Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-04-04
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ladies OF Ryversdale to work on theii
own land,"
How bitterly you speak, mother
cried Randolph; while Monica looked
away with shrug of her shoulders
that was far more expressive thar
words.
% Npeak truthfully. | say that it is
q isfortune when the mistress of d
house like this has such excessively
plebeian tastes it is more unfortunate
still when the husband encourages
them"
II do not see how you can call the
cultivation of flowers a plebian taste,
said Lord RIVERS. Why, mother,
have seen you yourself busy in the
conservatory-busy too, amongst
your favorite roses."
You have never seen me stain my
hands with gathering fruit or soil
them by wedding" said Lady RIVERS.
"lf your wife intends to work in a gar
den as she seems to have done, she
will never be pr entable 1t is quite
new idea to me- I thought only
peasant-women used the spade and
the hoe"
You wilfully misunderstood, moth
err" declared Randolph. angrily ''If
either of my sisters had expressed
such a wish, you would most cheer
fully have acceded to it,"
1t has nothing to do with me-"
said the dowager, sharply. "The
land, the grounds, the house and all
belonging to it, are yours. It does
not concern me in the least. You can
do what you like with your own. |
merely warn you that your wife's
tastes are plebeian. and that, II you be-
gin to yield to them, you will not
know where to stop. advise you TO
refuse to crafty them, and to try to
elevate them"
You are not fair. you are not just,
mother-indeed you are not" re.
turned the young husband gravely
everything that Violet wants and
wishes"
Violet would have been much
better left where you found her." said
Lady RIVERS. contemptuously "Yor
might as we'll attempt to graft cab
bages on ro5e-trees as to make lady
of person who has been accustomed
to work in gardens and dairies."
Randolph rose hastily from hi;
seat. This was more than he could
bear. He felt that his indignation
was rapidly mastering him. and tina
words might be said which nothing
could recall.
stay, Randolph" cried her lady
ship. in voice of authority. "Yoi
are going, of course. to select piece
of ground to crafty this absurd whin
of your wife"
Most certainly, mother" he replied
ANY wish of Violet's shall be gratlfieC
so far as l am concerned"
The dowager rose from her chair
with a gesture Of proud intoleranc,
which struck dismay into the heart o.
her son.
Not while | am here" she cried
Il am staying at your request: your
sisters are staying by my request In
order that, by association with the
person you have brought here as your
wife, we may civiliZe her, IL possible
! myself do not think it possible: she
Is more obstinate even than she IS
ignorant. | beg you to wait until
have left Ryversdale. The grounds
and gardens of Ryversdale Castle
have been my pride all my life, !
could not endure to see them cut up
or even disturbed, to crafty the within
of an ignorant and vulgar woman"
Mother said Randolph, trying to
speak calmly, you must know that
this is intolerable to me. You may
not like Violet-Heaven knows why!
but you do not think her either
ignorant or vulgar; you merely say
II to annoy me, My wife must be re
spected."
Then do not let me be annoyed by
seeing any nonsense of the kind pro
posed. II ii must be done, let it b,
when have left the castle"
Monica glanced at her brother.
Let 1t be Randolph" she said, 80
a short time. | am very sorry that
spoke or interfered. Mamma will ex
cuse me. l had forgotten her preju
dices."
do what you will to Ryversdah
when have left it," said her lady
ship; but for the present, for the few
weeks that l am here, let everythin,
remsin as It is"
And in her heart she vowed agail
that she would do all that was posi-
BILE to annul this horrible marriage
II Violet had been doclle, yielding
deferential. it might have been NOR,
bearable; but this girl was proud rs
any RIVERS ever born
Long after Randolph had Quilted tn,
room the dowager sat broodins
angrily over her bitter disappoint
ment. II her son had but married
Gwendoline Mari, she would have
been willing 20 have seen the RIVERS.
dale grounds undergo a complete
change: but no change should be
wrought to please Violet; not one
plant should be removed to crafty
her. II possible. Violet herself should
he removed; and she longed heartily
for that day to come