The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-09-24
By Marion v Hollis, 1E7V

| Last night IL was t.ue he Ha0 taken uel
by surprise, and she had confessed she
loved him, but for long hours afterward
she had been busy thinking; prudence anc
| common sense told her the difference be
| tween them in rank position and station
! in life was too great, and that she had
better fly in time from the dazzling dream.
All day the lovely young face had worn
grave. serious expression, and the dark
eyes had been Swallowed with care. How
could she, Niolante Temple, the daughter
of a country lawyer, whose only boast
was good and honored life-how could
she take the place of Lady Selwyn, o
| Selwyn Castle?
SO she had spent the day in shaping
great resolves. She would see him once
more, and tell him it could never be-that
he had better go and leave her, for il
could not end happily, her own instinct
| told her so. All day the sweet. flower
I like face had been shadowed with these
! thoughts, and in the light, sunShiny af
I ternoon she had gone to her fayoritt
nook, the stile in the lane, to sit there ant
! shape her thoughts into words. when
hand, whose clasp she knew well, touched
hers, and the voice she loved best said:
''Nioante, | have been looking every.
where for you. ! have come to ask you
II you meant what you said last night
and if you are willing to be my wife,
And before she knew what to reply he
| had raised her from the moss-coyereG
stone on which she sat, and they were
standing under the delicate, dropping
golden laburnums.
Il meant what l said" she replied
| shyly; but | can never be your wife"
Then in good order as she remembered
them she made use of all those sensible
arguments which made him so impatient
Il am twenty-five years old" he said
| Smilingly. Il am my own master; | an
rich and prosperous, and | love only one
woman in the world. Yet YOU tell me
I cannot have her for my wife. II she is tC
be won by prayers and by love she shal
be mine, Niolante; for life will be al
blank TO me without her
one by one he vaHquishc1 all her argu.
mcnts, and at last. with her hands clasp
cd in his. she bad promised to be his wife
/ to love him. to be true to him. to care
for him, and him alone, until she died
What will my father say" cried the
girl suddenly. He has not the faintes.
idea. Vivian. that you have spent these
summer weeks in falling in love with me
He will he very pleased. and will say
| have spent my time WELL" was the
! smiling reply.
"lic will never believe | am old enough
To be married." she cried, with a low
| delicious laugh sweet as the chime o.
bells
When Mr.. Temple returned that even.
ing TO Oakside he was surprised at the
merry voices and happy faces awaiting
him.
| married. His little girl who had made
/ his tea, mended his socks and attended
to his comforts, to become Lady ScIwyI
Of Sclwyn Castle, one of the grandest
! ladies in the land.
You have no objection?" said LORD
Vivian to Mr.. Temple; you are willing tc
give Niolante to me-
Il am simply bewldered," was the
| truthful reply. II do not know whether
to be angry and refuse you-to tell you
! such nonsense must be forgotten-or
whether | ought to give you both my
blessing. | am hewidered, as | have ney-
or been in life before
! Take some time TO consider sir" re-.
piled the young lover; Il shall be at
Woodeaves ten days longer"
That night, while his daughters COLDER
head lay at rest, and her fair face smiled
peacefully, Horace Temple sat up tc
think, and consider what il would be best
/ TO do.
He himself had married young; he did
| not remember whether he had been very
! paSsionately in love with his own wife
or not, but he had made his wife yar7
happy, he had provided for all her wants
she had lived commonplace. happy life
in the pretty home at Dakside. Tvr
l ~.
She son, and four years afterward, Vic.
lantc. a lovely, dark-eyed, fair-haire6
daughter.
Then, quietly and gently as she had liv,
Cd. Mrs. Temple faded away and died. moi
of any acute or painful disease, but of
slow, lingering decline. She faded out
OF life as the colors die out Of the west,
ern sky; dying so gently that those who
watched her did not know when slecT
ended and death came.
Her death certainly reused Horace
Temple; it reused him into greater ten
, derncsS for his children. Before that h
had been contented TO see them morning
and night. then leave them to their moth.
cr's care. now he tried his best 10 be faith,
cr and mother both.
Niolante was easily managed: she had
lessons at home, superintendent by him
I and the result was the strangrSt educa-
ton young lady ever received She
4 learned Latin; she was we'll yerSed in the
English classics; the history. the litera-
ture Of her own country. were all famii.
lar TO her: she could draw with exquisite
skill: she sang nothing but old English
. ballads, but those she sang with the pur,
est. sweetest voice. with wonGrous pow
er of expression that completely charmed
all who heard her
4 The boy BERTHE Jared better than his
/ sister; his vocation, even in early life.
was settled. He would be nothing but
soldier. In vain Horace Temple painted
the delights Of the law, the church, the
civil professions; he would have none OF
/ them.
To his same regiment belonged Captain
f. Vivian Selwyn. the nephew and heir Of
Lord Huldibrand Selwyn Of Selwyn Cas-,
tie, brave, noble, generous young otfi-
Ger, perhaps better liked than any in tho
service; man beloved by all by com
radeS and men; a man whose heart and
hand were ever open to help, to relieve.
and TO assist.
he fair-haired young ensign looked VI
TO Captain Selwyn with something like
alteration; he thought him the grandeSt
man. and the greatest hero the world ever
saw. He WAS happy for days if the cap
tain spent ten minutes in talking to him.
The time came when the Queens
. own We're ordered off to India. and Hor-
ace Temple babe his only son farewell
The quiet, reserved. solitary man never
knew until that moment how dear his
/ children were IL hm-he had not rea lizeI
. it.
Z There was a rebellion among the M
tive troops. and the Queens own were
ordered off to quel it. 1t So happened
that the commanding officer. Major Threl-
ton, wanted 10 send some important pa
pers TO Madras. They were papers that
had been taken from an Indian chief
/ made captive. and related TO 4 conspiracy
spread far and wide among the native
/ troops.
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