Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-01-10

wished 10 OBTAIN,
4 was maI1ied at st. Johns, IN the
City" she said
Where were yoE married, Mrs
Randolph?.
Violet, who knew OF no necessity
for keeping the circumstances con
nected with her marriage secret, an
swered readily enough
an one of the prettiest of old
churches-at st, Byno's. where 1
lived"
"Then she was married" thought
Mrs. Carstone. Tell me about your
wedding" she continued; Il like to
hear about love.stories and weddings"
But her hands trembled as she spoke,
and there was great anxiety in her
eyes.
There was nothing very remark
able attending my wedding" said
Violet. "Mr Randolph and | were
married on the twenty-second Of
September, and it was one of the
loveliest days that even poet could
imagine"
And you gere very happy my
dear?" she said, gently
Eyes, very happy, T1e only draw
back to my happiness was that my
aunt, with whom / had always lived.
detested men, love, lovers and mar
riage. She prophesied the most terri
bic things for me-"
None of them have come true, l
hopc?" said Mrs. Carstone.
mo" laughed Violet, blithely, mot
one of them; and they never will"
"Your aunt went to your wedding
with you, ( suppose?' said Mrs. Car.
stone.
Eyes, she was present, but, as Mr..
Randolph said afterward, it was like
a Death's-head at a feast. She never
smiled, and she looked profoundly
miserable all the time"
1T must be all right" thought Mrs,
Carstone. This aunt was evidently
keen woman. If there had been any
flaw in the proposal, she would gladly
have seized upon it. Certainly there
must have been marriage. The only
question that remains is whether 1t
was legal one"
'Why did you marry an artlst?' she
asked as though the idea had sud
denly occurred to her.
Bat there was no consciousness on
Violet's face as she answered:
1T must have been my fate
Evidently she had no idea that her
husband was anything but an artist
you must forgive me If | say that,
with your beautiful face you might
have done much better. You might
have married a lord"
"a lord" cried Violet, with in
dignant scorn q would not have
married lord to have saved my life.
why not?" asked Mrs. Carstone,
wonderingly.
q hate all aristocrats'" cried
Violet 80 did my aunt; she brought
me up to hate them
"How strangei" said Mrs Carstone.
But she never thought of the con
Meeting link. 1t did not occur to her
that perhaps Lord RIVERS had hidden
his name and title to win his wife,
She looked at the beautiful face that
would have graced any station.
"Do you know, Mrs. Randolph" she
said, "you are quite an original
character? You are unlike any one |
have ever met"
Then her doubts assaulted her again. |
That marriage could not have been |
legal or why had Lord RIVERS kept it |
so secret?
Il do not see that | differ from |
others" Violet replied, except that |
have strong likes and dislikes, and |
am true to them"
Mrs. Carstone did not believe that |
such thing was possible as true
on her. Her one desire |
n.w was to find out if the marriage
were legal or not.
do you visit your husbands family |
ut all?" sac said, trying TO speak as
though the idea had occurred to her
quite accidentally.
NO" was the girls reply. Il do |
not know anything of them"
THAT seems strange said Mrs /
Carstone; but of course they know
he is married"
II do not know. II is a subject we
have never discussed. Mrs. Carstone."
"A young husband is generally so
proud to introduce his wife to his
friends. 1t is one of the first things
of which he would think. My hus-
band was delighted, | remember, to
take me home"
II have never thought of II" replied
Violet. Il should think my husband
is very much like myself, almost alone
in the world"
And again Mrs. Carstone felt at a
loss what to say.
do you think-haye you any reason
to think that your husband has mar
ried without the knowledge of his
family?' she inquired.
NO" laughed Violet; Il have not
thought OF his family, nor do | think
that he himself has | must ask him" Z