Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-12-20

"Eox whom should I the-garland make2
But her who Joys the gift to take,
And boasts she wears 1T for my sake?
But Jerry, as before, found nothing
Auiss.
She went to bed that night with the
foolish whisper tingling in her ears
and buzzing through her little head.
She mentally resolved to.see that piece
Of heiiotrope it was sure to be lying
somewhere about Bellenden's room in
the morning and keep it forever for
his sake She sat and gaZed into the
aep1hs OF the quaint old mirror, now
AT last appreciated, the while she
twisted up the golden curls and hung
them this way and that way about her
fair forehead; by many device she
sought to eaten glimpseS here and
there OF nose and chin and mouth, won
dering and seeking to divine of what
account they were, those all unknown,
uneXplored possessions OF hers IN
his eyes? Did he think her pretty?
Would he have liked her to be prettier
OF taller? Would he have thought
more Of her had she been as tall as
Ethel or Alicia Would he have said
10 them the same pleasant things he
was forever saying to her:
And the vain little heart counted
over one by one her treasures as she
yet ton2ed for more, and the little
white-ro ed figure grew cold and
chilly Us she sat there, d small spot IN
the great, dim bedroom, thinking and
thinking, and never Il bit the wiser for
IT.
SHE had softly got out of the bed and
rcbl her candle after the maid had
left, and 1t was long ere the faint light
il shed was finally eXtinguished; but
ut length the show was over, and in
she crcpt again beneath tho silken
covaylct, courting sleep, to find that he
had taken to himself wings and fled,
only to return by fits and starts to her
poor little hot, feverish pillow.
The following morning Cecil and his
friend We're to be on to the moor at
break, or nearly at break of day, and
Jerry had been told that her Good
night" to thcm might stand for her
Goo 1-morning' also, since they would
nc miles away among the heather, ere
her eyes had enclosed next day.
but could she slecp9 While all the
sir was going on, while dogs were
harking and keepers shouting, and the
breakfast bastling along the passages,
the whole pla,c, as it were, agog with
oUG and within. Was it likely!
It would be excuse enough in her
gtssndmother's mind that she had been
aroused by all the noise and commo-
tion, and that once thoroughly
awakened, she could not help getting
Up and coming down TO preside at the
breakfast-table. Neither the granny
uGl- Cecil could sco.d, once the thing
wore done-1hough the artful little
l42inX mad the wit to keep her own
counsel beforehand -ahd according ly,
when daylight began to spread across
ta&s t&avrUs, AMI long, long before she
had been thinking about it, up she
rose. stealthily pathcd her burning
Checks on tiptoe performed her hasty
toilet, and htshed even her gentlest
movements If step went by, less per-
chance they should betray her. 1t
would hive been terrible to have been
foand out with her purpose unachieved.
Ihc breakfast was to be on the ia
bic at $500 clock, and by Jerry was
sSG}lr dressed and all impatience. so
eth4& a weary half hour had TO be
t'rag@ea through by her poor little
ZaaGI1g frame and tUmultuous spirit
dgst~
she sal down to wait by the open
window.
1t was heavenly morning, warm
even al that early hour, and breath
$y(assy waters of the loch beneath, nor
moved the few white tleecy cloudlets
ggl4l:M were scarcely visible, hung high
ia tho blue eXpanse overhead.
The tide WAS at its lowest, and tiocks
~cG ssea-bIrds crowded the sandy bays
And head lands, wading, feeding, and
chatterinT.
:. herring ''scow" was hanging out
ats brown sail to dry close to the shore,
yet not so close but that its long,
straight shadow lay upon the motion
tes,s water beneath. \ wreath Of blue
smoke arising from the deck, was also
xnIvrored i'll the water, showing that
xStkrerS were astir as we'll as the inmates
&f she castle hard by, and presently the
little watcher from her turret could
gneu,caiye she fishermen themselves
MEon the deck, busy III preparations for
Ihe day 5 work.
How she wished that she and Bellen-
dan and Cecil had been going aboard
the little vessel. going to sail away and
away on the blue water. when the in
lowing tide should raise breeze enough
TO watt her on her course, and when
yGev cnuld hang over the side, by-and-
by, drawing in the shy cod, or the
slrery whiting, or whatever came
firsG. Cecil had promised that she
should so with them the very first
night he TOOK his friend out but it
could not be that night, she knew; and
now that the shooting had begun in
real earnest-and there had been q
syreat deal Of talking about it tho even
ing before, and arrangements for
shooting this ground and that ground,
which betoken every day being filled
mp, even though Capt. Bellenden had
under pressure extended the proposed
leugth Of his stay from two to four or
five days-now that all this was in
store, who could say when n spare
night would be found Tor the whiting
bunk?
The fine weather had evidently set
in, when Cecil would certainly prefer
shooting TO sea-tishing. and shooting
meant being out very late, and return
ing home very tired, and quite disin-
ciAned to stir a foot outside again Ion
a great deal OF the lnehnarew moor
lay at j distance from the castle, anC
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