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her debut IN tHe great WOIlu, duu wa
= re~ciyed there with open arms. i1or'
Carlsg GODS prophesy was realized
her marvellous beauty and grace
created perfect furore More thai
ever he regretted her unfortunate mar
riage but for that there was no ranl
she might not have attained The only
thing that rcconcled him in the leas
to II was The fact OF the child's ex
istence
There opened then TO Ismay Wald
ron a most brilliant life nothing thai
she had ever dreamed OF equalled this
magnificent reality. There was one
drawback. She had one dispute with
Lord Carlswood he was very DESTROYS
that she should rellnqulsh the name oil
WaIdron, and that she would not con-
sent to do She looked at him with
flashing eyes. her beautiful face Grim
son with anger
81 have broken my husbands heart,
she said; "I have deserted him; | have
spoiled all his life; but will not give
mp his name. ] was proud enough the
day | bore 1t first; | will not give 1t
mp"
He saw that it was useless to urge
the point. so he ceased discussing It..
Ismay had more spirit and determine
tIon, than he had given her credit for.
She was known as Mrs. Waldron,"
lord Carlswood's beautiful grand
daughter. People at first used to ask
where was her husband-who was he7
and the answer was, "She married
( very much beneath her. and Is separ-
ated from him.
{ After a time they ceased to ask, and
the beautiful Mrs Wdldron became one
OF the queens Of the fashionable world,
How admired she was' Men spoke of
der with wonder-of her marvellous
ioveliness and grace, her bright smile,
her quick ready wit, her radiant face.
Ismay Waldron enjoyed her life She
gave herself up heart and soul TO the
spirit Of gaiety; no party no ball, no
soiree was complete without her; she
was lndefatigable in the pursuit OF
pleasure Lord Carlswood smiled as
no watched her
u was not mistaken in my estimate
of her character" he thought "She has
forgotten her husband"
lie became warmly attached to her,
chiefly because her great beauty and
popularity battered his pride. He
loved her, TOO. because she SO closely
Tesembled her mother, the KatriAe he
rememberd rs a child and had loved
SO dearly lie took great pride and
interest in the little Leo-his heir who
was 10 be, the Lord Carlswood Of the
future
There were times when lsmay Wald-
ron looking around her, said to her
self IF did Well II the time and the
choice were to come again, | should do
the same II would have been cruel to
waste such a life as mine in a wood
keepers cottage; It would have been
cruel to deprive my beautiful Leo of
this grand heritage
So year after year passed and with
time hor beauty developed into mag
nhcent womanhood, she grew more
fashionable more popular. The beauti-
fUl Mrs. Waldron was perhaps more
universally admired than any other
lady IN London rhe world loved her,
as she loved t.
There were times when she hardly
realized that she. the admired and fat
tered beauty. the queen of the season
thc most popular woman in London
was The wife of Paul Waldron In
She midst OF her grandeur she looked
back with q sick, faint shudder on the
phst-thal past wherein she had heel
fhe discontinued wife OF a poor man
She hel reached the climax life
uJd nothing more to give her Wealth.
luxury magnjheenae, pleasure un-
bounded admiration an were hers
iAe world she had once looked upon
Nlth such longing eyes now lay at her
tcct she delighted In her own beauty
she took the greatest pride I'm adorn-
ans it she WAS never weary OF con-
iempatng a.
nhr ainirnfi.n OF men pleased and
amused hc. iJ aha mo- more She was
Ntin anl worldly she loved riches and
q 1uauur hnJHr perhaps than she
I1r0 fo0 r9H souls 5Ot shH was never
Gwen H ,h1ugh false to Paul wal
Hmgn She nayoy forgot that though
pEtleo from bm--though she rad de-
serlod him she was still his wife. No
ono dared Goo speak 10 her af love that
She .1uld mot receive Ner some NO the
bees, and nuhiss. .u thc land would
Tain have wuaed lgr had She been free
so he Wtlpl