Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-08-28
Continued.

ItnlS seems very Su1CoO10 AAo'l 10'e7 ~
and Lady Marion is most charming
girl. But what about the other girl
my Lady,"
THAT has nothing to do with us,
she. replied, haughtily. 81 am pre-
pared to be very liberal; I shall not
mind thousand a year; she shall have
nothing to complain or
Lord Ilanswell did not feel quite SO
sure, but as he never had any manage
ronnt of his own affairs, it was too late
10 begin now. My lady would prob
ably bring a hornets nest about her
ears-tbat was her own business; if he
were any judge, either of looks or
character, that young girl, Leone,
would not be so lightly set aside.
However, he said nothing. Lord
R,answell had learned one lesson IN his
TsgR. he had learned that "Silence was
golden"
The matter was settled now; the
duke had given his sanction, expressed
his delight; several of the highly con-
nected and important families belong
ing to the Lanswells and the Testers
had sent in their congratulations;
everything was in trim.
There was no need for the duke to
remain; he would join them in Paris
for the wedding. No word was spoken
On the subject between Lady Lans-
wen and himself, but there was a GER
tain tacit understanding that the we'd
ding must not take place in England,
lest it should be disturbed
The duke returned to England, tax
ing back with him sincere liking and
a warm admiration for Lord Chandos;
he was impatient for the time to come
when he should be able to claim him
as a relation of his own. The remain
der of the party stayed at Granada;
there was plenty to interest them IN
and about that charming city.
Some few days after his departure,
Lord Chandos sought his mother. She
mad felt anxious over him of late. He
looked like anything but a happy
lover; he was thin, worn, and the face
that had been so bright had grown
Swallowed and careworn. My lady did
not like it. Any man who had won
such prize as Lady Erskine ought to
feel delighted and show his pleasure.
So argued my lady, but her son did
not seem to share her sentiments.
She sat on this morning, looking very
stately and beautiful, in a dress of
mOfre antique, with morning-cap of
point lace-a woman to whom every
one involuntarily did homage.
Lord Chandos looked at her in won
der and admiration; then he sighed
deeply as he remembered why he had
sought her. He sat down near her, the
very picture of detection and misery.
"Mather." he said, abruptly, have
behaved like a villain and a coward.
in what words am I to excuse myselt?',
BTy Iady's face darkened.
It have not the pleasure of under
standing you" she said. "Will you ex-
plain yourself?"
'I have perjured myself. I have
broken the most solemn vows that
man could make I have fOrsworn my
self. Tell me in what words am [ to
tell my SuIEC, OF EXCUSE IL
A contemptuous smile stole over the
face of my lady.
"'Are you troubling yourself about
That tempestuous young person, Leone?
Shame on you, when you have won
The sweetest woman and the wealth
lest heiress in England for your wite!"
His voice was broken with emotion
as he answered her:
II cannot forget that I believed her
60 be my wife once, and I loved her"
My lady interrupted him.
"My dear Lance, we all know what
a boys first love is. All, do believe me,
it is not worth thinking of; every one
laughs at a boys love. They take it
5ust as they take the whooping- cough
or fever; it does not last much longer
either. In another years time you will
laugh at the very mention of what
you have called love. Believe me, "
continued her 1adyship proudly, chat
Lady Marion is the wife Heaven or
3afned for you, and no other"
The handsome head was bent low,
and it seemed to my lady as though a
great fearless sob came from his lips.
She laid her hand on his dark, crisp
waves Of hair.
''I 90 sympathize with you, Lance, %
she said, in kind voice; and when
Lady LanswelI chose to be kind no one
could rival her F'You have, perhaps,
made some little sacrifice of inclina-
t1on, but, Believe me, you have done
right, and am proud of you,''
He raised his haggard young face to
hers
"I feel myself a coward and villain
mother" he said, in broken voice
st ought to have gone back to that poor
girl; I ought not to have dallied with
temptation. love Leone with the one
Tbve of my heart and mind, and am q
weak, miserable coward that have moi
Seen 'true to her. I have lost my own
se1f-respect, and I shall never regain
it,