Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-06-06
1horns and Orange Blossoms.
BY TIE AUTHOR OF
ROMANCE OF A YOUNG GIRL.


He dropped even his name ana tltie
for a time: he wanted to realize TO It's
fullest extent the freedom and charm
of an artists life. 1t was his whim
his fancy, his last real glimpse OF
liberty before he entered in upon
public life. No one can say that ne
was to blame. While he was on this
sketching-tour, he Mind. my dear
Miss Beaton, you are letting my
locket fall" for the treasure had
! slipped from the white trembling
/ hands.
Miss Mari raised it, and touched it
with her lips.
! Noting her companions action,
/ Violet's face flushed with anger. Her
husband had kissed her face a thou
sand times with passionate kisses,
| and her heart had not been stirred
she had taken them very much as her
right; but now, as the beautiful lips
of Miss Mari touched her husband )
pictured face. something rushed
through both heart and brain, leaving
her faint and bewildered.
The heiress put the portrait into
her hand, and went on.
During the sketching-tour he met
some beautiful country-girl, quite I'M
educated, | believe. He fell in love
with her. Neither his name nor mis-
rank did he disclose. He wooed her
as poor artist. Lady RIVERS does
not seem to think that she cared very
much for him; but do not believe
that. Why, in that case, did she
marry him? If one does not marry
for money, it must be for love. |
should think this young girl married
Lord RIVERS, believing him to be an
artist working for his daily bread
The strangest part of the story is
that she is what you seldom find so
young girl to be, real democrat,
She was brought up, it seems. to de-
test and condemn all arlstocrats; and
Randolph, who understood this, knew
well that she would never marry him
If she knew his name and position,
He kept both secrets from her. Lady
knew it, and had entrapped her son;
now it seems quite certain she was
ignorant of every fact connected with
him. except that he was on artist.
He managed to keep his secret for
some time. In the end she found it
out. Lady Rgvers says that she
never liked him afterward."
1T was gross deception" cried
Violet, suddenly.
1T was nothing of the kind" said
the heiress, with flashing eyes.
Look at his face there; it is open
as the day. No man with face like
that could be deceitful. 1t shows-it
shows" she continued, wringing her
jewelled hands, that no one under
stands him as ! do, no one in all the
wide world. Deceit never entered
his soul: it could not, even as a dark
spirit cannot enter heaven. 1t was
no. deceit | will tell you what it was
the graceful poetical fancy OF an
artist, the within of a man who wanted
to be loved for himself and married
fer HIMSELF ana say ct who viii de-
clare to the contrary. that there was
no harm in it, no shadow OF guilt or
deceit. What do you candidly think
YOURSELF"
! And Miss Mari fixed her eyes on
the pale, agitated face, and waited
/ for an answer.
What do you candidly think your
selfo' she repeated
II was a crucial question, a trying
| moment For the first time since she
had found out her husbands secret.
she felt she had judged him too hard
/ ", and had not given sufficient con.
sideration to the motives which actu-
Uted him.
I 1T matters little what / think, b.
said Violet. The girl looked at IL
from her point Of view. the man from
I his"
THE girl wanted shaking" de,
clared Miss Mari.
| For few minutes Violet was
I Quelled by the heiress' sudden out.
I burst. hitherto she had felt that the
wrong and injury were all on her side,
I She had taken no tolerant view Of her
husbands conduct, But to be told
/ that she wanted shaking was a
/ shock 70 her which brought a flush OF
color 20 her fair face and light TO
I her eyes.
Why DO you say that, she asked
/ coldly
why. any one could answer that
. question: declared MISS Mari
Here is girl living in the country
without expectations of any kind. ant
a gentleman falls in love with her
He does not love and ride away as
many men would have done: he does
not play fast and loose with her. H.
marries her. he gives her the riches
dover that a king could give to
queen, the first. best and truest low
Of his heart What more royal dove
can man give To woman than that
I He gives her one OF the Oldest name:
i0 the land and one of the most stain
=. R.