Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-03-25
CHAPTER XVIII.


Lawrence was sick at heart, lstless,
languid, and the chance of excitement af-
forded by the present state of the city
was perhaps the reason why he stayed.
At times he worked himself into passion
of feverish rage against Anne, against
Glare. against himself. Life seemed I'M
bearable to him if it did not bring him
the thing on which he had set his heart
At such hours he would wander about the
streets. counting danger rather than avoid
ing it, fiercely anxious to revenge himself
on Anne for the injury that she was doing
him by the commission of some deed that
would make -er repent it.
How could she have the heart. he
thought to himself, to deny the only thing
for which he cared? Cruel cold-hearted,
fickle-these epithets were on his lips con-
tinually when he thought of her, and vet
he knew they were in no wise true But
they made his own conduct seem less base
to himself. Was it his fault? Anne had
done it all.
And then, again, he remembered with
an agony of shame that he had been false
and treacherous; that he had lied to her
and to others; that he could not venture
to ask her to trust him again. and he
writhed in these memories. When he was
with high-minded, generous men like
Eastlake and Mr. Dumaresq, he would
sometimes imagine the look of scorn with
which they would decline his acqllant-
ance if they knew how he had treated
Anne. And withal he felt keen pang
that Eastake was far more fit to win
Anne's love than ever he had been, and
he watched keenly for an indication that
Anne was relenting toward her old lover.
or that he was in communication with her.
He had no idea that Eastlake was en-
gagged to Michele. The engagement had
been kept a profound secret, on account
of Michelles youth. He fancied that
Eastlake was as ready and anxious to
win Anne Carteret's love as he had ever
been. Perhaps this was the thought that
detained him in Alexandria as long as
Eastlake remained there too.
He had written to Anne. He had writ
ten her wild, mad letter which he had
taken pains should reach her upon her
arrival in England. She had left Egypt
on the 18th of June; she would arrive
there by the end of the month. He had
begged her to write-if only a word
while he was still at Alexandria. One
word. he said. would bring him to her
side She could not mean to sacrifice him
forever? He had done wrong-well, he
would suffer any penalty she liked to in
fict-but one He could not-he would
motive. separated from her. Meanwhile
events went on apace. The condition of
the town grew worse and worse. The
Europeans had mostly left; the Arabs
were starving and sullen. The stately
ships of all nations crowded the harbor
and dotted the blue water outside. The
deliberations of the conference dragged
on from day to day. The Arabs began to
assume an insulting tone to the few Eng
lish who remained. The Notifications at
Mex were strengthened and repaired in
full view of the English ships, and in
sullen defiance of English authority. The
admiral intimated very decidedly that
these Notifications must be abandoned.
or he should be compelled to lombard
them. But Arab and his troops seemed
undismayed. On the 10th of July. the
admiral gave notice that he would COM
mence action twenty-four hours later,
unless the forts on the isthmus and
those commanding the harbor were tenn
porarily surrendered for the purpose of
being disarmed."
| 1t was on the 10th that all British sub