Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-12-07

Happy is the bride the sun shines
on"

Happy Is the bride the sun shines
on"
Morning brought sunshine and
caImer thoughts. Mrs. Selywn. the
proud. haugnJy mother OF Lord
Vivian. whose ambition for her son
was as 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
love. She knew the men OF that race
were as tenacious in love as they
were brave in war. and there was
such a thing i'm the world as policy to
be thought Of.
Had he been in love with some fair,
inane Lady Mary; with some proud
patrician. the daughter of a peer;
though she might have been dull,
lame. or blind, Mrs. Selwyn would
have most jOyfully hailed the match.
Beauty. virtue. wealth were all very
well. she preferred noble birth. We
all nave our hobby: she had hers. To
q real aristocrat everything was per
missible: they were the privileged
ones Of the earth. What in others
was guilt or crime. with them was
simply ecCentricity. Mrs. Selwyn
would have done excellently well TO
have lived in the old feujal days; her
notions. as she discovered later on
i'm life. were FAR behind these times.
when virtue. intellect. genius and
talent have an aristOcracy of their
own. sft u
Policy told her it 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 I'M
gratifed. II she quarreled with him
she must leave him. and retire to a.
home OF her own. where all the adj
vantages she now enjoyed must cease.
Her course lay plain before her-to
show some dignified displeasure. but
not TO make any further opposition.
She Gid not like To think of Beatrice;
she blamed herself that she had so
vainly encouraged the girl in her.
favoriUe idea. that she had spoken
so constantly to her OF her son, and
OF the certainty that he would marry
her.
And yet" she said to herself,
Beatrice Leigh would have made a
grand mistress for Selwyn Castle: OF
all the Ladies Selwyn in the great
gallery there, not one has a face like.
hers"
NJ did not occur TO her once or,
twice To wonder IL the girl herself
scIt 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
pathy with love troubles; she could
understand the loss OF a fOrtuneI
better than the loss Of a heart. She.
thought that before Beatrice and
Vivian met again she would say few
words to her niece.
II so happened that Miss Leigh had
devoted the greater part OF the night
TO thought As the old French
prOverb says, there are women and
women"
Some are capable OF anything for
love" others would sacrifice all in
the world to ambition. Deeply as it.
was i'm her TO care for any one,
Beatrice loved Vivian; but there was
something she loved better still.
that was his vast wealth, his old
historical name, his high position;
even the grand old castle. the home
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 idea
I'm life than TO become Lady Salwyn
OF Selwyn Castle Hitherto il had
seemed very easy OF accomplishment:
her aunt wished IL, and her cousin
was always at hand. fond Of her. and
caring for no one else. There had
never seemed TO her any difficulty in
the matter. there had been no Oc-
casion for schemes or for intrigue
had there been. Beatrice Leigh was
quite capable Of both.
Now. without provision or warning,
more suddenly than ever castle in the
air fell before. hers fell now. A few
hours had brought TO her the down.