Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-10-18

LIN 1AAat ilSls,c lltltl tdtcli pltstG tlQ HIS lot of good. should not now be writing in this house but for that lucky omission. Lord Darlington would have nothing to do with his son, and there was trouble with Mr. Lockwood
 T lived with the two of them during their married life A son was born, and she died. I was glad when she died and was sorry s.Se left the boy
 Percy was wrapped up in the child and gave him to me to nurse. Mrs. Vanc was buried in Pere Ia Chaise, and then Percy, with myself and the baby went to Monte Carlo. He gambled there in order to forget his grief, though don't see what he had to moan over, seeing what a silly fool his late wife was. Percy lost money and wrote to his father, who declined to help him. Then he went to Italy and wandered about. Now that he was free hoped to marry him. When not nursing that horrid child I devoted myself to study so as to be worthy of the time when Percy would marry me. l knew that the future Lady Darlington would hold high rank, and I qualified myself to fill the position gracefully. did work. learned arithmetic and French like native. got an old artist to teach me to paint in water colors, and bought a. book which taught the manners of good society. Percy saw the change in mo and congratulated me on the inn provement which had taken place in me since leaving England.
 Ac IA thaf ohild 1T Sbo11lI hav0 liIynd to drown 1t or to have given 1t to gyp- sies. AS Lady Darlington I did not wish to be troubled with her brat. Be sides, Percy loved the boy so that he used to make me envious the way he nursed him. But had I got rid of the chi1d-and I thought of thousand safe ways I could have done sol should only have been sent away.
 "The end of it came in Milan. We
 were stopping at the Hotel de Vile, and there was a waiter who fell in love with me. He was an English boy called George Rates, horrid, scrubby, red haired, nasty, pale faced creature, who worried me to death. Besides, he was younger than was, and wished i Cor husband to protect me. should have had to look after George Rates, whereas Percy in the days to come would look after me- Besides felt that it was an impertinence for low waiter to. expect me to marry him, me, who had done so much to improve my self and who looked forward to taking proud rank among the British aristoc- l racy.
 "At first laughed at him, but he became such a nuisance that I told him plainly that would have nothing to Isdo with him. He then accused me of being in love with my master. I ac- knowledged it proudly. Why should 1 not? A woman should glory in her love I did told George Rates that I worshiped the very ground Percy walked on. gave my passionate feel l ings fulIavent and bore him to the ground under the storm of my indigna- tion He told the other servants, and I they insulted me, especially the Eng l fish ones as there were two or three in l the hotel. was persecuted, but bore l all for his dear sake. Then it came to | his ears Percy heard what I had said l to George Rates He called me in. He
 accused me of making him ridiculous, 1 of being out of my mind, of "a thousand and one cruel things. I lost my head. I I told him how. loved him. knelt 1 at his feet I implored that he would
 reward my loye-my long, long suffer l ings He laughed in my fearful face I At that moment I hated him, but not
 for long. My life was bound up in l his. When he dismissed me thought | I ST was dismissed He procured a l new nurse from Englanda Scotch ] hussy, asengly as she was silly. Issaw
 her often in Milan after my dismissal.
 Oh, that time: Oh, those weary days! \ I wept prayed. moaned. was
 a wreck With what money had 1 went to convent near Milan and stopped there for month. But l could not remain away from him. I \ came out. He was gone. I went to in il quire at the hotel. He had gone to
 Rome Afterward a message came 4 that all letters were to be sent to San I Reno. I determined to go to San Reno and to be near him. would
 have died else. George Rates, who
 was still in love with me, proved a 4 @WlllluS LOOl. Il. COuluN uOLS SGL LO KM Il Reno without gmoney. He offered to
 advance me the railway fare, and he
 got me a situation in the Hotel d'An-
 gleterre as housemaid. He also was going there for the season as Q waiter. I said that if he took me to San Reno
 would marry him. He did so, and T. 5I but that comes later. Sufficient it Is
 to say that George believed in my ] promise and that I found myself again
 in the presence-the heavenly presence
 -of my adored Percy.
 ! "But had only come to submit my
 self to fresh anguish. He saw me. put
 took no notice of me. I was afraid to
 follow him too closely lest he should
 ask the police to interfere. George
 Rates was jealous, too, and had to
 consider him, as, failing Percy reward
 ing my love, could fall back on George. He was always useful te sup I ply the money for me to get back to
 England, where was certain of a sis- | no hor hn cif1 in n