Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-06-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Continued.

Continued.
He shuddered when he caught sight
Of the water, the marble terrace, the
white steps cleaning in the sunlight.
To his horror and amazement, as he
approached the lake he beheld Angela
Rooden-Angela, whom he believed he
Rad slain. All, Heaven! who was the
woman he had sent swiftly, cruelty,
tC her death?
Angela had gone back to the lake
side, irresistibly drawn thither as by
a spell. She had given up all thought
of going to London on that day; she
was TOO agitated and excited to travel
AS she walked along the bank, she
caught sight of Captain Wynyard, HIS
face so pale, so desperate, that she
hardly recognized him; and his eyes,
when they met hers, were filed VITA
murdeous hate She went up to hrnl
nothing daunted
''You have heard?" she said. You
know?"
81 know" he replied. 81 would to
Heaven I had died in her placen'
'TWhy do you look at me in that
terrible way?" she asked.
"Tell me-" he cried. 81 have heard
the words; but cannot believe them
Tell me Gladys Rane is dead"
alas, Gladys Rane is dead" said
Angela, in a low, soft voice. "But
how did she get here, Captain Wy1-
yard? Why did she come here?"
81 do not know" he replied; mo
one knows. Did she know that you
were here?" he asked, gloomily.
mo-" replied Angela. "But there is
something 1 had better tell you,
Captain Wynyard, although it had
better be told to no one else. went
to Culdale yesterday, and on my way
back quite unexpectedly I met Miss
Rane I met her face to face, so that
it was impossible to avoid speaking 10
her. What passed between us does
not matter. I asked her to promise
not to tell you that I was here, and
she gave me that promise" Then,
looking into the captains face, she
added-"I see now that you knew"
eco on, for Heavens sake! Go on!"
he cried.
1--WE walked together to the Kings
Meadow, where we sat down for some
time and talked. left her in ignor-
ance of where was staying, and I
purpose1y went out of my way to mis-
lead her"
go ont" he cried "You speak SO
slowly, Angela"
His eyes we're fixed hungri1y on the
girls face, as though he could lave
torn the words from her lips.
81 left her in the Kings. Meadow"
continued Angela, "and l never, saw
her again until this morning, when
they laid her on the terrace there.
But" she went on, 'T believe I know
how she came here" Then she told
him of the two roads, the one lead
inc to Cu1dale. the other to BrantomC,
adding-"I feel sure that she took the
wrong road"
1t was a simple enough solution or
what seemed to him great mystery.
cit must have been so! he sighed.
FT did not say this morning that
knew her." Angela went on. ''Ther~
was no need. But why are you look
ing at me in that strange way?"
"Were you here yesterday" he
asked suddenly on these
steps?"
NO." she replied, 81 was not. 1
never came near here yesterday"
"You did not rest on the steps
there?"
az never even approached the lake."
she answered, earnestly.
From gray to livid, from livid to a.
horrible white, his face changed as be
listened. Whose, then, could the out
stretched hand that he had turned
from have been-whose the figure
that he had hurled into the lake?