Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-04-04
Continued.

,Jf your wife wishes also TO keep
dairy' broke in the dowager, you
win make arrangements for it. l pre-
snme? II is quite new thing for the
ladies' of Ryversdale to work on their
own land.
How bitterly you speak, mother"
cried Randolph; while Monica looked
away with a shrug OF her shoulders
,bat was far more expressive than
words.
.p lpeak truthfully. say that it is
lsfortune when the mistress OF a
Aouse like this has such excessively
nlebeian tastes; it is more unfortunate
stiu when the husband encourages
them
II do not see how you can call the
,pltiyation of flowers a plebian taste"
said Lord RIVERS. why, mother,
have seen you yourself busy in the
conservatory-busy, too, amongst
YOUR favorite roses.
you have never seen me stain my
hands with gathering fruit or soil
Them by wedding" said Lady RIVERS
,1f your wife intends to work in gar
den as she seems to have done, she
will never be pr 'entable. 1t Is quite
new idea to me. l thought only
neasant.women used the spade and
the hoe
You wilfully misunderstood, moth
err" declared Randolph, angrily. III
either of my sisters had expressed
such a wish, you would most cheer
fully have acceded to it"
1T hes nothing to do with me"
said the dowager, sharply. "The
land. the grounds, the house and all
belonging to it, are yours. 1t does
not concern me in the least. You can
do what you like with your own. |
merely warn you that your wifes
tastes are plebeian, and that, II you be-
gin to yield to them. you will not
know where to stop. advise you to
refuse to crafty them, and to try to
elevate them"
You are not fair, you are not just,
mother-indeed you are not" re-
turned the young husband, gravely
You look with prejudiced eyes at
everything that Violet wants and
wishes"
Violet would have been much
better left where you found her" said
Lady RIVERS contemptuously. ''You
might as we'll attempt to graft cab
bages on rose-trecs as to make a lady
Of a person who has been accustomed
to work in gardens and dairies."
Randolph rose hastily from his
seat This was more than he could
bear He felt that his indignation
was rapidly mastering him, and that
words might be said which nothing
could recall
Stay Randolph" cried her lady
ship in voice Of authority. "You
are going. of course, to select piece
Of ground to crafty this absurd within
Of your wife"
Most certainly. mother" he replied
Any wish of violet's shall be gratified
so far as | am concerned"
The dowager rose from her chair
with a gesture OF proud intolerance
which struck dismay into the heart of
her son.
Not while | am here," she cried.
y am staying at your request; your
sisters are staying by my request in
order that, by association with the
person You have brought here as your
VITO. we may civilize her, If possible.
! myself do not think it possible; she
is more obstinate even than she IS
ignorant / beg you to wait until
have left Ryversdale. The grounds
and gardens Of Ryversdale Castle
nave been my pride all my life.
could not endure to see them cut up
or even disturbed, to crafty the whim
oil an ignorant aid vulgar woman"
Mother said Randolph. trying to
speak calmly, you must know that
mis- is intolerable to me. You may
no5 Ike Violet-Heaven knows why.
out you do not think her either
ignorant or vulgar; you merely say
l To annoy me. Ny wife must be re-
spertci."
Then do not let me be annoyed by
seeing any nonsense of the kind pro-
posed. If it must be done, let it be
"hen ] have left the castle"
Monica glanced at her brother.
Let 1t be Randolph" she said, for
snort time. | am very sorry tina.
spoke or interfered Mamma will ex
.lse me; had forgotten her preju
dIrea"
ITO what you will to Ryversdale
"Ae. ] have left it, said her lady
'-- but for the present, for the few
weeks that am here, let everything
."a.n as it is"
.- in her heart she vowed again
'' she would do all that was posi-.
70 annul this horrible marriage
violet had been docile, yielding.
initial, 1t might have been more
t'-ole; but this girl was proud as
hFVers ever born.
long after Randolph had quilted the
a the dowager sat brooding |
over her bitter disappoint- |
II her son had but married !