The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-15

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redeem their charaa rom fts inKt
pail q utter black but III ia
tell you that ifl all Tho women noyeis
lists who write stories III the glish
Language were to concentrate GU their ef-s
forts upon the task of trying to de.
pict thesv illainy of Lord "a ylmef u MAJ maj
tural depravity, i am afraid that AN
the end they would have TO call in
the aid Of their masculine confreress
to adequately complete the portrait
For the noble lord was all bad, thor.
oughly bad--What up In the north
country they call dad, core through. ''..l
Yet he had q delightful manner when
he chose, and in early middle age had
made q genuine love-match with a;
beautiful young woman at least six
teen years younger than himself a
penniless as well as beautiful young
woman, upon whom he had lavished
so much love and attention that with
in three months Of his, marriage his
love had burned itself out, and was
as dead as any dead volcano. 4. "A few
weeks later Lord Aylmer practically,
separated himself from his wife, al
though they continued to share the
same house. and he appeared before
the world as much as possible as ifs
no breach had ever been opened be-
tween them. 4, is<F gs
Not by Lord Aylmer's desire, this
oh! no, but because her ladyship5 had
never been SO genuinely in love with
him as he had been with her, and was,
moreover, perfectly alive to the solid
worldly advantages Of being Lord Ayl-
mer's wife. the mistress Of Aylmer's
Field and of the handsome town house
in Belgrave Square.
4 "Of course / know that there are
others, !" she said in reply to dear
friend who thought it her duty to open
this young wife's eyes, 'and, of course,
know that Aylmer wants to get rid
of me; but I don't mean to be got rid
of, and put up with the others be-
cause I think doing so the lesser Of
two evils. There is only one Lady
Aylmer, and she is a strong and
healthy young woman, who means 20
be Lady Aylmer for at least fifty years
longer. Yes, know, my dear, all
that you feel about it. quite appre-
ciate your feelings toward me. oh. yes.
it was your duty to tell me, but am
not going to cut myself out OF. all that
makes life worth living just to oblige
a husband who has got tired Of ME
in three months"
To this decision Lady Aylmer had
from that time forward kept most
rigidly. AS far as her husband was
concerned, nothing seemed to annoy
her, and whenever she wished to do
so and condescended to try to get her
own way by means of little fattery.
she generally succeeded; and now that
Lord Aylmer had got into the Sixties"
she was simply a stately, even-temper-
ed, iron-willed and exceedingly healthy
woman, who looked as II she meant
to live to be ninety.
I It was~ nartls,M on tho subject ,f his
wife's extreme healthiness that Lord
Aylp.er was thinking that morning as
he smoked his cigarette and tried to
assure himself that the twinge in his
left foot were merely sign Of com
ing shower and nothing in the world
to do with govt at all. And just as
worse twinge than usual made him
vince and shiver, the door opened gent
" and man-servant made his an
pearance.
(To be Continued)