Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-30
DARK DAYS
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By HUGH CONWAY.
CHAPTER II-CContinued.)
A YILLAIN.sa BI56aM Z.

!. lam yonr brother: that for some time
[. have known how sbamefully your hus-
band has neglected YOU and that now,
with. your full CONSENT mean TO take
lieyes il .Qur relationship or not. matters
nothing. r Suppose she knows that man
is Counting tomorrow. After his heart
less desertion she can not be surprised at
your wistA1ttF AVOID meeting him u,
i paused s%fsnifippa bent her head as
ff4assenting to my plan.
Tomorrow" | continued, long before
that wretch comes here to poison the
very air we breathe, ] Shall come and
fetch you. Early in the morning L VIII
send my setyant @forayodr luggage. MIS-.
Wilson may know sme and my man by
...sight. That makes no difference. There
need be no concealment. Y GU are Tree
to- cgza and go. :; Eou~:haTe no one to
fear On Thursday morning we VIII
leave this place
morraW T. Will 1eate-I. will come to you.
But / will come alone: In the evening
most .::likalyf,4 NgHen1 mo Zone will know
where, l have gong"
But. haw MUCH: better that l should
take Your l7Ti;Py openly and IN broad day,
light, as a. brother would take sister!
; ; mo; will come to you. You VIII not
mind waiting, Basil. There is something
| must aiS first Something to be.:done
tomorrdsyf Something to be said; some
one to be. sGens d What is III who IS It!
S 81 Slac esp4s live 2. dfseagaged hand on
her Brow She pushed back her head
little. and gave q sighNof relief as she
felt the keen air. On her temples. Poor
girl!> after what She had that day gone
through no wonder her mind refused to
recaIi' 'fTfyiai details and petty arrange
2 mems. to- lie made before she joined me-
Sleep and the certaintyeofS my sympathy
and prdtratfon Would no. doubt restore
her wandering. memory. $3.50
However, although | again and again
urged her to change. her mind, she was
ffrIn:in her. resolve to .comestO me alone.
At last, very reluctantly, | was obliged to
- giveaway On this point; but was deter
= mined to see this Mrs. Wilson tonight;
SO. When we. reached the house. entered
with! RhalipIa.% /: 81: 81 ~: ~. ~, r. NV
IL f Rd Ne ef that h thsTs X2
with the hosfssss;. She*1ooEed frightfully;
weary,,, and at my suggestion Went
straight to ;slaer. rONm to@ Fetre for the
night fsat .qAW,n and awaited the adj
vent ofAHrs. 5XFflson. She soon appea,EreelE ;
A woman of a bout five and-thir tN::.l II
but plg5fffy dRSssSd. GAS i. g4a6eed 1T her
with some cafdosity i, & Geld ed :that when
young She must, "a fte3s a 81 fKEtain type: Of
beauty. have F4lle looking,
UNFORTUNATELY hers ,1s71s$oi{as OF those faces
east inIan@ Iuiline s. E. ffteSYes which
as Qn1aSfIfsr DlOO1El$s0t %NY NIL ~ lQot "
the 'tlIil stft# thil 5lss bes,
comey as%a ssharp.s Strained .Eshlingfy
and seEere7looKing. NhatGSer the4Wom-
ans tlfar1ls Uni ght% once s,haEe been, she
could now boast of very few. .*..
There we've lines around her mouth
and on her brow N hich told of suffering;
and. as INjudged it,. not the calm ,s.fe-
signed asufferi1g;i WHICH often leaves. a
@sWeet4if a6Opression ON the face; but
fierce, rebellious constrained suffering,
such as .ttiT1sspa, Young heart. into an old
one long .befapea it's time.
a@ssA s9shel entered the room and bowed to
me, heErfsit.6 expressed .undsguised sur
4pIise at seeing = a .esvisitor who was a
stranger to her. apoligized for the late
PesSfof. nay, ea2ls then FASTENED TO tell her
its ObjecE, She listened with polite i1nt
11assibilifS:% She. 1iidde' no comment when
as Lady x.FeWand. It was clear that, as
Plfi4pfia had said, Mrs. Wilson was con
vincel aSi to tie valid nature of the mar,
riage: | ihEeighed r6undly against. Sir
Metyysl: 4 erEahds heartless conduct and
scandaldgs! neglect OF. his wife. My
meanings. conveyed by the action was
that although she regretted family jars,
they were no concern of hers. She seemed
quite without interest in the matter; yet
assuspicion that she was acting indeed
rather Over-acting, a part, crossed my
mind once or twice.
When [ told her it was. Lady Fer
rand's i9tentbn;~ toAplace1 herself to1nor-'
row under $ny protection, she simply
bowed. When: IasaId. that sfalost< likelys we
should leave England, and for awhile
tEayel on; thsssotitinent,: she said that my
sisters health. would no doubt be much
beflefted,sby the change. ~
81 may MENTION she added, for the
first time taking;sally real part in the.
talk. that your sisters state is not quite
all it should be-. rEor~the Hast day or two
| have been thinking of sending for the
medical man who attended her during
her unfortunate confinement. He his
not Seen her~for quite a week. I men
toned it to her this afternoon; but she
appears to have taken an unaecountable
dislike to him, and utterly refused ito. see
him. Il do not wish to alarm you-1
merely mention this; no doubt you, her
The pecuifff stfes5s s She laid 81, So tie
word "'brother" toldym that / was right
in thinking fRest%bAsan was acting, and
that not forone moment did my assumed
fraternity det2iwt heaIs Ehis was nf' no
consequence. u, - -
,r "a am myself g q DOCTOR Fer ,ds health
"You are related to Sir Mervyn Fer
rand, Il believe, Mrs. Wilson p L asked. Il
She gave me quick look which ght
mean anything. I'VE are connections,
she said carelessly. Is, y
'You must have been SURPRISED at his
sending his wife away at suchta tiina?''
i am not in the habit of feeling sur
priSed at Sir Mervyn's actions He
wrot esutse@ ia1e:;l aLatd me. That. knowing
my circumstances were straitened, he.
had rGeQmmepded a, lady to. come, and
live WITH meSfof d few 1l6iths. 2 When:I
foundf this lady was. his wife, l own
was, tor once, surprised.
FROM theA emphasis which. she laid on
certain words. ! knew it was but the
fact: j PRilippas Being married the
scounarei that, surprised her, nothing
else. 4 could see that Mrs. Wilson knew
Sir Nervyn Ferrand thoroughly, and
s SON? tod me- that her 6; rflad2ns wit4
bear Investigation.
bafe her goodnight, and walked back
to myScottage with heart$in which sor-
row.. Tty, love, hatred. eXhutation, and,
it may be, hope, were strangely and in
extricably mingled.
I CHAPTER III.