The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-10-30
HER HUSBANDS
WIDOW .

Henceeorth she would live for her
boy. She was not yet four-and.twsnty.
she WAS beautiful. she was In the full
bloom Of health and vigor. But she
was sick OF life and pleasure and
would do without them. Romance! She
laughed bitterly. All her Riraish
dreams had been realised. She had
longed for high place and q proud
name. for woalth and ease. and ali
these she had found tinctured With con.
tent with the Idle, empty life Of pleas
ure she had 30 far led. Oswald had
been good fellow-her son should be
. good. perhaps q great man. He
should live not to be proud of his an.
costors. but that his deseendants
might b proud of him.
Tho glory which falls on castle
walls" had somehow deserted Rsves.
The place seemed no longer q home
TO her. Two days later she WAS on
her way to 0witseEland with Jimmy
ana his nurse. travelling BY easy Sta
ges.
Leslie had never before visitsd
6witseriand. Il was not the least az
Ito recommendation as q retreat that
1t was devoid Of memories and 49,
Citations Of her Once or twice osvaId
had promised to take. her. there. .n6
gazing at the mountains Of the Ober.
land from the terraces Of Berns ~.
trle0 70 regret that he was not With
nor 70 share her delight in the pros.
pect; but while her eyes dimmo6 she
had to confess to herself th.r the w.,
or Piccadflly In the season or of Coves
H0RAftA
him more.
She fingered q few days IN n.
quaint old Swiss capital. WITH n. sr.
cades and fountains. She ende.vcrs.,
unsuccessfully to interest Jimmy In
INC ciockwork bears and cuckoos
corded by the town clock: .he "a IN.
i've pears In their pit beyond the
Oxaeck bridge. and returned again and
esaan 10 feast her eyes on the beauty
resist their appeal no longer She trav-
elled on to Thun and steamed acro.s
the lake to Interlaken.
The Oberland IL freshest and faire.t
In the early summer. The mountsin
lodges were say with flower.. the rain
strange to say, had ceased. and the
she had seen. The silvery dome Of the
Jungfrau was marked AGAINST n akv
OF unclouded blue. Leslie was lucky
~ experienced and pessimistic travcI.
lers assured her. to catch Switzerland
In fearless mood The omen waa
good. Nature had dried her tears. The
springs Of youth dubbed up AGAIN IN
the girlwidow's heart.
But ahe felt tha u>>A -
ship less shorply here than ID home
tourist.haunted Murren and
congress-ridden Grindelwald. after a
brief stay at . hotel she tablished
herself in q roomy villa on the south
east shore Of the Thuserne. on the
way to st. Beatenberg.
In the large garden she passed many
happy hours playing with her baby I'M
der the fruit trees. Toward evening
she would row far out into the lake.
and. shipping the oars, let the boat
drift while she soothed her eyes with
the glorious panorama OF mountain.
lake and sky.
On other days. leaving Jimmy safe
In the care Of his devoted nurses. abe
would take her alpenstock and. clad
In short skirts and rough-shod boots,
spend q long day climbing the TANKS
of the easier peaks.
From England came many letter.
most Of them from acquaintancee ex-
pressing the commonplaces Of social
others from her solicitors
relating to her affairs and reporting
that their search for Q will had 20 far
been unavailinG. At moments she r.
preached herself for not revealing to
hem all the facts disclosed BY Captain /,
Rhedan. But Vengeance. shs told her
Ielf. was no mans duty, and II che
had been prepared to attack her father
he law could do nothing to help her.
At times . passionate LONGING ito
hear something Of Victor possessed
ler. She would have liked to meet Mn
llone. face to face. once for all % h6or
ne whole story from his lips; hear his
II he could offer one.
Ito De Continued.