Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-12-03
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WELL" said Major Brezil, how he
managed that would puzzle a lawyer
What a fate for such a girl! Ayrton
is a capital boon companion; but
would not trust him with dog cared
for Rely upon it, it was a runaway
match"
So they dismissed the subject III
the squire had heard that conversation,
- what would he have thought of his
p darlings fate?
There was great wonder among ali!
his so-called friends when Captain
Ayrton's marriage was made known.
Gradually the truth oozed out that he
had won her by treacherous means;
that he had induced her to leave
home against her fathers wishes, AMI
that the old squire, although refusing
to pardon, was breaking his heart for
the loss of his child.
He might have punished him, for the
law protects the innocent, and he haze
broken it; but the squire knew such
revenge would pierce his child's heart,
perhaps even kill her. He gave up the
idea still it would not have been well
for the gallant captain had he fallen
into the old mans power.
SYPHILIS perfect happiness lasted one
whole week; in after time she looked
back, and knew she had bartered the
peace, the happiness of a lifetime
for that one week of perfect bliss.
When Lyster told her that he could
not come quite so often, or stay so
long, for he had duties. and he must
perform them, she, knowing no more
of the world than simple child, be-
lieved him. After time he would be
absent for two days together, and she
welcomed him with a smile. devoutly
believing that he had been hard at
work
Often while he lounged in theaters,
or in the Haymarket cafes, she, poor
child, sat up wearying for him hour
after hour, longing only to love him
and soothe him after the fatigues Of
duty. They talked at his club and
they talked in the regiment, wondering
how the young wife bore it, and pity
ing her lot.
1t was a great change for her, from
the stately magnifcence, the warm
luxury of Glynn, to these four rooms,
from the attendance of well-trained
domestics to the clumsy waiting of
the awkward girl who attended to the
dodgers; from the cheerful society OF
Violet and Irene to the lonely home
where no face smiled upon her. But,
most of all, she missed the fond, in
dulgent father. who had idOlized her
so completely-missed him, and longed
for him with tenderness that would
have robbed him of half his pain, had
he known it.
Still she was very happy; for she
never doubted but the squire would, as
Lyster called it. come round in time, %
and she loved her husband dearly.
She did wish occasionally that he had
less work to do, so that he could spend
more time with her She never COM
planned to him. She received him
with smiles. and parted from him with
loving words.
She looked rather out of place in
these little rooms. with her dainty
patrician loneliness, her queenly car
riage and magnificent dress. Every
thing she owned in the world had been
sent to her, dresses, music, jewels,
books, even her favorite horse. but
that Lyster sold, saying they had no
convenience for keeping it.
At least he said it was sold, but
Mile Coralie. who was the rage just
then, was seen riding beautiful, spir-
tied Arabian, and, though one should
not judge rashly, it was just as well
that Sybil never knew what became Of
her horse.
Six months passed since the fatal
night when the squire's daughter fed
from her home From that beloved
home no pardon had reached her; the
squire had never sent a line or mes
sage to her.
she chose between u.s." he said, in
answer to all remonstrance. "and she
preferred him to me-"
Captain Ayrton and his young wife
still live in the pretty Highgate villa:
but it is winter now, and all SYPHILIS
flowers are dead.
She sits by the window, watching for
him, it is three nights since he left
home. Here the snow lies thick upon
the ground and the cold is intense; but
neither cold or snow would have kept
her from him.
She looks changed from the bright,
willful girl who stood under the cedar
n tree trying to bend Sir Rupert to her
wishes; she is thinner and paler; the
violet eyes look as though showers of
hot tears had dimmed their luster; the
fair, rounded cheek has almost lost the
delicate contour; there is a suspicious
quiyering of the sweet lips, as though
she had learned to repress sorrow and
n tears. On the white brow there are
lines of thought or care: the bright
& ness the light. the pretty, willful dar
ing that had been so charming. were
y all gene.
She was so loyal she would not even
own to herself that she was disappoint- |