The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-11-23

/, f. II SASS1f1--T HanuS anu warm
te-SsESG} words of greeting.
stN zz.:a but the earl looked
sorrowfully into his lzinsman's face
+ You have suffered very much,
Raoul, ''sahe said, quietly. 5#
Yes, and never thought to see you
again. You are changed, too, Uric
I feel inclined to ask where is the
sunny faced boy whom loved so dear
ly?'' -. 4 ~. =. ST. Ii.
1.-THE truth is, Raoul, I have not
turned out very we'll. may have been
a good boy, but I have scarcely been q
good man." ~s.,-. 4@,..
"A fault acknowledged is often half
amended said Sir -Raoul. -.- ~. G..l.
Yes admitted the earl, carelessly;
but I feel no great desire to amend
I half wish that L did,
Il hear Wondrous news, Ulric-that
you are married. Is it true?" .ga..
Yes" he replied, gloomily, 'T am
married." ..."
And your wife, have been told, had
large fortune"
THAT is true he said. ''Have they
told you anything else?"
mo, except that she was Miss Hill
dred Ransome, the great lawyers
daughter." ~
The great money lender and
schemers daughter" corrected the
earl
"She will not be answerable for her
fathers faults. What is she like,
Uric, this young wife Of yours? I
never had sister, and my mother died
when [ was boy. It will be quite a
novelty to me to claim kinsmanship
| with a lady,
"All the novelties are not agreeable
ones" was the moody reply. ~
This one will be, I am sure. I
shall be quite proud to address MY
cousin, Lady Caraven'
You are preux cheva1ier, Raoul-
you believe in the SEX" said the earl.
And do you not, Ulric?'
NO, not in one of them The fact
is, I feel quite certain that you will
not like my wife, and it annoys me-"
Like herr" echoed Sir Raoul. How
strangely you speak! Certainly Isshall
do more than like her, your wife and
my cousin. tell you that the
thought of seeing her is a positive
pleasure to me-" 49,
With hasty steps Lord Caraven
walked up and down the room. He
seemed as though about to speak, but
then stopped abruptly. He stood at
last in front of his cousin.
"Raoul," he said, II am not good at
keeping secret. The truth is, do
not like my wife,
Not like her, Ulric! You are jest
ing, surely
Il wish to heaven that I were!
know | am prodigal, a spendthrift.
but think sometimes, now that am
little older, that I might have been
better man had I been happily mar
ried''
But, if you did not like her" said
Sir Raoul, with an air of utter aston
ishment, why did You marry her?''
THAT is the question I think the
answer is-because her father wished
her to be countess"
What has his wish to do with YOU,
Ulric?''
Some day I will tell you all,'' he re-
pied. 1t is not a pleasant theme.
But, with all my faults, dislike deceit
and l would not have you think that
you are about to enter upon a scene of
domestic felicity" -@.a -~.~.
But the lady herself" said Sir
| Raoul-"s since you confide in me T NAV
speak-does she know that you do not
love her?' " ~
eyes, there has never been any pre-
tense of affection between u.s. : +
Then" said Sir Raoul, slowly. cit
seems to me that the lady is the one
| to be pitied-between her father and
| you &G 7
You can pity her if you like-sne
can hold her own remarkably we'll"
returned the earl. s'I do not want to
talk about it, Raoul Every man pays
the price of his folly sooner or later -
/ am paying it now. I do not care
ever to mention the matter again, but
l thought, if you had some idea Of
entering an earthly Eden, you had bet
ter be disabused'' @Ez&s h T.
Il wish that" it were an earthly
Eden said Sir Raoul, slowly
| tMy wife brought me a large for
tune-a fortune that saved me fror.
ruin-and I insist always upon all RS
spect being shown to her.. She is. as
she: ought to be, entirely mistress of
the house, 7 am always particular
about that. IA oW that we have finished
with the matter there is, perhaps, one.
thing more that I should I say MY
wife will he very pleased to see you;
s .t9 d vi make you very vel come.
And you do not like herr .interro-5
gated Sir Raoul A IS. .s
Vel, '' replied the earl, YOU sac,
she is not my sty len lot at all my. style
like fair women she is dark; besides
never think that a man loves a WON
an whom he is compelled to marry
on We're compelled to marry her.
them" said, Sir Raoul
1T was either that or ru UGH
ruin as would have left me penniless.