Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-12-13

Now it might have happened in civil
life that Dudley and Esther GorschkoV
would never meet again, but partings
can only be temporary in the service.
Some year later Lieut.. Dudley walked
into San Francisco theater one night
after the curtain had gone up. The
house was dark, and he kept his eyes
on the stage At the close of the act
he looked about him, and the first
thing he saw was a woman whose
beauty startled him. And then he
realized that she was the one he might
have married. She was in box
with an older woman whom he knew
Dudley was seized with a nervous
dread of meeting those wonderful
dark gray eyes. He would go at once
before he should do so. But as he
rose, the older woman saw him and
smiled, and beckoned to an empty
chair beside her. There was nothing
for it now but to go to the box. He
was cold with fear Of the low broWen,
black-haired, black-gownea girl with
Lu0 mdSuluC0uC a11CIh cluo 0AiOO1NOAS'
She would have forgotten him. He
knew that, and he doubted if she would
have forgiven. If she had been less
beautiful he might have felt less
culpable, for such is the nature OF
man. She smiled when they met, with
the regally Indifferent smile that had
been hers even in childhood.
ooh! knew Mr. Dudley years ago, ;"
she said. 81 was a little girl, and was
very fond of him because he used to
buy me suffers store candy and rib
bons."
If that was her view of the past
| Dudley resented it. A man does not
want a beautiful girl to treat him as
an old friend of infancy.
''You might suppose Mrs. Graves, Z
he told the other woman, that she
had been a toodling child and I a
crusty bachelor in whose pockets she
felt for sweetmeats'
81 shall suppose nothing at all just
at present. / will observe for a time,
and draw my conclusions of the past
| from the future. Sit down here and
talk over those candy and ribbon days
One of my men disappointed me at
the last moment You can more than
take his place, if you will consent. Ii
I had known you were here I should
have sent for you. When did you
Gomez"
cat noon. / brought some prison
| 81, frn roll
you tomorrow.
Then Esther questioned him in he!
deep, sweet voice: How long shall
you stop here?"
For fortnight possibly"
Where are you stationed now?'
She knew we'll enough.
At Apache. So you can imagine
what a treat civilization is to me. How
does it happen that I find you here?'
eve are stationed at the Preside
You must come to see u.s.
81 WILL" he answered. He woul(
have done anything those red lips
might ask him to do. The recedins
tide of his love for her swept back will
a mighty force.
Glow beautiful you are, Esther HI
said after a moment.
81 always was
''You have no more false modest.
than of yore."
"Why should I have? / didn't MAX
myself, so I'm not praising my owl
handiwork. And [ frankly admi
that if I were to have made myself,
think I should have chosen my pres
ent model
; "But there is more than mere beau
) ty of feature now"
Character, I suppose which
lacked as child 1t is odd that char
acter, even if it happens to be bad, cal
so improve a face"
: Then she turned her head and be
slowed the light of her countenanc
on the civilian beside her, who's.
infatuation was obvious
Every man in the post and the cit.
will hate you with deadly hatred,
Miss Gorschkov happens to take
fancy to you for OLD sake's sake" Mrs
Graves warned him.
Even her fancy would be cheapl.
purchased at that COST"
Perhaps A woman of her beauty i
not born into the world once in
cycle, certainly
And Miss Gorschkov was pleased t.
: fancy him. She advertised the fact.
She was not one to fear any means