Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-11-20

pose tnat Lady klldonan ism as hand
some as my wife"
1T is different kind of beauty al.
together"
Il should rather think il was"
The one is beauty of the body
: merely; the other seems to me, to
speak in a rather sentimental manner,
to be beauty of the mind and spirit.
which impresses its own stamp upon
form and feature, look and movement,
and makes every smallest word or ac-
tion expressive, significant and fas-
cinating."
Fascinating Good lord, what a
use for the word"
THAT is the impression Mrs. Cros-
mont made upon me-"
"Of course ! know what you mean
to imply; that I'm too much of a clod
to appreciate such a refined style If
beauty. But you are wrong | know
exactly what it is you see in her. and
when first met her it affected me in
just the same way: "a sort of odd look
in the eyes that made one want to
know what she was driving at. That's
it, isn't it,"
J He had not expressed himself in the
words Armathwaite would have
chosen, but the meaning was near
enough for the doctor to assent
Well that may be fascinating. as
you call it, just at first" continued the
agent; but it precious soon grows
repellent when-weIi, when it be-
comes sort of nagging without
words till declare it gives me a
creepy sensation up the back even to
think she's looking at me. That NAV
be fascination, but it's not my sort.
Give me pair of eyes that will laugh
back at you, even if they go with a
tongue that will shoot a shower of
nasty little darts at you sometimes.
One can deal with words; row now
and then clears the air; but those
black looks are Internal"
DO you think they are meant to be
biackY' hazarded Armathwaite, pres
entity. in very guarded manner. It
was rather rash of him to pursue the
subject, he felt, but as Mr. Crosmont
was inclined to be so very communi-
cative about his domestic affairs he
thought he might make the venture.
To an outsider she looks merely sad.
not In any way all-tempered. or re-
proachful, or anything of that sort"
"Reproachful! | should think not,
It's | should be reproachful IL any
body is. But | never am; I'm not
such a brute. dare say there may be
faults on both sides. | dent say I'm
a saint But it's not for my wife to
make me a miserable sinner"
Through all his scoffing talk there
was an uneasiness in the mans man.
ner which made Armathwaite think
he was not below the grace of an oc-
casional conscience-prick; and this
Impression was considerably strength
ened by little incident which oc.
CURED when they reached Mereside.
me winter sun was sinking fast by
this time, and the village, lying snugly
among the hills at the head of the
lake, lost the red beams early. and
looked in the dusk, with its snow.
covered roofs and snow.filled gardens
Ike a phantom hamlet of grey shad-
ows. The gig stopped at the hotel
where Armathwaite had dined the
previous evening, to enable the young
man to pay his bill, and account for
his failure to return with the horse he
had hired
The landlord had taken the matter
very easily, however, and said he
would send for Gray F'riar in the
course of day or two.
TO tell the truth, SIR" he said,
spontaneously, in a low voice, as
Crosmont left them to have a glass of
sherry at the bar, Il shall be glad of
the excuse to leave the horse at Mr..
| Crosmont's for day or two He sold
him TO me couple of months ago,
and it quite goes to my heart to see
the way Mrs. Crosmont comes here,
and makes pretext of going round
TO the stables to see how John the
| ostler is. when it's for nothing in this
world but to get peep at her old
morse. can't make out how Master
Ned-Mr. Crosmont I mean-could
have the heart to sell the animal, with
his wife as fond of him as that. It's
no business of mine, of course. but |
like to give the lady the little pleas
ure when / can"
Mr.. Greenfell vas model of dis
erection, and uttered these words in
the driest and simplest way. But
there was just enough significance in
MS studiously unarejudiced manner
ior MS hearer to perceive that the
circumstances Of the Crosmont
household were matters, if not of gen.
eral interest TO all the neighbors. at
least OF particular interest to some of
them, and Armathwaite felt an i'm.
pulse of hot indignation against this
man, who, with all things NECESSARY 10
domestic happiness ready at his
hand, thrust his chances aside and
left his sweetfaced wife dependent on
the Kindness of others for her few
pleasures.
When they started again In the g;g