Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-10-11
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yes there is plenty of time, as you
observe: and can trust to you RAN
dolph You have the true instincts
of gentleman and a RIVERS. Why
Providence should have given to my
only son the tastes of a wandering
artist will always be puzzle to me.
But / must say this for you, Randolph
your aver-love Of art is your great
est fault"
At the time he had kissed his mother
laughingly; now he remembered with
little dismay that he had to ask her
consent before he could marry.
Violet, however, was worth any
effort, any trouble that he might ex-
perience In winning her. The old
name, held in reverence for so many
generations, the old titles CALAMITY
kept, the grand old home, the family
honors-he would have sacrificed
them all. would have laid them all at
her feet.
The hot, impetuous love that, like a
lava tide, swept all before it, was one
OF the characteristics of the race. The
RIVERS were a very old family, and
had come over to England with the
Conqueror. They were a branch of
the great De Rlviere family. After
they settled in England, as time went
on they dropped the de" and adopted
the English method of spelling the
name. They had not lost the Norman
style of features, the dark hair, and the
dark eyes of the Norman race; but
they were English enough in other re-
spects The family had passed
through viclssitudes; they had been
sometimes rich, sometimes poor, but
always loyal. A RIVERS stood by the
side of Edward the First when he
showed his infant son to the assembled
chieftains; the RIVERS fought boldly
in the crusades; RIVERS saved the
Kings life in the War of the Roses.
If they did no accumulate money, they
acquired fame and honor.
1t was the Merrle Monarch who gave
the grand old estate of Ryverswell to
the head OF the family, together with
his barony.
The old race was fast becoming ex-
tinct now. When Philip, Lord RIVERS,
died. he left three children. two daugh-
ters and one son. The son, being then
only FIVE years old, had long minority
before him. The elder daughter, Mar
guerite, a beautiful brunette, married
the Earl of Lester. The second daugh-
ter, Monica, was still unmarried, and
lived with Lady RIVERS. Personal
beauty was one of the characteristics
OF the RIVERS family. Their daugh-
ters always married well, for they were
among the most beautiful women In
the land, and their gift of beauty had
brought them into relationship with
some of the oldest families in the
country. That Monica was still I'M
married was her own fault. She had
admirers in plenty, but none that
pleased her.
During the minority OF the young
Baron, the family had resided at
Ryverswen When the young heir
came of age he would live there: and,
in the event of his marrying, his moth
er would retire to the Dover House,
pretty, picturesque dwelling standing
near Mount Avon. Lady RIVERS was
quite agreeable to this arrangement.
She had enjoyed her life and lived her
day.
Her great anxiety now was to see
her son we'll married. She had several
eligible heiresses in view; but there
was nothing TO be done until he was
cured of his art craze.
1t was great blow to Lady RIVERS
when, one day her son turned to her
and said:
Mother, wish had been born to
be an artist"
my son." said the proud lady re-
garding him in CONSERVATION. never
let me hear such sentiment from
your lips again. You may be patron
OF art--the Ryverses have always been
that--but an artlst-oh, neveri"
One might as well have forbidden the
wind to blow. the stars to shine, or the
flowers TO grow, as have forbidden the
young heir to paint. He was an artist
born. He had the keen perceptions,
the passion for color. the fine, true
sense that show the artist. He began
in the nursery, where his sketches were
the admiration of nurses and servants.
Lady RIVERS repressed his talent; she
never praised II, never alluded to it,
and made il a point always to speak
Of art and artists in the most con-
temptuous fashion; but she could not
change the boy or alter his temper
ment.
A fine brave. handsome young Eng
lishman, Randolph, Lord RIVERS. was
the pride and delight of the whole
household. His mother almost wor-
SHIPPED him. his sisters loved and were
proud of him. Now he had grown to
the age of twenty, and this sketching-
tour was to be one of his last indul.
gences of youth. His childhood and
youth had been irreproachable; even
Lady RIVERS herself admitted that his
love of art had kept him from any
thing worse" Mother and sisters
were looking forward now to the time
when he should take home a wife to
Ryversdale-one worthy to reign
there and sustain the prestige of the