operas
and the singers worth hearing; he suggest
ed the picture galleries she should visit,
| and to which he accompanied her
! Brought into continual contact there
were some things she learned from him;
that he was miserable; that wealth had
come to him too late in life; that he would
never marry; that some great disappoint-
ment had befallen him. More than once
he compared herself with her husband,
whose happiness he envied; more than
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way that made her brain dizzy and her
breath come quick. Some how his words
had the effect of leaving behind them
significance they had scarcely assumed
when spoken; she thought over them at
odd times, and they awoke a certain sense
of wonder as to what might have been had
| his inheritance come to him a. year earlier.
By degrees her pity and interest in him
deepened.She began to miss him if he were
| absent from gatherings, where she had
| expected to meet him, and to chide him
playfully for the disappointment he had
caused her
Had Lady Kapperly been less engrossed
in her design of seeking a husband for a
hnew protege she would assuredly have
warned her niece against Lords Ruperts-
| wood S intrigues. But as Lucille had now
a husband to look after her, this good wo-
man centered her attentions elsewhere. At
this time it seemed to Lord Deansgrange
that his wife had grown more tender to-
| wards him, more DESTROYS of his company
bat home and abroad, more anxious to fol-
low out his wishes, than before, and his
heart overhowed with affection. But at
| the same time she became capricious;
cancelling all her engagements for a week
| and remaining at home on the plea of
headache only to plunge once more into
the vortex of social pleasures around her.
Both were glad when the season ended,
|
! seemed to have ended also. AS week
Dassed. her restlessness increased, and
! she persuaded her husband to take her to
! CoWes where the routine of their London
! life was resumed, and old friendships re-
newed. Lord Rupertswood was there
| with his yacht on which he continually
| entertained the young Countess of Deans
grange being his most honored guest.
| These bright days, with their long sue
| cession of brilliant fetes upon land and
| sea, passed as seconds in a bewildering
dream to Lucille, who looked forward with
regret to their ending, which meant part
! ing.
But before that happened, an hour came
when, by accident, she found herself alone
with Lord Rupertswood, seated In a cor
ner of a balcony, In deep shadow, looking
out upon the sea sleeping in moonlight,
which was contrasted by the Japanese
| lanterns of a yacht from which the sway
ing, caressing strains of a valse We're
heard. She was merely aware that the
man was beside her whose in
fuence had swiftly seized upon
her life and made it his own:
| Honestly, faithfully, she had tired
to thrust his love from her, and
failed, recognizing her own weakness and
his strength For he had aroused in her
nature such power and depth, such
strength and passion, as her husband had
been unable to wake, and she knew her.
| self to be this mans slave, and now re-
ioiced in her slavery, allowing her reason
| and duty to be swept away by the force
of her love. So that when he asked her
to leave with him that night in his yacht,
promising he would make her his wife
when Deansgrange had obtained d.
vorce, she had neither the strength nor
the desire to refuse.
1t was late that night when her hus-
band, who had been to a dinner party
given by a bachelor friend, returned to his
hotel, and going to her rooms found them
empty To the inquiry addressed to the
maid, he learned that HIS wife had gone
out a couple of hours ago. leaving note
for him. Quickly opening this, he read
few abrupt sentences, written by Luz
ellie, in which she declared she had never
been worthy of him, and begged Of him
TO forgive her, for she loved another, with
whom she had gone away that other be-
ing Lord Rupertswood.
Stunned at first, he next became incred-
ulous: then frantic, when, without his hat,
he rushed out Of the hotel down TO the
harbor, where he feared that Rupert
woods yacht had left two hours before.