Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-04-14

lSchOlafS, she gave TeWdfdb anu DIlZeSb
she had founded all kinds Of societies
and clubs; in fact people looked upon
IThornleigh as model parish, and up
on Beatrice Lady Selwyn as model
lady Now that the school-mistress
who had been very happy at Thorn
leigh. was leaving, DR.. Hearne thought
the mistress Of Creighton Hall ought
to be the first consulted
II should certainly say advertise,
was the advice Of Lady Beatrice; lad.
ycrtlse, and select from the applicants
yourself"
II think, suggested the doctor that
fer n post so important we should re-
quire personal interviews"
by all means" said her Iadyship,
languldly opening a superb black.and,
silver fan that lay near her.
Then the better plan will be for
me TO advertise" continued the doc
! tor, "and from the answers select a
certain number that ! think most
promising, and request the writer's to
come to Thornleigh The only ques,
Itcn Is, would you, Lady Selwyn, wish
! to examine the candidates, or shall I|'
/ A smile rippled over the beautiful
face of her ladyship,
m the weather were more propitl.
GUS. would examine any number Of
candidates" she replied; but in the
present state of things Dr.. Hoarne.
shall be grateful If you will do it your.
self"
And those few words altered the
destinies Of many lives,
So the subject was dismissed as
rather n tircsomc one, and the good
rector was pressed to take claret
cup, the NEST invigoratng refresh.
ment, Lady Beatrice declared In eX-
istence. He did So and talked to Lord
lSelwyn ON the one subject which never
iwearicd hlm--his son, Rupert Selwyn.
he will soon be hfteen." said the
rector, and you must think about his
education in good earnest"
Il think | shall keep him with me
year longer" said his father, "He is
all my own now | have a jealous kind
Of feeling ever his going to college.
He viii be mine no longer; he will
belong to all the world then. He will
have a thousand interests loves and
thoughts away from me,
The rector laughed
N must be 50. my lord, he replied
Rupert canOnt always be young
When he Is a man in years, he will
have the cares and interests of a
man.
II suppose So was the reply, accom-
panied by n doep-drawn sigh. The
fact Is, doctor he has wound himself
so completely into my heart that ! fear
set too much store by him ! am
afraid Of lly own great love for him.
you cannot spoil him. replied Dir
Hearno, for he is, without exception,
the most truthful the most honorable
boy have ever met"
And again Lord Selwyn sighed He
remembered to whose gentle counsels,
To whose wise and tender training his
son and heir owed his love for truth,
his love for honor--the training that
had at one time been scorned and
marked as "old-fashioned, but was
new bearing such magnificent fruit
Lady Beatrice noted the sigh. and
gave very accurate guess as to It's
origin Her proud face had grown
pale as she listened to Lord Nivian's
words All that love fer ViOlante's
son All why had she no child that
he might love and cherish? why was
Fate SO cruel to her?
She clenched her sIeader fingers I'M.
tn the gemmed rings she wore made
the rival she hated lay sleeping under
the white marble monument, while her
son lived to succeed her Ia Lord
Vivian heart? or what avail that
the fair. pure beauty of her rivals
face had been married and blotted out
when Niolante's sweet eyes shone in
her sons face Hatred and jealousy,
blackcr and darker than before. rose
+ In her heart against the unconscious
+ boy whom every one loved.
Perhaps" she thought to herself,
after time, perhaps II Is just as well
that have no child Ii had son,
and Rupert Sclwyn Violante's boy,
stood in the way should Stay hint |
could never bear to see a child Of mine
Isupplanted by one of hers"
Lady Selwyn," she heard the rector
say, at last, shall send the advertise.
mcnt today"
She looked at him with the express.
sion Of one suddenly dazed She had
completely forgotten, in the bitterness
OF her own thoughts, all that they had
been speaking Of; and the rector
meeting the troubled, gloomy glance of
these dark eyes, thought to himself
that, after all, he knew very little OF
Lady Selwyn,
DO In every respect as you think
best, Dr. Hearne," she said, in her
most stately manner; Il give YOU carte
blanche.
She rose to quit the cool shaded