Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-12-11
4 MID LOVE
BY
BERTHA NJ. CLAY.
- BY ::
BERTHA NJ. CLAY.
Continued.

F'NO" she replied; Il Will snare your
heart with no one. Unless | have all
will have none. will not go to Ber-
lin. and you must give up Madame Va
Mira" she continued. Lance, you can
not hesitate you must see your duty;
a married man wants no woman friend
but his wife. Why should you spend
long hours and whole days tete-a-tete
with stranger? Of what can you find
to speak? You know in your heart
that you are wrong. You say no. Now
in the name of common sense and fair
ness. let me ask, would you like me
to make of any man you know such
friend as you have made of Madame
anira?"
'That is quite another thing" he re-
piled
Lady Chandos laughed, sadly.
"Fhe usual refuge of man when he
is brought to bay she said. NO
words. no arguments will be of any use
to me; I shall never be really friends
with you until you give up Madame Va
Mira.
"'Then we will remain enemies, ne
replied. IT will never give up a true
friend for the caprice of any woman,
he replied ''even though that woman
be my wife"
Neither will I consent to go to Ber-
lin" she answered, gravely.
"Then I must go alone" he said. Il
will not be governed by caprices that
have in them neither reason nor
sense"
"Then,' cried Lady Marion, 1T IS
war to the knife between US.
"War, if you will" said Lord Chan
dos; ''but always remember you can
put an end to the warfare when you
will!'
II shall appeal to Lady Lanswell and
to the Duke of Lester" said Lady
Marion, and her husband merely an
swered with bow.
With them it was indeed ''war to the
knife Such was the GOrdian knot
that Lady Lanswe1l had to unite, and
it was the most difficult task of her
life.
On the same evening when that con-
versation took place, Lord Chandos
went to the opera, where Leone was
playing Anne Boleyn He waited I'M
til she came out and was seated in
her carriage; then he stood for few
moments leaning over the carriage
door and talking to her.
How you tremble, Leone" he said
"Your face is white and your eyes all
fret"
''The spell is still on me-" she an
swered. when I have thrown my
whole soul into anything, I lose my
own identity for many hours. I wish, :"
she continued, "that [ did not so thor
oughly enter into those characters.
hardly realize this moment whether
am Anne Boleyn, the unhappy wife of
bluff King Hal, or whether am Leone,
the singer"
II know which you are he said, his
eyes seeking hers with wistful look
Cali King Hars wives put together
are not worth your little finger, Leone
See how the stars are shining. I have
something to say to you. May I drive
with you as far as Highgate Hill?"
The beautiful face, all pale with pas
sion, looked into his.
'It is against our compact" she said;
"but you may if you wish"
The silent stars looked down ii pity
as he took his place by her side.
Leone" he said, IT want to ask you
something A crisis is come in our
lives My wife, who was told about
that day on the river, has asked me to
give UP your acquaintance"
A low cry came from the beautiful
lips, and the face of the fairest woman
in England grew deadly pale.
'"To give me up" she murmured;
"and you, Lord Chandos, what have
you said?"
1T said No. thousand times over,
Leone. Our friendship is a good and
pure one; I would not give it up for
any caprice in the world"
A great fearless sob came from her
pale lips.
God bless you thousand times!"
she said. $50 you would not give me
up, and you told them SOP"
Eyes; refused to do anything Of
the kind" he replied. why should I,
Leone? They parted us once by strata
gem, by intrigue, by working on all
that was weakest in my character.
Now we are but friends, simply hon.
est friends. Who shall part us?"
She clasped his hand for an instant
in her own.
$50 you will not give me up again,
Lancer" she said.
"No, I will die first, Leone. There
is one thing more I have to say. I
said that 7 would go to Berlin, and !
have asked my wife to- go with me;
she has refused, and I have said that
I would go alone. Tell me what you
think?'
"I cannot think nothing; perhaps
oh, Heaven help me!-perhaps as
your wife has told you she will not go