Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-12-20
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drew back in frightened way.


Phoebe, Phoebe he whispered
huskily. don't you know me? knew
you d come back
The woman recoiled and appeared
alarmed. What does he mean?" she
asked, appealing to Grosvenor.
He thinks you are some enc else.
replied Grosvenor.
But the man still cried the name
Pm not Phoebe, " replied the woYn-
an. II only want to know the way to
the Sea View hotel. -
He listened to ncr voice iatentlv, and
thes, it seemed to come to him that it
was not his wife. The voice was an
others. But might it not have changed
in all those years: And the face-surely
it was PhoeBes
Wait moment Don't leave me-"
he appealed Don't you remember?
You left me long ago, but now you have
come back to make ME happy. Look at
me and come into the light. Don't leave
me again? | couldn t stand it.
He took the woman by the wrist and
stood before her in the light. AS she
drew herself away from him Grosvenor
told her in a whisper to hurry away.
she is not your wife," said Gros-
venor to the man kindly. She is
woman at the hotel
The man did not speak Ee pressed
his hand in despairing way and STUN
bled blindly into the house And IS
Grosvenor went back to the hotel to see
Grace BoaTdman he reflected that if she
had thrown him over he would be very
unhappy, and yet there were men who
suffered much more than he.
! Il
1t had been very dull at the Sea View
hotel for several days, but when Grace
Boardman got up this driving party an
other young woman Immediately took
it upon herself to get ny sailing party
for Monomoy point.
I'VE are going over this evening,
starting just as soon as we can after
tea ehe said to Grosvenor as lie STUN
bled upon her in the hall, land we
shall como home by moonlight. 1t will
be awful]y jolly. Will you Gomez
G1osvenor was taken rather by sur
prise. He didn't know really" at first,
and then he said that he would like to
very much, and was it to lie very
large party?
Everybody who went driving today
is going. And, Mr. Grosvenor, where
have you been hiding all day? We
wanted you SO much for the driving
party. We went to South Dennis and
Dennis Center and Dennisport and had
no end Of jolly time.
! Grosvenor had been boating at very
early hour in the morning, he explained,
and had not got back until the after
noon. He had been lawfully sorry,
you know, to miss the days fun, and
be would he delighted to take the sail.
And so it happened that when Grace
| Boardman went skipping down the land
ing steps and jumped on the deck Of
Captain Baker S lighter she found her
self face to face with a tall young man,
who colored slightly and said in very
formal way, How're your"
And sl,a said she was very we'll and
started to move away. But he remarked
that it was a glorious evening, and she
said she thought SO, too, and in some
way they managed to get together in the
bow of tho boat, and the rest of the peo-
pie, seeing how matters stood, looked at
one another and smiled and left them to
themselves.
The boat rocked about now and then.
rubbing against the pier, until at last a
chubby man under the direction of Cap
tain Baker let so the ropes, and the
lighter gIided away. Grosveror looked
up ut the huge swelling sail above him
and then down into the water. He
talked in rather stupid way to Grace
Boardman, who to cover her mbarrass
ment was telling him of the driving
party that day and saying in the most
innocent way that she was very sorry
he had not been around to go too.
II suppose, he said presently in q
tentative manner, THAT I oughtn't to
be here.'
"Why?" she asked innocently. He
looked at her quickly, but she dropped
her eyes. "Why?" she repeated, look
ing up at him shyly.
"You know very we'll" he replied,
turning slightly away from her and
looking down into the foaming water.
II don't see why we should go all
over it again. He paused in hesitat-
ing way, but she said nothing, and he
continues: II don't know though.
Perhaps it would be better, and perhaps
could make you understand me better
and see clearer exactly how it is. In
the first place, think l should apollo
gize to you for the way / acted last
night. Not that believe didn't mean
what SAID at the tine-but my way
of saying j. | was altogether too hasty
and weut way from you in foolishly
schoolboy manner, and / am sure you
will tell me you didn t mind that.
He waited for her to speak, but she
only turned away from him. and he
could not get glimpse of her face.
Perhaps 1 am making great deal
of trif1es," he continued, land perhaps