LITERATURE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7756, 7 March 1905, Page 4

LITERATURE.

i«. DENE'S WVINITir. (ConUnaed.) had looked upon "die in LonIhe early part of their mar- & deivdeuly- dangerous, and luied her husband to take a ! in Scotland ; where,, through ne's clever scheming, he had nder royal notice and quickly 1 royal favour. Alter years L*v.e.eU nerseli sufficiently sate ne back to London.. Lady re Dene, the beautiful wife of fc-known physician, was not o be connected in any .way, iq vanished Kitty Coram.. It tg to tell a lady's age t and cue carried hers in her pockj looked about twenty-five, really she was thirty, ad her the bell* of the seacophj make a great fuss over y right of her wit and beauis iqueen of Society's kingYet the throne she values is the place in her hua•heait. He loves her so loyal:ruslfutyy, so. tenderly still, above rank and riches to him gj, ana is his guiUing star, his divinity. fj. _ He is never jealous of the admirals- -tion showered upon her. He is only £;• too proud of her loveliness and fame. g-\l*»ttj is giody at the height she has H&„-reachud. She never shrinks of detectjE tion now, |a You can guess what a blow it is jpfc-to ho' when, coming out 01 a jewelEl;, ler's shop in Bond Street, where she £?'_ has been choosing a new setting for Igs " her diamonds, a gentleman raises his (fat, stopping her in her way to her Carriage, and addressing- her in wellraneinbered tones. '•' How do you do, Lady Dene 1 You're in danger of forgetting old friends, 1 fear. You've cut me once or twice in the purk." " lis it really you, Mr Thorncroftl You have altered indeed. 1 should not have known you. It is a lovelj day. Good morning." With great sang-froid Lady Kitty Stepping into, her carriage, says "-" Home ! " and she drives away. II '■Was a great shock to her nerves, but she was very plucky. Poor little fly ! That was only the beginning of your' trials-j-you are fairly -caught in the subtle spider's web. Day nfler day, wherever you go, v . you see him. He dares to write jj. disgustingly familiar notes, and fin<r ally frightens you into granting hiu i. Interviews. Here-with boorish licenst he makes love to you. rendcrinj :-. your golden life a tarnished misery, Sr - " This must end," she says to him f, despairingly, in one of their tetc-a- ---:> tetes. £ "So it shall, Kitty, when you J,- consent to be mine ! You fooled m< £ years ago. I haven't, forgot ton oi f forgiven. You're a riper plum now f ami I swear I will pluck you yet." iff. " I am rich,'" she said pleadingly. S* '" I will give you anything you asl f if you only cease tormenting me." I; H» laughed at her. g, -" I am twice as hand ;o;nc as j oui £,'- dried up stick of a husband, \vhc g-.only married you because he was a fool. I don't want money. I .want Hjg»"J'Oti. If you won't come on yout ■pi-own free wjU, I«il tell such kilos o past to the world that it will at you, and your saint of a jjTjtactor will turn you out of doors." S , "J will Befy you. I wi;l tell him everything mysAt. I don't care what jsjj the world thinks, I only care fot St. him." F " CouWn't trust you, Bcautv,' fry said Thioncrott, sncerjngly. •• Ypu fe.'nava Kcd so successfully all thest p r years, that you couldn't tell vh< th u no,V ' U yOU lried - * *houl«l jfetcll him I had a right to you a« f. rour lover. Get witnesses to swear ;; we lived together before you threw >,- me up f o r him." '■f a " Be^ ve n help me!** she sighed f despairingly. ° t " All's fair in love and war, Jjttlc * woman. Cheer up. Take a „„, witl} i? Sf °. VC r. to *** Continent to-morrow. b' r « . at . Vlctor: * in the afternoon. Dc stop to consider. Come" K' » v"? m Z^ ime - ut we think." t „ n * t A Tbg t t s > UBt wh at I don't S*,want to do. If you're not there. I'll S- r come u> your grand house in ih c r Aye, and be glad to get rid of vou " i r What • *«-I>less n!ght * e wt.r 1 - iSSU, « »«' weddmg- -* i?LS * P ass,onat e P«2n, scalding t7L her lears • looking with lov,i smiling in his sleep. Pravin., «i ??f. Plotting, £i to ao^'urptse* jr lilTf" I hcr rH bu **l- s S" Sm . . Word w ould never |hold out against Gerald's plau^We &, ' '" A Ke > that is all a lie can ho .Too easily datocted. ' • n r^ ndill «- She *wt over J>e»e stayed with her aH da.. rpst rt her aohing head on JitotaSS" to him trembly " ™«y "ere to dine with an earl that night; she would insist upon , going. '-'The eacttement will do me good/t she said. It was ha* past six o'clock ; they Bad a long drive before them. He .waited, wateh in hand, at the head of his magnificent staircase, to conTj- .duct ben down to the carriage. Her g, dressing-room door opened and out K- T she came. E- Dressed like a bride almost; in E ' purest ivory silk wi*h draperies of E-" -rich old lace. Diamonds in her hair jr- —round her fair throat-clasping her !£-'■ beautiful arms and gleaming from P, her breast. Her face was starlike in <_ its loveliness, only so strangely pale. |p-' " You should never wear anything but white, sweetheart," he whispers', edk, offering his a»n. S,- She turned and kissed -him crate- §> fuUy. g" •' Go bacE, dear, and ask Jane for fa my wedding-ring ; I left it on my f dressingHable," she said. j?L As he passed away from her side, »_ " site threw herself forward «ith wild *7„ fefgy. down those manv, many po*- ■- ished oaken stiiro. Doaii ! Hown ! i down! till she lay in a shapeless g - mass on the marble pavement below C • * « • |- " She was plucky to the end," |s said Thomcroft to himsulf as he read g£ the many accounts of the beautiful » Lady Dene's fata? accident, and T< heard of the leUers of condolence Hiat were showered on the bereaved . husband from the highest quarters. "No accident that, I know. Any- % £ ay lJ I . wont P™ oo *n her now. « . WouMn t the world stare though if I showed it the flaw in Dr. Dene's diviniiy ? "