Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-03-21

stop him; but all at once she had real
lied that her cEildhood's romantic
dream which had cost her 80 dear, but
which she had deemed all her own,
had BEEN and still was, the sport and
scott OF others.
Cecil had exaggerated, perhaps ma
turality, in saying that ''ail" had
known and noticed, but he had GER
| talnly, in furtherance of his end, been
happy IN the hint: it had been caught
up at once by the sensitive ear on
which it had fallen. and had been con-
strued into something yet further
from the truth than was actually the
| case.
She had been gossiped about, giggled
| over, smirked at-oh. how terrible
Never, never could she hold I'D her
head again among those who had mad e
her their Jest never again could she
meet Bellenden in their presence. nor
| hear them prOnoun e his name with
out shiver.
AS for quietly going on her way
having daily inter, curse with the re-
lations in Grosvencr Square. meeting
Cecil going in and out he had begged
the usual routiney it was not to be
thought Of
The earth had shaken under her
feet. She had doubted everyone, dis
trusted everyone, almost hated every
one that cruel summer day. A little
wisdom, and little common sense,
even a few hours repose and time to
think the matter over, might have put
a new face upon past and future; but
Bellenden had been too precipitate; he
had appeared when the storm had
been yet at its hight. and had come in
smiling, happy, con- dent ar, fac too
confident, to her mind and he had
even a worse time of it than Cecil Ray
mOnd.
So now. what was to be doneo
Imagine granny's CONSERVATION when
the next morning, the headstrong girl,
neither calmer nor wiser than on the
night before, announced her next de-
cislon, which was that back the two
must HE and that without a moments
breathing sea e-to the Wilds OF In:h
mareW.
It was the first week in July, and
some Of the pleasante5t part of London
season was yet to come: there were the
garden parules, the suburban fetes, the
river excursions, the little frolics
hither and thither for which no time
could be found earlier must all these
be sacrificed? And for what?
For lnchmarew in July? In July,
when grim st. Swithin holds his cheer
less rule in the west country, when
the crisp freshness Of the summer is
tumn is not yet begun? When the
young vegetables are over, and the
fruit is barely ripe. When no enc -
actually no one not the veriest waif
or stray is yet TO be found along the
coast of Argyll
Poor Mrs. Campbell grew almost
fearful over the sub ect and Ill shed
her rettiest pink demonstrating and
protesting. She had little anticipated
such extreme measures. She al
thought the Raymond affair might be
patched up without any great diff
Guilty. It might, it probably would,
have it's disa greeable side it might
| produce awkward mo nents and I'M
comfortable restraint; bu5 surely it
was not OF sufficient Importance to
break up their whole tenor of life for
the time being. She had taken the
house for anc Their month, and no one
was expecting them back at Inch
marew. The rooms would not be
ready, the repairs not finished, the
painters and paperers not OF the
premises. Nothing would be pre- AIRED,
and it did seem pity to let such a
she did not exactly say "a tritie," but
the tone in which she said "a thing as
this implied tit aid seem a pity to
let such a thing as this put out SO
many people, and disarrange SO much. :"
OF course, granny vowed anil pro-
tested, OF course her darling should
NOT no topno anta6 bU ('aai1 bu arov
OF his family Geraldine might trust
her for that. OF course if Geraldine
wished it, she would for.id her grand
son the house although that did seem
unnecessary, since it was not likely
that he would really care to come
about. in spite of his bravado in beg
ging that no difference might be MAZE.
That had been Cecil all over. His fir=t
thought had been to eva1e the COM
ments of the world. But even if he
did wish TO carry this too far, he should
not be allowed to disturb his cousins
peace by doing so.