The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1907-10-10

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and then my husband would take
care of his wife's family honor!
So | suffered my lord to marry me
and Gerald, for the time, was saved.
Three years went by, and had
drank my fill of the worlds admira-
ton. / was a great favorite in soci-
ETY., and my husband was very proud
of me. He was one of the noblest
and best of men, and Heaven knows
was never anything else to him
than faithful wife, though / never
loved him.
In the third year of my married
life I became acquainted with the
Countess of Huntly. She was gay,
beautiful woman, about my own age,
and her husband-an easy-going sort
| or man-owned a house in London.
manor house down in Dorsetshire,
quite near the coast. / had been
| there on two occasions with the
countess for weeks rusticating, and
most delightfully."- weird and mys-
| ferrous old house was Huntly Manor.
When l was invited there to wit
ness the nuptials of my lady's only
| brother, Lord Albert Trevelyan. of
course I was immensely delighted
with the idea. About Lord Albert
there had always seemed to me some
! thing very strange and interesting.
not that I had ever seen him, but T
heard his sister tell so much about
| him. An only son, born to peerage.
handsome and accomplished as Apollo
himself, he had preferred the wilds
OF Asia to civilized England, for the
| past three years and more; but now
he had come home, and was going to
| marry and settle down like Chris
tan. The bride elect was the woman
his father, now dead, had selected for
him-the Lady Christine McDougal.
a Scottish beauty of immense wealth
and surprising beauty, but Lady
Huntly whispered to me that she had
dreadful temper.
Lady Christine's parents being
dead, Lady Huntly had proffered her
own house for the nuptial festivities.
and the offer had been accepted.
Lord Albert was now in Ireland, with
party OF gentlemen friends, hunting
and fishing, for it was hard for him
to give up his adventurous habits.
1t was very early in June that we
went down to Huntly Manor. NV
husband was Of the party, and Lord
Huntly came down in a day or two.
week before the wedding day Lady
christine arrived. A very handsome.
stately woman she was indeed; but If
Lord Albert had been a friend Of
mine I should have shuddered for
his life with her for companion.
l think she hated me from the
nrst, though she could not probably
nave given a reason for it. But there
are some very strange and mysterious
things in this world; and when all
was made clear by time, understood
why 1t was that Lady Christine and
were so strongly antagonistic.
Lord Albert delayed his coming to
the last moment. His sister was an
noyed with him for being so dilatory.
and Lady Christine's steel blue ewes
took on an ominous glitter as day
after day passed and still he fingered.
Two days before the wedding, Just
before sunset, I was sitting in nv
chamber, which fronted the English
Channel, looking out on the glitter
ing waste of water. The day had
been calm and bright, and the sun
was going down in wilderness Of
golden and crimson clouds.
Suddenly, as gazed, mist seemed
to come before my eyes. I felt cold
and numb, an icy wind blew full in
my face, and the placid waters grew
white with foam and spray! Clearly
out against the red sunset line saw
the outline of yacht, tossing help
lessly on the crest of the pillows: at
her helm was the figure of tell man.
Nearer and nearer came the frail
craft. / saw distinctly the face Of
the helmsman-and it was Richard
Earle! Only a moment saw 1t, and
then laundering roll of foamy water
shut it from my view, and crashing
| on the rocky shore came the lost
yacht, and up from her crew rose one
wild, last wall of agony! And high
| above 1t all heard his voice calling.
Elizabeth! Elizabeth! My love!
my love!"
/ shrieked out in my wild alright.
and my Lord Newbury rushed in from
| the adjoining room in alarmed haste.
And when I looked out upon the sea
again it was calm as glass, and not a
sail in sight.
excused myself to my husband as
best | might-for I would not tell
him what I had seen-what / knew
had seen-for he would have
deemed me insane. But all night
long ! lay awake. trying to reason out
the strange vision; and morning
found me no nearer solution than
before.
All the forenoon was restless and
uneasy. The bright morning changed
to day OF drizzle and rain-the wind
blew sullenly, and howled piteously
through the long, lonesome corridors
OF the manor, and shieked like q dis
| tressed human being down the black