Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-12-30
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CHAPTER XXIl.-(ContinuedD
"Fond Is too strong word" she said;
Fl like my servants; become attached
TO them even, when they are useful and
faithful: but am never fond of them
"But she is not servant: she is gen
/. tie born, has been highly educated. is
gifted far above other women. Oh, moth
er. be human il you can. You know that
this girl has crept into your heart, how
ever hardly you may have striven to keep
her out. You know that you miss her
sorely, that she has grown dear to you"
Necessary to me, perhaps. Victorian,
but not dear"
Yes, she has become dear to you"
pleaded Lashmar, kneeling by his moth
er's chair, throwing his arms round her
a. he had done many time in his boyish
d4ys when he wanted some indulgence at
her hands, but as he had done rarely of
late years. "Yes, mother, say dear to
you, for my sake"
For your sake, Victorian! What can
you mean?''
For my sake, mother; yes. for my sake.
This friendless waif, this orphan daugh-
ter Of demagogue and destructive, this
spawn Of the radical gutter, is just the
one woman will have for my wife. 1t
may be that shall not win her. have
done everything to make myself hateful
Ia her eyes; but IL miss her, l will have
none other. will go down to my grave
woman hater. Yes, the hater and reviler
Of such women as Lady Carminow, be-
meath whose alabaster bosom never glow
Cd one generous emotion; a. Mrs. Vava-
0our, who paints her face q quarter of an
Inch thick; 40 Lady Sophia, the type Of
Our modern Amaxons, who unsexes her
cell BY manly sports and mems society,
and never, from the time she wore pima
foreA has thought Al q woman; AZ
Sznooth-tongued Mrs. Mulciber, time-serv-
Ing. self-seeking, the tradicker in society's
1mau vices and large foibles, garnering
up her riches out Of other peoples worth
1eseness. One woman and only one have
I seen, straight, truthful, original, indie
pendent, scorning fortune when 1t was at
her fest daring to live her own life in the
teeth q adverse circumstances. Such an
one WIN honor and reverence. She and
no other shall be my queen"
Lady Lashmar looked at her sons i'm
FASHIONED face with absolute horror. us
this maanessr' she murmured. why, I
thought you hated the girl"
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tried my hardest to hate her, schooled
myself to believe that I detested her,
would not suffer my eye to linger upon
her face or my memory to recall her gra-
cious presence. And yet In spite OF it all
craft, but now begin to understand that
duence Of q pure, untarnished soul upon
<ho% kn4 ahoA MI 1oA
By contact with the world. believe that
brother trained her for me-that all things
have tended unawares to one happy end
tng-she II to be miner
IF ron do this thing, Victorian-if you,
my SON, with your opportunities, marry
70 far beneath you, suppose you know
that you win break my hearth
II know that will do nothing Of the
Kind, mother sweetest. There will be a
feeling Of disappointment, no doubt. You
would have preferred to see the Lashmar
Golfers replenished with the wealth Dane
brook made In the iron trade. You had
rather I had married the ironmaster's
daughter, albeit that on her fathers side
she comes from much lower grade than
Boldwood's orphan child. But this regret
once past, you will rejoice in your new
daughter, since she has been - daugh-
ter to you already, though you did not
know Il
There WAS pause, q silence which
seemed long. Victorian still on his knees
BY his mothers chair.
He had been prepared for a violent
outbreak, for ungovernable anger; prepar-
ed to hear himself denounced and cast of
a. an unworthy son. But to his surprise,
the dowager sat for some moments with
her hands shading her eyes and her lips
client. He almost thought she was weep
ing.
II have missed her sorely," she said at
last, Eyes, sorely. She comforted me with
that low, sweet voice OF hers; her reading
had been q kind Of music which soothed
my tortured nerves. She has been very
sweet, infinitely patient, 40 sympathetic
q would ever allow her to be. But you
are right in your accusation, Victorian.
was never kind to her. was always
afraid Of being too kind, Of letting her see
how necessary she was to me. We are
made Of hard stun, you and I, Victorian.
We come Of hard race, q race with
whom pride Of birth has been ever q kind
OF religion. II IL dificult to stoop when
such pride 90 that Is bred in our bone, the
heritage Of Z thousand generations. And
Tor my con to marry girl Of no parentags
- domestic IN his mothers housev'
s'Her father was m Oxford graduatey'
ssAy dear Victorian, consider the herds
Of Oxford graduates, down to the cons Of
Oxford hair dyeSsers. People win ask
who your wife h. How can you answer
themw
II viii leave the answer to time and
the lady who bears my name. Her beauty
and her genius should be an all-sunicient
answer.
CHAPTER XIII.
Lord Lalhmar determined o. going to
] 8rumm dirSgty after breakfast next
norning. He1eft his phaston q ~ Lion
ard Lamb and Nn4 wandering abost the
6roat busy town He was too 6jsgustsd
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