Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-01-29

American girl whose singular beauty
and gifted vivacity had excited gen
eraI attention. He was presented to
her by a common friend. Waiting
made him giddy, and he detested dane
ing of all kinds; so that after a formaI
quadrille they sat and talked. She
was living with her mother and eldest
sister at Rosetta cottage, a small house
which they mad taken for the summer,
with tiny garden facing the sea.
Thither the next night, duly hidden,
he repaired to dine. The dinner was
good, the company gay and attractive,
and with the two young ladies chat
ting and playing duets at the piano
the evening passed very pleasantly.
She was nineteen, and he scarcely
| twenty-fOur; and, if Montague is to
| be believed, this period of extreme
youth is loves golden moment. That
very night Miss Jerome told her laugh
ing and incredulOus sister of a pre-
sentiment that their new friend was
the man she would marry; and Lord
Randolph cOnfided to Col. Edgecumbe,
who was of the party, that he admired
the two sisters, and meant, if he could,
to make the dark one his wife"
Next day they again met "by acct
dent and went for a walk. That
night-the third of their acquaintance
twas beautiful night, warm and
still, with the lights of the yachts shin.
ing on the water and the sky bright
with stars. After dinner they found
themselves alone together in the
garden, and-brief courtship notwith.
istanding-he proposed and was ac-
copied
Lord RandOlph's letter to his father
on the subject so near his heart is
quoted in full. If any one doubts that
this was a love match let him read
this letter and be convinced that it
was that and nothing else:
Il must not any longer keep you in
ignorance of an important step | have
taken-One which will undoubtedly in
fiuence strongly all my future life. L
met, soon after my arrival at Cowes,
Miss Jeanette Jerome, the daughter
of an American lady who has lived for
some years in Paris and whose hus-
band lives in New York | passed
most of my time at Cowes in hel
(Jeannette's) society, and before
leaving asked her if she loved me well
enough to marry me; and she told me
she did. l do not think that if | were
to write pages I could give you any
idea of the strength of my feelings and
affection and love for her; all l can
say is that l love her better than life
itself, and'that my one hope and dream
now is that matters may be so ar
ranged that soon l may be united to
her by ties that nothing but death it,
self could have the power to sever.
Il know, of course, that you will be
much surprised, and find it difficult to
understand how an attachment so
strong could have arisen in so short
a space of time; and really l feel it
quite impossible for me to give any
explanation of it that could appear
reasonable to any one practical and
dispassionate. | must, however, ask
you to believe it as you could the tru-
est and most real statement that could
possibly be made to you, and to be-
lieve also that upon a subject so i'm
portant, and l may say so solemn, /
could not write one word that was in
the smallest degree exaggerated, or
that might not be taken at its fullest
meaning.
Il hope you won't feel any annoy,
ance with me for not having consulted
you before saying anything to her.
really meant to have done so: but on
fha NIGHT before 7 wac lao vinc Couas