Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-02-28

mo, your lordship; but l under
stood this lady needed my assistance"
Il shall be glad" said the young
husband, with some dignity ''if you
will help my wife, Lady RIVERS, until
her own maid arrives"
The most beautiful creature have
seen in my life!" was the woman's
mental comment She is fairer than
the Countess.
Il will do what l can for her lady
ship" she said, advancing into the
room.
Violet would have given much to
have beaten a retreat. She was far
more alarmed at the lady than
she had been at her mistress.
Lord RIVERS said few hasty words
of farewell.
"You will tell me how you like them
all afterward," he said, in low voice.
Il must go down now"
looking woman away with you!"
whispered Violet. She is worse than
any of them"
"She is a necessity, my dear" he
answered.
With an anxious eye Lady RIVERS
watched her husbands retreating
figure
What can do for you, my lady?"
Fisher asked, approaching and cour.
tesying, but there was a tinge of in
science in her manner.
Il do not know" said Violet. 81
have lever had maid of my own.
Do for me what every other ladys-
maid does for her mistress"
| There was no resisting this; the
simple quiet dignity of the answer
awed the maid
Shall l brush your hair first, my
lady?" she asked, more respectfully.
eff you please" said Violet.
And in a few minutes more the maid
held the golden waves of hair in her
hands, admiring the length and sheen.
Il have not seen such hair as this,
my lady," she said, "since the time
left the Duchess of Hetherly. She
had just the same, but her face did not
correspond with it. 1t was all freck-
led and brown, the queerest COM
plexion any lady ever had"
Violet made no remark She was
determined not to encourage gossip,
yet just at present she could not sum-
mon courage to bid the woman to be
silent
1T took me nearly an hour every
n Int hn 60
was kind enough to say that l had an
artistic touch. She was very difficult
to please; she liked her face to vary
every day"
Fisher frowned when she saw how
coldly her gossip was received
Il was sorry to leave the Duchess, -
she continued; but she was very
cross and 'uppish' with me one morn
ing when | was painting her face.
She said something to me, and told
her if she repeated it, l would leave
lat moments notice. She did re-
Ipeat it, and l left her Immediately
with half her face painted. She could
not find any one to paint the other
half; no one could match it, She sent
to offer me anything in the world if l
would go back to finish it."
| Il think that was a very ill-natured
trick" said Violet
| And from that moment Fisher was
the most bitter enemy Violet had in
the house. Yet the woman was an
artist in her way. and she could not
resist the temptation of performing
her task to the best of her ability.
Then Lord RIVERS came for mis-
wife.
Have l pleased your" she asked,
her beautiful eyes all alight.
you have indeed" he said. 81
am proud of you, my lovely wife."
| He took her hand, and led her to
the drawing-room. In one sense he
was leading her to the great social
battlefield for here her new life began,
and the first wound from the thorns
| in her orange-blossoms was to be
given to her that night,-a wound that
would never quite heal.