Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-06-16

| leave no trace. When he closed his
eyes and tried to rest. two faces rose
persistently before him-that of the
girl he had slain and that of the
woman he loved.
| Il wonder he said to himself, as
he tossed restlessly, If l shall ever
sleep again-if for one moment of my
| life | shall fail to see Angela Rooden {
| outstretched hand?"
| Presently his eyelids dropped; but
J before deep sleep had come to him he
was disturbed by the murmur of many
voices:
Found drowned, found drowned"
He started from the sofa, his face
livid, his whole frame trembling. A
cry of agony and terror broke from
his parched lips.
All! then they have found Angela
but why should servants and laborerS
come trooping here? Past the
window ran Fanchette with wild
cry; then ran Lady Culdale, pale and
terror-stricken. What did it all
mean? Why should they be so over
come because Angela was drowned
| What was she to them?
Then slowly from between the
trees emerged little group of men,
carrying between them a figure IN a
rudely contrived litter, shielded from
the observation of human eyes.
Great Heaven! Why were they
bringing the dead woman there? Why
should they carry Angela Rooden to
| Culdale?
What Madness" he gasped
His face was perfectly livid, MS
brain burned with a thousand tor
turing thoughts. Why were they
bringing the drowned woman there ?
he asked himself again.
His heart beat horribly fast, great
| drops gathered on his brow, as he
saw the men slowly approaching the
great hall door with their burden.
ooh, Heaven! cannot meet that"
he cried.
He opened one of the long glass
windows and went out. He saw the
crowd and heard the hushed voices
His bewilderemnt only increased.
Had they carried his wife's dead
daughter here to confront him?
This is horrible affair."" said one
of the guests, Colonel Moncrieff, who
had joined him.
What is it?" he asked
miss Rane has been found drowned
in the ornamental lake at Brantomo
Park"
Captain Wynyard fell, as though
shot, to the ground. Colonel Moncrieff
suddenly remembered to have heard
some rumors about the captain and
Miss Rane, and he felt how indiscreec
he had been.
''I should have been more careful -
he said to himself. 81 ought to hav5
remembered"
He would not call any one to his
aid, but went quietly into the house,
and fetched glass of brandy, He
held it to the captains lips, and in a
| few minutes Captain Wynward opened
his eyes.
'Is it true?" he gasped
IT am afraid So" replied the colonel
early this morning one of the
keepers at Brantome, passing by the
lake, noticed something unusual. RE
went to see what it was, and found
Miss Ranes body in the lake.
miss Rane!" cried the CAPT AL
ct is impossible! Miss Rane drown
ed at Brantome! What could she
have been doing there?"
mo one knows; but there she was.
poor lady! And they have brough-
| her home dead"
Dead" repeated the captain; and
| Hugh Moncrieff never forgot the
horror with which his friend uttered
the word. He trembled like a leaf,
his brain reeled, his eyes became dir.
Help me, Moncrieff," he said. "My
sight and my strength are gone from
me, for I loved Gladys Rane Help
me back to my room, and leave me
there alone"
Colonel Moncrieff did as he was
told; and the next minute the unhappy
man was alone, his face buried in has
hands.
LET we try to think clearly" he
said. FI murdered Angela Rooden-
flung her into the lake. Yet Gladys
Rane is found there. Are they both
! drowned? 1t was angela; I could
swear it, although l did not see her
face. I knew the silver-gray wrapper
which I bought and gave to her my
self, and the dark ripping hair. Be
sides, Angela was at Brantome; but
how could Gladys have come ther,?
Yet no one speaks of finding Angela
Could I-oh, perish the thought
could I have mistaken one for the
cther?'
A cry of despair burst from IS
| lips, but he recovered himself almost
Immediately. The idea was absu l.
Gladys knew nothing of Brantome,
she did not even know Angela was
there; and how could she be wea ing
the silver-gray wrap that belonged to
his wife's daughter?
What q horrible ideal" he said to