Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-01-24
Continued.

roots OF nef BOlueH Hdll' an
ashamed to repeat the words, but
was compelled to listen to them. !,
the girl you affected to worship, nave
been exposed to insult; ! have had to
listen when those who knew Of your
disguise wondered whether my mar
riage we're legal or not. DO you think
/ shall forget that disgrace or even
recover from it?"
His face grew perfectly white, and
look such as she had never seen
apon it before spread over It. 1t was
aeeper than pride. more bitter than
contempt, it was more Of outraged
dignity than anger; it was the ex-
preston of a man mortally wounded.
Who has spoken sou he said.
Those who found out your dis
suise, she replied.
Who are they. Violet asked Lord
RIVERS.
And she told him the whole story as
Il had been related to her. He listen
cd attentiVely
MY old schoolfellow, Foster-Hay,"
ne said "A stone thrown by the
aand OF friend cuts doubly sharp.
Why did he not come to me! Could
he possibly imagine that there was
anything in common between such
people as the Carstones and me?"
Such people as the Carstones do
not marry under false names she re-
eorted. "Of what use is a title to a
man who Is not n gentleman
"Do you mean that am not gen
tseman. Violet" he asked.
Not in my eyes-and you never
viii be again she replied. angrily.
You have received me and subjected
ae to insult; you have placed me IN
an utterly false position. repeat
that no gentleman would behave in
such manner to the girl he loved"
Il have not consciously or willingly
exposed you to insult" he said, slowly
The suspicious YOU have named
One word from me will dispense all
these foolish doubts as the wind dis
perses vapor. Violet, believe me,
u,ey are not worth resenting 1t Is
emily people like the Carstons who
would think of such thing.
~Youl own friend evidently had his
ideas on the subject" said Violet
proudly, or he would not have gone
away"
MY friend Is a We'll. it is use
less to blame him. | wish that he had
spoken to me instead of To Mr. Car
stone You seem very angry, Violet,
even more so than | feared YOU would
he when you learned who really am
L am so angry" she cried that
from this time all Is over between us,
! consented to he the wife of an artist
of a man equal to myself in position,
who would have to work for his living,
and to whom | could be a helpmate.
l never consented to be the wife OF a
rich noblcman-nor will !. My feel.
ing on the matter is so strong that /
would rather die"
my darling, do not say such cruel
words"
Il mean them" she declared. You
seem to forget that from my very
cradle have been taught TO hate and
hong Soc how right my attn was
after all. In teaching me that people
VI your position are not to ~ trusted
You are an aristocrat What have
you done? Deceived a very ignorant
CARL. taken advantage of iueXpeuop .e
and innocence"
Violet" said Lord RIVERS. gently.
a - 10
s wrong? It Is utterly impossible
Tor all men to be equal; as long as the
sorld stands there must be different
grades of society"
II acknowledge NO such thing" she
replied, Il never disguised my senti-
sents from YOU and yea ought to
haye respected them
Violet he said with a gentle
patience she would have admired IN
an one else Violet. darling. listen
TO ne was your faithful lover from
H. happy day in June when | first
Svt you, dear. until the day In Sep
temher when you became my wife
Was il not 500"
Yes. she answered
During that .lmc. when, my dai-
An for your sect sake / gave up the
shoio world. when my life WAS but
enc dream of you Gil YOU seo amy.
shing wrong In mo- lnytWng 10 con
acmu2"
Almo-, r,meanty She answered
NO"
Did Won mn me- mtrntbful an.