Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-07-13

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baths, it has most eerfe effect"
'.Jones told Miss Benton" pursued
Dick, shat the woman's MAIDS name y
Streichhoch, pronounced like hic-
cough"
''My dear Dickv'
s'And Streichhoch told Jones that her
lady Chats the Banshee) is always afraid
of having fit in her bath, and IL she
stops singing tor one moment she is to
run in with q jug of cold water"
81 should have thought that there was
| water enough already" said Dita. laugh
ing. What is this singing lady like on
Terra frms?"
''She is beautiful" said Dick, gravely.
''She has golden hair, and the pinkeet
cheeks, and the blacklist eyebrows con-
ceivable,'' said Mildred, land she is
Dicks ideal of female beauty"
''Are there any funny people here?"
asked Perdita.
There is an Italian lady who sits
with her legs crossed, smoking cigar
cites, whom we often watch. And. by
the bye, a friend of yours has been here;
she passed through Bsdfeid last week,
on her way to the Italian lakes"
'Who is that?"
"Lady Norton; she has q Miss Gray
| with her, niece whom she is very fond
| of, and they are going. to meet Sir Ed.
ward at Como. They mean to Iinger
| there until it is cool enough for travel
ing home. He has been climbing all the
| worst mountains In Switzerland"
''He is fond of Alpine climbing" said
Dita her heart beating quickly.
Eyes; and Lady Norton says that even
the guides are astonished at his powers"
SSU Shn 40 int
rupted Dick.
1T comes from the mountains" an
swered Mildred: land has been several
times in the valley"
such 1ne fellow! cried Dick; 'im-
mer So! and Sir Edward told Lady Nor
to- that he saw him."
mo Dick, not shat eagle-an eagle"
''Swoop down and carry off very fat
little marmot in its mouth-its claws, I
mean. I believe they feel ABOUT and pick
out the fattest.''
''Then they certainly will not catch
you." said Perdita, making dash at the
little blue knickerbockers, which skill
fully wriggled out Of reach.
Jack comes tomorrow, shouted
Dick, apropos de bottles.
''Mr. Lee Aston, you most imperti-
ment little monkey cried Mildred.
"Jack-I always call him jack" said
Dick. sit will be great fun when he
comes.''
what can he be coming here for?"
said Dita, wonderingly.
''I1e is very rheumatic. and has bone
in his back" said Dick.
''My dear boy"
''He told me so himself: he said it was
Il E.,I h@,, yh~Vo L.,
Dicks face looked quite in earnest.
II do not know why he is coming"
said Mildred, her pretty cheeks more
pink than usual.
1--WE saw a great deal of him in Lon
don, and when we came abroad he went
TO Dunmonaigh to see Mabel and Angus.
and he promised to come out here and
tell us all about them afterward.'
A pleasant idea came into Perdita's
mind, and smiling herself, she caught
corresponding smile on Mary's face.
II am very glad he is coming" she
said, gayly.
'sHe said the waters would melt the
bone if they were hot enough" said
Dick. II asked him if it would hurt,
and he said awfully."
''Poor fellow! said Dita. laughing.
''You have heard of his new fortune,
have you nOt?" SAID Mary.
mo- but shall be delighted at any
good fortune coming to any of those dear
people"
''His old aunt, Miss Ashburn, has
made him her heir, and now gives him
very good allowances; is it not nice?"
II am so glad! I always thought that
she was kind old lady, and very fond of
Jack Lee Aston"
''They are all delighted,' said Mildred
''For though he is quite clever enough
to make his own way. of course it would
have been slow work.
slack will be able to tell US about
Mabel's big dog" said Dick, finding his
friends prospects a very dull topic of
conversation.
HAS Mabel big dog?' said Perdita.
eyes. almost as big as little pony.
Lady Grisel got it for her because she
wanted one; she gets her everything she
wants"
''That is very nice tor her"
''She's not nice now," said Dick, dis
contentedly; ''she always used to be so
jolly. but she's quite spoilt; and when
mamma and Milly and / went there, they
kept telling me to run away just as if I
as one of the babies.''
''Oh, Dick, Dick. nonseRse!" cried Mil
dred.
''Its not nonsense" cried he, indig-
nantly; land she never laughs and plays
now as we used
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