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

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per, and that she did not like to be
found fault with. He had taken a ux-
uriously furnished villa on the shores
of the Lake of Como-the Villa Mol
tent, belonging to the duke of that
name, who had gone to the East. Sir
Carlos had no trouble as to servants,
for they had all been there for some
years; and his time was all his own for
making love and teaching. He could
not help smiling at the array of books
he had brought with him; but Maggie
rarely opened one of them.
Sir Carlos was perfectly happy for
some few days, He never wearied of
watching Maggie, and the more he
watched her the more beautiful he
thought her. How right he had been
after all, he reflected, A few little &c
centricities were less nan nothing
when compared with her wonderful
beauty.
One day Sir Carlos drove his wife to
the city of Como, as she had expressed
a wish to see it. He ordered a re-
cherche dinner at the hotel where
they alighted; and it happened that,
among other things, a dish of green
peas was served.
"Peas!" cried Maggie, when she saw
the dish. II am very fond of them. My
aunt always said that 1 could never
have enough of them"
The continual mentioning of her aunt
as the highest earthly authority began
to annoy him. He was ~fastidious, too,
and did not like to hear a lady speak
with enthusiasm of eating. This was
the least part of the shock he was des-
tined to suffer. Maggie helped her
self most literally to the green peas;
and presently her husband, looking up
suddenly, saw his beautiful wife using
, her knife instead of her fork.
[ Maggie he cried, angrily, what
are you doing?"
Her face flushed, but she looked de
family at him.
II know" she said. But I must us'
1 my knife; I cannot help it. l am sur
Z Miss Pferson was very particular II
. teaching us never to use a knife wher
Z eating peas; but look at this fork
cannot eat peas with it."
"Then go without them. 1t Is un-
heard-of vulgarity. Never do that
again, Maggie; it has Mortified me-"
"And l am so fond Of Them" she an
swered. petulantiy. What can 1t mat
fer? There is no one here to see me-
Il am mere, It saul, oiiu ~ 90
here. You must-respect my presence
J and your own; you should never dc
when you are alone what you would
not do If anyone was with you. The
laws Of good breeding arc always tht
same whether we are alone or witt
, others"
( .That is all nonsense!" cried Maggie
Her husband looked at her In dismay
v ssNyo,.anga mr. mot whanN Vol 0lDt
8 with me. l shall expect you to observe
: the same etiquette at table that l OBJ
! serve myself"
,sYou do not love me; IL % did, yol
would not find fault with me" SAID
Maggie.
+ 81 have proved my love-" he retorted
3 and she finished her dinner in sulkJ
2 silence. This was the first disagree
| ment.
The second arose from a similar
, cause. Maggie had never been accus
l toned to wine. and she liked 1t per
= haps a little too much. She would
;. drink glass after ~glass-quite uncon
scious, certainly, of the effect 1t WoulC
/, have-until she grew sleepy and stupid
} Her husband spoke to her about 1t
4 kindly enough, but firmly, and she bit
I terly resented his interference. III
found. too. that he could not correc
her inaccuracies of speech, her ms
takes In pronunciation. If there wa
an Improvement one day, she wa
worse the next; that which h glamour
Of love had hidden from him was glar
ingly apparent now.
He had not been three days in falling
. in love; he had not been married thre'
| weeks before he discovered that M
9 mothers verdict vas a true one. HI
, love had been a young mans fancy
v Time would have proved it to be so
u but he had not waited for time.
If was not many weeks before tn
u unhappy Sir Carlos saw that In IN
l. wife he had chosen there was no charn
save that of her beautiful face. H
v bad thought he would be able to forn
y her mind: 1t was already formed. II
had fancied he could educate her; sh
was already educated. He had believe'
/ he could train her; she was ALREADY
o trained. The conviction came to hin
at last that his hasty, ~ill-advised mar
n riage had been a fatal mistake; n h
had to go through all the horrors of nj
disillusion.
When Maggie perceived that he grey
weary Of her society. h went through
10 every phase of jealous fury. Nothlnj
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them than their isolation and solitude
for. IL they had been surrounded b.
friends and acquaintance, they woul
have seen much less of each other.
g Maggie was no companion for him
she never read. never opened eithe
book or paper. She had no experience
of life. save such as she had met wit
in her aunt's shop. If she told him a
a~necdote. its c~oarseness or v~ulgarit'
a disturbed him. When she had talke
to him about her new dresses. abeu
d the impression she hoped to make o.
IS Lady Carew, and her plans when sh
d could live at Firholme, she had no NOR
% to say
,r Her vulgarity Jared upon him a hun
bred times each day. She had no taste
% she never looked well-dressed she wor
the most inharmonious colors, an