Show It I IFor For or Another's s Dm Sin SinI B By BERTHA M. M CLAY t I I I I Continued From Prom Yesterday Morning Talk of oC a n claw daw aw In borrowed plumes lie he continued what Is that to me inc What did ld you yoa think of oC mo mo I I I-I I could shoot myself when I 1 m my folly 1011 Then Ihen I gave guvo you such gracious graci- graci ous permission to remain here un cr my fl roof root to bear my III name on condition condi condl lion tion that hat you ou were satisfied cd with that thai at the same mo time everything c In th tho world I believed lIllIc to lo be mine wa was actually yours Oh Adelaide c. c I canno beur bear to think of or III HI it But flut you ou did dill not flOt know Allan sh sho I 1 whispered and you were verc Indeed vcr ver kind an and generous to lo me Kind ho hel cried with fierce erce tion Yes I 1 was wal Indeed J kind in I al allowed allowed al- al lowed you positively allowed lIo you ou t to live In your own on house and I gave yoi ou your own jewels YOu Yeu knew on lh thi tho day ay I brought them to you ou that the were your lur own You did l not know lenow It It she said Your generous intention remains juss the same You heap coals of ot fire on in my head he lie said ald If 1 you ou would re reproach reproach re- re me if you ou would rl ridicule me If Ir you ou would woul laugh at me mc I could beai It fl t better How can I 1 J laugh ugh al at or ridicule mown m mj own mo mot t beloved husband A Adelaide he continued will yoi ou tell me one thing timing did did ld you OU yourself elf deliberately for me I dill did she replied an and I I do It Il again Hb And this he lie sai said is s the thc reason reasor you married marrIe me A thousand times an and more since the beauty and sweetness sweet sweet- I ness of your character dawned across Inc no have I asked myself Wh Why did l sh she marry narry me This Is tho the anwer interrupted Lady Adelaide I married you ou as you ou SI say SIa a against YO your I will first Hist because your our mother Lady Carew entreated me so earnestly to do so that I could not refuse secondly l because I could not endure that you ou who ha lied had been brought up UI as heir hell to Brookland should lose It but m my strongest reason of or all was wag to save you from knowing what shat your our father Cather had ha done Your own love lo for me ha had then nothing to do with wilh it as I surmised ho asked Her face flushed Hushed holl hotly No Xo she replied if nothing had been at stake stalie but my mr own love an and my mr own happiness happiness happi happl- ness nes It would woul have been beon ver very dif dif- l ferent t. t That I belle believe T J was so deeply puzzled 1 i knew lenaw you wore were the purest the most delicate the most honorable of women and an knowing that I could coul never novel understand how or why you OU married me after aCter I had so plainly shown sho m my in distaste te to the plan You know now she hc whispered whimpered It was to give you OU Brool Brooklands lan s. s and to keep you rou from flom ever knowing the story of f your fathers father's weakness but Allan AHan If c I r had known mown one thing I should never ne have havo had tho the courage to murr marry you rOU If It you ou had known what 1 he h ked looking at nt her her- herin in hi won wonder vonder er If I J had known or even thought OU rou eared cared for Cor anyone else hc sho re- re plied I led And HAnd how did I you OU know now that Iid I 1 lid id he lie asked Because the replied 1 looking at ot him because I r th th thi bc beautiful w soman man you loved aved and on It was written Lov Lovd tl and nd ml lo lost t June Junc I n Before roro that I Iad had vad hoped hope that In time lime If It I was V very ver hood patient gentle devoted kind I hoped hope that you rou would learn to love nc ne When I 1 saw that portrait I eared feared my hope was vain vaina Nay a he replied tal taking in one of or her herlands lands hands in his I never loved her one one- part so o much as I love you ou You iou have won m my heart m my love m my reverence my esteem In my respect You Iou ou have won from flom mu mo tho the deepest an ind most passionate love lo of my m heart you you have ha won so bo much Adelaide that hat I have no more moro to give I am am bankrupt in your