Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1904-01-28

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vtolante Temple would become his
wife. Her reason and sound Judgment,
her common sense and womanss in,
stinet. had done hard battle with her
love. but love had conquered Only
six years since. and she was more
peerlessly Ieautiful now than she hal
been in the early springtide of her
youth; yet Lord Vivian had been
tempted often and often to wish that
he had thought more of her ohjec+
tons. for. 90 say the least of 1t. his
marriage had not been a success. Mat
tiers in his household had gradually
grown worse. People took different
sides. Some said Lady Selwyn wa
not likely to be happy while her hus.
bands mother and Miss Leigh resided
under her husbands roof; others re
piled that ii Mrs, Selwyn ceased to
superintend her sons house he might
as we'll close it, for Lady Niolante was
incapable Of filing the duties Of heT
station; AMI there was truth on both
sides.
She did her best, She fought against
her natural timidity; she studied the
laws of etiquette and Cerimonlal, she
tried hard to initiate the ways and
manners of the ladies around her; but
for the greater part ii was all in vain,
She was naturally truthful. naturally
simple. honest and pure of heart
When she should have smiled sweetly,
and have told some we'll understood
social falsehood with airy grace Oh
manner. she was apt to speak plain.
of being perfectly sincere, of calling
everyt thing by its right name, of grow
ing pale and looking terribly shocked
when some scandal that amused the
world reached her ears. of eXpectiug
all men to be brave and true-all WON.
en- to be pure and good. She could
never be brought to recognize evil in
any shape If Mrs. Selwyn said to
her, I'VE must invite Mr. Dehenham
this evening, because Lady RoXton Is
coming" Lady Violante had way at
feeling and looking shocked that q
married woman should take pleasure
| in the devotion and attention of man
who WIS not her husband, She had
the habit too. of looking panied Il
love and marriage two subjects she
considered most holy. were spoken c.
in light or fiippant manner; and
what business has any woman who
wishes to keep herself unspotted from
/ the world tC mix in fashionable soci
city at all?
Lord Vivian was very patient. Sht
was very lovely. very gentle and do
Gle. He said to himself, that in a yeaI
or two she would acquire the habits
and manners of those about her But
as the years rolled on she shrank
more and more into herself. and h.
was forced to own that his marriage
had been mistake. Not that he low
| ed her less, but that he saw plainly
she would never accustom herself tC
the position that. as his wife. she
ought 10 occupy She was lovely
graceful, spirimelle refined, and 81
cultivated mind. yet Lord Vivian saw
on the faces of all his friends some
thing like pity
He proposed to her once that his
mother and Miss Leigh should leave
them, and then. when forced by neces
| sity, she would learn to take the gov
eminent of her husbands home But
the difficulties frightened her, and al
though Miss Leigh, in perfectly lady
like manner, contriyed to torture hel
daily and hourly, Lady Vioiante plead
ed hard that Lord Vivian would never
propose such thing TO his mother
Lady Selwyn mad made one wise r.
ter how great the provocation, no mat
ter how great the provication. no inst
/ ter how deadly the insult, how cruel
! the sheer. she never complained TO he.
husband Of Miss Leigh No one
knows unless they experience it how
one woman can torture another.
/ Beatrice Leigh was not a good won.
an. She was proud, ambitious, and ca.
pable Of sacrificing world to herself
Lady Violante had uncoasciousIy rob
j bed her of one thing she priced aDCyc
all others-the love OF Lord Vivian
Selwyn Lady Violante unconsciously
held the place she had longed to hold
therefore, on the gentle. golden hea 4
Of her hapless rival she poured the
Walls Of anger and scorn Not &C
much before people as when they we're
alone. She knew how 10 sting with 4
word, to stab with look She i.new
how 10 nfuse deadly poison int wha
outsiders thought the kindest expires
sions' yet anoy, irritate, eriere. sal
den her as she wcu,d. Lady Viclanta
never complained 10 her husband ~
Miss leigh
He had no idea III the true state 81
things; he was not 80 blind al I'D
think there was any great attachment
between his wife ard the beautifa
aristocratie preigaices. and how llt4a
sympathy she hsd for those who WEI
not Of her own class ar she alwas
expressed II BIZ thought she rather
looked down ap0n his wife set AGAIN