Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1896-11-16

lor tne gifts of rank and riches from The
null VINO loved her? She knew that she
od %s queen among women. and exuect-
ed queens dues 80 is'e'-
ara + 1hee'esl' are my words cruel? They
are Tue cruelest [ have spoken. or shall
sp W. AGAINST you. Forgive themD
we are friends-great friands C,oh
iLlleliusnlp IS loves bane. 1t buoys false
=; iores, u luils to security; it leads astray.
- ~ a STAN which breaks suddenly. and
e. SINUS iilu1 the hand which leans upon If.
sb;, i.lie IL seems to need to make friend
a 4hlp SIoW INTO love; and yet how seldom
onat llttie is added! The love which be-
slils win hate or dislike is often Tucker
Ins'h that which begins with friendship
Lovers cannot be friends =
inlilppa and her mother left nv neigh
purlood, then went to London for a
mniie. heard from them occasionally.
ana once or twice, when in town. called
upon them. Time went by. worked
nafd at my profession the while. striy-
| ing, by sheer TOLL to drive away the
cream from my life Alas! | stroye in
yam. 10 love Philippa was to love her
One morning letter came from her.
.ole II open. The news it contained
was grleyous. Her mother had died sud
Gehiy. Phlllppa was alone in the world
90 Iaf as l knew she had not relation
ieIl, ana l believed, perhaps hoped, that
save myself, she had no friend.
-, needed no time for consideration.
lhat afternoon | was in London. If
l could not comfort her in her great sor-
row, | could at least sympathize with
her,, could undertake the management
OF the many business details which are
| attendant upon DEATH
Poor Philippa! She was glad to see
me. Through her tears she flashed ME
look OF gratitude. did all | could for
her, and stayed in town until the funeral
was over. Then | was obliged to think
of going home, What was to become
| Of the girl?
kit1 or hin she had none, nor did she
mention the name of any friend who
would be willing to receive her. AS /
suspected. she was absolutely alone in the
world: AS soon as my back was
turned she would have no one on whom
she could count for sympathy or help.
1t must have been her utter loneliness
which urged me. in spite of my better
Judgment. III spite of the grief which
stlll oppressed her. to throw myself at
her feet and declare the desire of my
heart My words | cannot recall, but |
Think know | pleaded eloquently
Such passion as mine gives power and
intensity to the most Impractical speak
er. Yet long before my appeal was
ended knew that l pleaded in vain.
Her eyes, her manner, told me she loved
me not
Then, remembering her present help
less condition. | checked myself. /
begged her to forget the words | had
me say them again in some months
| time. Let me still be her friend, and
render her such service as | could.
She shook her head she held out her
hand. The first action meant the re-
fusal of my love; the second, the accept
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self to calmness, and we discussed her
plans for the future.
Shetwas lodging in house in quiet,
respectable street near Regents park.
She expressed her intention of staying
on here for awhile.
"But alone!' / exclaimed.
"Why not? What have / to fear?
Still, am open to reason, If you can
suggest another plan.
could suggest no other. Philippa was
past q, and would at once succeed to
whatever money had been her mothers.
This was enough to live upon. She had
no friends. and must live somewhere.
Why should she not stay on at her pres
ent lodgings? Nevertheless. / trembled
as l thought of this beautiful girl all
alone in London. Why could she not
love me? Why could she not be my
wife? 1t needed all my self-restraint to
keep me from breaking afresh into pas
sionate appeals.
AS she would not give me the right to
dispose of her future, could do nothing
more. l babe her sad farewell. then
went back to my home to conquer my
unhappy love, or to suffer from its fresh
inroads.
CONQUER it! Such love as mine is
never conquered. L is a mans life.
Philippa was never absent from my
thoughts Let my frame of mind be
gay or grave, Philippa was always pres
emf.
Now and then she wrote to me, but her
| letters told me little as to her mode OF
life; they were short, friendly cpistes,
and gave me little hope.
Yet l was not quite hopeless: | felt
that | had been too hasty in asking her
for her love so soon after her mothers
death. Let her recover from the shock,
then | will try again. Three months
was the time which in my mind | re-
solved should elapse before l again ap-
preached her with words of love- Three
months! How YEARLY they dragged
themselves away!
Toward the end OF my seli-lmposed
term of probation | fancied that q
brighter. gayer tone manifested itself in
Philinna's letters Fool that l was. L
augured well from this.
Telling myself that such love as mine
must win in the end, ] went to London,
and once more saw I'nlllppa. ohe IS
ce;ved mo kindly. Although her garb
was still that Of deep mourning never.
thought. had she looked more beautiful;
Not long after our first, greeting dld O. l
wait before l began to plead again. She
stopped me at the outset,
"Hush.'' she said; Il have forgotten
vour former words; let us still be
Never / cried, passionately. Phil
lima. answer me once for all, tell me you
can love me-
She looked at me compa.sslonateiy.
GLOW can best answer YOU! she sald'
p,ns;ngly. 1.-THE sharpest remedy is per-
hans the kindest Basil. will you ~ IN
derrstand me when say it is too late!
s;Tco late. What can you mean: Has
another s pb;l;n-
- wing Il ring from the fourth flnger
pf her rl left hand. showed me that it con
caaled 4 plain gold circlet. her eyes