Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-12
.nTFR XXI-(Continued.)

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sVtA 1onrpr thought of anything so
Don ~ &C whether her daughter wore
VIZ. lessons or roses on her wedding
aA5 N hnr faculties were employed IN
D. how to avert the danger that
Ied been a great grief to Jane that
i n usiorted marriage had caused Il dit
,, IN her relations with her father.
!r' and nroud as he had been at her
, ,.oss it appeared to him as though
lining his Colonel as q son-ln-laW he
s" Iast his daughter; and he avoided
~ nth them whenever he could throw
.a5snnable light upon his absence. Jane
"nstrated with him in vain-he
IoI kissed her, and promised compll-
with her wishes, even putting pres
Wv mon his inclination for that day;
=. the next he slipped insensibly back
:, his newly acquired habit Of nearly
r;or at the mess. One day the Colonel
+sad how seldom he was at home; and
t.n Mrs Knox, afraid lest he should
10 offpDse, determined to speak to her
asOand.
+ happened that the Quartermaster
al forgotten some papers that morning.
nd coming back for them, found his
fa alone in the little room where he
n,Tv wrote, and to which she often, as
"a had done on this occasion, brought
rw work.
She opened the attack at once.
"Won'tyou come home to lunch to-day,
har
|TAe Colonel is staying, and l am sure
thinks il strange you should always
void him So
al don't avoid him, wife; but feel out
nv element with him, and that's the
ruth. Men are as nature made them;
vmen are different and make, or. at any
ate. improve upon themselves. Neither
be Colonel nor | can ever forget the diff
pence between us. | am sure he pre-
|ers TO meet me as seldom as possible"
II don't believe it," returned his wife,
(untly.
Women never do believe anything it
(ops not suit them to believe" he re-
Oned. with Il good-natured laugh.
And it makes Jane miserable, know"
|he persisted.
Jane will be such a great lady soon
|he will forget to miss her poor old faith
(r In any case | cannot stay at home
Splay | am up to my eyes in busl-
ea"
He saw by her expression that she was
pill neredulous, and went on to explain.
An order has just come for the de-
onhp fr> L 70 ioiY n
|Dce | shall have a lot of trouble to
Quee2e them all in"
Thinking by her silence that she was
|ngry with him, and consequently reso-
ue not to be convinced by anything he
hight say, he thought it better to let the
|uOject drop, and having found his papers
the desk, he gathered them into a bum
eand left the room, never noticing that
wife was lying back in her chair,
Fhte as ghost, and with as little power
self-assertion.
COlone! Prinsep came into the room ten
fnutes later He was searching for
Ok of James, and asked Mrs. Knox if
ne had seen it. Then, as he looked for
er reply, he noted her deathly pallor, and
Sed her instantly if she were i'll. She
SWered by another question.
Colonel Prinsep, is it true that the
lsthabad detachment is coming here at
ace%
les quite true; it was rather an I'M
Aeeted order but Government general
makes up its mind in hurry"
AND Jacob Lynn-will he Gomez" she
asped out.
VI course the Sergeant will accom-
Suy his troop" was the impa tient reply.
= 10 longer feared the influence of her
N lover over Jane, being SO sure of her
.% 50 certain that nothing could sep
Se Them now. He felt vexed that Mrs.
r-OA should place such undue Importance
svI tN!s mans comings and goings, as
I'0sR he could control or even hamper
movements. Yet the effect of her
v'us hbed him with an uncomfortable
.ptlse' She fell back in her chair,
.slns her hands and moaning out
s,. All was over; there could be no
eeddins now!"
1Ae Colonel was very much annoyed,
az ~, Gu not try to conceal his displeasure.
n ~. seem to forget, Mrs. Knox, that l
" =. "oolng your daughter in the dark
~, we regiment is aware of my inten-
ruN and | am not afraid of what any
as a.. Iemoer of it may do or say. Ser
&,na lynn OF his own free will released
rs from her engagement. and she is TO
~ pound to consider his caprices.
p-, ,s"'ly at loss to conjecture how his
Su 1u could interfere with our actions"
NAV ns never gave her up" confessed Mrs.
NOW IN tears. 1T was my own
Om a" scheming. and now it will I'LL
NC out and l shall have deceived you
y. . no purpose.'
,a S0oo heavens, Mrs. Knox! Do YOU
r WV What it is that YOU have said p,
S Tue Colonel. hoarsely.
|fitbon went on with what she was saying,
law ~ any notice of his Interpolation.
kos Ia, IL she had begun to unburden her
", sAe felt it as a relief.
Into 'einember the day when Jane
3esn, a. your instigation to ask the Ser
fi,b ~ give her up. Well, any man
foplS atom of pride or even self-respect
tm1 a nave done so at once. for few
flinc ~ W Meu so ayOWedly an un-
(oQus, t'Iue Mrs. Knox generally grew
fords 81 under excitement, and used the
'psitior hao thought appropriate to her
|seob as village school-mistress-- but
Bite 49, un was always selfishness incar-
frpad 80. NE refused. Her letter was re-
be- ara WIN one short sentence written at
Eve ba. VI IT, declaring that he could not
b. unc,o up, And he had left the envel-
UNUSED You may blame me if you