Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-12-04

, irritation towards Mile for her OBJ
stinate persistence in an injurious
doubt. But he presently reflected that
the girl could not possibly know the
reasons he had for looking with sus-
picion and mistrust upon the beauty,
nor the secret partisanship with which
he regarded her sweeter rival. Alma
! Crosmont. He would let it be plainly
seen this very morning that the doctor
busy with professional duties Oh today
was a very different person from the
idle guest of the day before, and make
her understand once for all that he was
no ladies' physician, with hours to
waste in listening to lisping accounts
OF trihing ailments, but a straight
forward and practical man with his
heart in the duties of his work.
1t was another beautiful and bright
morning, but the young man scarcely
noticed how the snow sparkled in the
sun and lay in patches of fantastic
shape upon the hills. He was quite
bristling with duty by the time he ar.
rived at The Crags, dashed up the
drive, jumped down from the dog,
cart, rang the bell, and asked to be
taken straight to the injured maid,
as If each moment of his time had
been golden guina The hurt
turned out to be trifing one, as
indeed he had expected. Having
bound up the wounded hand and given
the simple directions necessary, he
was hurrying out of the house when a
footman ran after him and requested
him to stop, as her ladyship desired
TO speak to him Armathwaite
hesitated, inclined to offer an excuse.
when Lady Kildonan's maid. a middle
aged and astute-looking person, futter-
ed down the hall and said she had
been sent to show him up to her
mistress's room.
us Lady Kildonan ill?' asked
Armathwaite.
Not very ill, but she thought she
would like to see you, sir"
There was no choice left for him.
I He followed the woman up the wide
staircase, along an oak-pannelled
gallery large enough and handsome
enough for a ballroom, to a door at
which she knocked softly.
Come in," cried Lady Kildonan S
voice, which was as bright as ever.
The next moment he found him
self in a room the colouring and
decoration of which suggested to him
the inside of sea-shell adorned with
hangings of pale satin, and carpeted
with thick soft velvet which looked
like sea-moss. The lace curtains
drawn close, were lined with pale
rose-coloured silk, through which the
bright sunlight came pleasantly sub
dued; in tiny fireplace, tiled with
paintings of flowers, burnt a small
fire. Close to it, lying lack in a large
easy-chair, her head resting on a.
satin cushion, was Lady Kildonan.
me illness concerning which she had
to consult the doctor was luckily not
serious enough to dim the brightness
OF her eyes, or to render less dazzling
the lustre of her brilliant complexion.
On the other hand, it was grave
enough to permit her to appear in a
white cashmere wrapper, with her
hair loosely knotted together and A
black lace mantilla round her head y
costume beautifully suited to an in
valid in perfect health, such as
Armathwaite at once described her to
be.
standing at the threshold of the
door as the lady languidly beckoned
MIN IN, the young doctor. with a haze
OF memories and resolutions before
his eyes, wished that he had not come.