Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-02-19
Continued.

OIL Idth1AS 0BOub AASA"
Are you, Sir Karl? Then you are
not the man of Toe world [ imagined
YOU to be. That anything in human
nature should surprise you is rehec-
ton on yourself"
Where have you learned so much OF
the world, Miss de Ferras?" he asked.
you hold strange views for so young
a girl
Are they stranger" she said, care
IessIy. They are true Why are you
surprised that Dolores should marry
man old enough to be her father? 1t
is a common thing, is it not?''
Yes, unfortunately" he answered.
Then why wonder at it-unless in
deed you had an ideal Dolores?"
Perhaps I had," he said, gravely.
Then the sooner you forget her the
better, for there are no such ideals in
the world"
He looked half sadly at her
do you know, Miss de Ferras,' he
said, that I cannot endure to hear you
speak in that fashion. | may not be
over-wise, but I like to know that there
is some faith and trust in human ma
ture in a girls heart"
You will find very little in mine,
she laughed; and then she saw her way
to scoring a mark against Dolores
without any appearance OF lll-Wlll.
You say you are little surprised at
- ctYra nf nIItfInQ
it. I am surprised too l tell you can
didly that did not thinkDolores would
have married for money. | thought
she was one of those romantic girls
who think the world well lost for love.
These fair-haired girls are generally
very sentimental-at least | have al
ways found them So
Il wonder" said Sir Karl, musingly,
IF she has any fortune?"
Yes, | think so, but not large enc;
the Squire is not rich
They little dreamed as they spoke
how near the Squire was to poverty.
Her fortune" continued Lola,
s'would be as nothing I should say,
GOInDdI6u WITH O1IC yCoA = 11GoAAC sum
as Lord Rhysworth enjoys"
Sir Kar1's blue eyes were fixed upon
her face.
You express your ideas pretty free
ly, Miss de Ferras," he said. Il can
hardly understand why, since you
have all this amount of knowledge,
you did not try to secure Lord Rhys
worth's affections yourself"
She laughed, and lovely rose-fush
covered her face.
II know why myself" she said, but
you are the last person to whom ]
could explain my reason. You taunt
nae with worldly knowledge, but let
me assure you would not marry Lord
Rhysworth for money When I marry,
it will be solely for love-"
f'YOu surprise me-" he said.
The rose-fushed face and dark eyes
were dangerously beautiful just then.
Yes, I can believe that" she re-
marked. You think there can be no
sentiment unless it is associated with
a fair type of beauty. You are mis-
taken With all your idealization of
Dolores CHefden, I feel sure that have
more real sentiment, more romance
and feeling, than she has. Do you not
think so, Sir Karl?"
eff you had asked me that question
yesterday" he said, my answer would
have been NO. now am puzzled.
must repeat that I am q little sur
prised at this marriage"
She could not help seeing the pique
and veXatiOn in his face; she felt more
sure now than ever that he had cared
very much for Dolores, and that she
must do her best to lower his estimate
Of Miss Ciefden's character.
1T very often happens" she OBJ
served that the fairest and sweetest
OF faces covers the coolest and most
mercenary Of hearts With all her
fair and fragile beauty, I honestly be-
Iieve no girl in England is more keenly
alive to her own interests than Do
Iores"
She knew when she uttered the
words that they were quite untrue;
she knew also that to man like Sir
Karl nothing could be so repulsive as a
mercenary marriage.
Dolores will be happy enough, she
continued she will make a splendid
mistress for Deeping Hurst, hand
some wife for Lord Rhysworth. She
will be the Lady Bountiful Of the
neigbborhood, the queen Of the county
AS the years roll on, she will grow
placid and more contented every day,
and she will die without ever having
known the real sorrows or the real joy
of life"
What an existence you foreshadov
for her" he said-"caIm, passionless
uneventful-neyer to know the raptur
Of happiness Of the keenness of pain
1T seems to me that a woman may a
Wen be dead as never love"
'fBut Dolores will love her husbant
after a quiet, calm fashion Of her own