Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-01-13
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up TO her
sT,adv Holte has been telling me
shat YOU are not we'll and are very
tired, Laura-is it So!
She remembered her resolution, and
II was almost pitiful to see the eftorC
he made to Danish the pain that was
onawing at her heart. The color
rushed into her fair face as she de-
MED that she was either tired or i'll.
She made desperate efforts to amuse
him and keep him by her side, but
she saw-and the pain of it went TO
her heart-that he was watching
GLADYS Rane the whole time that he
stood by her side.
"Of what use is it?' she cried to
herself.
Suddenly he bent over her, as If sud
denly remembering why he was there.
IF YOU are tired, Laura" he SAID,
you had better go home and retire 10
rest"
will you accompany me?" she
asked :,
ST will take you home; but | shall
rome back again." he answered. L
consider this the best ball of the sea-
son. and I do not care to leave 1t so
early"
Nor do l." she said.
And the captain without further ado
turned away abruptly and went IN
search of Gladys E2He.
short time afterward Angela came
nm ro her mother and sat down by her
side.
Mamma. darling" she said, you
hook so i'll, SO tired and weary; many
people have spoken of it"
Lady Laura looked at her daughter
with q startled expression on her
face.
DO you mean that" she asked.
Are people really talking of me? DO
they say that l look i'll or unhappy
Everyone thinks you look ill., she
answered gently,
DO you think any one knows why"
asked Lady Laura.
mo; but. mamma darling, | know.
You must do one of. two things
either you must trample Jour trouble
Under foo. and look your usual bright
self or you must go home
u have tried to smother my grlel,
but I cannot. I must go home, said
Lady Laura. "But, if l do, Angel, he
will spend all his time with Miss
2ane It will be a relief and pleas
are to him if l co." and the beautiful
woman looked at her with such de-
SPAR in her face that Angela hardly
knew what to say to her. IhlnK Oh
that Angel" she went on. be-
Iieved he loved me dearly, and now II
ia relief to him that | should go
away and leave him to enjoy the So
ciety that he prefers so infinitely 10
mine. Oh, Angel, what mockery my
diamonds and roses are! He does not
care for me. II think | will go
home. Angel; l cannot stay here!
81 am sure it will be best, mamma,
,,,,ood Angela "Shall I tell the cap
tain?"
NO" said the unhappy lady; and
then her mood suddenly changed.
After all, | will not go. He would
he pleased. I will not go, Angel.
Why should l leave her to triumph
over me? Why should they two spend
the night so happily, and l go nome
70 weep? He is my husband, Angel,
Mamma" said Angel, 'you are i'll
and feverish; your face is flushed
again. and your eyes are too bright,
Never mind them; do not look at
them. Let me go home with you.
.sThen do not let him know, Angela;
the carriage can come back for him,
said the unhappy woman.
They left the ball room together;
and. when they we're in the carriage,
LADY Laura wept as though her heart
would break.
Mother" Angela said, lovingly
the matter is not worth all those
tears: it is not indeed"
No daughter could have been more
loving. more devoted than Angela
She sent Doris, the maid, away, saying
she would wait upon her mother hef-
self. for she did not care that the
servant should witness her ladyshlp's
bitter weeping. She laid the golden
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her mothers side until she had fallen
asleep. Who could tell the love and
pain in her heart as she did so? She
heard her mother speaking in her
sleep. and, bending over her, she
caught the words, so full of pathos:
"Oh, Charlie, Charlie, I have had
such a terrible dream!"
She drew back again, for she knew
then that in her dreams her mothers
spirit had gone back to the kindly
husband who had loved her so we'll,
and who had never caused her one
tear.
CHAPTER XIV.
It was when the reality of her po-
sition forced itself upon her that Lady
Laura turned to her daughter for love
and sympathy. 1t was when she