Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-05-09
CHAPTER XIII.

made all the necessary arrangements
for her, and it was settled that she
was to go to Queens Elm in the fol
lowing week. She had resumed her
maiden name; she would not hide
under any alias. Just as she had
taken off her wedding-ring and placed
1t away, so now she laid aside the
name that she disliked and resumed
that of her parents.
The dowager and her children
wanted to annul her marriage, and
they should be gratified; she would
annul 1t herself. Deep down in her
heart lay the firm conviction that no
human power cound undo marriage,
that it could be dissolved only by
death; but, If the dowager and her
children liked to speak of marriage as
though it were a ceremony to be set
aside at will and pleasure, let them.
She, would adopt the same view, and
so free herself.
Mrs. Carstone listened, as she did
to everything Violet said, with a
smile. She made no further attempt
to argue, to demonstrate, or interfere.
She had begun to realize that time
was the only thing which would
bring matters right, and in silence
she agreed to all Violet's whims. She
said nothing about the wedding-ring
that lay in the drawer up stairs.
Dearly as she delighted to speak of a
grand acquaintance, she carefully re.
Trained from mentioning the fact that
the young Lady RIVERS of Ryversdale
was staying with her. She did all
she could to further Violet's views
and intentions. She told her to make
what use she would of her name, that
she would be only too pleased to be a
reference for her.
! But you will soon tire of the
! position you have chosen to fill," she
said. "a few months will show you
!. how different 1t is from that which
, you have hitherto occupied, and you
will be ready to forgive even the
dowager Lady RIVERS by that time"
81 will never forgive her while
!, live." said Violet. pessionately; zane
| would rather die of hunger than gC
= back to her."
Nevertheless you are goinl
: amongst aristocrais again." remarked
Mrs. Carstone. quietly.
Violet looked perplexed.
! ut will not be forever" she said
a Il shall work my way back to my owl
:. class in time"
" The situation promised well
O Violet was to act as companion to al
e elderly lady, Mrs. Ingram, Of Quee
II Elm, who had long lost her husband
and wanted some one to be cor
= stantly with her. She had neithe
a sons nor daughters living, only on
= grandchild OF this grandchild Mrs
;, Beresford knew nothing, except tina
she was very beautiful and would b
. a great heiress as all the accumulate
wealth OF the Ingram family woul
:, be hers.
The granddaughter, heiress an
:, beauty though she was, did not ente
: much into Violet's calculations; sh
did not spend much time ct Queen
. Elm, and would have nothing to d
!, with her. Insensibly she grew IL
terested in Mrs. Beresford's accoun
of Queens Elm, one of the oldes
u immortal houses in the land, an
y which took it's name from the fact c
it's having once been the residenc
=, of Queen Philippa of Hainault.
There was a lovely alley Gale
= Queen Philippa's walk, grand oil
a oaken room with quaint tapestr
q called Queen Philippa's chamber; an
=. the long magnificent row of elms
!, some of which the royal hands wer
" supposed to have planted, was Gale
: the Queens Grove.
From the number of elms about
= the place had taken its name. The
v also gave the name TO the pretty cour
n try town of Elm Green, which lay at
distance of about five miles from tn
d old manor-house. The scenery wa
n very beautiful; there were dee
A streams. green hills crowned wit
r. trees, fertlIe meadows, and fruit-ladei
orchards.
ii II was the end of September whel
l. Violet reached Queens Elm. Sh
e had been fiercely independent up {
r the very last. She had refused an
+" assistance from Mrs. Carstone; sh
}. refuse any escort, laughed at tn
e idea, and seemed to take the keenes
delight in ignoring every aristocrati
/. tradition.
!. Mrs. Carstone had loug sine
| ceased all remonstrance; she say
! sufficiently clearly into Violet
| antiquity. Surely nothing could b
: centuries and one built in the mos
$ character TO be quite sure tina
neither opposition nor contradiction
would be of any use.
The only thing was to let her TAX,
her own way-and Violet did. Sh,
reached Queens Elm on fine Sep
tember evening, when the old place