The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-09-03
Ply LAWRENCE HENRY.
copyrighted 1901 Daily Story Pub. {

He was 50. wealthy and married. The
@mly serious purpose with him i'll life
was amusement and the qualification
vi his desires. As such fellows 90, he
waS rot Il bad lot, and the air of frank
ness and bonhommic he carried won
nm many friends and contidantS. His
wife high-headed and mercileSS woman
of the world that sle was. loved him
vita all the strength her nature wGuld
permit and it was much. Her ties were
few, and all the stronger therefor. Be
sides her love, there was much that WAS
pride in her feelings for DorSay. His
riches, of IL fine old family, the best so
all made him II possession that she
rlal position, handsome and sought after
proudly displayed to the world ~ her
own.
And more than all, she had implicit
confidence in his fidelity. Indeed. 30
impcrious was ner character that posi-
bly, she could not comprehend how it
could be that one to whom she had
given her heart could ne false. 1t was
with only deriSion and contempt that
she viewed the unfortunate wives of her
set who We're known 10 he deceived.
Mrs. Dorsay was Il young widow when
kshe married Herbert several years be
fore, and the fact that she was encum-
bercd with a child, Il boy of Il. had been
40 handicap. Her pedigree. her sriSto-
cratic beauty, her finances, were such
+ho- in the most exclusive matrimonial
mart she was regarded MS n prize. and
when she picked DorSay he was called y;
lucky dog.
+. ~ .l ,;l, .l Etl L Don;
Hald. now Q. who accounts for Ro-inu
RoSina was only the govrrne>>. She
was merely one of the conycntioIalitItr
of the household. lik,. the hutlcI ar foot
man. Her dirty wHs 10 riv, littl, Reri-
maid Smatteriny of the rulimel.tS of
letters. but principally to make sure
that he was we'll grounded in French.
Rosina had a stain of French blood
running in her veins. and sh. spoke the
Ionpuorn like 81 native Nch,dy seemed
to know or care exactly what her ante
ccdcntS We're. She had come to the Dor
says with the best of references.
In any but Il wellregulated family
Ro>ira might have been somewhat dam
gerouS. but to the naughty Mrs. DorSay
q gOvernesi> WAS simply governeSS, and
nothing mere Not that Rosina had ever
,'.,, v.o,o .mhdr.I bar atinmatta ,,.,rfect
R,sin, c,ulI nn, holm thns,. Iu.rrrons
black nvo. th.. w.,rm diva in bnr
chooI;>, +ho r..,,. ,f ,,,.op b,;r r,,,. wos
,,ho r..,n,.;hI, f,a. = Ii+ha .;nnnus flo.
mr.. :, smilo fr,n c,,-,l Ira, +h,t would
have been Il saints, provided the re-
sanity
"'nT n"'' ''',, ''''' 'e''ilH " 'I"' "i,"
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w. ~ "''"' p''@'''
W ~ tir'' ''i.'' Nv 'iu ne''' ''''" II any
particular ''l''"'' 'n''l he WIS aware
VI INT eAlH'tn'' W HIS c'el'I'"' ''o'''''-
pin''S ne "'"'' ''"''''" III '"e nursery
''!S'' Il,'n '"' f%' l"N' Htr'''r' ~ ~
nu'''. i'""','', ''t pr''.H -N ' lI.',S
r ""H ~ ~ ''''"'~ H'S'' |" encourage
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Yet Rosina had 4 growing purpose in
M"r heart. Her III" III the l'"i>ay house
hold up To this lin" had been by no
means Il joyous ".l", for there. was Il
thorn i'll her side. ana. as the days Went
on, THE wound thrr"from was becoming
deeper
RoSinH might hay" been happy hut for
"nc cause-th" naughty Mrs. Herbert
DorSay.
From the first hay when that distin-
guiShcd lady cond"Scendcd to pass upon
aler credentials RC>inH had suffered all