Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25
aL0YER Of The DRY.
CHAPTER XXII-CoL tinued


fore he said anything TO Patrice about
it, His motives for being so retlcent
were mixed ones. Ec Wanted to see
her surprise and delight when he
should tell her OF the assured rise IN
his fortunes and position. But at the
same time he wanted to defer the day
for making definite plans for their
united future. Or one point he was
fully determined, and that was tina
would not burden himself with the
charge Of "a helpless old lunatic," as
he now called Capt. Kelly.
At last he broke the ice.
He had dined at his club and been
irritated by the sound and the sight or
Ned Thorburn, who was also dtnir
there in company with some of its mos
exclusive members. The two men
scarcely spoke to one another in these
days. for Graham was still bitterly re-
sentful about what he termed Thor
burns interference in Patrices al
fairs. Accordingly he went down IN
one OF his least pleasant moods to cal,
on Patrice.
There were changes already in the
little establishment and there We're
signs of still more important changes
about the house. Patrice had induced
the landlord TO free them of the three
years for which their lease had to run.
and there was @ notice up that the
house was 10 let. Two servants had
been dismissed, and Patrice was tryin 9
to keep things as unchanged and COM
Portable for her poor old father as was
possible with the aid of one stalwar5
general. 1t was not difficult to do this,
for Capt Kelly had no recollection one
nOur of anything that had occurred
during the last, and as he had grown
weak he spent the greater part Of most
days either in bed or lying doing on
the sofa.
It was a heavy. sultry autumn even
ing and Patr1ae, who had not been out
all day. was sitting at the open window
thinking rather CCnfusedlv of the
future and it's pC,;sihilities. In q month
thew would leave this house and where
they W0ull 60 was a question thai
would ask itsoIf rcreatedIv Would
Sbol+o holm her tn = decieion9 Some
thing in her heart +cld her Me-
Involuntarily 4 r;ctrre of cottage
homo in thn co1-ntrv in which she and
bor otanfa+bnr vUcuId 1--we +oonthpr with
ono t,netv domestic +o do for +,,or, in
an nnpreten,ious wav painted itself
unon thn canvas nj hor mind and com
nailed her "a cont,rnIatn il She let
the nictura develone and almost smell
cd The flowers which showed in wild
hut elegant nrofusiop about tne house
and garden S1olto would come from
Saturday fiji Monday and taste the ioy
Of ruraI life znl learn in time perhaps.
how to he ha,ny though poor, And
the Thorbarns vonld often be with
tban and eba vou1d no very hapnv in
her prettv COTTAGE home.
She reused herself from her dream
and began TO try to turn it into re
aIitv at once ike the active. capable
girl she was.
1--WE shall nave tC leave here; the
breach will have to be made; the soon
er settle when we go the better" she
told herself. as she picked up the ad-
vertisement sheet of the Daily Tele-
graph and looked down the column of
houses to let Almost directly her eyes
lighted upon what looked like the very
thing she wanted:
Pretty seyen-roomed, unfinished
cottage to let in a lovely Berkshire VII
lage, one hour from London, small gar
den. poultry-run, gravel SOIL, perfect
situation. Close to post and telegraph
offices. Railway station within easy
walking distance. Rent Els year or
less if taken for long term. Apply
on the premises, Linden cottage, Mere
Ditton, Berkshire.
II go oown anu see IL lo-i,,ol ~" =, -
n,ust oe gen VI d pl"Ge a.i sne sen II,
".o t ~ ne, 9s'l ~ A $3.50 .onoo.ano
eolniiei eeeeehin ee''ol" . y, % oAe
Vii ,o,, Nov, COOS ond oh hone j.
has . tbatcnad roof with foriri de
Diion rosos cIimhinr over II One
bonr Prom, T.o,don. tha+,s q mere moth
inc wish sho1tc would come I
long IN bear what no will cav aho,,t If >,
A. :, ~ ons1ror - bo,, 1,Jicb ~ that
,oop,an+ cb,1+o,. 1,a11-1ynou,r 1,noo1y
rneoundad through the onin+ house
s.cbo1+o ao,1ir,o I,o,na e,,o,, = 1o,,o1,,
scheme" she cried leaning forward to
meet him. I've found the very thing,
the very place to suit the dad and me.
Look read this"
Sbe noin+a7 ~ Nh. advertisement
with rra++v slender +remh1ine f1eer
,,,ob = vro++,, 6noa, in foot +bo+ he