Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-01-11
CHAPTER I.

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Family circle of the Rev. Eustace
boo. sometime vicar Of the parish
[ton-in-the- Void, consisted of him
: mother, his wife and his wife's
There were two children also,
orc fruitful source of discord and
cn It is certain that had he chos-
Eo 50 the Rev. Eustace might have
many heartrending and narrowing
HONS concerning the private life
,stoms of the inhabitants of his
ge 1t is equally certain, however,
l. would not have chosen to do so,
was emphatically a man of peace
entlpness, kind-hearted and given
ID works.
en Eustace Daintree had been mar
We years his father died, and mis-
r, accepting his warmly rendered
lion to come to Sutton-inthe-Wold
long visit, took up her abode in
easant vicarage house. Her visit
ODg. indeed. In a weak moment
bn consented to her urgent request
allowed to subscribe her quota to
busehoId expenses was as good
sing her a ninety-nine years lease
quarters. The thin end of the
thus inserted, Mrs. Daintree mere
be immoyable as the church tower
kitchen chimney, and the doomed
bers of the family began to under
that nothing short of death itself
#likely to terminate the old lady's
tnce among them.
even thus, things were not at
worst Marion Daintree was a soft
bel, gentle-mannered little woman.
|nnot be said that she regarded the
lament installment Of her mother-in-
Bn her home with pleasurable feel
she would have been more than
n had she done so. But, then, she
mfeignedly fond of her husband,
Gesired earnestly to make his home
y, She accepted her fate, and peace
preserved in her husbands house.
*by and by there came somebody into
family who would by no manner Of
b consent to be SO crushed and trod-
f1der foot. This somebody was Vera
eriOn was the eldest of three sisters,
when Mr.. Daintree met her and
pied her in Rome the two remaining
Rs had been at the time hardly more
children. Col Nevill, their father,
married an Italian lady, long since
and had lived a nomad life ever
/ he had become a widower. Wher-
i pleasant society was to be found,
E would Col. Nevill and his daughters
Rnctlyely drift, and year after year
became more and more enamored Of
4 foreign life.
II one day there came sad news to
EEcarage at Sutton. Theodore, Prin-
Marinari, caught the Roman fever
worst form, and, after a few agon-
letters and kilograms, that came so
ny one upon the other that she had
/ ny time to realize the dreadful truth,
Flon learned that her sister was dead.
Fer that. the elder sisters English
Y became naturally the right and fit
place for Vera to come to. So she
Aer gay life and her lovers, her
ElI dresses and all that had hitherto
[lea 10 her worth living for, and came
4 70 her fathers country and took up
abode in Eustace Daintree's quiet
P'ase, where she became shortly her
rs IDOL and her sisters mother-in
mortal foe.
f14 then 1t was that the worthy cler-
-'4 came to discover that to put three
E1Iup women into the same house
expect them to live together in
ana amity is about as foolhardy
AFef'ment as to shut up bulldog,
W ana a tomcat in a cupboard and
f. them to behave like so many
now rather more than year since
f. SeylI came to live in her brother
EI mouse. The time of the year is
Nv s'-ihe time of the day is 5 o'clock.
Ncarage drawing room the after
YEA table has just been set out,
(,, "Ie IRE gust lighted; one Of the long
,.g Nh windows leading into the garden
al ~ open' and through it Vera steps
lie room.
VA a. 'Hra!' says Marion, from be-
M, We II, cups and saucers.
AfS. baintree sits darning socks.
gnr | oy the fading light. There is
Esior.u VI Instant whimperins from the
En,u. corner behind the piano; it is
C an,. II disgrace. Vera turns around.
f,r,I re mere, Tommy, and have some of
NM ~ g.ead and JAM" says Vera.
T. T.. her lap. "ei "o'N ahsriiS
b. a nj, / n must beg of you not to inter
In ,b '1 LON, are you aware that he
'pa,tss yVFner by my orders?"
b, I'syuE Mrs. Daintree: and also
Eav " vas there before l went out. ex-
Sege a. ,s quarters Of an hour ago;
II co ,S units to all human endurance"
tsas + -k It extremely Impairment"
tds1tJy, De old lady, nodding her head
,sorS ,'.s Vera" pleads Marion. almost
hbscE Sc perhaps YOU had better let him
solr ~ Is quite good now" saws Vera.
Iosa b a"SS'ng her hand over the rough
p Of bro u, Master Tommy's mouth is
NsneIr' i * and jam, and he looks SUI
k;9s indifferent to the warfare that
fa biz LS9FrIed on on his own account
=, hail., | INSIST upon that child being
Us no4. INTO the corner!" exclaims
Pc IS bu o, angrily. bringing her
Tie - cb u:F53vlly down upon her knee.
es5y,~ s Sb has been overpunished al
Ssdtas rb he answers, calmly, still admin
$a Ds soothing solace of strawberry
e, ,f5a ERA era pray keep the peacew cries
aere VT" I elasper hands.
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