Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-21

ShOne against the sky.
Nothing is for long" said the woman
restraining her horse and looking out
over the black water.
''It's for long enough, quite" the man
said almost roughly. Don't be silly,
Fair. Come, let's go home"
whats the good" she answered. Il
am happy enough here. How still the
river Is! And look! not light either on
this side or on that, as far as we can
see."
you've only to look behind you to see
the lights of your own house on the hill,
Darlington replied.
"How tiresome of you to remind me!
Why must you always bring me back to
daily boredom? / suppose you are hun
gry-men always are. That's why they
enjoy life more than women" She
laughed out into the night, a cold, hard
little laugh, and, turning her horse, "Are
you comingT she asked, petulantly.
"Why this sudden hurry?' he asked,
overtaking her.
II am tired Of your always having
your own way" she answered.
81! My wayW he exclaimed.
eyes, your way. You always have 1t.
Oh, yes, you yield here, and are very
generous and unselfsh there, when it
doesn't really matter. But when there
is anything in it, you are as stubborn as
one Of your plough-mules. 1t is always
l who give In"
"Ahp' he answered, unmoved. well,
let us exchange; you be firm in things
that matter, and I will be obstinate in
things that don't. You see 1 have the
proper words, frmness for you is obsti-
macy for me-"
"What really does matter, after ALP
she said, half to herself. ''There prob
ably are things, but 1 can't think Of any
right now. | am neither very happy nor
very miserable. l know I could be lots
happier, for 1 have been. I suppose l
could be more miserable, for some people
are. am rich enough to have nothing to
do, and too poor to do anything. So
exist"
Don't be silly, Fair" he said.
II choose to be silly" she answered,
impatiently. ''There's not thing to
make me sensible"
There are lots of things you might
bend your lofty intellect to-threat of an
uprising in Cuba"
",Eoo far off"
husband"
How absurd!-too near"
"Your husband made a great speech
last night, at which he was cheered to
the echo; and there is some talk Of max
ing him candidate for"
ooh! l know all that. Haven't had
reams on the subject? Would 1 like
Washington, or should prefer his being
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something in the Philippines?"
II am thinking of going there"
Your She turned in her saddle as
she spoke.
yes. I doubt if my creditors will let
me stay here much longer"
''Is it really as bad as that?" The
apathetic note was gone from her voice.
''Do you suppose, my dear Fair, that
I should ship my tobacco under your
name if things were not as bad as posi-
BILE? l am sick of using you in this way.
| am"
but l don't mind" she interrupted.
"Now, don't you be silly and go into he
roles. l expect my factor in Richmond
pockets his commission with as smiling a
face, and leads his prayer meeting Thurs
day nights with as joyous piety, as if he
tobacco. Waiting for us, Moses?" She
said to a negro boy who opened the gate
for them.
"Yaas'm," he grinned, cheerfully. He
followed them to the house, and held the
horses, while Darlington helped Mrs.
Tazewell to dismount.
II don't think I'll come in" Darlington
said.
Carrington's horse. You know there is
no earthly reason for your going"
The hall was dark, but Darlington
steered his way unerringly into the par
lor and found the chair he had sat in
a few hours before. He did not know
his own house better than he did this
one. A solemn negro bearing a lamp
made no remark at seeing him beyond a
deferential, "Evenin', sub"
A cousin Of Mrs. Tazewell, too remote
in kinship to have any authority over her,
and still near enough to be a relative,
acted as housekeeper in the establish
ment, and as a kind of chaperone, Gen
Tazewell being little at home. If she
saw anything in Mrs. Tazewelrs conduct
Of which she did not approve, she said
nothing; and so long as she said nothing,
her opinion troubled neither Mrs. Taze-
we'll nor Hugh. She appeared at supper
in a gown which had been her evening
dress since Darlington had known her;
a black silk with green spots, very wide
as to skirt, and very tight and trim as
to waist, with a kerchief pinned across
her bosom, and a chain Of black shell
around her throat, for she, too, had her
vanities.
All her life she had lived on isolated
plantations, and her speech had more
than a flavor of the dialect of the coun-
try. Mrs. Tazewell said that her hus-
band always talked a great deal to Miss
Betty, when at home, to keep his own
dialect and accent in proper trim. For
his dialect and his homely Illustrations,
even more than his befoh-the-wah suit
of shiny black, were essential parts of
that willy politicians stock in trade.
What about the PhilippinesY" Mrs.