Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-01-10

was no nearer the knowledge she 1
wished to obtain.
Il was married at st. Johns. in the
City" she said.
Where were you married, Mrs. |
Violet, who knew Of no necessity |
for keeping the circumstances con
nected with her marriage a secret, an
swered readily enough:
"In one of the prettiest of old
ehurches-at St Byno's, where
lived"
Then she was married" thought
Mrs. Carstone. Tell me about your
wedding" she continued: Il like to
hear about loye-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 l were
married on the twenty-second of
September, and it was one of the
loyeliest days that even a poet could
imagine
And you were very happy, my
dear?" she said, gently.
Yes, very happy. The only draw
back to my happiness was that my
aunt, with whom / had always lived,
detested men, love, lovers and mar
rage She prophesied the most terri
BILE things for me"
None Of them have come true,
hcpe?" said Mrs. Carstone.
NO laughed Violet, blithely, mot
one of them: and they never will"
Your aunt went to your wedding
with you, l suppose?" said Mrs. Car
stone
Yes, she was present, but, as Mr..
Randolph said afterward, it was like
Death's-head at feast. She never
smiled, and she looked profoundly
miserable all the time"
1T must be ell 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 a marriage. The only
question that remains is whether it
was legal one"
why did you marry an artist?' she
asked, as though the idea had sud-
denly occurred to her.
But 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. Il would not have
married a lord to have saved my life"
why not?" asked Mrs. Carstohe,
wonderingly.
Il hate all aristocrats,'' cried
Violet. $50 did my aunt; she brought
me up to hate them"
How strange!" said Mrs. Carstone
But she never thought of the con-
Meeting link 1t did not occur to her
that perhaps Lord RIVERS had hidden
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 assailed her again
That marriage could not have been
legal, or why had Lord RIVERS kept it
so secret?
Il do not see that I differ from
others" Violet replied, except that l
have strong likes and dislikes, and
am true to them"
Mrs. Carstone did not believe that
such a thing was possible as true
dislike to the aIistocracy. II made no
impression On her. Her one desire |
new was to find out il the marriage
were legal or rot
do you visit your husbands family |
at all?" she said. trying to speak as
though the idea had occurred tc her
quite accidentally.
No. was the girls reply. 81 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. Ny hus-
band was delighted, remember, to
take me home"
Il 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
loss what to say.
do you think-have 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. T"
Would ii vex you to find that he
has done so?" Mrs. Carstone asked.
NO. do not think it would" re-
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