Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-11-27

your shoulders. You may perhaps fine
a way to grapple successfully with
difficulties which to an old mai,
weighted GOWN by old recollections
and sentiments bound up with the
dead, have been ike sleeping dogs
allowed 10 lie. Stay here few days;
learn to know US; ! will introduce you
to my patients; If at the END OF
week or fortnight you decide to re-
main, you shall take up my practice,
weighted with this one condition, that
you look after my wife and daughter
when l am gone. They will be pro-
vided for, but Millie is not handsome
enough to marry, and she will need a
guardian all her lite; on you, there
fore, If | give you this start in lie,
will devolye the responsibility, not OF
providing lone for her yourself, but
OF fulfilling brothers duty towards
her, and seeing mat whatever home
lshe chooses is suitable and if pos
sible happy one. Now l have Spoken,
to you very simply and very frankly,
and perhaps you are startled by pro-
posal which comes upon you so sud
denly. But my time is short, and my
reasons Tor making this offer to you
instead OF to an older man are strong
and clear. 1nInk over what | have
said and study your new surroundings
for the next few days, and when you
have made up your mind, give me yes
or no."
Il can give it you now, DIR. Peele
1t is, with my heartiest thanks-yes."
We'll, you have still, until | tell
you the secrets | spoke of, the power
TO retract. In the meantime will you
go downstairs and have tea with youi
new sister?"
He touched bell by his side twice,
and in few moments Mrs. Peele ap-
peared, her approach heralded by
tread like that of a man.
Margaret" said her husband, "this
is the young fellow OF whom / once
told you that If l had had a son
would have had that son like him. He
will stay WIN us for the next few
days, and you will make him well
come"
Armathwaite felt rather uneasy,
after their encounter downstairs, as
to how this exortation would be taken
TO his surprise and CONSERVATION she
marched up to him, and just, as he
made an involuntary step back, half
expecting that her intentions were
pugilistic, she drew him down by the
shoulder with a powerful hand, and
y.Pf tod \ 10
kiss. Recovering quickly from his
establishment, he respectfully re-
turned Lne salute, and having thus
signed articles of peace, he fastened
to obey her deep-voiced command TO
go down to tea. In the sitting room he
found Millie, now busy with the tea
things, and, as it seemed to him,
rather absent and preoccupied. He
fancied that there was some anxiety
in the look she gave him as he
entered, and although she chatted to
him brightly and pleasantly enough
about London and the lake-country
and his journey, there was more con-
straint in her manner than there had
been when she first received him at
the door. She was, however, such an
extremely intelligent and agreeable
person that Armathwaite soon found
himself telling her of his newly-maae
acquaintance with the two lakeside
! beauties, suppressing, however, all
details that savoured of the mar
vellous. Miss Peele listened with
great attention, and was very anxious
for his opinion of the two ladies. He
gave it in guarded and modified
way, but the bias of it delighted her.
Then you like Alma Crosmont
best! Pm so glad. It's good sign in
a man to do that. feel sure. know"
she continued hastily" that Lady
kildonan is very bright and charm
ing, and very good-tempered too,
think, for such a beauty. But there's
more in Alma than that a great deal
more; and | often feel my hands
tingling to box the ears of that hus-
band of hers, when | see him
She stopped in confusion and has
tened to put some Goals on the fire;
but in the midst of this occupation she
turned to Armathwaite with a genial
laugh.
IT'S of no us; I've done it, and no
artifice Will cover it," she cried. I'm
always getting myself into trouble by
hurting out things that are better left
unsaid. l haven't the least atom of
taste or discretion. So may as we'll
finish what was saying, and relieve
my feenngs."
Especially as l know what you
were going to say"
do your" Then her kind plain face
grew grave. Yes, it needs no con,
jurer to see that the poor little woman
is thrown away on that great empty
headed fellow, who doesn't know the
difference between gold and gliding.
Papa made that match, you know:
think he's sorry for it now" And she
looked into the fire again.
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