Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-08-11

II was we'll for HERMAN W."
odv Ianthe did not meet hlnl do "iio
1,,ont to her room-he Wouiu nave
farad i'll She was cruelty UNJUST tho
-.,1ind To him. She was lrrlIdIeo
oaoinet him with passionate anger 80
&c bo had dared to think or her DIS
his wife. That he should nave uolo w.
because of the mere vulgar a0o,oon'
IF wealth. to ask her to marry LII
H.,o+ he should have been so ollno aS
49, overlook the difference between
tbar,, That he should have lmaglheo
Thing could bring her, Lady Carre'
to his level! .;od
~ 80 talk of loving mel" she crleo'
baughtily. ITO call his Doylsn III
nertinence love, and to tell my laInei
To talk of his constancy 10 ne
Does he think that l. am a white slaVe'
~ he purchased by so much gold-to
~ bonoht because my father needs
| money!" ,,,, .,va~
with clasped hands and angry Eyes
she walked rapluly TO anu llo,
ct is SO like commercial CralS%o
zion D she said bitterly. He looks
mon If as such. My father is ruined
he is in urgent need OF so much
money. This man comes ana says No
shall have it; but my -ather,s oaugh-
tor shall be the price. A noDlemah
would have given the money-lenC IL
without such condition, or "outu
have refrained from offering II. he
asks it's value. Could anything pc
rore nlebeian! Could anything marx
more strongly the difference between
the two races. He offers, IN TACT, 10
Inv meme. Ianthe Care! | Will not
marry him. l would rather die!
would rather suffer poverty, munger OF
ANYTHING else, than marry him, lo"ly
born, lowly bred
It was quite decided. She Woulo
not marry him. She would nave Cne
Measure of showing him how woman
of rank could bear anything better
than a marriage like that. She would
have the triumph OF showing lin
that she valued nobility OF Dlrtn Iar
more than the glittering bauple OIL
wealth. She rehearsed over and over
again to herself the bitter, cutting
sarcastic words in which she would
fell him this-the naughty dlsmlsal
she would give him-this man VINO
had insulted her with his love ana
his money.
He would go then. He would leave
Croombe. and, in all probability, they
would never see him again. Her
father would miss him-would miss
his kindly services, his constant care;
and she herself would feel perhaps
certain kind of loss. He had been SO
kind and useful; but then he had
marred all by his unbounded presump-
tion.
81 should really have begun to like
him in certain kind Of way she
said to herself, eff he had not done
this. but this shall never pardon"
She did not even feel woman's
natural vanity in the idea that such a
man loved her and wished to marry
her. She could not understand the
compliment coming from hint was
an insult.
She went on with her musings. He
would go: he would pass out OF their
life forever; and then the thunderbolt
would fall-then would come shame,
disgrace, ruin. CroOmbe would pass
into his hands; Wyndham would learn
that his money had all been spent;
there would be shame and sorrow IN
utterable. Thus would end the noble
and ancient race whose glory had been
so dear to her.
Never mind-she would have had
her triumph! She would have dis
missed the man who had Inundated
her. He would be master at Groom
be, but he would have found some
one who despised his money and his
low birth.
Suddenly she saw, as in a dream, a
white head bent before her-her
father kneeling to her with outstretch-
ed hands, praying her, for Heavens
sake, to help him, to save him. She
who professed to love him so dearly
had refused to save him. She would
enjoy her triumph, but what OF him?
Then she remembered his joy-child-
like in it's excess. He did not seem to
have doubted her acceptance OF the
terms, and she had refused them.
How he had suffered! What agony
of mind he must have endured! Now
that the only CLEAN of light had de-
parted, what might not happen?
She grew frightened. Sorrow and
despair such - his had led to suicide.
Of course it was a cowardly action
, every one knew that. But her father
was old and feeble; trouble had worn
away the strength of his mind and his
intellect; he was confused in his
| ideas.
What could she do? Watch over
him necessarily? Yes. She had his
life in her hands, and she was refus-
ing to cave it. With one word-only
one word-she might make him happy
beyond all measure-beyond all words.
She might restore him to af1uente, to
power, to happiness, to peace and self
| reSnect She might give to him the