Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-10-28
ooh. Angel, do not weep so bitterly;

You know, my dear, continued
her ladyship, 'that / am still young
hardly more than thirty-fve-and
every one says that I look quite ten
years younger-that l have the pros
pect of long life before me; and if
I find some one who loves me, and
who will make the remainder Of my
life happier than it is, why should |
not marry again, if choose"
| She started back the next moment
in real alarm, for Angela had sprung
from the ground, and stood before
her with flashing eyes and burning
face.
why should you not marry again?
she cried. ooh, mamma, how can
you ask such a question? You are
my fathers wife!"
II am your fathers widow, Angel,
corrected Lady Rooden.
whitening scorn flashed from the
girlish eyes.
There is no difference!" she cried.
had but gone before us. You said he
would love us just the same. You told
me that the boundaries that separated
us were very narrow. You told me
that love, true love, began in time and
lived in eternity. Oh, mother,
mother" she continued, wildly, what
will you say to my father when you
meet him as another mans wife? 1t
is horrible to think Oft"
"You speak too strongly, Angel, =
said Lady Rooden, in trembling
voice.
do mott could not! Oh, mamma,
forgive me, but it seems to me shame
full! You, whom my father loved;
you with whom he left his heart! If
you had died first, my father would
never have married again; he would
have cherished your memory until
death. How, then, knowing this, can
you love another man? You have the
right to please yourself; but / repeat
that it is shameful! 1t seems to me
that it is a sin for my fathers wife to
marry another mani"
"But, Angel" urged Lady Rooden
"you could not expect that should
live all the rest of my life alone?"
"You are not alone, mamma; you
| have me with you"
"But you will marry some day, An
gel, and then I should be alone"
eve need never be parted, mamma
darling, even if do marry; and if you
will give up this horrible marriage, |
will promise you most solemnly never
to leave you while | live"
''That is all nonsense, Angel You
reasonble, my dear, and we shall all be
happy. | am sure that in time you
will learn to like Captain Wynyard"
The name gave a new turn to An
gela's thoughts. Hitherto she had
realized nothing but the horror of the
fact that her mother cared for another
man; now she remembered who that
man himself was, how from the first
she had always mistrusted and dis
| liked him. She sunk upon the ground
+! at her mothers feet.
ooh, mother, she sobbed, "it is like
hideous dream to me that you are
going to put the man I dislike above
all others in my fathers place."
"You will learn to like him in time"
said Lady Rooden; mo one could help
| it,"
| But the scorn that flashed in her
| daughters face was like a flame that
scorched her.
II like him." she cried, "when every
honest impulse of my heart is against
him? Never! The more I know Of
j him the more shall dislike and mis-
trust him. Oh, mother, you are so
sensible in everything else! You
| choose your friends, your servants,
wisely; how is it you make such ter.
| rible mistake in choosing a husband?
Why does not your instinct, which is
keen and true, rise against the man."
"Hush-Angel- are going too
fart" said Lady Rooden. You forget
| that I love him.
Love him! Oh, mother, how can
you love one who is ignoble who has
nothing but handsome face-and
ON0H Iud1 10 SpOllou ny S0IHSn and
cruel eXpression!"
THE world does not say So" an
swered Lady Rooden; "the captain is
generally admitted to be one of the
handsomest men in town"
"By people who do not look
beneath the surface" cried An
| gela, mot by those who
| know how to read character, not
by those who have keen observation.
True, the face is handsome; but the
| character written upon it is that of a
vain selfish, cruel man. Oh, mother
darling, if you will marry again, if one
love in a lifetime is not sufficient
choose wisely! Choose a man who in
some degree resembles my father, one
who is noble and good; choose with
your judgment, darling, and not with
your eyes,"
Hush, Angel, you forget yourself.
| am sorry NV choice docs not pIooco