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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1899-02-17, Page 7'. TUE WIN RAFT TI I' ERU A c 1- 17, 1899. • rr,ei n('t 111tvei$ Were tits distant -1 Inej e Y: s, e'es !+se free ,w/",. ea. .` xa ' a*Pei. L a'Zee wCM/,,. q ,`,6q A A" . ," I_,bNR,i 1 5x .^,[l!.4-4.',?‘"/„+:00,f4S w'.L•,ki.^ ' .'•.Y "Y. R,,, 7',•. tOi My'* /y\. I. ` ! \. .' ,y F(•rY l „'! A' '#r 'rIp`• )- ' oma AGAINST r 4X ` • I, ere? er"y a * * * * * BY MRS. MARY E, HOLES- Aitthor of "A. Woman's Love," The Wife's Secret," '(A Heartlears. WPrnan,» "Her Fatal Sin,'" "A Wife's INErilk' • 434 Desperate Woman," i X0*.0• oggcY,,0*•FY$•!”. $(.!ap6> Would he never treat her with aught 'but contempt? Blit in'ettenee brought her such 'no o in her path, t a ,rya no one Was about. and • she could.' `net Pees down. for Ceuta Tura stood right agony. of humiliation its almost to banish "Ulanroiads!" he repcitted.with it start, • "the thrill of gladness that, do what she i'or the !irk time be noticed ,her. jewels; • coat&, would steal into her heart when they hod eseaued ' him; it was her • 'atom lout. radiant scatty as a whore that lute sole- more- nioree than ct'cr She was (IGS- ('d his eye. "So," he Kahl slimly. "Yen terained it trust enol. weefr the ' etelirbrnted Darrell gyrus' hi - '.She would seen: another life, nod, per- night, cotiut(ss,w; roti would be geed Well' haps, in the. 'future have enntentnn'nt. for a r(ibbcn•," sind'i)teace. IC not ]lapiiinese, Alice ianglied•nervonsly, but she was Davi, come In after 0 While, and •loves thankful ttutt the passion had •1-1}C%l: 40t hill of the grand preparations for the of his eyes. and she said lightly: • •• I4nner that were in progress. "Yes. but I ant afraid of no robbt('4." ";all the grand folk for miles mud "Women nye always brave," the (•stint • are t'(nring, lay lady," 'she declared. observed,, glancing naw nt the spatkliug ''(I',adv Darrell sent messengers en ho s"- gents with a keen, curious loots; *lint "melt to all the houses, and they were I (loll t mind eufrssang that, man (ie t ' delighted to conte:. You see there'„ 'Own nal, I should not care to sleep in n r•cirn ' so mtwh exeiteuent bot 'the Ctu''tie, with those world famous ;jewels. i s''a lel. lately first tenor (;nptain Rime b(': 4e` expert to here very uneettled slumbers." murdered. and then the earl ntar'mylitt;, "I have never tried it!" Atlee Stu-. 'Owl or emu* all the Falk wnut to see swere(l, still lightly, though site hinged what his bride is like, ns of course-- e" to get away front, this man: "but' I "1 tmeleratancl. Davis," :Mike wti,i • •amentia-, as the woman stopped, c11Ve'r0r1 "{with, confusion, "they want to see bow clii antler Therrn's niece Pierre the conn- i -fess.! It is naturnir" "(7h. my lady, forgive me, but 1 esti t•• heli) it,. You afli't anything lean cbtpl-' tees. I'll swear. 'there roust be some 1 rijbdake about it. You ain't like termer• folks are: YOU are a laxly horn --I ani j Sure on it—we All say so." • 1 -41lce's fnee flushed: e "A. lady born!" i:he said to hersel". 'Oh, if filet could only be true --that 1: aright be his venni, whit 11npp'neee i.t • Irnitlii be: :co, Davis," she answered Ytlatul; "it is Il ut'too true. I ass tate •e'npntess now. but •I was Pa1'iaer •Brown's niece, and people won't forget 'it," "Thev'II call you a queen when they- . see yen to -night." Davis cried c nthnritt. #leanly. .She was ,draping the dither -gown as she strike, Alice for once (lcterin ted.• •t(' shine. She 011080 a most bettntirml " 'robe of ;,Teaming white sattin: in this, fitting her grttrecfttl rounded form to p 1-• rection. she. scarcely knew herself ns esb' t:ltllire(1 -in the mirror. }ler glorious golden.hOIr was gathered in one great knot et the hack. of her Mend, her deliente throat and reek i'o"e ..