presence She mado made no answer but her eyes were eloquent enough hI h. h I am am thankful Cul he continued 1 that the lie only barrier between us no longer exists but Adelaide e. e I havo wronged you ou enough h. h Brooklands and all belonging belonging belonging be be- longing to it it is yours I cannot bo be a pensioner on your our bounty Is that what you ou have considered mo me while I have havo been een ln H living here she Interrupted quickly No but tho the circumstances are so different t. t No man of spirit could live on his wife's fortune S What hat shall you do o then lien she asked quiet quietly I I shall take what m my father left to tome me five inc five thousand pounds and 1 shall Shallo go o away I will work vork as 05 no man ever worl worked e before ii mal make e fame and fortune for myself then when I have hav won von both bolh I will come como m my darling an and amid claim you ou A troubled expression came over o the thc i sweet face Cace Do no ri yOU vou u not nol think that I 1 have suf suf- crud enough h Allan sho simo asked e gently Sc I t ly My Iy darling mm no woman ever en endured endured en- en dured s so o much or 01 s-o s o bravely no w wo woman man was ever so to noble You think thin you owe me mC some compensation com coin she continued For the first time Lime In m my life ICe I will own that lint Is so go I 1 will wIIL own that for my m happiness tho time long torture and anguish of or Jealousy jealous that I have endured you ou owe me Inc a debt Will Ill you ou pay It ft Allan 1 I 1 will he lie replied HIm I 1 will willo do o whatever er you ask Then rhen she forgot lice her sh shyness she sho for forgot ot anything that he lie might think of her she clasped her arms round his neck and burled buried her face faco on his breast My I darling allIng he lie whispered bending ben Ing over o her what Is it il Allan sho Iho hmo sal said you ou must not leave me mae Sla Stay with me We Te need never remember to whom Brool lan s belongs we are husband husban and wife we ve lovo love each cach other Stay Slay with sith me Allan and an by staying slaying with me you will more mOIe than atone to me for Cor what you ou have made modo mo me I suffer There was one half moment of silence and an hesitation on his part then sho she had conquered He clasped her to his hiM heart hearl My I wife he cried m my noble wife I 1 am ama content to owe all nil to you OU and I 1 will never nc leave you ou again This was ns how the long continued struggle for love ended en I. I CIL I A beautiful June morning morning- two years after the tIme events e related relate In our last chapter and Lady Adelaide elal c Carew Is In tho the room drawing of o Brooklands s. s There Is 18 no beautifier so great as happiness La Lady Adelaide o had always been a lovely 10 woman but there was something In iii her face now that had ha been lacking years ears ago a look of oC perfect unutterable happiness arid and content She Sho was magnificent nt in her serene matronly beauty the tho golden I hair had lost host no sheen of Its brightness bright bright- ness Hess the violet eyes were bright the tho sweet sw ct lips lip parted with a a. smile that thal was eloquent of or perfect earthly bliss She sat at near the window looking ool with sweet dreamy eyes on the blooming Mowers then tho the door opened an and Lord Care Carew entered No 0 need to ask fisl If they lovo love each other If It they the aro arc happy hup together Their e eyes cs es met and that one glance tol told old more inure than any wor words s could do o. o IIo Elo bent down and kissed her white brow L row Does he lie like being Lord Lor Shirley sho ho aske asked Lord Lor Carew laughed laughe I cannot tell it mal makes es no differ differ- difference ence enco in him him that I can enn see sec His first question was about you ou I 1 am um hat half I Inclined my Lady Lad Adelaide to be I Jealous You have so much cause e she sal said suld quietly but now now Allan lIun mind what I am going to sa say to you ou He must maJI narry Alice both bothi both Die and und I kayo have set our jur hearts on it It That only shows hows what spoiled oung people you and amI Die are ure What am i in Lin J I to lo do du How flow can I force Corco Beauty OJ 0 r Lord Shirley to give him