Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-09-26

LIZ La y SAt1s
Utterly worn out in the fierce pursuit
of pleasure as he was, and knowing all
l did shout him, 10 see him address my
little girl was profanation; and when |
furiously watched them III the waltz, the
light touch OF his hand seemed sacri-
lege. For some inscrutable reason, or
rather from my very reverence fer her,
l could not speak freely to her on the
mater; could not even harbor the idea.
OF making him the subject Of n second
thought in her innocent mind. Ii glanc-
IS could have killed the man, he would
have been stabbed to death; the rest |
endured in silence.
And it asked for endurance, 10 see
her flashing beside De Luyster as lie
drove his four-in-hand; to see her stroll
ing with him in the moonlight, and pauS-
ing in the pause of the music TO listen
to the murmur OF the sea; to see him
band her to the deck of his yacht as II
she were Its queen-no matter II \
crowd were with him, it always seemed
To me then that she was there on the
wide sea alone with him.
1t was concerning this accused yacht
that all the trouble came. Mrs. Rittcner
and her retinue of youths and maidenS
were TO so ont with De Luyster sailing
along the coast some days. His yacht
was his last pet fancy. She had spread
her wings and flown across the Atlantic
in don't know how few days, and from
truck to keelSon she was altogether per-
feet. Doubtless could have gone alorg
had | chosen, but there were not forces
i'll nature sufficient to have drawn me
on board the Flight.
Not going?' cried Stella, coming
down to me in her blue yachting dress
and broad hat, with her fair HAIR wav-
ing round her sweet face-a Sea-nymph
i'll disguise.
"CertainIy not y | said And l
should greatly prefer that YOU also re-
NAMED at home"
~ she cried. i'll gay establishment.
"Why, how could | dear? couldn't,
you know. The sail is given for me. /
wish you would 90.
Go ~ | answered her in scorn.
She looked ut me in Amusement
"Why do you speak So? she asked.
"What right has that man to give the
sail to you?-that-" | paused, remcm-
bering myself.
please tell me what you mean" She
said, gently.
81 mean nothing except to insist that
you shall not join that party
at is absolutely impossible for ne
not TO do So" she said, with little
gasp. III you had spoken before; not
now-now it would be rude and unkind,
and he is always SO kind to me, it
would not even lie decent; and then you
know how Mrs. Rittener-"
"Confound Mrs. Rittener What do
care for her? ! care for you. won't
have you compromised by this fellows
addresses l viii not have the good
name OF my future wife"
"Your future wife can take care Of
her own good name" said Stella then,
softly and grayely, with lovely dignity
that for moment quelied me. Il can
not see" she resumed, breaking the
short silence, the surprise not yet all
gone from her eyes, "why you will not
go yourself. just think how perfect it
is, dear" and her face began To kindle,
"sweeping out under the great white
sails i'll the sunshine, beneath blue sky
and over blue sea, with music and
dancing and the glorious wind--and
sunset Mt sea-and the little young
moon sailing along beside us; and then
the starlight, dear, when the dark is
overhead and underneath, and we seem
to be floating suspended IN mystery !!
And then, at last, the sunrise, after the
dawning. all purple and rose, and all
the dewness of a morning at sea.
was out once with Mrs. Rittener. Oh,
darling, do come y
"Neverl" | cried, like the brute was,
rage and bitterness getting the better Of
everything else rs | thought of her with
that wretch in all those SCENES never!
And if you persist in going, | warn you
now that it is the last request | shall
ever make of you. | shall leave this
place, and / shall! consider everything
between us at an end" And before
another word could be said, Mrs.
Rittener and De Luyster and Florence
and Peiciyal were at our side, the SER
wants We're hurrying down with n lug
gage, the horses were pranclng at the
gate. There was \ moment OF confu-
sion, some protestations, fanced, some
cutlery, and then, whether she would or
no, surrounded by the others. and j
taken for granted, she was in the car
rage, and they were off.
Well, what days, what hateful days
they were that followed! OF course
did not leave the place, and | spent the
time incoming about the island with my
sketching book. But all the glory had
gone from nature, all the satisfaction Of
beauty from my soul; the sun shone
and the skies were blue, but the world
was a wilderness. | could see nothing
but tie great yacht bending and bowling
over the waters, shining phantom by
day, a pale ghost by night visions Of
flowers, the feasting, and in in all my
Stella and that man; when the sunlight
softened, when crimson suiIused the
waves, when the deep, delicious dusk
shut them in, rocking on from billow to
billow under the towering Of the great
shadowy sails under the powdery SPLEEN
dor Of the stars, Stella and that man to-
gether!
BY the end OF the third day was
a q. IA