The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-23

fy' for | really meant to be kind to her
ana am grateful"
What can we do?" asked nv lady
AFTER such wedding, too-everythinr
SO We'll arranged, every one so compli.
mentary. We shall be the laughing stock
OF all England. never heard of a mans
Wife running away on her wedding dav
You will never hear the end of IT, Leon
ard'' ~ -'eon
i shall never hear the beginning of it.
mother, if you will help me-" he soid
why need I-surely you and | can keen
a secret"
You and can, but lou forget the SER
vants-you had two with you; and only
tnink what perfect godsend such a
piece OF intelligence must be to them"
Inc young earl told his mother that he
mad heavily bribed them, and that they
mad soiemnly sworn secrecy. She looked
up in wonder at the sum he named
u shall go to Paris" continued Lord
Dunhaven. "Iou see what Hilda says
mother, that we need not waste any time
IN looking for her. that she would rather
die by any torture than live With us again
Still L shall search for her, and to you
intrust the search"
Il will do my best to find her. l wish
had been kinder to her, but she was so
strange, so Uniformed, so different to every
one else. | was stern with her for her
own good. she was but child"
We did not understand her, mother"
he said, sadly. "She was self-sacrifc-
ing generous, tender-hearted, sensitive
girl; but it is of no use wasting time in
regret; we have to think now how to save
ourselves from being laughed at. First of
ALL shall go on to Paris just as though
| this had not happened; you will return to
England and look for her wherever you
think there is a chance of finding her. l
shall stay there six months, and with good
management, no one will know but what
my wife is with me. At the end of six
months, which was the time intended to
take for my wedding tour, shall, if she
be found, return home, and all will be
WE'LL"
But if cannot find her." said Lady
Darel.
''If she cannot be found" he said,
'there is still no reason why the world
should know that we are not together At
the end of that time you will receive let
ters from me saying that we intend to pro-
lOuS Jul lOul SOu IeOu lutl1 " YOUR
friends, and still no one need know that
she is not with me-"
Il see.' said my lady; "and then?"
He sighed deeply and paused again.
''Then, mother" he said, II see no
chance but for me to remain abroad for
some years at least. l shall not like it,
but l prefer that to being laughed at.
shall remain abroad five or six years;
surely we shall have found her or heard
something of her
"And if not said Lady Darel 81 like
to see my way laid straight before me-
IF not, | must come home and brave it
OUT he answered.
Lady Darel went back by the evening
mall taking the luggage all with her: this
she stored away in one of the many ware
houses in which London abounds. She
returned without having aroused the
least suspicion as to where she had BEEN
Then she began life that could only have
been carried on by a clever woman. She
talked of her son incessantly; she read
extracts from his letters, always using
the word "we"-using it as though it
meant himself and his wife, so cleverly
that. if at any moment the whole truth
had come out, no person could have found
her out in the slightest untruth.
Then, after a time, she dismissed her
servants, gave up her house, and told ev-
cry one she was going to travel, i'll order
to see. not the beauties of the Continent,
but of her native land. That was but Il
way of Disgusting the fact that she in
tended to go in search of her sons lost
wife. .....
She went first to Hurst Sea, half hop
ing. half believing that there she should
find either herself or some news of her,
but there was none. On the contrary.
news of the wedding having reached
there, she had many inquiries to answer
about rhe young countess. She went from
one place to another, from the seaside to
the country and back again to town. But
nowhere, and from no source could she
CLEAN the least information of her. She
was indefatigable, but it was quite use
less.
So the time passed on. At the end of
six months, Lady Darel announced to all
her friends that her son would prolong
his stay on the Continent. At the end of
six years, she announced that her son
was returning to England for a short
time, but that he would return alone.