him his right lame lame- can How can I r force him to marry f tzi A There can be no forcing replied ils tims wife nut But you OU know lenow Allan Allah Alice Alleo love him him and and ho likes her her her-he he helas has las as known her so long All 11 you ou have to o 0 do is to give him him goo good advice on tho ho subject if he ho asks you ou I l 1 believe women aro all born match natch laughed Lord Carew Perhaps Il It is become some wives the want to UV Ue to 10 0 happy happ themselves they nake malo everyone e else as happy said Lady ady Adelaide elal e. e Who Vho has taught you rou to say ay such Here asked pretty prell things ho he omes mamma and with her the time hope or 1 all alt the Lady Carow stood at a lon long open window o looking hooking out with the brightest bright brIght- est esl st of smiles Allan she said i you are alO always mcl making Ing lo love e to your our wife I r do o not see sec how I can spend m my better belter ho replied Here baby a by And AmI through th the open window ow he lie hold mold out his iii HI aims rims JUS for Cor hii his little sonA son son- A bright beautiful bo boy with his hair He lie mothers mother's e eyes es and golden crowed crowell with delight as he caught sight Ight of Df his mamma Lady Adelaide took toole him him in tier her arm arms Now Allan she said appealing to lo the time proud happy fattier father do o you think that In all the lie world worl there over ever was a child like this this this-so so beautiful I II and so Intelligent I r remember member saying ing an and thinking the tho same thing when sien Allan was a alJa baby y said Lad Lady Carew Here comes conies Lady Lad Die said Lord Carew Care ask her the question Lad Lady Die smiled with the superior knowledge of oC a lady lads who has h had i d some some experience or of babies I II I am looking for Cor Alice Allee Carr sh she sal said I thought she was hero here with ith you ou Then there thero wa was wal a 3 general move move- i mont ment Lord Shirley entered the room and an Lady Adelaide rose to greet him Beauty Randolph ha had succeeded to his Inheritance h he was Earl Shirley now but still unmarried To Jo all alt questions qu he lie replied that he lu- hewus who should was LW looking hooking for tor a lady resemble his l ideal cal Ills ideal was wasl l ady Adelaide Carew Care and In his own ov-n opinion ho might look long tong before he could 1 find hod anyone like hike her His frien friends s had all joined in a a. conspiracy con con- against him Brooklands con I was wt with witha ltha unu unusually beautiful that summer a supera superabundance of foliage and Lull Lady Die with her husband an and amid children were there Lady La Carew had hall given gien up the Dower Dowel House and had ma made e s her home Lady Lally Carr and an Alice J had lied been Invited tot for a few weeks then La Lady Adelaide insisted upon her husband lien sending for Cor Beauty In order uner that ho might nave every cry facility for falling in love lovo with I Alice lie IIo will not ho bo able to resist the I united influence of or June Junc Idleness s and Alice she said General Clavering had returned to India satisfied alls e that all would go goon goon goon on well for fur tho the future So that the con conspirators ha had Brooklands and the summer to lo themselves It all happened most fortunately Lord Shirley was vas quite convinced that world wide there thero thereas as as no flu one In iii the tho equal to La Lady Adelaide liest e next to her came Caine Alice lIco Curl Carr It was vas a n. source of or general delight elight when it became known that Beauty ca t and Alice Allee were wert actually engaged The Tue w wedding took place that August A 1 ut and I now no Lor Lord Shirley thinks his wife the Countess Countes Alice the first and amid noblest woman in the world worl It would perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps be lIe quite as us well 1 if ever every husband In the world could coul think the same sarno of his wife Lord LorrI Carew Care made malIc his name namo famous lIe He always says he lie Is 11 the happiest man in iii the world and he looks like Is woman in England so It It There no esteemed so honored as admired so o his beautiful wife Lad Lady Adelaide THE TUC END ENI EN J |