The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-13

He told her frequently that She mad
never looked so well in anything as She
had looked in her pretty pink prints.
linen Maggie would cry with rage, be-
heving that he meant to insult her.
Sir Carlos knew nothing of this girl
whom he had married, save that she
had a most beautiful face. He knew
nothing of her character and dispose
ton. She was sulleu and o~bstinate.
when he was disDleased with her. she
made a point Of persisting In that
which annoyed him, and did her ut
most to vex him, and, as a rule, sue
ceeded admirably.
He tired of her at last. He chafed at
the long hours that he had to spend
alone with her. and hated the seclusion
of the pretty villa that had onee been
to him like Paradise. He asked him
self In wonder if he had been mad.
What was he to do with this undis-
ciplined, ~ill-regulated nature? All hope
of training Maggie and teaching her
had died out. She would not even
listen to him.
Miss Pierson told me that years
ago" she would say to him, when he
corrected any g~laring inaccuracy until
he was ready to anathematize Miss
Pierson.
Perhaps his greatest horror was the
continual use she made of the word
"genteel." She Wore an inharmonious
combination of colors because it was
"genteel," and gave to some words a
peculiar accent for the same reason.
Sir Carlos began to detest the very
sound of the word. She could be good
tempered when she chose; but, when
she preferred to be sulky or silent, she
could be equally ~disagreeable.
Sir Carlos now recognized the fact
that. although his wife was beautiful
enough, she was coarse and vulgar.
He had not believed that such a con-
tradietion could exist.
They went from bad to worse when
Maggie found that his love was waning.
She became jealous; she was sure, she
told him, that he loved some one else;
either he cared for omeone he had left
in England, or he had met some italian
girl. He never praised her now, never
called her beautiful" never said he
loved her. What had she done? What
did he mean by it?-while he cursed the
obstinate folly which had ruined his
life. 1.-The curse of the Carews' was
upon him. He had obeyed the prompt
ings of his own self-will. n it had
brought him to such a pass that he was
tired of his life. He dared not go TO
Firholme. How could he take that sui
len, vulgar, uneducated woman home
to Lady Carew?
Sir Carlos had a stormy scene with
: his wife about going home; the chains
: he wore CALLED him so much that he
, felt he must be free from them for d
time. The member for Lynn Mavis.
the county town of his shire, was dead,
and he had been asked to take his
place. This was what Lady Carew had
always desired. She wrote to him, tell
ing him that he should return at once
on account of the election. He knew
that to take Maggie home and intro
duce her to the county grandees would
ruin all his Parliamentary prospects.
, He would lose not only the votes, but
the interest of all his fathers old
friends; they would never forgive sucn
, a mesalliance.
How he hated his folly. What could
/ have possessed him to marry a girl like
Maggiel His mother had been right.
II he had taken six months TO hin OF
it, she would never have been his wife.
II have spoiled my life" he said,
but 1 must not make Maggie miser-
able
He felt III he must leave her for a
time. He could endure this life no
l longer. She should have everything
she wanted, but he mi have some
respite from what was a life of tor
ture to him.
= There was not one scene but many
between husband and wife; it was the
= first time in his life that the master
- of Firholme had seen all that a coarse
= nature is capable of. Maggie's re-
l proaches, her insults, her passionate
- tears and cries. maddened him. She
l was his wife, she told him, and she
would go with him. He should not
4, hide her because he was ashamed OF
= her. She was as good as his proud
e mother. She would each him that she
t was not to be neglected.
: At last he paeifed her by telling her
S that when the election was over he
would come back for her, and, as a1
r a~fter-thought, he said that he should
= prefer to bring his mother with him,
and that they could remain for some
weeks in the Villa Molteni together.
q He s%huddered as he thought of It,
$ but it must be done, he must pay the
$ price of mis- folly. He promised to write
=. to her; yes, and he would send her g
; box of beautiful dresses from London.
Il shall say nothing TO my mother OF
our marriage until she is on the road
G to Italy, he added.
Maggie answered sullenly that ne
e could do as he pleased, but that he and
n Lady Carew would find themselves
E compelled to treat her with respect
e At last he was free; he was out OF
d her presence. The scales had fallen
from his eyes, the last spark of love
n was dead within him. At that
: he would have given his life TO undo
e what he lac done.
) Lady Carew held up her hands In
wonder when she saw her son.
you hare been i'll, Carlos" she said,
g ~anxiously, and have not told me-
r Il have not, indeed, mother" he re-
; piled.
y Not i'll! Why, my dear boy, you
look ten-nay, ffteen-years older thaA
you did when you went away! Your
; face is haggard and worn, and there
r are lines upon it hat ought not to have
e been there for twenty years. However,
h I am glad to have you at home, for
n can take care of you"