River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-03-29

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wooded hills. you have pleasant
place 10 summer in, Fraukland-
Jolly assented Frankland. who
sat with the heels of his dainty French
boots upon the rail Of the hotel piazza.
Nice band; good table; fishing and
hunting capital, If fellow chooses to
take the trouble; nice bits of scenery.
md no end of fun with picnies and
Ken There may be worse places
But" and here he lowered his voice
into a mysterious whisper, there's an
heiress thrown into the bargain. p"
IAN heiress. Oh, you mean Miss
Biggiu?"
Miss Biggiu! Pooh, As If her pal
try forty thousand dollars were worth
a second thought. No, no. old fellow.
mean an heiress that IS worthy of the
name. Did you notice that gray
stone house on the hill when you rode
up in the STAGE"
with a battlemented tower and a
range ~ Conservatives in the rear?7
Exactly 50. Well. that is where the
heiress lives. or rather where she will
live when she returns from Europe,
within a week or two. And there's
where I shall live when have won her"
Field laughed.
lit seems to me Won are taking a
good deal for granted, Frankland
Not so much, after all, he said.
ats just as easy 10 marry rich as it is
20 marry poor If one only goes scien-
tifically 10 work Ny sister RosamOnd
will help me-a clever girl, RosamCud.
who is 10 all the ropes in society;
and my aunt jefferson. who died last
fall, used to know Miss Althorpe's
mother when they were schoolgirls"
But did it never occur to YOU that
Others might also enter the lists Of
competition for this moueyed madden"
Let EN-. ] mean to outreach them
all"
"And suppose Miss Althorpe should
have the bad taste not to fancy you?"
II shall make her fancy me"
You talk rs IL You were a disguised
magician with a store Of love philters
and amulets hidden away in your
pockets"
ANY man who isn't positively ape
like in his physiognomy can make a
girl like him without any of those
pre-Adamite contrivances. observed
Frankland, coolly.
''My dear FrankIand." said Field.
'.you are either great genius or a con-
ceited fool
''Or perhaps a little Of both. Well.
we shall see. Here comes Rosamond;
and what do You say to a stroll up the
glenn
Miss Farmland came up as her broth
er ceased speaking Sae was a tall.
snowy blonde. with radiant complex
ion aud a good set of teeth. which She
took particular pains to display
HAS Guy been telling Won about my
future sister-in-law?" she said with
light laugh. ''Ah. that smile means
that ,ou think us slightly premature.
Come, will wager these gold bracelets
against your diamond collar buttons
that Agnes Althorpe becomes Mrs Guy
Frankiand within the year"
.'riut come" cried Farmland. impa-
tiently. The afternoon Is getting on
and want you To see the glen before
the beautiful lights and shadows have
vanished from its heights and depths
There Is one abyss " here a stream frets
itself into white foam over a mass of
rock that an artist would lose his wits
over When come into possession |
mean 10 have a rustic bridge thrown
across the chasm and a stairway cut in
the rock"
The walk was beautiful; the glen
sylvan and wild enough To justify any
amount of enthusiasm; but the party
were destined TO what Rosamond
Frankland called "A delicious adven-
ture' before their return.
In one of the lCneliest and most pie
turesque hooks, the very one in fact.
where a bit OF velvet-soft tint walled
in by vince raped rocks Overhuug the
chasm where the tiny stream beat it.
self into boiling crests of snow-white
foam. they paused.
There. announced FARMLAND. wav-
ing his hand toward the narrow ravine;
here IS the exact spot where ! mean
20 have the rusti, bridge. and little
lower a summer house 20 correspond"
If the heiress Is willing" misehiev-
ously added Field
Her VIII shall be my WILL" said
FARMLAND. Ioftily. II mans wife
Halloo, who are these people?"
a party just beyond the wall of rock.
whose veil of floating vine leaves nearly
concealed them, had called forth the
ejaculation. man in a rough velveteen
suit, with the cOne-shaped hat one sees
IN Italy. and a darIx-eyed. brilliant
costume of an Italian singer-these
formed the party. while upon a low
camp stool just beyond sat an artist
busily employed in slzetching the group.
Frankland stood still. staring. Rosa
mond curled her lip and tossed herr pref
" head. while Kenneth Field involun-
tary dotted his cap with the courtesy
every true gentleman aecords to woman
hood in all its forms as he met the shy
glance Of the dark-eyed tambouriuist
Il don't know what business these
folks can have here" said FARMLAND
haugh lilly.
The girl IS a bold-loolsing creature.
said Rosamond. and I think if She"
Pardon. signora." hesitatingly IN
terrupted the girl. but l speak Eng
lish-"
Miss FrankIaud drew herself Up
~ matters little to me whether vol
DO or DO not, she said, haughtily. -
beg IN any event. You will have the
goodness not 10 address yourself 10
me-"
Il too, am woman. signora." softly
pleaded the sweet voice: but FARMLAND
stepped arrogantly forward
MY good people, you may not be
aware that you are trespassers upon
private grounds"
The man in the velveteen suit sprang
% his feet, with a flush mounting to
his brow; but the girl. laying her
hand on his arm, whispered one or two
words which apparently fell like oil