Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-11-15

wondered why a shadow fell over the
face of her young husband. Il detest
selfishness and self-indulgence, and
those are the two great characteristics
Of the aristocracy. My own instinct
could keep me from loving selfish
man."
II do not think you judge fairly, VIC
let" he said. 81 grant that among the
aristocracy there are selfish, self-in-
dulgent men and idle, useless women,
perhaps worse; must say this also,
that the finest, bravest, noblest men in
the world are tc Je found in the ranks
OF the British aristocracy, where you
may find also the grandest of women"
She looked at him with a half-pity-
ing smile.
You do not know, Randolph; you
have not been told SO much about them
as / have" Then her beautiful face
frightened with laughter. do you
not know" she said, chat you are not
agreeing with me? That will never
do. We NUT love and dislike the same
things. II l cry, "A bas les aristo-
crates!' you must repeat the words"
She wondered why his face dark
ened. He knew that in uttering those
words she condemned mother, sisters,
relatives, and himself.
You will not repeat it," she cried
"Ah, well, in time, when have told
you all the things my aunt has told me
you will think as l dol"
For a moment a sudden deadly fear
came over him. What If, when his Sc
cret were known to her, and she found
| that she had married one of the race
she hated-what If she resented Il,
and ceased to love him? He turned to
his young wife, whose exquisite face
| glowed with the fervor of her own
words.
Il wish. Violet" he said, that l
could persuade you to be more toler-
ant. l do not see, even if there must
be a difference between classes, that
there need be such bitter prejudice,
such hatred"
Is because the vices of one class de-
mand 1t. 1t seems to me, in review
ing the history of the world, that there
has always been a class set aside who
have demanded the wealth and the
services OF their fellow men as a right,
even from the very olden times down to
these, when an Irish landlord racks his
| tenants for rent and spends the money
in England"
| He looked at her with new alarm in
his face, such alarm as would at any
other time have made her laugh.
why, this is worse than ever, Vic
let. l hope you will not turn out to
| be Fenian and Home-Ruler, as well
as a perfect Democrat"
II am not quite sure If / understand
the term rightly" she said; but
and she gave him a most loving glance
- hope | shall always be a Home
Ruler in the proper sense of the word. >
The beautiful eyes were so eloquent,
the smile seemed to mean so many
things, that he forgot everything else
for time but his love for her.
| He took her wherever she asked to
go. He showed her the site of the old
Bastile, where so many hundreds of
innocent people had undergone all the
tortures of long Imprisonment and
death; but he showed her also the
grand old Abbey OF st. Denis. where
sleep the most chivalrous race of men
- Kings of France. He showed her
all the trophies and monuments of the
people; he also made her examine all
the ancient glories of royalty spread
+, over Paris. III she saw one side, he
said to himself she should see the
other.
But her heart turned invariably
from the trophies of kings to the an
rals of the people.
II WONDER" she said to him one day.
with thoughtful face, 81 wonder,
Randolph. when the great difference
between man and man began. They
must have been equal for many years"
Il do not know" he replied; II
| HsA Wy NhAAh SAlpQlQ
that. so soon as men began to under.
stand one another. the strongest and
wisest began to rule the others"
II can understand that" she said,
her face Frightening. Il could yield
reverence to an aristocracy of strength
or virtue. object to an aristocracy
whose claim consists only in birth or
wealth, No man has the ruling of
where he shall be born. in what class.
Why, therefore. should he be either de-
spised II he be lowly. or exalted if he
be what the wcrld calls great?"
So she puzzled him at times by ques-
tons that amused him by their sim.
plicity, and again with questions that
he could neither like nor answer.
But In the meantime he tried to edu.
cate her, to incline her to what he con-
sldered a more Just and impartial mode
Of thought. He found that. right or
wrong. Violet was perfectly consistent
Any revelations of courage. of nobility
az character in one nf the naDnie would