Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-05-05
THE SECOND MARRIAGE
OF LADY M0RTEYNE.


white setting lent his dark features
look of the picturesque, the unusual. His
eyes, fixed upon the white figure Of Lady
Morteyne. were half embarrassed and
half amused.
ITS what the chaps who write books
would call dcuced awkward fix" he
said genially. Amt it, Kitty beg
pardon. I'm sure-I forgot. Lady Nor
teyne. meant-but it seems awfully nat
ural to call ones wife by her Christian
name. Beg pardon again-aw-
fully sorry OF course you're not my
wife-hang me if l hadn't forgotten that
too, for the minute | say, it
wasn't my fault. you ilnow-the Internal
motor tried to settle me. Thought she
was stceplechasing, and tried to Jump a
hedge. Landed on top of me-afraid I'm
in horrid mess. Your housekeeper--
good old soui-tied me up with towels,
and swore you'd gone to dine at Weycot
and wouldn't be back for hours, or I'd
never have come i'll at all wouldn't.
on my honor, Kitty. Oh, hang,
there it goes again-what a fool ! am.
always was fool, you know, you
mustn't mind"
Lady Mortcyne had come slowly into
the middle of the room. Sne held her
white furred cloak together at the throat,
and her face was pale, though it did not
express any particular shade of feeling
81 don't-mind" she said. rather delib-
eratcly. Hadn't you better sit DOWN.
But hadn't | better go?"
She drew a low chair to the fire and
sat down. There was certain delibera
ton in all her movements. 1t was as
though she meant to keep herself well
in hand-to do and say nothing which
she might afterward regret. She did
not look at the man with the bandaged
head as he, too, sank into his chair with
sigh OF relief
1T will be at least an hour before the
motor will be ready. You had better
stay where you are"
j say Kitty, that's awfully decent of
YOU
I'm not inhuman"
"Well-I wouldn't have wondered if
You'd chosen to be-"
There was touch of remorse i'll his
gay voice She had pushed back her
| cloak, and her dress sparkled as though
with tiny flames in the freight A
ruby and diamond pendant at her breast
caught the red light, and glowed like a
drop of blood. His eyes fell upon it with
shock of recollection, He remembered
giving it to her in Paris, only three short
years ago.
"Oh-Ive got to congratulate you" he
said suddenly. Hear you're going to
marry Raymond. First-rate chap. Ray
mond bit of a saint, but | suppose you
You want change. / say,
Kitty, | wish you every sort of happiness,
| YOU know. Pm a bad lot, and all that,
and made a mess of things but I'm
glad you're going to have another chance
of happiness, and-and-k Kitty dear.
hope this time Raymond will bring it of
for You better than l did"
| There was a little change in his voice
She did not lift her eyes from the fire.
| Il say Kitty |
want to tell you I'm sorry. I'm bad lot
and You were too good for me. and we
didn't hit il off; but you don't bear NAL
ice, do you? | beg your pardon for-fol
everything. was a brute know that
Kitty, say YOU don't bear malice"
She did not answer at once.
No she said at last
He was silent. She looked still, medi
! tatiVcly. into the fire.
It's bit of ones life" she said in :
low voice. "One-onc can't altogether
forget
You can afford to forget Kitty; i
wasn't your fault You can put it al
out of your mind and be happy-witI
Raymond. | think sounds rather
queer thing to say think I'm rathe
glad you're going to marry again. |
doesn't seem 50 much as though Il
spoiled your life--perhaps I've onl,
spoiled bit of it. after all-the frs
bit p
There was question in his voice
Lady Mortcyne drew the cloak up sud
denly over her shoulders, rs though sh
felt cold.
"Yes the FIRST bit" she said. But
think it's the first bit of life that count
more than all the rest
She was thinking thinking rapidly
with II sort of ncanny rapiditv whic
left her thoughts perfectly and even IN
naturally clear. She was thinking q
: Raymond. who was going To marry he
and make amends to her for all She ha,
sufercd--or so. at least, he had promised
{ She saw his tace-the face which she In,
told herself expressed such beautiful
character, 50 different from the charaete
of the man who sat looking at her wit
the eyes of thing that is being tortured
She was glad that he was feeling some
: thing of all that she had fclt-olad Raw
mond would make her happy RAYMOND
with his beautiful ideas. his tastes 10
+ everything that was high and improyip
to the human race. Somehow. at tina
moment, the thought of Ravmond's mas
. SION for Improvement left her cold. I'm
y he was a tirst-rate chap-the pbras
t stuck IN her min. He was bit Of
saint perhaps he was more of sain
than any one She knew. And-he wa
her second chance of happiness.
: Suddenly he rose and began to walk n
l and down the room i'm silence She hear
; the sound Of his footsteps passing an
y requesting her. but she would not Iool
up. She felt that he was suffering