Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-06-19

love go by for whimp 1 turned my
head and saw Mr.. Geryais in the door;
and when | had thrown on my cloak for
walk, found him going along beside
me. Well" he said, abruptly, don't
you think my fine sister-in-law will get
herself into difficulty for maintaining
white slavery in a free country ?" OF
course l laughed. so you are flesh
and blood?" he said. "You haven't
meant one of these people should see
you smile, or frown, or do anything
other than in the capacity of ma
chine"
Perhaps, l answered MIN, "these peo-
pie" had not the Importance In my
thoughts he would give them; they were
shadows. I came here at my poor lit
tie cousin Julia's cry out of Macedonia;
| Ildidn't stay because they wished me,
and | shouldn't go because they sent
me.
When [ had done it was he that
laughed. "You are tragedy queen"
he said. "We are not as had as you
make US out. doubt if anybody wants
to throttle Miss Julia. People who do
not make themselves loved run the risk
of having their existence forgotten"
"YOu do not forget her existence, Mr..
Gervais."
"She is a lesson in natural history to
me-"
"You are not so bad as you make
yourself out" l said. 81 am going to
walk faster than you like. Good by"
To my surprise. he still stalked on be-
side me. Il don't think you understood
me-" said ].
Perfectly" he said. "But Mrs.
Whyte has already remarked on the
danger of your solitary walks"
"Mrs. Whyte would have great deal
more to say if my walks were not soil
tary!" | cried. And then I stopped, red,
red, red to- my eyes. "This is the one
hour" I exclaimed, in evaporation,
Gin which l live my own life, am alone,
can breathe. Please let me have my
hour" Then he stood aside, lifted his
hat, and let me pass. How grave and
how superb he wasl And II was an
angry child. I had no sooner crossed
the crest of the hill than [ threw myself
on the snow and had one good cry that
cleared my heavens. My nerves are
getting used up. Yesterday offered to
take Miss julia home, but Mrs. Whyte
opened her eyes as if l had proposed
taking her to the moon. Said she, eve
have INDUCED our cousins fancy for
your society. But do not imagine your
self of further Importance. or in any
wise to be the gamer by either her life
or her death. 1t is i'll waiting for dead
mems shoes"
'IndeedI" was all said
"Julia's mind is so Unbalanced" con-
tinued the Duchess of Mangel-Wurzel,
''that no will she could make would be
legal, and Mr.. Whyte and his brother
are her sole natural heirs"
Then | saw that she knew nothing OF
Miss Julia's affairs, and as thought OF
Mrs. Whyte's amazement when one day
Miss Julia's income ceased to come in
to her Golfers, | leaned back against the
wall and laughed till was tired.
you seem to be amused" said the
Duchess.
"You are so very amusing" said I.
February 2.-What aspasmodic diary!
But really so little to say. 1t hardly
seems worth while to chronicle Mrs.
Whyte's small beer, her dinners, and
her lions-and there's nothing else
The other day Mr.. Gervais quietly took
the vacant place beside me at table
Nov | shall have fine time," he said
under his breath. "Being appointed
to take In Miss Mayne, l absconded
and another received the appointment
Something too much of this"
"Have you really been SO rude p
said I.
81 see, You are not in the conspir.
acy," he replied. "But if your sister
in-law meant to marry you to al
heiress for whom you had an aversion
and who, for all you knew, had an aver
sion to you, what would you do?"
"Why have you an aversion? She is
pretty. Her diamonds are"
Because of the diamonds! That is
because she's an heiress, and likes it
and displays it."
"Wild horses wouldn't drag you into
proposing to an heiress? Well, I've nc
doubt that Mrs. Whyte will show you
the folly of fouting ten thousand g
year"
Il have enough of my own" he said
"And if had AS much az the nationA
L
of cottage among the montains. with
books, pictures, music, dogs and horses
choice friends and few" And there
with he was describing all our life al
dear old Carecross. | don't know why
he selected me for confidante, but he
went on talking. odd you know was
mind-reader? he said. 81 know
exactly what you think. You wonder al
my talking to you so"
eyes," l said, looking up at him.
thought he started. For moment his
eyes rested on mine in strange way
81 will tell you why some day." he
said. Il didn't know myself before
And then Mrs. Whyte was rising.
That night, when every body haC
gone, | came down for tie evening pa
per, which Miss Julia insisted on see
ing before going to sleep, because some
premonition told her that somebody
death or marriage was in it which she
ought to know about. | hesitated mo
ment about going In, because [ saw IL
the mirror Mr. Gervais standing before
the library fire while mis- sister-in-lau
reclined among her velvets on the
lounge. 'She is a serpent! Mrs. Whyte
was saying. 81 was astonished at youl
imprudence with her during the whole
dinner. She has come to the house
this Purcell beggar, for nothing under
heaven but to marry you, Gervais."
Miss Julia had no evening paper thai
night, L come here to marry Gervai:
Whyte! The Purcell heggar!
1t was the next morning that, goins
to the village for something that Mis-
Julia couldn't bring herself to wait for
after her maid had arranged her for tht