Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-01-10

tuEate, and the little girls spirits
would have risen under the inspiring
influence. if it had produced a like
effect upon her companion. But al
though Bellenlen assisted both in
taking the fish Off the hooks, and in
batting them again, and although he
was always ready with his congratu-
latory, Another, Jerry! You are
lucky tonight" she felt that the spirit
was absent, and that the passing scene
had only a faint, Inadequate hold on
his attention. His very smile was
grave.
But after while, and that at a move
ment of her own, he looked round
quickly. She had shivered as the air
grew colder, and slight breeze had
sprung up.
You are cold," said Bellenden, at
once laying down his hand-line, let
me pat this over your shoulders" and
he drew q rough, warm, WeaJherbeaten
plaid around her. ''DOn't you go and
catcE cold tonight, and then be i'll
after [ an gone, Little one"
at won't matter if | DO"
The words escaped under her breath,
but they reached his ear nevertheless,
and he could not but make some re-
spouse.
YOU think your chances of getting
ouf on the moor and the lOch will de-
part with me? Is that it! Is Cecil no
good
Il shall not care to 90 with Cecil
" ou cared to go by yourself before
cam.e."
she was silent. 1t seemed to her
bhaS she would not care even to so by
herself any more.
al
more soft ana gentle. 1t moved him
infinitely. In his present subdued and
pcuSiye frame, to think how much of
her aGe .tlons this open hearted. in
noceut-minded child had given him in
0ne short fortnight. it gratihed his
vanity, AMI something better than b
vanity his benevoience. He was glad
10 thlnk he had made anyone the hap
pier, particularly anyone so sweet, and
natural. and lovable as Geraldine. He
. t his arm around her, and drew her
10 his side.
You must not forget me, Jerry" he
said
No" She had stopped fishing to
s;Aseu.
Il may come and see you again some
day 2Nay | not?"
Oh, yes"
ans learn great deal, and have a
great Gea to tell NC when do come?
a I'D goa will 90 on with our collec-
tl0ns, aud read up about them, and
hare them all in nice o1der?"
oh, yes"
= s2a!4J tell your cousins about you
ii Leone across them"
shall YOU come across them?n
VERY likely | may If meet Lord
and lady Raymond, shall ask to see
Ethel AND Alicia, and tell them all
abc2a their little cousin in the north"
10 you think they would care about
ME ~
~ shall make them care about you"
ION won t say that [ am very
very WHAT"
Eou know what You know how
you S0und me that FIRST fishing day.
kfuc indeed, / am not often as bad as
shat, and | am never going 70 be as
bad again. [ have promised granny
EnaG shall not Aunt Charlotte, and
r>Ghai, and Alicia would have thought
1t dreadful. / don't want them to think
me dreadful"
Il promise that they sha'n't.'
Well, they won't il you stand up for
mo and Jerry smiled contidingly
round
Because am grown up. suppose
Oh, yes and man, and all that
They would think great deal of what
you say; and If yo0 say that am"
Here ste stopped.
SIS ON. That you are -"
mo. am silly
Net silly at all want to hear Go
on, tf2ere n goodchild. You are quite
safe with me" and his arm pressed
her 3 little closer.
Il was only going to say that il you
wuQtd say was rather nice that is, If
Won could say 1t, said poor Jerry hum
bly,, they would tell Aunt Charlotte.
and she would perhaps believe it, and
that would please granny. You see
Aunt Charlotte does not like me very
much now, and that veXes dear gram
nv, who loves me so dreadfully and [
thought i tho ght it might lust-no
one else could do any good, she con-
GlUded. There was something so
truthful ana confding in the impid,
childish eyes, and SO artless IN the
childish Confession, that Beilenden
could not smile at it.
II will certainly do what ! cam he
sand, ''and-and you were quite right
fc tell me all about it, Jerry dear.
News, you see, | know what | am about.
And ii q chance offers, why, OF course,
[ shall embrace it at once And to
himself he added, rs there any hope
that she will always remain like this?
VIII she, can she expect to be always
as true and honest Or will she be like
all the rest in few short years." and
even the man of the world sighed. For
he little knew. he little dreamed. that
even then he had not seen to the
depths Of the heart he called child S.
Just before the boat todched the
shore, he stopped over Jerry for a mo-
ment.
Farewell to Loeb Marew," he said.
Farewell to all the kind hearts here.
Farewell, Geraldine. Goodbye, dear
child say Goodbye for l shall be up
and away long before you are awake
IN the morning. am to breakfast in
my own room, SO you must not get up