Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-11-26
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wind came In, In great perfumed gusts;
the flowers outside seemed MS though
they bowed their heads In greeting;
lilies and roses were at their fnireat;
the sunbeams swept In through the
nowershaded windows, and they fell
upon quiet, pretty scene that sroEo
OF home, alluence aud elegance,
They fell first upon the proud, im,
perious face Of on elderly lady, the
mother OF the earl the Hon. Mrs. Ger.
aid Selwyn a lady who sits calm and
erect. There Is not a bend In her
figure, not a wrinkle In her calm,
ratrlclan fane one can see that she IL
proud to a fault, gcrupuluus, ambitious,
worldly and fond OF life She wears a
dress Of slyersray silk and q white
headdresa Her face Is a fine one,
with little trace Of care upon II,
Calm, proud. stately Mrs. SeIwyn.
Her heart cold and naughty rs her
face with only one weakness IN her
nature, and that Is her blind, passion,
ate Worship OF her only son, worship
taat Is neither more nor less than pure
ldolatry, for she gives no thought
away from him, Az she sits now, her
eyes lnger on his portrait picture
painted when he wore the uniform OF
the Queen own. The sunbeams fall
there. too, Frightening the dark, hand.
some face into wondrouS beauty Mrs
Selwyn always sits where she can see
TINT picture II Is the next best thing
to seeing her son,
The sunbeams fall on something else
ON tho proud, high-bred face OF n
young girl, who Is arranging some
lilies 80 as to form n bouqnet-~on
beautiful oval face, with a short upper
Up and a fresh, ripe under one, with
clear, calm, proud eyes, and straight
brows--a girl with long, graceful
white throat and small white hands,
with every mark OF race about her-a
thorough patrcIan; no smiling, dim
pied beauty full Of Wild, fresh impulse,
such as Violante Temple. A court
beauty, this--nn aristocrat with all
the naughty loyeliness and dignity Of
n queen She wore no jewels, few
ornaments but plain white morning
dress, that is closed mp to the throat
and falls IN long graceful folds down
to the pretty little feet,
And this young lady who moves
with such calm, serene, proud grace,
Is called Beatrice Leigh She Is the
niece of Mrs. Selwyn, and cousin Of
Lord Vivian
Cousin once removed, Mrs, Selwyn
had stepslster, fair timid, gentle
girl, who married young and weat
abroad with her husband. Colonel
Leigh. The colonel died In Canada,
h young wife did not long survive
him. and she left her little daughter
Beatrice ms Il legacy to Mrs selwyn
Next to her own son, Mrs Selwyn
loved Beatrice Leigh better than any
ono else In the world aud uGm the
FIRST moment tho child entered her
house, she had one wish and It was
that her proud beautiful niece should
marry her son
As children, NvinN and Beatrice
aneat much OF their time together
When he Gnally went to Oxford. and
then into the army, they were separ.
nted, Vivian retaining for his beautiful
little playrellow a warm, kindly, broth.
crly affection She fed by his moth.
er's continual praises of him, ana con
slant reltcration Of her wishes, gradu.
ally came to love the brave young cap.
lain better than all the world besides
If Mrs. Selwyn had kept her wishes
to herself, II" harm would have been
done As It was she talked most
unrosoryedly to the girl She reioced
In the peerless patriclan beauty that
day by day become more and more
developed
Vivian will see no one In India like
YOU my dear" she would say. you
are sure to win his heart al once when
he returns; then shall have nothing
left 10 wish for--whon see my son al
the castle. and you the Countess oi
Selwyn,"
So the girl grew up to believe implic
lily In her destiny, She was to be
Nivan's wife The same picture That
charmed Mrs, Selwyn was her constant
resource, She spent many hours
before IT, until the dark, handsome
face was SO deeply engraven on her
heart that nothing could remove II
again She was a beautiful girl, Of a
naughty, determined, passionate ma
ture; and with the whole force of the
passion that was IN her with the
whole strength of strong soul-shc
loved Lord Vivian Selwyn
She looked very fair aud serene as
the sunbeams kissed the beautiful face
and the white dress; her hair, darl
and shining like tie wing of rar,
bird, Is braided round her beautiful
head. after the fashion OF Greciar
tue, leaving the two pretty, pearl,
ears to be seen,
Letters" cried Beatrice. as tn,
footman entered. 81 wonder If Vivlar
has written; II he is stlll lingering al
that wonderful plaee--what Is it,
Wppdpnyeg In I nIraStnrohirno VIVA