The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-04-08

least the next two years Of her life,
the young woman rebelled at once.
She had never. heard, she declared,
ofsa married woman going to school;
that her place was with her husband;
that she had passed all the standards,
and learnt to play the piano, and had
taken lessons in French; that no
woman, unless she were going to be
governess, wanted more; and, final
4 ly, that she fatty refused to go. 1t
was more dificult, much more diff
cult, than with Tom, to convince the
young woman by the logic. of cir
cumstances, for she was still more ig-
norant. than Tom, ard thought his
giving in ridiculous, and did not see
why, with him or without him, she
should not go and take up her abode
at the Towers and look after things, !"
which she felt must be in great want
of some one to look after them. She
was made to yield at last. but not
without dffRcuity, declaring to the
last moment that she could not be
refused alimony, and that she would
take her alimony and 60 and live in
dependent at home till her husband
came to claim her, rather than go to
school at her age. But Beaufort man
aged this. too. to the admiration of
everybody. He brought to bear upon
the young woman pressure from her
'Ome, when her old mother, under his
skilful manipulation, was brought to
see the necessity of going to school,
and declined to receive her rebellious
daughter. This was at the cost of
another allowance from Toms estate,
fer it was not fit that Toms mother
in-law should continue to earn her
bread poorly without her daughters
assistance, in a poor little confection-
er's shop. Beaufort managed all this
without even betraying the income of
this poor old woman, or where she
lived, to the researches Of the Lin
dons, for Lady Car was very tender
of her boys name, even now.
And she was taken home-to Eas-
ton, which she loved, ard said she
was much better, and was able to be
out on her husbands arm, and sit on
the lawn and watch the sun setting
and the stars come out over the trees.
But she had got her death wound.
She lay on the sofa for months, for
all one lingering winter after another,
smiling upon all that was done, very
anxious that Janet should go every
where and enjoy everything, and that
Beaufort should be pleased and
happy. She asked nothing for her
self, but gave them her whole heart
of love and interest to everything
that was done. She had her sofa
placed where she could see them
when they went out, and smiled when
Beaufort said. always with a slight
hesitation. for he thought it was not
right to leave her, that he was going
to ride over to the club, or to spend a
day in town. "Do; and bring us back
all the news" she said. And when
Janet went away with compunction
to go to balls with her grandmother,
Lady Car was the one who explained
away all objections. "Quite pleased
to have you go--to have Beau to NY
self for little" Lady Car said some
times, even little vexing her child;
but, when Janet was gone, urging
Beaufort to the pleasure he longed,
but he did not like to take. at is
just what ! wanted, that you should
go to town, and you can bring me
back news Of my little Dem" Some
times they were even a little piqued
that she wanted them so little-poor
Lady Car!
And thus quite gently she faded
away, loved-as other people love,
not as she ovedcherished and re-
vered, but not as she would have re-
vered and cherished; with a husband
who read the papers and went to his
club, and got very gracefully through
life, in which he was of no Importance
to any one, and her only son banished
in Africa. shooting big game. Janet
was good child, very good, but her
mother never knew how near this
child was to her In the shadowy land
where people may wander side by
side, but without the intervention of /
words or some self-betrayal never
find each other out. Perhaps had
Janet found the courage to fling her.
self down at her mothers side, and
say all that was in her heart, the
grasp of warm hand might have
brought her back to life. But Janet
had not the courage, and everything
went on in its daily calm, and the
woman whose every hope had faded
Into blank disappointment, and an
her efforts ended in failure, faded
away. The first summer Lady Car
still went out to dine, and walked a
little about the garden with her hus-
bands arm; the next day she was car
ried out to her sofa on the lawn. All
went so very gradually, so very softly,
that no one noted. She was very deli
cate. When that gets to be fs;lly rec