Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-08-21

mated the marriage as a matter oil
business"
Probably not" allowed LADY
Ianthe; but then you are an ear.
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 mad saved him-that he
was free-and praying Heaven to
bless her.
! ut will all come right In time" he
thought. She win be compelled to
love him when she realizes how good
and generous and kind he is"
After that Ianthe went to her owl.
room and was seen no more mat
day.
! Lord Care and Mr.. CuIrOss had
an interview in the evening They
were both rather shy Of approaching
the subject at first; it was the earl
who preached 1t.
my daughter has told me the
good news" he said smiling. 81
am to call you my son-in-law."
yes" responded Herman; and /
hope to prove a good and true one.
"You found my warning correct
my daughter Is really one of the
Droudest girls in England"
"Your daughter is all that is beau.
tiful and charming. | consider my
self the most fortunate Of men"
"She must have rather astOnished
you, though, with her IDEAS observ-
ed the earl.
"Shc could never do anything but
delight me; the least caprice sits
charmingly on her. | have no fear.
Lord Care, She says she does not
love me; but, If the whole strength
and power and might and ardor Of
a mans heart can win a woman
shall win her yet"
81 am sure of TIT Is only a mat
ter of 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 il
when he would And steps were to
be taken forthwith for the repay.
mont of the enormous loan.
To carry out these arrangements
1t 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, bur
not empty after all, since 1t was to
bind her to him for life.
He consulted Lady Ianthe upon
the point She looked at him with
proud, silent roproach
"YOu must know that it is "A mere
idle form to ask me such a Quos-
ton" she said What can it pos
sibly matter to me?'
81 vonturod to hope that you
might take some slight interest IN
IT, replied Herman, with uucon.
scious satire.
ut is business arrangement.
she said, and as such 1t can b.
speedily arranged If April vii
suit the earl my father, | have NO
objection to raise There Is one
thing | should like to montion-wu
shall be compelled, | suppose, to go
somewhere for what is SO foOllshv
called the honeymoon--comp
nonsense in our case, yet we must
conform t. the worlds customs.
wish to say that | hope it will be ar
ranged with as little fuss and coro.
mOny as possible
You shall be obeyed, Lady Ian
the" Herman promised, and sh-
turned haughtily away.