Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-01-28

| fcrcible language upon the sacred
/ ature of promise 10 marry, and ha
told her plainly that if she tempted
| 5holto Graham to break his engage
| me1I to Miss Laus!' ~ he (Sir AL
! drew would withdraw his favor from
both herself and the tickle swain.
| L don't believe you would like me 10
marry any one. You are real dog in
the manager, Sir Andrew. You didn't
marry me yourself when We were both
free, and l bore the disappointment
| like brick, and never limited to your
wife that l should have been in her
place if l hadn't been a frank fool. And
now that You are happily married, and
are Unfortunately proud of your wife,
| you want to keep me unmarried and
! dependent"
She spoke bitterly, for she was a
proud as well as passionate woman,
| and the state of thraldom in which he
kept her continually had nearly goaded
her to madness at times His power
over her was strong as was evidenced
| by her so seldom daring to shake her
chains in the slightest degree.
I an not so selfish as you say.
certainly object to your marrying
Sholto Graham or any other paurer.
but especially Sholto Graham" Sir
Andrew said, impassively He was
unmoyed either by her anger or her
| distress. She looked very handsome
IN her burst Of mingled petulanee and
| representatives..
You told me the other day that YOU
could find him a situation with a
salary of fl 900 a year. He would not
mt'rr ed me | 81 'Ild me quite con-
tented with that thoIsond a year, Yo,lr
be pauper any lcngeI then, and if he
bounty would not be taxed by me any
longer"
Ishall not provide him with an in
come to enable him to make a dis
honorable ass of himself by throwing
over the young lady to whom he is en-
gagged and marrying you AS for the
other part of your speech, it's I'm
worthy OF YOU, .1eLs~. Have | ever
Shown myself unwilling to contribute
TO Your happiness and prosperity IN
f'FtlE way III NY rOWer? Have | ever
h7$Hatcd To eralf.? yclr lightest within
your most eH;rivi gant ctsine if money
could compass either? But this within
for Sholto Graham I do sternly op
pose"
She shrugged her shoulders and
froWned as she said, coldly:
Its true beggars can't be choosers,
L ann one, and so | must submit"
This conversation had taken place
between the pretty widow and her OLD
friend only the day before the one on
which she had invited Sholto Graham
to join Vereker and herself on the
river. The substance of it, the full
force of the warning Sir Andrew had
given her, was so fresh in her mind
that 1t was almost relief to her when
Vereker arrived first on the scene.
She was anxious TO avoid tete-a-tate
with Sholto now
There was an unusual hesitation
and embarrassment in her voice and
manner as she told Mr.. Vereker that
she had askc! ouotner man to come
and take an oar and after waiting a
moment for the reply he was too much
annoyed to make, she added: "You
know him, and I'm afraid you don't
like him very well, Guy. It's Mr.
Graham, Lady GWenap's brother"
FWhy in the world did you ask him?
Why can't you let a fellow who is en-
gagged to another woman alone? Don't
you know he's engaged? Has he kept
it dark?"
He has never mentioned it to me.
Why should he?" she pouted nor does
his sister know anything about i'll
mean anything of the lady AS he does
not fiaunt the fact in our faces, why
should | flaunt it in his?"
Then you do know that he is en-
gaged?" Guy Vereker asked in a
sternly reproachful way that was
new thing in Mrs Cumberland's ex-
perience of him. Il was speaking to
a fellow who knows Graham, as we'll
as the girl Graham is engaged to, the
other night, and it appears that she is,
one of the best and prettiest girls in
the world. He is a cad to keep her,
dark, as if she were something to be
ashamed of, and you'll be doing cruel
thing if you encourage him"
81 am not going to fight you on his.
account, any mere than I am going to
fight him Oh account of a girl you say
he's engaged to- she said. carelesly,
and just thcn Sholto Graham came il
and Patrice Laugherne was forgotten
by all three of them for time, in the
the packing Of the luncheon basket and
embarking for a l1ng, idle, sultry day
on the river
ITO be Continued)
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