Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-01

Win the ptOuu, uGLCdIS USduIy "
Leah, and Jne promise or fair lOVeuneeS
III HeCue. IL was not strange, ne re
HeCUed; Tor mis- sister mad been beautI
1ul. he saw at once mat there Was
something wrong between Martin kay
ana MS eldest child. Her WORDS puz
zled MIN. Il have been praying" snt
SAID, Tor some one to deliver me
from this furnace OIL fire, and HEAVIER
has sent YOU. His heart went out tC
the teauJltul trembling girl who mac
come to him, and CHOSEN lie VIII
him. She snoulu be to n1m-so NJ
sWOre-as his own daughter, hi!
neireSS, the great comfort or has lie
He loved her, ana was grateful 10 her
ct he admired Hettle; the memory O.
her, as she STOOD with her arms
cIasped around ner fathers neck, ne
exquisite tenderness, her calm
accession, were never forgotten by him
Both glrIs had noble natures; OF Iha
he telL sure. But, as he drove away
from .ne house with his beautiful
niece in his care, he asked hlmseI
tWO-Lean, whose whole soul had re
beIIed against the teaching, belle
the lie Oh ner taLner, VINO lOaCheQ the
task he had wished her to perlOI III
who had been thankful 10 escape, ever
at the risk or never seeing 1atner OF
tender neart had chung more closely
10 the father WnOm Lean abandoned.
Wnlcn was the nObler OIL the TWO he
could not decide. lie admired the
EeauuituI, proud girl VINO would sooner
sacrifice the loves Oh ner lie tnaI
make ner; he admired her rebellion
against what she believed TO be mean
laIse, and unhOly. He admired tie
talCnIul love with which the younge
girl chung to her father. He could not
tell when he thought the nobler, which
he ADMIRED the more? but one thing
was certain-he loved Lean DesL
Leah had CHOSEN him and the lite ne
was ready to offer her; Hettie had re
fused born, therefore he would always
love Leah best. Still his heart
yearned over the girl who had ner
mothers blue eyes.
Il must lie content" he said to him
self. After all 1t is lair. | nave one
child, he has the other. Even Doris
herset would scarcely have cared to
see him deprived OF both"
CHAPTER x.
General Sir Arthur HaCton and his
niece were soon settled IN their new
ana magnificent no4ne. 10 Lean II
seemed as though she must be III the
WhlrI OF a dream. Her own story was
to her very mucn like one OIL the Ia1Iy
tales mat mad delighted ner when she
was child. Il am real Cinderella, "
she said to hersell, with a smile. But
IN no way ala she resemble that
humble little maiden. She was proud
by instinct ana by nature. she was
PROUD or her mother name OF nation,
OF the good old family 1rom which her
mOtner came, OF the blood that ran IN
her veins from her mothers side. she
was proud OF being true to herself. or
beng loyal to what she believed to tie
right principles.
The compact made between her
uncle and herself had not been broken.
The name Oh Ray mad been given up
and she had adopted that or Hatton.
we will have no 1aIse prerenses, -
the general mad said. You are my
o. n, .
every one must know that you are my
niece, | am in the place OF your
father; but while one lives who claims
the title l should not like to usurp it.
\ GU are my niece, Leah HattOn; and,
as We are discussing the subject for
the last time, let me say that, should
you ever wish to marry, | Will myself
tell to your future husband what |
think he ought to know of your
history. You must not do it yourself
After that, not another word was
spoken tetWeen them on the subject.
People were not curious. 1t was
sufficient to know that Leah HattOn
was the adopted daughter and heiress
Of General Sir Arthur Hatton, X c..
B., one Of the Wealthiest and most
famous men in England.
Leah was troubled at first when she
saw the magnifcence of the home that
was to be ners. She impaired her
fears frankly enough to the general,
but he smiled at them.
MY dear Leah" he said, mo woman
can be more than lady-can be more
that refined, welEbred, graceful and
accomplished. You are all those
You will soon be acoustic to the
new life; you will adapt yourself to it
naturally. If there is any little de-
ficiency in your knowledge of society
matters, you will meet it by studying
attentiVely the habits and manners OF
those about you"
From the first moment she entered
his house she was, he told her, entirely
mistress of it-there was no appeal
against her authority. Most girls OF
her age would have been too young
for such a position; but Leah was
older than her years. 1t was a mar
VellOuS change for her from the small