Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-04-18
CHAPTER 20.
"TheT Is no chR-ee:
All that happens is by might power
Permitted or ordained

Permitted or ordained
A sunny afternoon in June. Lady
Beatrice SeIwyn, tired ant languid, has
ordered the blinds 20 be lowered, and
the mellow light that fills the room Is
soft and rOse-cOiOred.
There is a perfect haze Of heat over
land and sea. The blue waves roll
-Istlessly on the shore. and have hard
Iy strength 90 spread themselves out
into sheets OF silvery foam. There
Is no wind stirring amidst lhe larch
trees. and the birds have all sought
sheEer under the leafy bOughs. Purple
winged butterflies linger round the
roses: humming bees bury themselves
iu the golden hearts OF white lilies.
The sun pours down warmth and neat,
and All nature lies at rest under his
ardent aaress.
Too ured to read. too languid TO
think. lady Beatrice lies upon the
couch. wishing the heat Of the day
were over. She looks superbIy beau
tiful. her dress OF clear white muslin.
with a golden belt and golden orna-
ments. harmonious with the mellow
light OF the June day. Her rich. dark
hair has fallen. and lies in beautiful
confusion on her shoulders. She Is
dreaming Of the JOY that would have
been hers II she had hut one son. one
child 20 share the devotion that Lord
Vivian lavished upon his heir.
Not from innate love OF children,
such as reigns in most women's
hearts; not from any longing for the
music CT a child's voice, or the soft
touch OF little fingers; not for the hap
piness Of seeing a pearl-fair form
nesting on her heart; for none of
these reasons did Lady Beatrice long
for q son. She had grown mortally
jealous OF ViOlante's boy. The envy and
dislike she had felt for the fair young
mother now fell upon him, that in this
instance she did not dare TO show It.
Lord Vivian had grown keeheF since
the days when she tortured HIS young
wife on the banks Of the Arno. She
Has compelled to make 2 great out.
ward show % kindness 70 the boy, the
consequence q which was that her
hatred deepened every day. Could
she have displayed it-have robbed
him OF some Of the love that Lord
Vivian lavished upon him. Ii might
not have reached the cruel height 10
witch Il afterward attained,
aud while the summer heat broods
silently over the white lilies. the rector
of Th0rnleigh. DIT. Hearne, walked
through the green park and pleasure
grounds Of Creighton. 10 seek Lord
Selwyn. He found the master OF the
hall at home. tired. like his lady. by
the intense warmth.
Lord Selwyn reprOached the rector
for coming out on this brOiling day,
but DIT. Hearne said his business was
urgent. and could not wait a change in
the weather. Where was my lady?
Ny lady sat In her white dress in the
very heart Of the mellow rose-light OF
the drawing-rOOm. and there, through
cool. fragrant corridors. the two gen
tlemen went in search CT her.
The sultry heat had increased; the
sullen. hazy calm that lay over the
earth had deepened; the hush of ma
ture was yet more solemn when Lord
Selwyn and DR.. HeaTne answered.
with a courteous salutation that his
business could not wait the weather.
What Is ito" asked my lady, with a
Iauguid smile: and ON the words that
answered her turned the current Of
her life.
Mrs. Browne. the schO0l-mistress 81,
Th0rlIeigh. has this morning received
a summons TO 60 to her brother, who
is dangerously ill at Newcastle, and.
whether he receivers or not. she viii
not return 20 her duties Al ThoTnleigh."
Lore Vivian looked slightly inter
esteI--my lady slightly bored.
rs that the important business that
has brought DR.. Hearne out in the
noOntide heat?" she asked. Indifferent
"; and he replied that it was so.
Not one Of the three had the ,faintest
the most remote idea OF all that was
70 follow from this interview. The
thought uppermost in the mind of
each was the heat and the oppressive
day.
4 thought" continued DR.. Hearne,
looking az Lady Beatrice, that you.
Lady Selwyn, ought TO be the first in
formed Of Mrs. Brownies departure"
The fact being that Lady Selwyn.
Immediately after her marriage, had
built and endowed a school at Thorn
leigh. She had spared neither trouble
nor expense There were two large,
cheerful. airy rOoms-lofty, well-built.
well-fCTnished. and well-ventilated-
one for girls and the other for boys;
and near the girls school stood a pref
". picturesque cottage, empowered in
roses and wOOdbines. and that was the
residence OF the schoOl-mistress
They were a respectable class Of
children who attended the schools; the
sons and daughters OF the poorer
tradesmen and small farmers. Lady
Beatrice. amongst all her faults, GER