Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-11-09
CHAPTER I.
love comes not by chance OF acci
dent;
Tt is destiny, or fate"

But look at me- SAID cieaI'
sweet voice. with something both of
laughter and tears in IL; look at me,
Vivian. How can I ever be a great
Iady2 Nature never intended me for
one"
Nature has made you a queen by
right OF divine grace and beauty
was the earnest reply, and Nature,
Violante. is a lady who never makes
mistakes"
But" cried the rich voice again, "a
lady. Vivian. to have a title TO my
name. to live at a grand castle, TO
have servants and carriages, Jewels,
and an kinds Of grandeur! Why,
Vivian. I should not even know my
self"
but I should know you, and that
is more to the purpose, he replied.
4 should be awkward and III at
ease: I should not know what TO do,
or when TO do Il: what to say, or how
20 say IT, I know nothing Of your
world and its ways. Vivian, and you
would be ashamed OF me. You would
repent marrying me. and then / should
die"
you sketch some cheerful pic
lures" cried the young lover, with a
smile. Il am to grow tired, and you
90 die! An. darling. il will not be so.
Other love has grown cold and died;
ours viii last forever Other love tires
and wearies; ours will grow brighter,
and deeper and broader. until it is
lost in the love OF Heaven. even as a
river br0adens and deepens as it is
lost in the sea
Women have so little faith" he
continued. do you see the sun in
the blue sky there. VIOlante? When IL
ceases to shine-when its rays grow
cold and pale-when It hangs like a
dark lamp in a darker sky-then my
love for you shall change and fade"
Flowers do not grow out OF their
proper places" said the girl PLANT
a delicate stephanotis there where the
laurustinus grows. and Il must wither
away. So ii seems to me, Vivian,
that II you transplant me-if you take
me from my humble home to your
proud and stately one-I should die
like the stephanOtls-
"On the contrary" he replied
Listen to me. Believe me, darling
you would find fresh life and vigOr
You must not say these things to me.
You have said you love me-yOu
know you love me-and you know an
other thing. That is, you hold my life
itself in your little hands. If you
were to send me from you, you would
send mo 10 my death"
Better any pain now" she said,
than that hereafter you should re-
pent; and Vivian, we are so far apart,
our lives have been so different. You
would repent, I am sure"
We are not far apart" he replied.
hastily. IF you mean by that, that
have thousands a year and your
father one hundred. I maintain that
you are cutie wrong. Your father is
a gentleman. a scholar, and a man Of
honor What am I moreover If
am so muCh?"
She made the most charming little
courtsy. fun OF mock Difference and
winning grace.
You. mOnsignor." she interrupted,
"are Lord Vivian Selwyn. Of Selwyn
Castle Knight Of tlF Order OF the
Garter. Baron OF Hulstone in York
shire. and OF Craighley in Scotland
You see, know your name and titles
by heart"
He smiled amusedly.
Never mind the titles" he said.
"YOu are the daughter OF a gentle
man; you are a lady by instinct, by
nature, by training. by education, in
manner. in thought. word and deed.
What can desire mOre?"
Not a lady OF your class" she re-
torted: you kissed my hands ten min
utes since. and vowed they were white
and dainty. and slender as the hands
OF a duchess; did you see this crimson
stain upon them? was gathering
raspberries all the morning; the ladies
OF your world never gather raspberries
do they?"
You delight in tormenting me-" he
interrupted.
That is evading the question" re-
piled the young girl. earnestly. 81
thank Heaven. my dear fathers train
ing has made me intelligent. active.
and perhaps useful IL has made me
refined. and intOlcrant OF all mean
ness; but-and you know speak
truthfully-Vivian. my manners and
habits and customs and daily life
are different altogether 10 those of
the ladies Of your own class. You
know there is common sense in what
/ am saying"
i detest common sense" was the
impatient reply; what has ii TO do
with lover"
But Vivian. you must think" she
said. Your rank has its duties. and
they must be fulfilled. I should not
know how TO fulfill them. Suppose,
for instance, you have a grand din
ner; Who never dined away from
home On all my Tfe-how should ]