Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-12-26

so I was! So I was! Meant it, too,
Marry me, Cornelia, IN the wild ga
zelle with silv'ry feet I'll give to thee
for playmate sweet. Will you, Cor
nelia? will you, will you, come to
the spring.
"Oh, yes; certainly" she answered,
turning aside to hide her laughter.
"You will? Goo~ enough. I'm play
ing in great luck. Let's go'n get mar
ried right off, Haste, haste away. 1
ooh, cannot today! ] must receive
my callers
"Masso. All right. Anything you
say goes. Tomorrow it is-'tomorroW
will be market day-lads n lasses all
so gay But how can leave thee?
How can I bear to part?'
Other visitors opportunely arriving,
he took his leave, happy, amiable, bid
ding all ga sweet goodnight until
t'morrow"
That wicked punch stayed by him
and continued to get in it's treacherous
work. It filled the world about him
| Win music, W WulCA 1lC Oooe'J w -
dance as he crossed the sidewalk from
his coupe and assembled Mrs. BezeI s
steps. In the warmth of her parlor
his memory feebly struggled with the
question whether he had taken IA glass
/ or a gallon of Cornelia's punch.
Mrs. Bezels widowed sister. Mrs.
Wintergreen, who was aiding IN the
reception of callers, being a woman OF
experience and sympathy, was touched
by Adolphus' evident condition and
managed to get him into the library
and stretched upon a sofa. There,
with a wet towel about his head and
a siphon of cold settler at hand, the
| prospect of his speedy recuperation
under her skillful care seemed good.
Ado1phus was grateful.
you're the kindest woman in the
world, Mrs. Winnergreen, he said fer
yently, almost tearfully. reg lar
administering angel. Always 'sidered
YOU so. Mrs. Winnergreen. 'zhou
vert star so brightly cleaning, shone
Ger M path when all was dark and
drear.
Ssh, Mr.. Bletherwyte; you mustn' t
talk so. And don't try to sing. 1t
will make your head ache. Please
don't. You don't mean a word OF It;
you know you don't
s'Bet you hunred dollars do. Bet
you hun'red to fifty. Mean every
shing I say. Love me z | love you'n
we'll be as happy as big sunf1oWer,
|
Don't sing, Adolphus. You'll make
your head ache. How can [ believe
you? Men are such deceivers.'
'sOzzer men; not me. Had | heart
FIR falsehood framed'-zhat's all ri
won't sing no more. Say! See II l
don't make good. Sen out'n get bot
/ tle-no, parson, | mean
Mo-" replied the widow reluc-
family. mot today, Adolphus, dear
My sister could not spare me today.
But I cannot say you are indifferent
to me or ever have been, and well
since you are SO urgent, consent, Tor
any day after tomorrow.
The young man was fairly sobered
by the time the widow allowed him to
start out again, and the excellent idea
presented tself to his mind of going
straight home. while he was so, that
Miss Duttom might not perchance see
him return in an unseemly condition
But in an evil moment he met a
/ friend, who persuaded him to make
Just one more call ION the Pownce
| girls-iolliest girls in society," They
were upon his list, as indeed, were a
number he would have to skip, but the
Pownce girls were too nice to be
skipped. Not so very long ago, n
fact, he had fancied himself in love
with Fanny Pownce, but that was be-
fore he became acquainted with Milly
| Dutton.
1t was late in the day when Adolf
| phus and his friend arrived at the
Pownce's hospitable mansion, and, as
the popular girls had received most of
their visitors early, the two young
men found themselves enabled to en-
joy social visit instead of merely
making a formal call. They had
little music. Then Adolphus' COM
panion engrossed the attention of the
eldest daughter, Julia, with whom he
was infatuated, while somehow Mr..
Bletherwyte and Fanny strayed away
into the back parlor But before that
Adolphus had been rash enough to
take one little glass of Colonel
Pownce's artfu1 concoction-'rea1 re-
gents punch" as he had affirmed
when making it-aa1d when it arrived
Gin his midst" it seemed to wake upI
it's kin already there and join them in
a sort of all-hands-around jollification