% ant••the kat eeet-tike 1 8l'11n ii;: thele • 7rn1-.ty, She drew On n • pair. of long •t•l:.'te gloves. and then prepared to tie- soend, when a ten came. tit the. door .lend :t fortmnn stood disclosed. herr''ng ii ease and a message front the Dow - eager Lally Darrell, begging . her ''OU's `1N -Oe • to. don the Darrell diamonds to - .night, and to keen them in the future. Alice iraiteri. till the man had gone, .then 'hesitated. • . ,Should 'she wear these gems! .Whitt - right 'hurl she, •the low -born • Girl. to nut them on—iewcls thn.t a race -of patrietan woman had worn for yeirs? Davis ilntocke(1 the ease. and drew emit the glittering nrnatnents 'with slight shrieks of admiration. Vie my Indy, yon roust put them ...our she ('fled excitedly. • -Alice hesitated no longer, • She Was the,. enr!'s wife, , and trite -sitistrees of all he uonetl. A something thrilled. through her- as the maid rimmed the magnificent neek- litce mind her tltt'oat—a feeling that 4tlie 3i ad's et had been tree -that ;,she had the .right•, to weiir . old honored -Sew 's, not its his . wife' :oils', but -througri her birth. Davis placed the diadem on the wavy. •golden locks. ciasped • the' gleaming brace E'ts en the rounded arms,. then atoocl and looked • nt her. mistress in • silence. • • • 'She could find. no .words to' express °.- -tier ndrriirationerind. nater it brief glance• •ut her ewe reflection, Alice disiit1ssed tlhe good -natured woman : and teiliaincel -,alone. She. *teed for many minutes gather - Ing art all her coinage. for she felt;'site •Sliould Treed it: then, slowly opening -her 'doom, she'walked down: the. e"airi,lur•. '1(iokiug. in her trailing white'.robes and tvlisteuiut, Jewels, 'indeed . a t'ery. green -'of tattiest' awl beauty; ' • ' At the top Of the great staircase shite 'felt the a samerme 11'its near bri, rind, ' turtling., stew Count ,hire, Itis eyes burn- ing frith' the passim she had %spired •:in his henrt. . "Yon itre divine•-snperbl" he mnr- enttired, "These old halls. have seen no Om* is eotupare with you, my Lady Ilar- ,Tell. " • Alice smiled faintly. She did net %Aln(let'`lta011 the trtte lneameilti; of his :gees, yet she had a nerwons dread of • 'this tarn, (incl felt he was dangerous, - "Yon are flattering ale, Coalat Tarn," *she answered :t little coldly. "Flatter yout Ali, Lady Darrell, you ►. ttdge 114<' harshly, I hive* never seen life or holmium till I- beheld yon." )10 se'lreely knew what he said, Ito •dttath1'alled -were his senates by 1148 pas' ( 1144 ant her beams+. "You are attracted by the diamonds, -.not me," ?Slice said hurriedly, feeling .at greater dread than ever steal over het, The hall 'vas quite deserted; 'she *Atked for a. s:limnse of a servant, but shall do so to -night for the first time. I will let a'ou know to -morrow whether ley slumbers were disturbed; I don't think I alit eery.nnncih afraid. And now count, it is getting late; will you pardon tae. --I roust go." The count bowed and stood aeltle. then leaned over the oak lnrlirsttad0, and watched the dainty figure glide down. "To -night!" he muttered; „ "to -night. she said. It's well, Pant email, out hr - on;.(' • 1310 of Irl:tyy,ng atilt not Wreathe:. And yet hots' falx, how beautiful 8'11' (s! What are d:nn1onds to such novel'' r.