Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-08-25
mated the marriage as a matter of

mated the marriage as matter of
business"
"ProbabIy not" allowed Lady
Ianthe; 'but then you are an earl,
and he is a commoner. He is con-
tent to accept that which you would
scorn. You may be at rest now,
papa-you are saved; there will be
no more trouble for you"
He forgot the strangeness of the
position then, and fell on her neck.
weeping aloud in his joy, crying out
that she had saved him-that he
was free-and PRAYING Heaven to
bless her.
"It will all come right in time" he
thought. "She will be compelled to
love him when she realizes how good
and generous and kind he isl
After that Ianthe went to her OWL
room, and was seen no more that
day.
Lord Care and Mr.. Culross had
an interview in the evening They
were both rather shy of approaching
the subject at first; it was the earl
who preached it.
my daughter has told me the
good news" he said, smiling. Il
am to call you my son-in-law."
EYES," responded Herman; 'and
hope to prove good and true one.
"You found my warning correct
my daughter is really one OF the
proudest girls in England"
"Your daughter is all that is beau
tiful and charming. I consider my
self the most fortunate of men,"
''She must have rather astonished
you, though, with her IDEAS observ-
ed the earl
'She could never do anything but
delight me; the least caprice sits
charmingly on her. I have no fear,
Lord Care. She says she does not
love me; but, if the whole strength
and power and might and ardor of
shall win her yet"
ST am sure of tit is only a mat
ter Cf time,'' returned the earl.
! And then they began to discuss
the business in detail. If she would
consent, the marriage was to be at
the end of April. The mortgage
was to be paid off at once Herman
would place five thousand pounds to
Lord Cares account Immediately,
so that Wyndham might draw If
when he would. And steps were 20
be taken forthwith for the repay
ment of the enormous loan.
| To carry out these arrangements
! it was necessary that Herman Gull
| ross should go to London. Before
going he wished to have some def
mite idea as to the date Of the mar
riage-an empty ceremony indeed,
since it was to give him neither the
love nor the heart of his wife, not
even the right to clasp her hand, but
not empty after all, since it was to
bind her to him for life.
He consulted Lady Ianthe upon
the point. She looked at him with
proud, silent reproach.
"You must know that it is mere
idle form to ask me such a ques-
ton" she said. What can it pos
sibly matter to me?"
"I ventured to hope that you
might take some slight interest IN
! it," replied Herman, with uncon-
scious satire.
'It is a business arrangement, -
she said, land as such it can be
speedily arranged. If April will
suit the earl, my father, I have no
objection to raise. There is one
thing l should like to mention-we
shall be compelled, I suppose, to go
somewhere for what is so foolish1y
i called the neymoon-complete
nonsense in our case, yet we must
conform to the worlds customs; /
wish to say that hope it will be ar
+, ranged with as little fuss and cere-
mony as possible"
"You shall be obeyed, Lady IAN
the" Herman promised, and sh=
turned haughtily away.
MI