Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-11-21
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Tor was he not the man that she was
pledged to marry?
linen DO not marry him, Jenny"
lou forget that he loves me, and
though it must have been in momentary
MADNESS, L promised of my own free will
II ne mad been rich OR in good position,
might not have felt so bound; but he is
poor and almost friendless. He has moth
ing but me-
Perhaps you are right. only hope it
will turn out to be the best; but shall
not be here to see how it ends. I am 60
ing away tomorrow.
Then they said s'good-by," and Jane was
soon on her homeward road, thinking
over all that had occurred.
| Some one overlook her as she walked.
and looking up she saw it was Major Lar
ron.
She gave her hand to him with q some
what nervous smile, relapsing at once
into unnatural gravity as he clasped it
closely in his own.
i am very glad we have met" he said,
earnestly. Il began to think it must be
| decreed we should never meet again."
mat was hardly likely in a small place
IKE Al1pore," she answered, brusquely.
She felt it incumbent on her to avoid a
| silence, which might give him the oppor-
tunity of saying what she did not wish to
| hear.
"1t is in these small places where one
is most likely to miss ones friends 1
| have been looking for you everywhere for
| the last week."
Il have not been out much lately. Just
! now have been saying good-by to Mrs.
| Dene'
| "She is leaving here?"
Eyes. She goes with her father to
| Hattiabad tomorrow
what, Mr.. Molnet? Is he here?"
He looked positively angry when Jane
| assented. He had not seen Nora Dene's
father for more than year now, and
| the last time they had met, he had been
| obliged to listen to palmer truths than he
| exactly relished; another such meeting
| was therefore decidedly to be avoided
Jane, stealing furtive glance into his
face, saw that something had disturbed
| him, and was relieved that his thoughts
were evidently withdrawn from her
| Just then he turned and caught her
| criticising glance.
"You have been playing cricket?' she
stammered, blushing.
"No, tennis. had the honor of play
| ing with Miss Knollys.'
"What is she like?" asked Jane, eager
ly, for she, as we'll as every one in Ali
pore, was full Of curiosity as to the ap-
pearance of the commissioners daughter,
who had only arrived from England two
days ago.
II scarcely noticed her; but believe
she is handsome. 1t is to be hoped so,
since, suppose, she is brought out with
the intention of being sold to the highest
bidder"
"How can you say such things?" cried
Jane, Indignantly.
''Is it not true-or is it because of it's
truth you think it ought to be sup
pressed?" he questioned, cynically.
''For neither of those reasons
'"Then why? Don't all men marry those
who can offer the biggest settlements?"
he persisted, looking keenly into her face
CHAPTER XVIII.
In spite of the Hon. Barry Larron's
somewhat deprecating description, Diana
Knoylls was very handsome, and might
have been more so had her manner been
less in accordance with her appearance.
She was a little above the medium
woman's height, and her figure, neither
very slim nor girlish, had the graceful
languor which characterizes those of
Southern birth. Her eyes were large, and
of a gray so dark as to be almost black,
and all the color in her face seemed CEN
tered in her small scarlet-lipped mouth.
Her dark hair was gathered high upon
her head in q somewhat uncommon fash
ion that added to her height, and gave
certain queenliness to her presence. Yet
it was her naughty demeanor that robbed
her beauty of half it's charm. She was
cold as an iccle, and her voice, though
musical and clear, had metallic ring in
it that grated on the ear.
She was just twenty-five, not too young,
she thought herself, and determined,
pleasant as was her present position, to
obtain as soon as possible a more assured
one.
Before she came out from England she
had studied the army list to see what
regiment was stationed at Alipore, and
after consulting Burke as well, had come
TO the conclusion that the Hon. Barry
Larron was the most eligible bachelor in
the station; and that after him came Col
onel Prinsep, who, though he had no title.
nor any very probable claim to one, had
a large income and beautiful estate in
Herefordshire. Either of these would be
a desirable match.
She had been there nearly week, when
she decided that to give eclat to her debut,
her father should give dance to intro
duce her to his friends; and having set
tied this in her own mind, she went at
once to consult him upon the subject.
Jane did not get an invitation. Indeed,
she never expected it, and would have re-
fused it even had it come. But still she
felt the slight. She was so young, and
her one short glimpse of gayety had been
SO sweet that she felt it hard to be left
out in the cold. And her mother was in
dignant.
Stephen Prinsep, on the contrary, was
idea was to put away the remembrance of
that one sweet hope, which from its very
breyity had seemed the dearer. Yet had
+ been her loss only which he had had to
deplore, there would have been nothing
TO rankle so in his mind. Had she re-
fused his love because she could not love