Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-07-31

Lord Care sighed. She was very
lrOud and very mmOvable, this superb
daughter Of his; and he owned to him
sell that If her were in the place Of
Herman CuIrOss, he should not much
enjoy her civility.
That evening Mr.. Grantley left them
to return to London; he took with him
large bundle of papers and many
pages of memoranda, but he SAID,
sadly, he could not see any means by
which his honored patron, the old
earl, could keep up even the least
shadow of his position. TO the
shrcwd old lawyer there seemed no
hope-the earl could not pay the ten
thousand pounds, therefore CrOombe
abbey must go he could not refund
the five thousand, therefore he was
liable to prosecution by Wyndham
Care; as for the borrowed capital
that he had invested in the mine, he
could not refund one shilling, there
fore for a number Of years the whole
o. his large income would be 'ol-
felted. There was no shadow Of cs.
cape from bu'H L'lllbl' St"IS VI
things,
Lady Ianthe found her powers Of
ciyility fully taxed. Lord Care spent
much Of his time shut up In the
library with his papers. Day by day
to her indispensable distress, his
daughter saw him grow paIer, thinner
n orc haggard, more worn.
I at will kill me, Ianthe,' he said,
/ fcobIy, in answer to her re.
monstrances; 'no Care can survive
disgrace"
Day by day too Herman Culross fell
more deeply in love, while she grew
more determined that the distance
between them should be properly
observed. And it was wonderful with
what tact she kept that distance.
one fine bright morning the 'arl
suggested that she should ride with
Mr.. CuIross; the air was fine and
braClng-it would do her good. Her
man looked up with y wistful smile;
he would have been most delighted.
Her manner and reply were both calm,
I The morning was beautiful she owned
and she was sure that n ride would
be very pleasant for Mr.. Culross; Cor
herself she was deeply engaged shat
morning, rs they might imagine Che
mistress of II house like Croombc
| would be
| "But you might find time for n
ride" said the earl; and she, with
j al
impossible,
The light died from Hcrmans face
She would not be kind to him: che
would not forget that he was a manu-
lecturers son. So 1t was with every
thing the earl proposed. There was
NO possible fault to be found with nct
manner. It was neither cold nor stiff
1T was the perfection Of courteous
grace and llindlincss-but 1t was the
manner Of queen to subject not
of lady to an equal. Whenever tn.
/ earl proposed anything likely to bring
her into contact W.. the millionaire,
/ she found some insurmOuntablc cN-
Cuse. There was no ground for com
A plaint-Herman could not even to
himself accuse her; but he would
alities than this intangible shadow.
J. If she had disliked him. he would
| have fought the dislike inch by inch;
! II she had hated him, he would have
overcome the hatred. She simply
overlooked him and what could he
i do?
One week of the time had elapsed
and then It occurred to Lady Ianthe
that he was taking great interest in
her. His devotion to, the earl knew
no bounds, He would sit up until the
early hours of morning trying to nm
ravel the tangled web of accounts; 1T
would wait upon the old earl with q
gentleness and tenderness that knew
no hounds-thc tenderness of
woman, the devotion of n son, Lor,
Carre began to lean upon him, to lool
up to him; II was touching to SO,
them together-the winning gentlcnes
and Difference of the young man. th
dependence of the old one
After time Lady Ianthc began 4
wonder at it-she herself was no
moro devoted to the earl. And the
i she noticed how often, in looking N
I she found his eyes fixed on her, no,
he sought every opportunity of hem
y with her. how his face flushed an
II his hands tremhlcd If by accident sh
came near him. Almost insensibl,
II for her fathers sake shN hogan