Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-12-03
CHAPTER WI.
Happy IL the bride the sun shines
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Morning brought sunshine and
Calmcr thoughts, Mrs, SelyWn, the
proud naughty mother OF Lord
Vivian, whose ambition for her son
was az boundless as her love. had
been thinking seriously.
Nothing that she could say now
would alter the fact, or could induce
her son to alter his mind. She had
heard many stories OF the Selwyn
pve She knew the men of that race
were az tenacious In love AZ they
were brave In war. and there was
such thing in the world as policy to
be thought Of,
Had he been in love with some fair,
name Lady Mary; with some proud
patflclan, the daughter Of "A peer;
though she might have been dull,
lame, or bind, Mrs. Selwyn would
have most toyfully hailed the match.
Beauty, virtue, wealth were all very
well, She preferred noble birth We
all nave our hobby; she had hers, To
real aflstocrat everything was per
mtsBbIo, they were the privileged
ones Of the earth. What In others
was guilt or crime, with them was
simply eccentriclty. Mrs Selwyn
would have done excellontly well to
have lived in the old feudal days; her
notions, as she discovered later on
In lifo, were far behind these times,
when virtue, intellect, genius and
talent have an aristocraey of their
own,
Policy" told her II was useless,
worse than useless, to quarrel with
her son. She was now mistress OF
Selwyn Castle: everything that money
could procure was AT her command;
no desire Of her heart was left UNI
gratihed, II she quarroled with him
she must leave him, and retire to II
home of her own whore all the nd
yantages she now enjoyed must cease,
Her course lay plain before her--to
show some dignihed dspleasure! but
not to make any further opposition,
She did not like 10 think of Beatrice.
she blamed herself that she had so
yainly encouraged the girl In her
iuvorlle idea, that she had spoken
so constantly 10 her OF her son, and
of the certainty THAI he would marry
her
And yet" she said to herself
Beatrice Leigh would have made a
grand mistress for Selwyn Castle: OF
all tho Ladies' Selwyn In the great
gallery there. not one has face like
hers
1t did not occur TO her once OF
twice to wonder II the girl herself
felt any keen disappointment IL she
had loved Vivian, and how she would
bear to see him married TO another
Not that Mrs. Selwyn felt much sym
patty with love troubles. she could
understand the loss of fortune
better than the loss of heart She
thought that before Beatrice aut
Vivian met again she would say few
words to her niece
II SO happened that Miss Leigh hat
devoted the greater part of the night
to thought, As the old Frencf
proverb says, there are women ant
women
Some are capable of anything fol
love" others would sacrifice all II
the world to ambition, Deeply rs 4
was in her TO care for any one
Beatrice loved Vivian; but there wa,
something she loved better still
that was his vast wealth, his ole
historical name his high position
even the grand old castle, the HON,
OF his race, nay, even the diamonds
that had long been valued heirlooms
she loved much better than himself
She had never had any other idel
in life than to become Lady Salwyi
of Selwyn Castle Hitherto IL ha,
seemed very easy Of accomplishment
her aunt wished IL, and her cousin
was always at hand fond of her. an,
caring Tor no one else. There ha
never seemed to her any difficulty Il
the matter, there had been no d,
casion for schemes or for intrigue
had there been, Beatrice Leigh wa
quite capable of both.
Now. without provision or warnins
more suddenly than ever castle In tn
air fell before. hers fell now. A fe,
hours had brought to her the dowl