(•8s ae hors? If elle were but free, if T 01 old but. classp her in m$ arms, .and meets my lips to hers! Pshnw! I :int raying -•it cell never he!! •George, old fellow, wake np. remember you• halve work to do to=night." Alice., I((h 8 d on to the g) c't t salon, 'l'h0 ('.inn Wats empty ars she entered it; she' was ekrly, lint her courage, inste0t1 of *hiking, rose higher and higher. as. she walked through the brilliantly light- en apartment, and caught the refee'ti!)n of her benutiful form in the Horny m,'r- r'urs. She was standing by the fireplace When the earl 0(17110 1114 her barn: •Wats 111:111t41. :711111 seeing only e. slender, grace fill form. he hurried ftp to it. He eer- ' c ti n •lovely boLupMAeflow'ers 1g: s 'Iti(• a• • "Valerie," he. said, in Tow, 'passionute tones, "Pham kept my promise; •$ierre :are your florets, Lady -Dorrell, yon'!" he ex':Iaituodl, ns -Alice turnedslowly and fate('d 'hint. • Then almost involun- tarily he nturmnred, "Ilow beautiful .von are! Let me congratulate you! Teal wiil indeed' win nil hearts to -right!"' • ,'Thank you," Alice answered quite Composedly, though her own 'heart was beating wildly. What a t-hauagce had e(,nte into his voice. The ; frsst words. }Mil been love -laden, but . the . next breathed only compliments. trust I inn to your ' satisfaction. You with to. find Miss Boss—she is not yet conte 'down," 4. The earl flushed again; that stranZ•e fesrination that Alike seemed to exec• ise over Trim came into his mind once more. "1 brought her some flowers,". he' ob- served confusedly; "she always likes them." "Flowers such ea those are worth lik- ing," returned the young county -es, see - hie his confusion, and natying him. "t never saw so,•many beautiful plants till I came here," "Our hothouses are considered very fi'nc—tree must go over them together," cased Itoy, forgetting, all about Valerie and the' bouquet. and .gazing itt his lovely young wife with a new sensation •in h's breast, • Alice's eves drooped, she did not n'F,sh hurt to.notice her asiitation.. - ",I am afraid it would be too mobil trouble, my- lord," • she said, tm'nrng from him, end forcing herself to speak eolrl'tr, i "'1'imuhle- oh, not Tell the atilt 'hour You will be free tomorrow nett I nln .nt your service." Alice felt a thrill of estonishnu'nt that •melted into a ine lmtt of perfect bliss, "i: am free all day," she mutmtnred, "'Tien We can--:---" The earl got no farther, for two peo- Vie entered the meal at this instant, They were Count ,Tura and Valerie, gorgeous in crimson satin and her rubies and dhtinottls. • Req watchecl.his wife approach Count Jura with geiteeful 01480, and as he saw the flash of possionnte Cove in the. other math's eyes ire felt a sudden eetuo1atioit aR his heart ,of andel'—so treat it almost pained hitt, Wlaat was it? Ciould it he that Itoy, Marl of Darrell, was growing je14101,s of his tow-bodtt wife. Alice saw nothing of his expression, blit she saw 'Valerie standing neer Male the bouquet in iter Irnnels, "I have bee11 trying to • console Yny husband, AEss Ross," site 'salol, 1n her' clear, street voice, "but he wottld not be consoled. YOU VIVO late to dnd»'f your promised gift of flowers." The earl -bit his, lip and walked array, A asutldcn swish came to hila that 'Valerie seemed to be felling ?flap h1rt eye's. Ile: i;leper'i1 from Valerie's handsome ince, t1-I.h its hard, I'tss:osmate look, to. 4U'e'" e sweet, lovely t'tlinrteil4llee lit with we. 1n,tn11' tnlulaviies and wsitlen0se, told his wife's pleased Idnl the most. Ilei• 1'earilkl. ton, astt,lis11ec1 yet gratified in'l(1", ' and um:ousel:owls his heart :ame h'•1 as he pletured her triumph, Valerie, (lulek to recd bis clear, holi- est rave, read these .thoughits,anti elle was nultltlened ahuost to frena', ,'Ince ;ta'n's appearance, ' her .eo<itee.'ss, wore y)!s(4L('d darts to • Valerie's blit lite() i'eue^t, and site vowed to be re1;('nged awl hi 11b1180 the low -born wife .et