Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-09
nAprER NXII.

l51J. lnc . ' from his home by the I'M
y p9e dI' 81. wife would have been
5a's 81 u noison his existence; put
On s5at 70. 70 ggenarture from Lambscote
On ROSIE hr her actual fight and dis
o a.e eso from 10 them all, he became ss nm,
esta1ee .n WON and self-reproachfui.
pssr5F , "4 he received from w ales
III be ie', nan . passing drop of COM
d Hiol 10 him she was alive, and ne
rt Il , lS.a that fact; but it left MN
y1' iolO''G the dark concerning her ad-
@rgEe-y IL . nr and held out
a o: It. .hoir ever meeting again.
e19' 81 .o ,re ouarrels with his wife,
b. had . en the Subject of Rosie's !. de-
sa5aijT o n,a - was at first so positive
p1a1'' ~ behavior had had nothing
bit bel ~" ID with the resolution OF her
il'eIef F, " ~ and afterward, when the
6ar-.-, p..;a's flight from surbiton had
sfs o5 , .bo,a. and became an assured
ball., 'hs ,,ncbpd out in such cruel in
pc. .ae a,in the absent grim such
f.1.' 'n7,ations and doubts Of the pur-
o. a.Dc conduct and motives-that Sir
/. d 5[ ,.o MD not listen to her, and or
N- IT,. ' stpraly to hold her tongue.
"! IT., AN ~ he unwomanly enough" he
la 3D.. w., oronse my suspicious respecting
s> ~ 81 Who is not here to defend her
1'' p mt, mind you, Lena! Rosie will not
sI' d., rs forever. l shall not cease
s h FIR her until she is found. 1t
s.% l"ty. And when we meet again,
.1 J.. t pI,a tbp whole story from her own
\ hat may judge how far you nave
.,,5 r an, will believe her in preference
a1: cried Lady Ewell angrily. You
eD.' tbo word of Il child, whose aim
I %To 10 make you think the best of
t.b,r;or, before that Of your own
rh~
Qs Lena nv dearest, it is the last
4nrir tba world | wish to do. But the
:1rnr have taken in this sad affair has
sIm. neutrality-suspicious. unjust. Since
~ ara nv own wife. why cannot you
/ Jsrn rs | do. instead of being a mere
1nf lady Otto's sentiments? Some
h., van make me fear there is an end
Il Ian end of eyerything-love, hope
rlnminess But it is a sorry end for
I3a bright beginning, Lena"
T1l rot know it was Il bright begin
a. We married, | suppose, as other
S 10 for our mutual conyenience-at
ENlGi"
'TmI iii not marry me for my money,
fn% he said hoar>ely. Don't tell me
could have married you without it,"
Unanswered. Now, don't pretend to be
Innocent. Wilfrid. You know as we'll
Enybcdy. when you came into your for
|H, that YOU were a bon parti. Would
khye had the courage to propose to me
ta moving | had refused you before"
But that was your mothers fault. You
bal Under her infuence-yOu told me
'
As if one did not say anything when
b is being courted. Really, Wilfrid, l
nErl ycu with mere sense. You have
time now, beyond all dispute. Cannot
nhatiSfed with that?"
Sp iii not love him, and she never had
N 50. Perhaps the intelligence was
quite new to him: but he had not
allied it so fully before. To hear it from
Egn lips, accompanied with sneers at
ktIy, was very hard to bear. And as
iHItld wandered about his grounds,
VrtaSt and alone, hrooding over his dis
N1jment and the misery Of an unre-
4al .Oyc, there came into his mind for
int tine, a doubt whether it might
Re Judgment sent by heaven upon
igg his perhdy to Jane Warner.
Wien Lena and her mother had been
h in Paris nearly q month, Captain
may turned up, rather Unexpectedly,
ln0sc0te Hall. Sir Wilfrid had not
Id MN, although he knew no reason
Ne should have a grudge against the
buth had always considered Jack
,&ya friend of Lady Otto St. Blase
aeF family, and had left it to his wife
-',e nm as she thought fit.
ha h. ]
w ne mad not been seen at Lambscote
"SleS departure from it, year
w, ana' TO tell the truth, the reason
~a' h"eIi'S restleSsness was because
'~ alrald she had offended him on
i, VFaSIan beyond forgiveness. She
= 1o' tear her thoughts from this
p ,,'u; man, do what she would, and
r5, s we nad seen how little he cared
e wv sAg sui hoped on that, some day,
+,'r' neart would come back plead
h, h. - acceptance at her hands.
I4' gust happened to be the last
bo-5 !, ID lack DorSays head. He saw
aS~, i'sF worldly and selfish character
~ much better than her hus-
,sf, .lld would not have taken her
s5s5 'iloIl Ills hands. In fact. Sir Will
t,,, ,sSs 10 fear from Captain Dorsay
sr5 '4 !. any other man-had he only !
r,f :. 'r or rather, had Lena only
I'M, r !. but she shut her eyes las chill |
kxj an ~ , h.,! at fancied ghost) and
h 5, !" believe the truth.
lsr r, ,1 received him cordially He
rs. and hipped, and his guest, were
bs ~ \ bright lot, and Jack Dorsay
t5sn III" os man to stir them up and
Is ,5, gong. And the second nigbt
e&oas ero ai1er they had finished an
\ spc' S'enlns of funny stories and
la - ,S and the other fellows had
!, NE themselves to bed or f, nau
to, Ge.r chairs-sir Wilfrid foulnd
NH a. the moonlit terrace in com |
soi 4e" his disappointment 'l reSnec 10
III YOUR diVico r. g.,