Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-02-17

! the laws OF Society, u6 uIuSL SuA0T Tie
penalty; and for this, as for all the
rest. he hated Angela the more. He
began to see that, if he wished to re-
tain his place in society and to shield
| Gladys Rane from scandal, he must,
at least, keep up appearances with his
wife.
Captain Wynyard di not recognize
| this without considerable regret He
onioyed the revenues Of Rood-in-
deed his wife's large fortune was a
source of profound satisfaction to
him; but he would greatly have pre-
ferred the fortune without his wife.
He had never loved her; but her
beauty. her grace-above all, her pas
sionate worship of himself-had i'm
! Delled him to treat her with something
| like affection and kindness. Now,
however. he was tired of her-tlred
of her fair. sweet beauty which might
have held another mans heart captive
| foreyer-tired of the love that mad no
/ charm for him-tired because she was
the living barrier between himself
and the woman he loved better than
any other-Gladys Rane. Still, If the
world was so stupid as to require
some conformity to outward appear
! ances. perhaps he had better go TO
IRood. He did not like the idea OF
il. but there were many unpleasant
duties to perform in life, and this was
one of them. He argued with hlmself
that there must be two sides to every
thing: and if he enjoyed the adyan-
tages of a large fortune, he must at
times put up with the disadvantage
of having to share the society OF the
one who had endowed him with it.
So one fine morning at the end OF
October the gates of Rood opened TO
admit the man who was now practl-
cally it's master.
81 did not write or telegraph to you
that | was coming" he said to his
pale startled wife; 81 thought my ar
rival would be pleasant surprise for
you
ct is indeed a surprise she re-
sponded coldly; but she die not add
that it was pleasant one.
To Angela the captains return
meant every kind of annoyance. He
! had been passively Indifferent to her
before, now he was actively antag-
Eonistic. He lost no opportunity or an
noying and irritating her, and his IA
vorite method of attack was to speak
! Tightly or sneeringly of the father she
/ had loved so devotedly. He never
lost an opportunity of wounding the
! heart of The girl whose chief fault in
his eye was the great love she bore
| her mother.
'You call this place an abbey,
Laura" said the captain laughingly,
one morning. "It is really her
mil age Pray let US have some visit
ors down"
''You can invite whom you will. re-
turned Lady Laura.
81 wish to Heaven | couldi' he cried
impetuously; and she knew well OF
whom he was thinking. 'Give me
carte blanche, Laura" he went on,
sand you shall have the gayest party
ever gathered within these walls"
Her mind went back for minute
| to the noble men and the fair women
who had lived under the roof of Rood,
and the smile that curved her lips
was one of unutterable contempt. The
captain, in no wise daunted by this,
became only more eager in respect of
his plan.
II should ask Sir Hal Markham
| q r1c.f % n
Enthusiastically "He is perhaps the
most popular man in England-after
myself" added the captain, with an
assumed modest smile. HE sings,
dances, and rides to perfection.
will ask him, if you are not afraid OF
his falling in love with Angela"
ST am not at all afraid of Angela's
falling in love with any friend OF
yours" said her ladyship; such per-
sons are not at all to her taste"
The captain laughed; he was not to
be put down.
"You know and like Lord and Lady
Alan" he continued. He is good
comrade, and she is one of the most
amusing and cheerful of women. You
do not object to them?"
| "Not in the least" said Lady Laura.
Then" he added, there is Miss
Boscawen. She is, in my opinion,
one of the finest singers in amateur
circles"
''She is not particularly refined or
| ladylike," observed Lady Laura.
''That will not matter" said the
captain, impatiently. "You have re-
refinement enough for half a dozen
women, and the company would be
difficult to get on with if they were
all very refined. Then last, but by no
means least, comes my old friend,
Captain Manton."
f, 81 do not know him."
: ''He is a relic Of my bachelor days,
explained the captain, laughingly.
1--WE had many adventures together"