I2'iy 1 lalrrell, (m.A VTine `'111. crowd of guests streaming in Wit the 041-1 tive11' ocetUried, He stood' nt the head of the salon, the slight form. It white stain aria diamonds teed(lie Mitt. • To all stud enett Alice gave her sweet suialo an(1 gentle word; no trace of feat' or awkwardness uveas 121 her tlontenteor, lavet2'olie was amazed. They 11a conso filled with a wild 4nrinsity. to See the fai'w'fiirl who had So suddenly and strangely hexon(: a ec nutexs, and inlstcad of beahold?ng .t 804S01 ot: terrible social blunders pee- Pta'uled by a st:ar(ly dairy -mold, they sash uothing' but at lovely pntrieian gids Whoete Outvote :tea woaadeoals beauty eelleseir even ;hiss Valerie .Ross, long considered the goddess of all loveliness by the Falk around the'Cai.tle.' • Front her chair, Lady Darrel! nottred their iista(r'shluent; and felt that she sy'ntp<thisecl with it. •IIer heart woke from the b:tteer ci:seppointniept that hnd lived 10 it ever since the' day She keret of her 1eon'$ •mi r:ege, to admire most genuinely the fitlr voting wife, • "Where does elle got her mermen'?" she tnn180cl to he.•self. "Site is patrician from ]lend to foot. Boy has aro need of shame to -night; his wife has achieved a 811410088." 'then she ighed h little es her eyes wree erel to a. taeii. etneay fern), (04 (' le 1-r ,1c(1.1n nun 111-'1- •,L;tr4' rt't::e.s acrd 1.4-atie tide' ((Uirerc,l Ilk( jewelled dew- cle "Pelee \';iter'"'" .ehe' n,a''1 to 1r; 4 11-. "le it only mail have been! 1 :un woe she lovee 1103' now, whattete' het feel- ings raven? before 'Li`ustece died. She, too, would have made a proud 001:144018 to -night. Yet this feel holds her own." At Inst nil the guests were assemb'eil the testimonial was handed to the earl. atu'1 4iiin01' was ttnnonneed. Alae, found herself led by Sir Itober_•t Corlyl0, Mid smiled 0nee or twice to • herself ns she read the ao'ndrntiou and a 131870ment en his face. 'rhe (:iunt'r proved long and tedious to her, though not to the majority, for ilic'y site heartily. • Al:re had more plt'nsln•ee , in ]Hohn, rtt nil the rr'ouderful gold nn(1 silver or uanx ntss•elipe. 'olrlets, 'dishes and, yeses thnt steed on .the ethic. - It • t•a, n glanepi(e 0f fairyland to her, sad '.the earl, glancing from his sett at the far end of the room. watched her bright look of ndntirntion, and felt again that new sensation which was growing stronger and stronger ;in his heart. Dinner over. the ladies W ith(lrei', and :\lien.• found her. time 080(tpietl in eh:.t- ttug with all the great dimes, _whose faces she ,recollected from seeing them in their (aat,riages dnsltiiig • anion; to Nestiev' town. \'alei'ie had said little all the evening; but ,site was thinking the aleft,`. flew hate for Alice load grow_ n to -night to passion: the truth that Itoy was grade-' Wily becoming interested -any,, attrncael by his wife, lashed her to madness. It iwns indeed iwonto.lt against woman. •Ludy Darrell was right,, Valerie loved Itoy now with all the power of • :her heart: not as • she,11nd worshipped ram - Mee Rivers, bn: withet great passion of gennaac affeet'ion aria tenderness she land been living in a dream .these two dogs Hast. She felt Semite in :Roy's love,. and thought of Aliee only ns a cloud on the horizon of 'her hnppinecs; but now. she Ives Indeed liiiff; }ti dreciitlnnd: Itoy's eyes all this ntgdtt' hnd rested on • leis wife; n dawn of something neer alta •• suc]h 'as had. never rosite for. her, appeared on his face, and. Viih tle 'saw that once agitin her happiness would be wrecked. She had as yet no • phtn;'she knew not .'what or how she meant to x10 it: but rate swore to 'herself that before natty (Nye the ctrl should be