Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-04-19
SCOTS Emulsion

possible, we shall be friends. great
friends. And. who knows. we may be
fortunate enough 10 find a more suit
able and happier match for you than
my son could possibly have prov"
She gets no further for with a sud
denness that causes her ladyship to
finish up as if she had trodden on a
chance nail, May rises to her full
| height, and with crimson face and
flashing eyes, with her soft witching
beauty transformed into the loveliness
Of a Medea, confronts her.
Stop" she says. not loudly but
low and pantingly, with her small
hand pressed to her heaying bosom.
Stop You shall not-you shall not
say another word How dare YOU in
suit me? Was it not enough that you
had gained your end, that you had
robbed me of the only great happiness
| have ever known? was it not enough
that you should humiliate me in $he
! Gust before your proud, miserable,
worldly plots and schemes? was il not
enough that | was in the dust under
your feet? No. You could not be
content, you must-you must trample
on mel"
Pa ting, she is perforce compelled
to pause for breath, but she will not
let the white and trembling woman
speak yet.
No" she says. Il have listened TO
you, | have listend patiently to every
cruel, scornful word. Now you shah
listen TO me. You caIhe TO plead foa
your sons happiness; you say that I
shall ruin him and make him miser-
able. What have you ever done TO
make him happy? Was he happy be-
fore we've met? | would believe
his word agains. youls. And now,
not content with dividing us. you in
suit me by thrusting another girl in
my face. l am 10 give him up TO Miss
Rose Navasour | will not do it-l
will not do it, You say you love aim.
You forget, when you heaped insult
npon insult on me, that il was pos
sible L. too, loved him do love him
and viii not give him up No, /
would have done it for his sake and /
might have done it even for yours
but"-and a CLEAN of honest scorn
flashes, like lightning, in the bright
hazel eyes-"not for Miss Yava.
sour's!"
For a moment her ladyship is too
overwhelmed 10 retort With her
mouth wide open-likc the most
vulgar of mortals-she stares in
speechless astonishment al the pas.
sionate outburst, then she arouses her
numbed faculties, and her thin face
grows hard and SET. her eyes fash
not warmly as do Mays, but like colo
steel and she speaks;
SO, this is your decision. you will
not give him up. as you so ap,
propriately term il. You have en-,
shared 4 good parti. and you mean to
keep it. We'll, | can scarcely be
justified in expressing surprise, much
less disappointment. might have
known that the interview would end in
this way. You will not give him up.
You intend to be mistress of the
Void, in the fact of the world and his
mother. Take care. You have not
yet gained your end. | would advise
You to hasten the conclusion. Per
suade him to marry YOU, and learn for
yourself. by bitter experience, how in
evitable misery follows on such a
union. Marriage" she echoes. her
fac, flushing with the insolence OF
furious. passionate pride lit is well
for You that Heron considers such an
elaborate ceremony necessary"
AT this, the cruelest Insult that one
woman can deal out To another, MAY
stares, at first not comprehending
then, as the full meaning of the words
breaks upon her ehe puts up both
hands and shrink away from the
furious face with faint cry of dis
may. AS she does. the door opens and
Heron strides in. He stops a moment
looking from the stern Threatening
face and form of his mother to the
shrinking, abashed girl then, taking
It all in at a glance. he steps forward.
ana. drawing the graceful figure mo
Ills arms looks over the hea that Hes
upon MS DrtdSt ar MS MOI ner- ICU6.
at her as he has never iCoked yet
What is the meaning OF this?" ne
asks. his eyes glowing from hnde
his dark brCws. red SPOT OF anger Oh
each tanned cheek
Let her tell you" says Lady Letch.
ford rising denunciatory finger. Il
came acre TO save you from disgrace
and her from misery, and this is the
result"
Heron 'ays MS hand upon the soft
brown nair and smoOths If soothingIy.
Hush. ms daring he sa.s for the
heart tina; beats so close 10 him Is
.',bDinS wildly. AMI the bosom.
heavoe with stuffed sobs. Hush
Mother. sou had 40 right 10 do this.
What nave yCu said2 Surely you
know me TOO well 10 think that |
should 90 back from my word-my
pledged word-eHen though IT'S results
were un~- elcOme. You have done
wrong. Ycul brongham is At the door.
Ma. daring. xcusa M moment