Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-02-10
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80! BRAENE

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OL n;nb+ no sleep, no rest came to
I3a Sh n' was thinking hour after hour
S sn' vas TO do. The prospect before
fl' ,,' sub her. She saw no light in
III I ,sL clouds. no hope, no help-the
Be aat trptched out dark and dreary; and
'ts su u. tho silent hours away. She felt
y 's a.rolls on meeting her husband
Hl l' aItbough there was no love, no at
s4n ~, between them, still it was not
s sso that they had angry words.
= vas ' tbe close of the afternoon when
Il S"' in and he went at once in search
l. Ir' =" he said, II have come to
n TO vou-to beg your pardon for
l9I Tsnt of civility yesterday. l am
.,a that lost my temper"
' %n bowed with cold politeness.
.yr Hildred," he cried, II will not
,nt off with a ceremonious bow. Do
NJ trow that the fact of quarreling and
tinr friends with you again makes me
81 t6at we ought to be on the best Of
'.ns1 Do not bow to me; say that you
mept my apology"
Z: I accent it." she replied, "and beg your
.,m if have displeased you"
Thai is satisfactory. Now / have to
4 ri rou that you were right and that l
=, wrong. Captain Fame is cheat and
ngup | won q hundred pounds from
i'm last evening. l have returned it to-
Sr-I would not soil my fingers with his
raey. What the duchess told you was
mite .rue-he was detected cheating at
rs A long farewell to Captain Fame!
b was not worth quarreling about-was
h. Hldred"
10" she replied; and something Of
suiness, to which she had long been a
tanger, sprang up in her heart because
spoke so kindly to her.
Nay was drawing to a close, when Lord
craven one evening received a letter
s Which appeared to give him the keenest
. hBht He read it, and then went with
4 10 his wife
'Hldred, here is good news; but l am
10 hasty-perhaps you will not think it
i pod news"
If it peases you so much, I SHALL"
hrpled, gently.
You have heard me speak of my cous-
j Sir Raoul Laureston, the hero of
n'pd fights 2"
49, replied Hildred. II have never
ven heard his NAME"
That seems strange" said the earl.
Not at ALL" she replied, quietly. "You
llgPt that YOU have never spoken of your
l1ly TO me at all. do not know the
ane Of single relative that you have"
he looked incredulously at her.
am very careless" he said; "but I
4 not think that l was so bad as that.
Will make amends now by telling you
alt Sir RaOul Laureston."
Eaoul, repeated Hildred. ''Is he-no,
cannot be Frenchman, Lord Car
a II he is a relative of yours"
40, but the name has puzzled many
fpe His mother was a French lady
noble birth, and one of her ancestors,
I.aa Raoul de Courcelles, distinguish
alllSelf greatly in the French wars; it
her fancy to name her boy after
ladFed repeated the word "Raoul."
IKE the name, Lord Caraven," she
p slowly.
And like the man," he told her. 81
ao' Know any one in the world whom
A' better than Raoul. Yet he gives
(lTf great airs with me. He is-you
laugh when you hear 1.-THE is my
%F-at least used to be in years gone
out what | wanted to tell you is this
~ coming back to England, and he
f4Nays made his home at my house;
I T never lived anywhere but at Hal
n0use or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS l
never will"
Understand. But what has that to
Nth me"'
1er all, you are the mistress Of the
E%' the chatelaine, and l should not
/ ask anyone to make their home
us who would be at all-now let me
low to express myself automatically
r. would be displeasing to YOU"
aank you for your consideration"
Nplied, with dignity; 'but, as moth
aald possibly make what you call
h more unhappy for me, and the
~s of a stranger, who may prove a
a will be some little comfort, say,
saatingly, Yes
SSt so bad as that?' he asked-and
vas shadow of pain on his face.
rs worse" she replied. Only few
weeks since her heart would have
% fast with happiness to hear words
In so kindly; now she turned away,
h'm her heart to her lips rose the
ERSen prayer, Heaven help me, for I
i Nslnninp to bo 70 him f'