ef%ectunlly separated tram his wife, my Lady Alice, and tarn to her. • The sure coating in front the smoking- wont mokin; wont distueb4(I her thoughts. Lord I(a(litl1' lntrried tip to. Alice. "Countess " he exclaimed, ':how beau Will year look to•liig1iti I could not ap- proach you before dinner, you were eo enrroundc(1, The pale cheeks pro<Thced by the ghost ]are quite disalapeet<'ed." '" 1lmst!" leit4atted Count Tomas who hnd strolled up to Alice also; "have you boon frightened to -day, eountess?" "Yves," Lord Decline went on; "eve rode over to the abbey ruins, you know, ihe:s morning, and es We • were abaft to ntnttltt the 1'em(t;ns of the tower, Lady Darrell turned denthly White, tittered a slight exclamation. and iced batik to the ntf'. Wiles I taxed Iter with a?keirlg at ghost, she declared stall to be' the case." :hire line i towtt p 1e during this sPeee 1, She hnd looked np and stet the game of '4 nietie's eyes beething with their passim M -bete, and there was such a resemblance nt theft blatant to the s1119ter farce' of Paul Iters, that ih4 felt again the dread that had athrtekctltl her in tate mine, Count :Turn wntelta(i her (leeks' many extensive end very rich velleyrr. The Canterbury Plain in the South island is Over 100 tniirs In length., tow is all comparatively level. maga, a4 prov''inee.at tt (# seatll, has much broken land and is admirably' adopted to sheep farming.. Must of New Zealand; grain Earp ii 1p'own ire Otago. Tt,e best oats I ever stn in Ontario acoukt be completely in the shade beside the average of what 1: saw hare, 40 111E been;,; the Standard bushel. Grego is else the principal cheese producting dlstril!t of New . Z:alanl,• lots (,x fatttories handling .over three thousand gallons of ti8ilk tt day and perhaps non having Inure than fifty or sixty suppliers.. know of one butter fatetory there which; inert over tarty skimming stations, 1 and snakes four totive toes of butter' a (lacy during the summer season, The •Canserbury, district is wore; for sheep farming, some ranches halving thirty thousand or over and dawn, to three thousand. The North 1810)1d., is more for het. tor, The Tarattnttkl (listriet 'i9 000- sidered, the greatest in the world, the output being about fifty tons a days„ and it is not a very large district I either, perhaps half the size .of the' county vt1 Duron. 1' arther north it is consicierabte warmer and is well adapted to fruit growing, oranges, bananas, lemons and such lute flourishing to perfection. The Guv'ernulent; of New Zealand is known as at progressive one, the j Liberal Party being in power at present with Sir R, J. Siddon as' Premier. The uuvernnrent own and control the railways, the' postal, telegraph and telephone. Though the fatter is much, handier and cheaperthan in Ontario; their eail- roa(! rr.ste•tti is vert' itiprrii et, all • liiteti h('itlg narrow s'a'lt;(' a,4 It nt•tint. 111,',1 N, 44'4114( 14 haV(` been ,'fa'1(nti 1-1 llie 'right, 40 4u V'rtr and iaa(t.14' .l(44 (,)1(1 As.;.: PoeitNiuiis ilii' !lite ►igen pssseat but, as ' not to become ta. per:uaueut measure for three years. Each district Hats local option in regard to the liquor traffic, 1 might also.add that the Govern. ment controls an • insurance office. Education is free and ealnpulsory. School teachers are engaged and paid by the Edueation Board, pot by the; school seetions' as in Ontario. The Board has eantrol.of a district as large or larger than a county. Yours truly, Auge. T., Strop It l Stop it! Don't imagine for at minute that a ebuuh mounts to uotbini,• Thousands of people are in ibeir graves to -day wbo let a cough take. its course. 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