The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-07-09

that, trembling, ITlBhteheut as S~S
her Indignation was greater. She walked
straight up to him. s.,
How dare you use such words TO mel
she cried. "How dare you utter your
base-minded suspicious before me!
would not lower myself so much In my
own eyes as to attempt to 1ustiry my
conduct. You are poor, mlseraDie
tyrant. with whom 1t Is impossible for
woman to live and retain her seii-re-
spect. will not stop under the same
roof with you another hour, From tnls
moment | leave you," and she swept TO-
ward the door. But he was there before
her and stood with his back against II,
to prevent her egress.
II forbid you to leave this houseF
"Henceforward you have no authority
over my actions" his wife replied, coldly.
81 leave Paris tonight"
"Then you go without servants or
clothes"
BE it 90! care not how, but go
WILL"
He saw that she was resolved, and ne
was afraid Of her. He tried to justiry
himself--to make up the quarrei; she
would not hear a word. Then he apollo
sised, humbly, abjectly; and at last she
consented to receive his amende. Their
misery was sealed from that hour. how
could man with q mind like Clayton s
ever pardon a woman who had SO hu-
Minated him?
|
The Champions were perhaps not the
most united family in the world. MT
Champion was proverbially Indifferent 10
his wife; Sir Howard and his grand
children had perpetual alterations; and.
latterly, Mrs. Champion and her daugh-
ter seemed far less attached to each 9TH
er than formerly. Flora Champion was
unhappy and discontented. Her aim In
life was to make a brilliant marriage, and
she failed.
Scenes between her and Sir Howard
were of frequent occurrence. She qua.
relied constantly with her brother, and the
last and crowning part Of her mortihca'
tion was that he had fallen desperately
in love with Winifred Eyre. When MT
Eyre died, Sir Howard had gone to the
; Farm and offered to take Wiuifred to the
. Manor But she refused-not bitterly
|, not angrily, but firmly. "Thank you
} she said, II am<sure you mean kindly
You despised and slighted my dear, deal
} father when he was alive, and ! Will no
accept anything at your hands Rew." Ant
r Sir Howard, instead OF being displease(
, and offended, was rather gratified by al
independence of spirit which he consider
r ed due to the blue blood she inherited
D from the Champions.
Meantime Winifred very gratefully &C
| cepted another offer that was made +
a her. The moment kind Lady Grace hear'
! OF her young friends trouble she came t
q her and wanted to take her away to En-
don Vale at once. But no persuasion
|, could induce Winifred to leave the Farm
until after the funeral, and even then sh
t clung to her old friend, Madame de Mon
tolieu, and could not bear the though
= Of leaving her. But Lady Grace wa
!. bent on having the girl, whom she ha
come to care for very dearly. SO sh
y finally persuaded Madame de Montolie
= to give up her cottage and 80 with Win
y fred to Endon Vale.
: To return to Flora Champion. Th
:. retribution which her conduct toward MI
= Vane deserved had overtaken her. Fl
! was Lord Lancing now; his father ha
= been dead six months, and he was
]. Indifferent to her as she had formerl
- been to him. And, worse than all, the
= positions were reversed, and she was
y . love with him, to her own bitterness an
70 modification. She tried first to win nil
;, back, and when that failed, she strov
u with all her strength of will, to nastt
- 7 her unreQuitted attachment. Lord Lal
y cling never slighted her-he was far tC
y generous minded for that; he paid her Il
y same attention in public that he had a
~ wsys done. But he never, as long as
y lived, uttered another word Of love to he
10 He was kind and tender to her, for Il
y sake of olden times, but brave, gene
Ut GUS heart like his could never again lo'
r- woman who had been capable Of col
~ ness and cruelty.
u 81 will marryg" Flora vowed to he
self, "and marry well. shall never lo'
Oh any one but Evelyn, and he does not ca
IT for me now. II man as old as my gran
H. father asks me to be his wife, and he b
rank and wealth, will take him. Sure
ed | have still beauty enough to buy love
on and Flora Champion looked proudly in
10 the long mirror before which she W
: standing.