Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-10-17

L snOuld imagine So, said LADY
Grahame, indifferently; 'and if ever
you should purchase the Hall. Mr.. Full.
ton. and become Squire of Grenholme,
you VIII find them charming neighbors.
The Dowager Lady Bayneham is one
OF my dearest friends. Her son is
abroad just now"
You have so many friends. Lady
Grahame!" sighed her admirer. .Ts
the young earl married?"
Yes" replied her ladyship: "he
married last year one of the loyeliest
girls in England; they are in Italy
now, l believe. The young Lady Bay
neham will be one of our brightest
stars. l never met any one so exaui-
sitely lovely, graceful, and refined"
Paul Fulton, as he styled himself. re,
Joiced to hear all this. He saw his
way clearly now; and once Squire OF
Grenholme, husband of the fashionable
widow, and near neighbor of the young
earl, he should attain the summit of
his ambition.
There came to him no solemn warn.
ing; he never thought of this life as
of a dream from which he must some
day awaken, of this world as of A
scene that must pass away. His god
was mammon, and he served it right
well.
AS time Wore on, the fears that had
slightly disturbed him passed away.
NO one recognized him. He met one
OF his old boon companions. who
looked him in the face and knew him
not. He felt safe. there was no one
living who could connect the fashion
able man of the world, Paul Fulton
with the convict, Stephen Hurst. He
grew proud of his respectabiIity
and wondered how he could ever have
been so bin and foolish as to fall into
the depths of DISGRACE. He was
scrupulously honest and upright in all
his dealings.
hospitable, gay, generous, and uniyer-
sally popular. He would rather have
died any death than have undergone
the shame of having his former career
made known. He placed an almost
absurd value on the esteem of his
fellow-men.
1t was at his Club that BERTHE Carlyon
made the acquaintance of Mr.. Fulton.
They became friends in some degree.
although there was but little in COM
mon between them BERTHE was gifted
and what is more rare, he was indus.
trious. His works were eagerly read
by the thoughtful men of the day. He
was courted alike by wise men and he
beautiful women: for that Paul Fulton
sought him. He was a rising man.
whom TO know was great honor. So
they dined together occasionally. met
at their Club, and discussed passing
events, all unconscious of the tragic
link that bound them
From BERTHE Carlyon. as from Lady
Grahame, Paul Fulton heard warm
praises of the young lords wife. He
thought much of his neighbors who
We're to be, when he was SQUIRE of
Grenholme He was. in his indolent,
lazy way, anxious to see the beautiful
young countess, of whom all the world
spoke and spoke well. To Mr. Fulton.
BERTHE conf1ded his intense desire of
entering into parliamentary life.
"The borough of Oulston returns one
member" said Mr.. Fulton, "and from
all the rumors floating now, should
the country to be on the eve
OF general election I had some
thoughts of offering myself as a can
didate; but l tell you what, Mr.. Carl
yon, introduce me to your friend Lord
Bayneham, and we will try if you can.
not be returned as the Liberal member
for Oulston. have some influence
there, you know"
Bert'e Carlyon grew intimate with,
and even liked. the gay, good-humored
man, who seemed so anxious to fur
Their his interest.
CHAPTER XXI.
Under the blue Italian skies, where
myrthes and sitrons bloom, by the fair
German Rhine, by the snow-clad noun
tains of Switzerland and in the sunny
plains of beautiful France, Lord Bay
neham fingered with his young wife.
He watched the pale sweet face
brighten gradually He never sus-
pected any mental suffering, and
would have laughed at the idea. He
believed his wife to be suffering from
the effect of over-exertion and too
much excitement. Their winter at
Bayneham had been a brilliant one
and she had been a marvellous hostess.
He blamed himself for not having
sooner perceived her fatigue and Ian
guor; but in his own quiet, gentle way
he was doing his best to atone for it.
He would not allow any fuss or cere-
mony. The countess had wished her
daughter-in-law to be presented at the
different courts, and to mingle in the
diplomatic circles of each capital they
but Lord Bayneham allowed
none of this. She had seen enough,
he declared, of the world of fashion.
and now she should have quiet, and
see something of the grandeur and
beauties pf Nature