Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-07-29
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1t must be settled 1T once my dear
| ilalcn,'' said Mrs Rochester firmly I'VE
cannot keep dear Alice shut mp any
1 longer; She simply refuses, What is the
good of being rich she asks. il She IS to he
dressed in black and keep in prison al
ways, And. As you know, once she Is
introduced 20 The world, She will be be-
| sicged with snitors-some perhaps of
higher rank than yoms1lf-and she may
slip through our fingers after all
You know. mother, that all The love
| | have to give anyone has longs been
given to Violet he said gravely,
| My dear ualco, there j. no greater
mistake in The world than marrying for
| love In your case. it would be mad
ness If you married Violet, you would
be pinehed for every shilling Just think
| q whaI million Of money means!
Fifty thousand Il year-a thousand
pounds week; carriages, horses. .serv-
ants. diamonds, Italian Villas and French
chateauN; a place amongst the highest
and best on earth; no doubt pecrdom
later on. You are ambitious, Halco you
| have always been from hoyhood. You
| couldn't ask tradesman for discount,
or to reduce his bill; YOU couldn't dis
miss half the servants and drift into
| debt
Silver SAYS he could ret me an APP
| poiutment abroad
Then Ill take all my business ont of
his hands tomorrow, declared Mrs. Roch-
ester, beside herself with temper. Every
| thing is only waiting for you to speak.
| y toilet really does not expect YOU IL con
slider her-~hc knows her place, toItu
narely. She is dear sweet girl, OF
course. but we must not forget that Sir
Hilary only took her ont of charity.
| Whereas, darling Mice is 30 pretty, SO
generous. and I'm sure She adores You,
and quite expects proposal without fur
thcr delay. / told Violet only today
What we hoped and expected, and she
said. with ihe good taste she fortunately
possesses, "Will YOU tell them ! wish
them every Happiness"
Sir lalco turned away in silence, and
his face was extremely grave,
His mother told herself with a ,hrug
Of the shoulders that She had chnched
the business at last, and quite time too .
Md so She had though She kept part
SON how much She had said or implied in
his name to both girls a. ii suited the
scheme She had at heart and during the
three months the heiress lad been living
at the manor house, Mrs Rochester's
hand had slowly set up a barrier between
Sir Halco and Nioiet and tried hard to
bind IN unbreakable knot between linn
and Alice Smith.
| Aa{ IL, l,,st Ia
wicked on lnkind woman, but the money
had blinded her, distorted her vision. and
the lust for gold was soaring her very
sense OF right and wrong. 20 subtle Il
poison i ii ana such magic does il work.
She had set her whole heart on her
son marrying Sir lIilary's heiress. and
by hook or crook he meant to bring
the match about without further delay.
She did not have To lie very freely. or
invent many pretty phrases. to Alice
Smith TO COM inc,. her of her sons afIec-
ton for her. a that Young lady had a
tremendously good opinion Of her own
charms. and could not have credited the
possibility Of any man enjoying the
privilege Of her society, and preterring
any other girl 10 herself
Three months residence Al the manor
house had, OF course. effected a certain
change for the better in Miss Smith
She was now dressed by one OF the
best and most expensive costumicrcs in
London, and had the advantage of Mrs,
Rochester, really good taste to guide
her
Then, being possessed of q certain
sharpness Of intellect, she had picked up
ordinary points OF etiquette manners.
and many things of which she was abso.
lutejg ignorant when ohe first arrived
| there.
| Although in her Heart she detcsted
| Violet Surrey. seeing in her the one who
was to benefit by her death. and also
feeling that sense Of infcriority to her
which a mean nature cannot tolerate
| while noble nature references its
mental superior. an inferior one hates It'll.
yet she ereedily absorbed from her all
| information she could
She learnt how to enter and leave the
room or carriage how 10 carry herself.
bow. smile. and speak. began TO take les
sons in music and French, until MIS-.
| Rochester was always pointing out to
Sir Tlalco what wonderful resemblance
there was between the two girls.
OF course Violet will be n gamer by
| her kindncs. in the end as il viii be Of
| Immense advantage to her To be on init
mate terms with Your wife. who will he
a millionaire: but She really has be.
hured very well about il all, and in max.
| ing Alice like herself. has done Won a
| great favor, too because it Won haven't
the original you have the copy. and in
| this case it j. tar more to be desired
/ than the other