Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-05-03

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beauty Of the summer morning, the
song Of the birds, the fragrance Of
the sweet flowers. AS in a dream, the
pictured faces of the saints on the
grand eastern window Of st. Ann 5
church came before her; she called to
mind the holy calm and silence reign
ing within the sacred edifice; the sol
emn VOWS she had only that morning
taken sounded again in her ears. The
remembrance OF 1t all surged through
her heart and soul like the waves OF
an angry sea; her slender figure
swayed like leaf in the wind, and
without word or cry, she fell white
and helpless to the ground. The sun
beams played over her; through the
open window came the sweet breath
Of the climbing roses, but Ethel
Gordon was insensible to both.
The bell rang for luncheon, and no
ethel came. Miss Digby looked anx-
iously for her
Il am afraid the child has overex-
erted herself" she said to Lady Stat
ton.
Her ladyship laughed.
II am afraid, my dear that Miss
Gordon has little attack Of the
Gordon temper She left rs without a
word. You had better let her take her
own wav."
Bnt Helen was not haDpv. She
loved her beautiful. hayward willful
charge: she bore patiently with her
faults. honiug for the time when
Ethel would love her in return She
could not bear that the girl should go
without her luncheon because per-
hans she was tired with her long
ramhlr
~ found fault with her" shn said
~ must mot FORGET that: and che Is not
acrneto"oed 10 ~. nv NOR Fthel'"
So desnite Lodv Stations LAUGHTER.
she selected = hunch ~ blonn,v. mr.
ME oranPs 2 rinn noach. and GLASS
~ Moderio, and took them herself to
Fthe's ro0~0 tooother with hook
she thoroht would avursa her che
rapned hut 10 orswor cave. and thnr
Helen orera1 the aoo~ No heautifr,
fare tr~ned r~oval., ~ 600 what che
wanted Ftho' co~do- low white
ccta and sile~t m tho Aoo~
For ono minute Helen thought she
was aaad
"Ttho' der'ino'" sha cried
t"eo''"~ ~. her side; "Ethel what is
the -re+ter9"
There came no answer from the
white lips, and Helen, with a kind
caresslng touch, parted the long. rich
brown hair from the white brow. and
then raised the girl In her arms and
laid her on the bed.
1T is but falnting fit" she
thought brought on. probably. by
the heat and the long ramble she has
taken In the woods"
She bathed the cold face with water:
and when at last Ethel opened her
eyes, 1t was to find her head pill
lowed on the kindly breast of the wo-
man she had intended to crush be-
meath her feet; to lind tender words
gentle caresses. devoted care from the
woman she had hated with such fatal
hate.
my darling ethel" said Helen
Digby. II am so pleased and thankful
TO find you better. was sorely
frightened when / found you lying on
the floor. | hope you have not been
i'll long, Try to drink this wine"
She bent down. and with her kind,
plying lips she kissed the beautiful.
colorless face.
MY darling child" she resumed,
''I did not know how dearly | loved
you until saw you lying helpless"
Suddenly Ethel-proud Ethel, who
never sought a caress-nung her arms
round Helen's neck, buried her face
on Helens breast and chung 10 her
with a passionate cry.
rake me home and let me die"
"oh, Helen, Helen, take me home!"
Helen tried to calm her. feeling all
the time alarmed at her state. Still
she thought II was nothing more than
the effects OF long. walk in the heat
OF the sun.
You must be more careful, my dear
child" she said; those long rambles
are too much for you.
But Ethel only chung the more
closely to Der, crying again:
"Take me home, Helen, anu let me
die