Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-06-12
miss Forster" said Rudolph, quiet

Miss Forster" said Rudolph, quiet
ly.
@And who is Miss Forster" asked
the unknown
She is, as you say, a most lovely
girl, and she is as good as she is love
ly. She lives here at Ullamere as
companion to Lady Culmore''
Then / heard a light laugh.
Il should not have thought you
would have allowed that. You were
always companion enough for her"
l hurried away, the conversation was
not intended for me; and surely he
the stranger, must have been mistaken
in calling me a lovely girl, Why, al
school the other girls were always
teasing me about my dusky hair and
dark eyes, OF course this must be
Uric GILMORE. | longed to see his
face, for his voice was both rich and
musical. / was young, and no one had
ever praised me. no one had ever paid
me aay homage. Ny heart thrilled
with delight at this tribute to my
beauty.
Then the dinner-bell rang. I felt
shy and embarrassed but l had nc
time to think of myself Lady Cul-
more came TO my room.
Kate she said, ''let me go down
with you" She wore rich sapphire
velvet, with parure of fine pearls.
do / look nice?" she asked eagerly.
you look perfectly beautiful | re-
piled. THAT is dress fit for a queen .
But my face?" she said Kate, if
you saw my face now for the first
time, should you think that I had any
thing on my mind, that any secret was
eating my life away? Tell me truly.
Kate. Do look like woman with a
secret?"
| turned so that I could see her
plainly. The magnificent dress, fall
ing in graceful folds, suited her to per-
lection; the pearls shone round her
white graceful throat and in the coils
of her fair hair; a sweet subtle odor
was waited to me. No figure, no face
could have been more beautiful: but
alas, she was right-it was the face of
woman with secret, The eyes and
lips betrayed it-they> were so CON
strained, she kept such a guard over
them. She stood watching me anxious
ly as though her very life depended
upon my answer. For few moments
was silent.
And you do not wish Mr. Uric Gull
more to find it out?" was all | could
bring myself to say.
Il do not" she replied.
Then you must let your face relax.
There is restraint, tension about
It, that tells the story"
How shall shake it OFF," she cried.
suddenly clinging to me. You are so
kind, so good to me, tell mellow thall
shake it off"
Forget it," | said.
regretted my words as soon as they
were uttered. She flung up her arms
with a terrible cry.
Forget it! Oh, heaven, if might
If could but have the power to forget
IL Tor an hour-only one hour!"
| saw that one of her fits of violent
excitement was impending. and that
she would not be able to go down to
dinner unless it was averted. | talked
to her, reasoned with her admired her
dress-admiration of such kind. poor
lady, always pleased her-and, by the
time the dinner-bell rang, I had quite
forgotten my own little CLEAN of hap
piness in having been called lovely.
| went into the room with Lady Gull
more. She trembled so that she could
hardly hold her fan in her hands. Some
one came to meet us at we entered;
some one with a handsome face and
winning voice took Lady Culmore's
hand in his and said:
Why. Nest, you are not looking
well! What is the matter? VIII you
introduce me to Miss Forster?"
All me! the thought of the RAPTURE
OF that moment will cause my heart
to thrill with ecstasy until | die, Never
Till then shall forget his first glance
so | met my fate-the love that was
my doom! 1t came to me when Uric
Culmore looked into my face for the
hrst time. | remember it was only a
momentay glance; but my heart beat
iast, mist came before my ewes
vague something stirred in nv heart.
one glance from those beautiful ewes
had suddenly reused my hole being into
new life
When l was myself again. he was
talking to Lady Culmore. and there
was evident anxiety in his voice.
Il cannot think what has cbaneea
you so completely, Nest" he was saw
ing. You had two of the most deli.
cious dimples in the world, and thew
nave both disappeared. I remember
thinking to myself that. when mar
RED would choose "a wife with iust
such dimples."
To be continued.