Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-05-05
ISI Like a Woman.

pmford had gone home to die.
nIf.sister, Ellice Stormont, sat
~ bedside holding one of her
\ snaciated hands.
In Charter has broken your heart
he said, and l will make it the
adiet Of my life to be revenged
j him for your sake!'
E,sb. ElIice, dear!' replied the dy-
Il, in a whisper. vengeance is
mrs He will be surely and rapid
,,fd without human aid. Don't
/ rour life miserable by harboring
tboughts. 1t was my own fault
|dtng my heart to such a man.
! Ellice sat with a determined
and presently, when all was over,
tocl soIemnly looking down upon
J. had sister.
wear to search for Guy Charter"
] ged holding her hand upward;
% wreak vengeance upon him!
hheak his heart as he has broken
has a rash vow, and, if not a sense
wicked one, but the best of
]: do rash and senseless-aye, and
b things at times, and Ellice
|-ont was no exception.
ehad never seen Guy Charter, and
| little about him, except that he
h nephew of the wealthy Sir
In Charter of diamond mine no.
h. The last that poor vi had
EOi him was that he was in Paris,
b performance of her VOW, Ellice,
vas her own mistress and had
Ederable fortune, started for the
d capital.
EOon found that Guy Charter had
Re gay city, and that he was sup
/ 10 be at Monte Carlo. So she
F!ed on to the gambling princi-
but there she heard rumors Of
ariage with a pretty flower girl
lad taken his fancy. She could,
f3r, obtain no direct confirmation
Is but it appeared certain that
d returned to England.
Smayed, she fastened home
and, putting secret agencies to
she was presently rewarded by
g that Guy Charter was staying
amed west coast watering place,
port, and that he was certainly
arried.
ediately she went with a travel
npaniOn to Shreveport, and put
the Hotel Metropole, where,
the names inscribed in the Wis
Book she saw that of Guy
r"
E was naturally inclined to be
Ter a severe temperament, and,
g her disposition into her dress,
lerally wore plain habits. Her
hon, therefore, was somewhat
when she appeared at table
Had in a superb style that was
usual to her. Could this beau
ueenly girl be the heretofore
plain-looking Miss Stormont
lOm she had been travelling? Ii
seemed possible. But the reason
On apparent.
Charter proved to be a good
!, manly, open-faced fellow Of
1Nquite the last man, one would
aought from his appearance, to
nth a woman's affections. Hav-
an much abroad, his converse.
'as much sought after by his
guests.
ntroduction took place between
I'd Miss Stormont in due course
! Soon became evident that she
8ond favor in his eyes.
rs noticeable that whenever op-
~Iy afforded he was next to her
vel, and he was, by some strange
.'sAce, constantly running across
va out of doors.
,IN Ellice was frigidly polite.
4''Ie by little, she allowed her
: toward him to thaw until the
<H got to be quite cordial, and.
Iany weeks, she had the salts
VI seeing him hover around her
Ioth round the fame of a
'"S acting a part, and a most
Ia'e actress she proved. But
warts are sharp, and there is
H.. p'oVerb that it is dangerous to
~ edged tools. Alas! she found
) . . VI 1t but too we'll, for what
AIst been pretense became
H, No1 only had she entangled
@''e' sood-looSying Guy Charter