Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-08-14
Of my own great, mighty, passionate

had confessed that you loved any
one else, | would say no more; but
you are to be won-therefore will !
give my whole life to the winning
of you"
"You will not succeed" she said.
ut were better that the whole race
of the Cares should sink into OBJ
security than that the last of them
should stain her name by such q
marriage"
you refuse me because | am Il
commoner-because | have no ped1
gree, am not of noble birth 2"
yes, for those reasons" she said
b Lady lance" he continued
earnestly, edo you think that noble
souls belong, like hereditary estates
to men Of noble BIRTH"
81 have always believed So" she
replied.
Have you never heard of a noble
man being a thief, a forger, robbing
his ward betraying his trust?"
4 "Those are the exceptions, not the
rule" she answered.
Still you have heard Of such?'
81 do not deny it,"
"And you have heard Of poor men
who have not hesitatcd to give
their lives to save others-of sop-
diers receiving the bayonetthrus
meant for their captain-of sailors
giving their place in a life-boat to
a woman and child and dying in
their stcad-or nrmemen content to
save a little one and die in it's place
you have heard of such?"
Yes" she replied, slowly, q have.
"Then how can you say that noble
souls belong only to men of noble
birth? You see that it is not SO.
Some of our greatest men have
sprung from the people. Lady Ian
the, let me prove to you that a com
mOner's son can be ChiyalrUus and
truc-lot me prove to you that |,
though sprung from the people, can
love you rs loyalty and nobly as
any peer Of the realm"
81 cannot" she said, with more of
pride and hauteur than he had seen
in her yet. at is an impossibilty."
For a few miutcs silence fell over
both. Herman was the first to
break it,
81 repeat Lady Ianthc,' he said
that, if your heart was colder and
harder tnan this marble Psyche, |
would win you by the might of my
passionate love. You think that You
would make II great sacrifice if you
married me, and that the sacrifice
would be all yours?"
81 do think So" she put in
"Thcn will you listen to me for
few minutes longer? If ! could
hope to interest you in my father
should tell you of how he worked
necessarily how he toiled almost
night and day. how he accumulated
vast fortune by his own talent and
industry, how he lived and died with
one great hope-it was the hope of
being the founder of family"
"A poor ambition" she replied
poor in your eyes, Lady Iauthc,
great in his commented Herman,
and then he rosumed-"Hc talked to
me of nothing else. He hoped and
prayed that in time the name of Cul-
ross might be power in the land.
and he trained me in that hope.
When your father spoke to mo and
told me his troubles, | buried that
hope laid it mt your feet, tod
him that if YOU would learn to care
for me | would consent to his wish.
| would take out by letters. patent
the right to bear your name. SO that
It should not die; and, believe me
Lady Ianthc, sCorn me as much as
you may, make as great a sacui-
flee in rcnomcing my fathers ra-
Noritc idea as you would do i'm civ
ing up the cherished prejudice of
your life, 1t is sacrifice to mo.
but | make it most gladly as |
would the sacrifice of my life. vuro
il pleasing to YOU"
u do not respect You the more
for it, she replied, coldly. "A man
who had any name to be proud vt
would not SO lightly give it up"
ut is for your sake. Lady Iaurho.
oh, listen to me, Let me plead 10
you pray to you' In time you must
appreciate my great love must
learn to understand it-must rcurn
til am content TO wait"
Vet your great love will not per-
NIT You to save my father without
sacrificing me-"
mo; for in so doing lose mn,
only chance of winning you. no
not send me away, If You win not
he kind to me for my own sake. no
ST for your fathers. You would
smile ON me il you had seen his face
brighten whom laid all my plans
before him. Lady Ianthe, only a.,
permission TO lavish my wealth sn
you-to use It in your service
VIII make your fathers heart gra3
with ineNperssiblo JOY. | will Clear
of all his debts | will restore TINS
grand old domain to moro than Il.
ancient grandeur | will devote INA.