Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-16
CHAPTER XIX.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER XIX.-(Continued)
'sBut for child like you, Rosie, to live
alone and work for yourself! 1t IS IN
comprehensive and it is very dangerous"
Dear Wilfrid, will never return to
Lambscote Hail."
..All right, Rosie! 1 will not ask you
again. | have made a great mistake IN
life. and | must bear the consequences
of it by myself. But, at all events, you
will not deny me the occasional pleasure
and comfort of your society. You nave
found friends in London. Who are they
Where are you living, and with whom!
At this question, which Rosie had fore
seen that sooner or later she must an
gwer, she colored painfully.
'Surely, Rosie, you are not ashamed 10
tell me?'
"a Ashamed, I should think not. l am
only too proud of my friends, and all that
they have done for me. Fancy, Wlllrlu'
nannIa 50 moor as to have to work for
4heir own bread, taking me IN When
threw myself on their protection, without
i. word of remonstrance, without ques-
lion as to whether | should ever be abe
10 contribute my share toward the family
expenses Fancy their shelterlng me then
and there, receiving me into the house as
a sister or daughter, supporting me untll
I was able to support myself, nursing me
tn sickness. comforting me in sorrow, ana
asking nothing, positively nothing, IN re-
turn"
II can hardly fancy it, Rosie. Such
omen handedness is beyond the lmaglna-
zion of the nineteenth century.
but it is true-every word of it is true.
She has been the dearest friend and sister
10 me that ever an unhappy cir! was for
tunate enough to light upon. She mas
taught me how to bear my trouble, ana
where to look for comfort She has borne
with my fits of impatience, with my
"She-she-who is she?' demanded Sir
WiIfrid, with a smile. Il thought L owed
my debt of gratitude to a whole family,
Rosie, but they seem to nave d"lildieo
down into one.
'"rhey are a family replied the girl,
more composedly. "There is her mother,
and Miss Prosser, and little Nellie. But
the friend I spoke Of, the one who has
been all the world to me, Wilfrid, since
you saw me last, is the daughter of your
old landlady, Jane Warner
For a moment Rosie Ewell was almost
frightened at the effect which this name
seemed to have upon her brother. AS
4he chair on which he was sitting, and
stood gazing at her with a fixed counte-
nance, as if he could not believe that he
had heard Alright. Then the dark blood
came pouring over his handsome face in a
torrent of shame, until his very eyeballs
were sutfused with it. He was suffering
an agony of suspense. With the uneX-
pected knowledge that his sister had been
Irving for nearly two years with the wom-
an he had deserted, came the conviction
that she must know all-Jane would sure
" have told her. For men cannot believe
that where their hearts are concerned
women are as reticent as themselves. He
could not find Il voice in which to express
his surprise He could only murmur
"JaneLJane Warner!' under his breath,
as if the intelligence were too wonderful
10 believe. Rosie mistook his emotion for
anger.
Dear Wilfrid," she commenced, ''you
are not angry with me, are you? know
that you had some misunderstanding with
Jane, and forbade me to mention her name
IN your hearing, but that was so long ago,
you surely must have forgotten it now.
And she has been so good to mel can
not tell you all her goodness. She is an
angel, if ever there was one
And you have been living all this time
with Jane Warner, ut Chelsea?' he said,
passing his hand over his brow, like man
I'm a dream. sit is incredible! Does Jane
ever mention me?'
Never! unless it is to warn me-
How to warn you!'
Against doing anything that may dis
please you, Wilfrid. Sometimes she says,
Your brother might not like it Your
brother might disapprove,' but that is all.
She made me take the name of Fraser
in order to save you from annoyance. Jane
Is always thinking of others instead of
herself"
Rosie" said her brother, after a pause,
al suppose | can come and see you at
WolSey Cottage"
You ought to be able to answer that
question yourself, dear l know of no
objection, if you don't But perhaps it
would be better to ask James leave first"
win you ask her for me-!
what ann l to say?'
"'rhat l want to visit you sometimes.
That will he sufficient"
VERY WE'LL" said Rosie, rising: 81 will
ask her, and tell you what she says"
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