Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-03


that they go to the other extreme, andf
make their Williams such ,unmitigatedi
Williams that it is impossible to find
one single ray Of virtue wherewith to
redeem their character from its inky
pail of utter blackness. But let me-
tell you that if all the women novel;
lists who write stories in the English
language were to concentrate their ef-
forts upon the task of trying to de-
pict the villainy Of Lord Aylmer's ma
tural depravity, am afraid that in
the end they would have to call In
the aid Of their masculine confreres'
to adequately complete the portrait.
For the noble lord was all bad, thor
oughly bad-what up in the north
country they call bad, core through.
Yet he had delightful manner when
he chose, and in early middle age had
made a genuine love-match with
beautiful young woman at least six
teen years younger than himselt--a
penniless as we'll as a beautiful young
woman, upon whom he had lavished.
so much love and attention that with
in three months of his marriage his;
love had burned itself out, and was
as dead as any dead volcano. A few
weeks later Lord Aylmer practically
separated himself from his wife, all
though they continued to share the
same house, and he appeared before
the world as much as possible as il
no breach had ever been opened be-
tween them.
Not by Lord Aylmer's desire, this
oh! no, but because her ladyship had
never been so genuinely in love with
him as he had been with her, and was,
moreover, perfectly alive to the solid
worldly advantages of being Lord Ayl-
mer's wife, the mistress Of Aylmer's.
Field and of the handsome town house
in Belgrave Square.
"Of course 1 know that there are
Others" she said in reply to a dear
friend who thought it her duty to open.
this young wifes eyes, land, Of course!
know that Aylmer wants to get rid
OF me; but don't mean to be got rid
of, and 1 put up with the others be-
cause 1 think doing so the lesser Of
two evils. There is only one Lady
Aylmer, and she is a strong and
healthy young woman, who means TO
be Lady Aylmer for at least fifty years.
longer. Yes, know, my dear, all
that you feel about it. quite appre-
ciate your feelings toward me. Oh, yes.
1t was your duty to tell me, but am
not going to cut myself out Of all that
makes life worth living just to oblige
a husband who has got tired of me
in three months"
To this decision Lady Aylmer had
from that time forward kept most
rlgidly. AS far as her husband was
concerned, nothing seemed to annoy
her, and whenever she wished to do
so and condescended to try to get her
own way by means of little flattery,
she generally succeeded; and now that
Lord Aylmer had got into the ''sixties"
she was simply stately, even-temper-
ed, iron-willed and exceedingly healthy
who looked as if she meant
to live to be ninety.
1t was partly on the subject of his
Wife's extreme healthiness that Lord
Aylmer was thinking that morning as
he smoked his cigarette and tried to
assure himself that the twinge in his
eft foot were merely sign of COM
ng shower and nothing in the world
% do with govt at all. And just as
worse twinge than usual made him
vince and SILVER, the door opened gent
y and man-servant made his ap-
learance.
Ito be Continued)