Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-10-20
CHAPTER XxxVI.
"FaithfuI Unto Death"


1t was very quiet wedding! 81
quiet, and so soon after their meeting
that the world had not got over it!
establishment at the announcement o
their engagement before it wa!
thrown into amazement by the news
that they were married.
Went off arm in arm, as one would
say, like plowman and dairymaij
my dear, and got married at some olC
church near that place of his, Cares
ford, you know! And no one knew
anything about it! I really and truly
believe that there were no brides
maids; do, indeed" said one fash
ionable lady to another.
But, although it was not quite sc
private as this. it was very quiet in
deed, and the society papers were
kept quite as much in the dark as tc
the whereabouts of the honeymooners
as they had been about the weddine
itself
1t was only known that the earl ano
countess of Carr-Lyon were ION the
continent" which, considering the
size of the continent, must be pro
nounced an extremely vague address
In due course, that is to say in the
beginning Of the autumn. a movement
of preparation stirred in the huge
ancestral home of the Carr-Lyons, and
IL was known that the earl and
countess were coming to Caresford.
The country was just blazing out
into its autumn splendor, when they
arrived, and the big place, with les
deep-mullioned windows and castellat
ed turrets, looked at it's best: but its
lord and master did not seem to pay
it much attention.
All his thoughts were conferred upon
the beautiful girl who sat beside him
in the carriage, and whose hand mes
tied, with a lovers content, in his
strong palm.
Home, dearest!" he said. Home
at last"
She turned her eyes from the big
place, and let them rest upon his, with
a deep and tender happiness.
How huge it Isl" she said, in a low
voice.
He smiled, then looked at her
quickly.
You really think you will be dull
Kate? We can fill it with people
you know. The shooting ought to be
rather good"
oh, no, no, MOI" she murmured
nesting closer and closer TO him. with
a piteous little entreaty. mot this
first autumn. Let us-let us have ii
all to ourselves this year, Desmond"
His face cleared, and he looked
quite relieved.
"Of course!" he responded, with
profound satisfaction. why, we are
going to spend our honeymoon here
are we not?"
Honeymoon, you silly boy! Why
what have We been doing for the last
two months past?'
only rehearsing," he answered, as
he pressed her to him.
So they two together spent the
autumn in the big place, and, big as
1t was, did not find it too large or too
dull.
Home" he had said, and for the
first time in her life Kate learned the
full meaning of the word.
Long before winter had come, ano
yet it came so quickly. she had grown
IN Iowa averv roop, op5 rool- - ~ .
old place; to know every cottage, and
man, and woman, and child on the
estate; had become so completely and
entirely Lady Carr-Lyon of Caresford
that Desmond remarked one day, with
laugh:
why, Kate, sometimes | am more
than half persuaded that you have
lived here all your life, and that it is
| who only came TO 1t three months
ago: and I'm sure" he added. cycling
her with that loving pride which al
ways shone in his eyes when they
rested on her. that the people have
that conviction. Wherever l go. and
to whomsoever l speak. it is all Lady
1dEI-lsSuu VIII Nuu ASK Tue
countess il she'll do this, my lord?
and The countess promised me so
and,so. and If You please, my lord
will you remind her ladyship that she
said as how We was TO have a new
roof to the cOttage?' or The countess
was so good as to say she'd send our
Tommy to school, Why, Kate, there
hasn't been such a mistress of Cares
ford since my Observation-Disclosures
Matilda's time!" and he nodded at the
portrait OF the old lady alluded to.
Il can't help it," said Kate, with a
su spicious moisture in here eyes
How can help loving them all when
they are all so good to me?"
Il see," he said. leaning over her
chair and turning her beautiful. girlish
face up to him. II see! Well. don't
spend all my money and all your love
on them. Save a little OF the latter
for one who needs 1t Just as badly as
they dol"
And for answer she twined her
white arms round his neck, and KISSED
him.