The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-11

carlos, you should have my advice and
assistance; but 1 do not believe 1t. /
know In my own heart that it is a
boys first fancy. How many men have
wrecked themselves on such a rock!
Oh, be warned. Carlos!"
What woul o suggest" he asked,
IF you believed 1t to be true love-"
I should say. put IT to the test. The
girl Is quite uneducated. My dear Car
los. imagine living always with a per-
son who forgot the letter 'h'-imagine
the sneers of your servants, the smiles
OF your friends, and your own torture
every time she spoke. If it be really
true love-and only time can prove that
-you must educate her before you
marry her. She must be taught to
speak properly, and she must acquire
the rudiments of good tanners at
present she would simply disgrace
youl"
You are hard, mother" he said,
angrily.
Il am just" she replied, calmly.
Suppose you marry her next week.,
and bring her home here in a month
picture yourself sitting down to table
with her, ashamed every time she
spoke. nervous when any visitors
called. You would be compelled to shut
yourself up from all the world"
IT should be proud of her." he said,
holly.
Your marriage is quite impossible.
How could she take the head of your
table. how could she entertain your
visitors-this underbred girl who las
no other charm than a fair face? Car
los. I kno you better than you know
yourself. You would be ready to die OF
shame. I believe there is nothing a
man tires of so soon as a vulgar, UNI
educated wife"
Maggie is not vulgar, mother; how
can you persist in saying so? She is
one of natures queens"
"She has a beautiful face and is
graceful in her gestures, but she is
vulger in mind. I estimate her cor
rectly. I am not in love with her. Yon
you'd be utterly wretched If you were
compelled to live with her for three
months"
81 should die without herl" he cried,
p~assionately.
"If yours be true love, you need not
fear the test" said Lady Carew. you
are but twenty-five, the girl is not
much more thar seventeen. What /
propose is this: Let six months pass,
Sdil OS, SDtilu liie LIN do EOu PltdSt-
travel. study, amuse yourself-but mix
with the world. If at the end of that
term you still with all your heart wis.
me to entertain your proposal, then the
girl must be properly trained and edl-
Gated. After that I will think of what
had best be done"
you refuse your consent then,
mothcr?" he said. gloomily.
Yes. I stand between you and the
wish of your heart. because. If granted.
1t would prove a curse instead of II
blessing to you. ] have never exercised
any authority over you. 7 have
studied to please you; but now l expect
obedience to this my most Imperative
command"
my lear mother, you should ave
made me obey you as a child IL 20,
expected obedience from me as a man."
and the words, lightly spoken. filed her
heart wish anguish.
"You are the last creature on earth
who should %reproach me for my ex-
c~essive kindness to YOU" Lady Carev
answered. 1T have devoted my life to
your welfare"
at seems easier to you to make n
sacrifice than to lay aside you preju-
dices, mother"
"They are for our sake, Carlos. NO
one cares less for fortune than I do;
but you must marry a refined. we'll
bred girl. You M make a girl who
Is inferior to your w servants mis-
tress OF Firholme. DO what I suggest.
Carlos. Wait six months. and then. If
you are still in the same mind. begin
by educating her-two or three years
in France or Germany might do much
for her"
Mother. you talk nonsense" he
cried. when every hour is an age,
how can I wait six months, and then
two or three years. l could rot. Once
and for all, mother, will you give your
consent?"
mo, / cannot"
Remember, 1 need not ask you" he
said. Il am master hero. Firholnle Is
mine. I can bring q wife here when
I choose; but I o not dc so with
out your consent, for the sake of tho
love there has been between us. ! pre-
fer to please you II / can"
But Lady Carew would make no COM
promise. She was firm, and would not
give her consent to her sons marriage
unless he complied with the conditions
laid down.