Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-08-23
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L-iSette, she Sdlu, L am ABOUT TO
=, put great confidence in you. l want to
go out, and no one must know it. 1
shall be absent some short time. Will
you sit in my room here and wait for
me, and let me in when | return
Il will do all you wish, MISS" she re-
piled. mo ole shall know that you
are out, and no one shall enter your
room while you are away. l will wait
i for you. can let you in by one of the
side doors. I wilisgat the key
Whatever Lisette, may have thought,
she said nothing
Il suppose" said Ethel, that the
poor man who was wounded today lies
in the cottage?"
Yes; he has a woman from the
village to nurse him. If you are going
she saw his face, all white and cold in
on a large cloak and a thick vail, so
Athat you may not be recognized?"
Ethel thought the suggestion a good
one She had not removed the rich
Jewels, nor the silk dinner-dress.
There was no time to be lost in chang
ing them now she wrapped herself
in a large dark travelling cloak, and hid
her white, beauti.u face with thick
vail
you will be careful" she said to
Lisette; and then, unpreceived and un-
noticed, she quilted the house.
q The clock over the stables was strik
ing ten. She did not feel quite sure
whether she knew the way to the
cottage, yet it could not be far distant
from the house. 1t was at theentrance
to the woods, she remembered, and the
walk to the woods had not seemed to
her a long one. She hurried on.
Presently the deep baying of hound
startled her. She said to herself:
Il must not lose courage. 1 must go.
He is dying. | must see him, or he
will not rest in his grave"
But the night was dark, and the way
was. strang e-she took the wrong path.
She grew confused and frightened.
More than once she fancied that she
heard her husbands voice crying,
out, miss, would it not be better to put
s .sEthel, Ethel" and she imagined that
s 4deatn, HOallng Delore ner.
ut is only fancy" she said to her.
sAselfss' but her nervous fears increased.
Every whisper of the wind. every
Z rustle.of the leaves, thrilled her heart
with a. hew and strange fear. She was
confused heightened, bewildered. She
stood still, hesitating for one minute
whether she woulS cry out or not; and
then, to- her.infnite relief, she saw a
tall figure just before her-the figure of
/. q man; He vas evidently smoking, for
the fragrance of cigar reached her.
1t was wonderful how quickly her
fears were dispelled.
eWho. is it?'' she asked herself.
LET it be.who it may, l must not be
seem.
: She burned away, hoping not to be
Aseen; bat quick footsteps followed her,
land presently Sir Oscars voice said,
ncalfnlyg::s
7 Ethel, know you. saw you some
\ minutes since and came to meet you.
i should recognize your figure and
-FOUR walk anywhere. You could never
hide yourself from me-
She stood quite still at the first
sound of his voice; all her strength
seemed to desert her.
81 came out, as do every night" he
said, ITO smoke cigar. The night is
so calm, and sweet, and still, that
have wandered father than l intended.
But you, Ethel, what are you doing in
thpds alone at this hour of night?"
1 must not ask me-" she replied.
l. shall do SO, Ethel. Your
tgfaint, your hands are cold, and
o-A ie, your beautiful face, is so
~ ar You are in trouble. Let
10 .you."
q. fsa great relief to her. The
wards Of the sympathizing voice
A q so<welcone that she broke down.
Sizing TO ais strong arm, and wept
ehol nfs4 darling" he said, you
= -are frouble. Thust me; let me help
= you What is love worth if the one
whioves cannot be trusted? will
4 kee; al you say to me as sacred az.
} tholh II we're my own secret, and ny
life epended on it. Trust me, Ethel"
Sh stood silent for few minutes,
while the night-wind moaneH around
her, md the great BRANCHES of the
trees swayed aboye, her What ought
she t26s2G She refused to trust him,
ld not let her go any
I'd poor. Laurie-Laurie who
% "a iier SC dearly-must die
IS = xAer pardon. If she wished to
as, she must trust Sir Oscar; and
she trusted him, and told him all,
"a he, would never love her again;
would lose his respect and esteem
tn his love.
II mist see Laurie" she thought.
Living. / might hate him; dying,
ist forgive him"
l.Ethel," said Sir Oscar, try to think
4 I am your brother. II you had a
her OF your own, you know how
would trust him. Do the same
me-" ts
on viii never like me again" she
essed; you VIA despise me-"
shah love you until die, Ethel.
trust me, try me, prove me. Is
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