Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-08-04
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ruin. | for one shall respect them ana
keep them up while l live
Lord Care sighed. She was very
proud and very immovable, this superb
daughter of his; and he owned to him
SELF that if her we're in the place of
Herman Culross, he should not much
enjoy her civility.
That evening Mr.. Grantley left them
to return to London; he took with him
a 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
shrewd 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 number of years the whole
OF his large income would be fol-
feited. There was no shadow of es-
cape from such a terrible state Or
things.
Lady Ianthe found her powers of
civility fully taxed. Lord Care spent
much of his time shut up in the
library with his papers. Day by day,
to her inexpressible distress, his
daughter saw him grow paler, thinner,
more haggard, more worn.
'Tt will kill ne, Ianthe," he said,
feebly, 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
observed. And it was wonderful with
what tact she kept that distance.
One fine bright morning the earl
suggested that she should ride with
Mr.. Culross; the air was fine and
bracing-it would do her good. Her
man looked up with a wistful smile;
he would have been most delighted.
Her manner and reply were both calm.
The morning was beautiful she owned,
and she was sure that ride would
be very pleasant for Mr.. Culross; for
herself she was deeply engaged that
morning, as they might imagine the
mistress of house like Croombe
would be.
"But you might find time for a
ride" said the earl; and she, with
great quietness, regretted that it was
impossible.
The light died from Herman's face.
She would not be kind to him; she
would not forget that he was a manu-
facturer's son. So it was with every
thing the earl proposed. There was
no possible fault to be found with her
manner. 1t was neither cold nor stiff
1t was the perfection of courteous
grace and kindliness-but it was the
Of a lady to an equal. Whenever tho
earl proposed anything likely to bring
her into contact W4.n the millionaire,
she found some insurmountable eA-
cuse. There was no ground for com
plaint-Herman could not even to
himself accuse her; but he would
rather have fought with dozen re-
alities than this intangible shadow.
If she had disliked him, ne would
have fought the dislike inch by inch;
if she had hated him, he would have
overcome the hatred. She simply
overlooked him-and what could he
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 IN
raVel the tangled web of accounts; no
would wait upon the old earl with a
gentleness and tenderness that knew
no bounds-the tenderness of a
woman, the devotion of a son. Lord
Care began to lean upon him, to look
up to him; it was touching to see
them together-the winning gentleness
and Difference of the young man, the
dependence of the old one.
After time Lady Ianthe began to
wonder at it-she herself was not
more devoted to the earl. And then
she noticed how often, in looking up,
she found his eyes fixed on her, now
he sought every opportunity of being
with her, how his face flushed and
his hands trembled if by accident she
came near him. Almost insensibIy,
for her fathers sake, she began to
trust him, to feel confidence in him,
although she never for one moment
forgot the barrier.
He said but little to her; he never
ventured on any compliments; he re-
Trained even from little polite
speeches that he might easily have
made; and she was grateful to him
for the forbearance. There was not
SC much effort required to keep him
in his place-he did not seem disposed
to take advantage Of his position, and
inS6nSihlV she T9I9Yp6 from nor.