Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-03-27
BERTHA M. CLAY,


had not bowed to her. She took in
She knew the color Of his eyes, of his
| hair, the shape of his face, the pecu-
liar cut Of his clothes, so different to
those worn by the young farmers; the
clustering hair, the clear-cut face, the
delicate profile, the graceful ease Of
the tall, thin figure, were with her
from that moment through all time.
The deep, low bow gratiied her.
She knew that she was gifted with a
wondrous dover of beauty. She knew
that men were meek when a beautiful
face charmed them. The involuntary
homage of this handsome young man
pleased her. She would have more of
it. When he rejoine0 his companion,
she heard him say:
What a wonderful face, Euston-
the most beautiful have ever seen in
my life"
That pleased her still more; she
smiled to herself.
Perhaps L shall see him again. she
thought.
Then one of the girls from the viii
lage passed the gate, and stopped for
a few minutes conversation.
did you see those gentlemen ?"
asked the girl; and Leone answered:
Eyes"
''They have both come to live at DR..
Hervey's, to read whatever that
means. The young one, with the fair
hair, is a lord, the eldest son of a
great earl; 1 do not remember the
name"
So it was a great lord who had
bowed to her, and thought her more
beautiful than anyone he had ever
seen. Her heart beat with triumph
She babe the girl good morning, and
went back. Her beautiful face was
brilliant with smiles.
She entered the house and went up
to her glass. She wanted to see again,
for herself the face he had called beau
tiful.
Mirrored there, she saw two dark
eyes, full Of fire, bright, radiant and lu-
minOus- eyes that could have lured
and swayed a nation; a beautiful, oval
face, the features of which were per-
feet; white brow, with dark, straight
eyebrows; sweet, red lips, like cloven
rose; the most beautiful chin, with a
rare dimple; an imperial face, suited
for a queens crown or the diadem Of
an empress, but out of place on this
simple farm. She saw grand, sloping
shoulders, beautiful arms, and a figure
that was perfect in it's symmetry and
grace.
She smiled contentedly. She was
beautiful undoubtedly. She was glad
that others saw it. If a young lord
admired her, she must be worth admir-
ing. Her good humor was quite re-
stored.
How came it that this girl, with the
beauty of young princess, was at
home in the farmhouse? It was a
simple story. The farmer, Robert
Noel, had only one brother, who loved
romance and travel.
Stephen Noel, after trying every pro-
fession, and every means of obtaining
a livelihood, at last decided on becom-
ing a civil engineer; he went to Spain
to help with a railroad in the province
of Andalusia, and there fell in love
with and married a beautiful Andalu-
sian, Pepita by name.
Dark-eyed Pepita died on the same
day Leone was born and the young ia
Their, distracted by his loss, took the
child home to England. The old
housekeeper at the Rashleigh farm
took the girl, and Robert Noel consent
ed that she should be brought up as
a child Of his own.
The two brothers differed as light
and darkness differ. Stephen was all
quickness and intelligence, Robert was
stolid and slow. Leone always said
it took him ten minutes to turn
around. He had never married, he
had never found time; but he gave the
whole love of his heart to the beautiful
dark-eyed child who was brought to
his house sixteen years ago.
CHAPTER II.