Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-08-15


TO me than you have been" said the
stately lady, clasping the young girl
tenderly in her arms; but the dear
est wish of my heart will be gratifed
when l see you my sons wife. 1t is
now March," she continued; if We
arrange the wedding for next May,
that win meet all our wishes"
Lady Bayneham was too hasty.
iBayneham Castle would require alter
ations; many CT the rooms were to
, be refurnished. There was much to
I be done. Lawyers, milliners, and a
! hest of other people were consulted.
Then it was agreed that the wedding
should take place in the August of
! the year following. But for that
postponement. this story would never
have been written. In May Lord
Bayneham went TO Scotland; and
there, in the bonnie green woods of
Brynmar, he met his fate. He returned
home an altered man. His previous
! life seemed to have been one long,
calm, unbroken dream. He was
awakened now, and the dream had
ended The realities of life had be-
gun for him. He had learned On
that bright May morning lesson that
/ Barbara Earle had never taught him,
tons continued for his marriage, and
made no comment. Whatever he
might think or suffer, he was a gen
tleman, a man of honor, who would
scorn TO break a promise, and die
rather than fail when honor made
him persevere.
CHAPTER VII.
The world generally did not call
! Barbara Earle a beautiful girl. The
great charm of her face was the soul
that shone there. Her eyes We're
magnificent, dark, dreamy, full of
| light and thought. She had sweet,
sensitive lips, perfect in shape ana
color. People passed her by at
first, considering her almost pain;
at a second interview they would like
her better. Then her face would
grow upon them. until they would end
by declaring that no other girl was
half so beautiful as Barbara Earle.
hot
gave the great charm to her eloquent,
. spiritual face. In repose it was
calm and serene; but lighted up, as
noble thoughts and noble words
could light it, it was magnificent,
She gave one the impression Of be-
ing what is commonly called 'ail
soul" Her tall, graceful figure COM
bined ease and dignity. No one
could be more kind ar : winning, no
one more dgnfied and reserved than
Barbara Earle. She was not proud
or naughty; no mean word or mean
action ever escaped her. She was a
true, noble woman, crowned with
richer gifts than the merely outer
ones of color and preLtinesS,-a woman
TO inspire man with love OF noble
deeds, to teach him the higher and
/, heller lessons of life; and withal
she had that namvless charm, that
well-bred, refined, e.egant manner
that makes every woman beautiful to
whom 1t IS given.
2fer~ IN Gi4nty S. ghed for Barbara
Earle. She had no thought save for
Lord Bdyn %nam. Il was characters
tic OF her that ali who owed her were
the better and more noble for it. No
sul.en resentment, no moody silence
and bitter dislike ever followed her
rejection of an admirer; and she re-
Jected many before her engagement
to Lord Bayneham was made public.
Those who owed her best and Laid
all they had to offer at her feet left
her presence, disappointed, it is true.
bnt bed ing with them good and noble
resolves. The chances are that if
Lord Baynehain had met Miss Earle
in society he would have been dazzled
and charmed. Having from his very
childhood associated with her, all her
noble and grand qualities seemed
mere habit to him. He was accus-
toned to her brilliant wit and quick
repartee, to her generous and spirited
defense of the weak and the absent,
TO her scorn of all things vulgar and
mean, to her amiable temper and self
sacrificing disposition: all these were
part and parcel of Barbara. They
never struck him: he admired her.
esteemed her loved her, in a quiet.
calm kind of way. and had mo objec-
ton" to making her his wife next
spring.
1t was far different with Barbara:
with all the strength of her noble and
constant nature she loved the hand.
some, clever young cousin whose wife
she was to be. She idolized him.
thought him perfect, thought him SUI
perior to any other man,-loved him