The newspaper., 1908-05-15

She would often speak of her parents and sister and
wish they could visit her. He tried to make her be
ieve that 1t her wey duty not to talk to him OF
her family He objected to her writing receiving
letters to them from them and his mother shared
his prejudice, she telling Rosae that she had married
Nigel and put him out of power to marry an English
woman and the least consideration she could show
her husband to let New York and her family re-
main the other side OF the Atlantic and not in
sst upon dragging them into Stornham court. Sir
Nigel did not intend that her relatives should visit her
if he could help it, and always discouraged notion
they might have planned of paying them visit by
writing to them himself occasionally. not telling his
wife OF it. He opened and read her letters to New
York. also kept OF her letters from her he only
gave her what he fit to.
Rosalie could not bear to have her parents know
that she very unhappy, she could not possibly
write facts so her letters restrained and very
unlike her 1t hard for her to write at all since Sir
Nigel had so disapproved of her writing receiving
letters from her people The father mother and sister
became greatly worried her and shed many
her letters and felt that in her life, she
cared nothing for the folks at home.
On one occasion she had visited the wears wife
errand of mercy and that lady gave her n letter
that addressed to her, but left with the Wears
mail by mistake of the postman. When Rosy
the address and post mark on the letter she saw Mt
once it was from her father, she very pleased
and excited she almost forgot to thank the lady and
on her way home between her tears she read the
letter, which this:
DEAR DAUGuTER:-It seems as If we had pretty bad
luck in not seeing YOU. We had counted it very
much and your mother feels it all the more because
she is weak after her Illness We don't quite under
stand why you did not seem to know about her hav-
ing had diphthera in Paris. You did not
Betty's letter. perhaps it missed You in way.
things do sometimes go wrong in the Hnull. and
eral times your mother has thought letter lost.
She thought because you seemed to forget refer
to things. We came over to leave Betty at French
school and we had expected to visit you later, but
yourmother fell III and not hearing from you seemed
to make her homesick. decided to return to
ri IatTfl Tho Gtau
don however to make some inquiries about you and
on the first day arrived met your husband In Bond
street. He explained that you hnd
gone to house party at some Castle I'm Scotland and
said you were well and enjoying yourself very much
and that he on his way 10 join you. | am sorry
daughter. that IL has turned out that could not
each other. 1t seems long time since you left
But very glad however. that you well and
really like English life. II We had time for IL. |
sure 1t would be delightful. Your mother sends her
love and very much to hear Of all you do
ing and enjoying hoping that we will have better luck
the next time Your afectionate father,
REUBEN l.. vANDERPoEL.
After reading the letter. she who had been the mild
est of sweet tempered creatures, Wild with
the house still clutching the letter In her
hands and staggering from side to side. She found
Sir Nigel in his she told him all about the letter.
how he had lied to her father London telling him
she vas I'm Scotland enjoying herself. when she
"a home hungry and sick for her parents and sister.
After she finished talking to- him she almost In
sane with heartbroken bysterca grief and rage. He
tried to tell her that the reason he had done so
he did intend to have her people visit her
he then caught her and shook her then struck her
with his open hand the cheek, she fell In shudder-
chest that the floor. he had lost control