Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-10-30
CHAPTER XIII.


morning. 81 am going to take Hilda
TO call on Lady Grahame"
Il should be delighted" he replied;
@but l have a gentleIlan-Mr Fulton
looming on rather important bust
ness: I must therefore defer the pleas
ure"
For the second time Lady Hilda
heard that name uttered before her.
and did not remember it. The car
riage drove off, and she sat serene and
smiling by Lady Bayneham's side.
They saw tall, handsome man go up
the broad flight of steps. but no warn
ing came to Hilda, no impulse or in
stinct told her that he was the man
whose cruelty had doomed her. mother
to death.
81 am glad you are come, Mr.. Full
4 ton" said Lord Bayneham, courte-
ously; I'VE win go into the library, as
we shall require pens and paper for
our calculations"
| The visitor followed his young host.
Was it chance that directed Lord Bay.
} neham there? The library was a
grand apartment; it's chief ornament
was magnificent picture Of Lady
Hutton's ward, taken by the celebrated
: artist, Mr.. Seton, and valued by Lord
Bayneham above all other treasures.
: The summer sunbeams fell slanting
upon it, lighting the golden hair and
, beautiful face with a bright radiance.
} 1t was face to dream of, so pure, so
! fair. and lovely. The violet eyes and
sweet lips smiled at you; the tender,
} innocent heart. the guileless loving
: nature, sweetness, constaney, and
truth We're imprinted on every feature.
: The sunbeam was not brighter than
the sheen of the ripping golden hair.
AS Mr.. Fulton entered the library
his eyes fell upon the picture, and 1t
J startled him so much that he uttered
low cry. He went up and stood be-
r fore it. He asked himself, was he
I dreaming or awake? The room, Lord
J Bayneham, and the present faded from
, him; he stood in Brynmar woods, under
) the cool shade of the green trees; the
!, lovely face blushed at his passionate
2 words, the fair young head dropped be-
) meath his gaze. He was there wooing
Magdalen Hurst in the opening of her
3 fair youth and beauty. It was but
} for moment, and something dimmed
t the eyes that had long been dry. He
r started; what, was lie, Paul Fulton,
D sentimental?-going to cry because a
beautiful picture resembled his wife
I making a simpleton of himself for a
| painted face?
/ You admire that painting" said
Lord Bayneham; ''it is considered an
D exquisite gem of art"
D 'T-I-once NEW some one whose
face resembled this" stammered e
1 visitor
indeed" said Lord Bayneham, qui
!, city; 'she must have been very beauti
! full, then"
l 'She was" replied Mr. Fulton; and
then there came cc-oss him a vision
/! of his dead wife's face as he had seen
it last, white and worn with the mis-
cry and anguish of pain, deeper than
I death.
THAT is my w,fe's portrait" said
y Lord Bayneham.
> The resemblance is accidental,
said Mr.. Fulton; but it is certainly
= very strong; yet the person of whom
l l speak was not lady"
The false, mean words did not bills
: ter his false, smiling lips. In all that
constitutes a perfect lady, his dead
1 wife, Magdalen Hurst, was certainly
: one.
Shall We proceed to business?
. asked Lord Bayneham. hastily. He
was beginning to feel somewhat an
noyed at this handsome stranger, who
stood SO admiringly before his wife's
portrait besides, he did not like to
hear that there had ever been another
: face like hers-it was peerless in his
4 eyes.
l They entered warmly into their ar
engagements, and Lord Bayneham's
: passing annoyance soon wore off
There was no resisting the handsome
, face and gay, easy temper. Paul Full
ton knew how to charm, and he soon
won the liking of the noble, unsuspic
3 ious earl. He accepted with skilIfllly
: concealed delight the invitation to
Bayneham Castle; it was the very
1 thing that, in his heart, he had longed
for, but never hoped to gain.
Il am sorry that the ladies are not
3 at home said Lord Bayneham, "but
you will see them at Bayneham. We
I think of going tomorrow or the day
afterward. Would it be quite conven
lent for you to follow us in--say a
: week from now?-Mr. Carlyon comes
then !"
Mr.. Fulton assumed an air of pro
found thought, which in a few minutes
gave way to a bright smile.
1T would suit me admirably, he
said, "as he had business in Wales
afterward." He remained with Lord
T Bayneham for lunch, and there was
no more said about business, but he
proved himself to be one of the most
amusing men the young lord ever re
membered to have met His anecdo.
ties were inexhaustible, and his rich
: fund of wit and hunor kept Lord Bay
neham constantly amused and de
lighted.