Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-11-23

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DRY was strong upon him of the brave
voung face under the palm tree. II
was here the bog who died q hero's
death had lived; here was the home
that even in dying he remembered
with sucn tender love.
Then the door opened. and he asked
for Mr. Temple; a pretty, rosy-faced
maidservant told him her master was
( expected every minute, and that Miss
Temple was at home.
he was shown into a bright. sunny
room, full Of flowers and pictures,
with long white lace curtains draping
I the open windows delicious, homely
room, where il was impossible not 70
! feel happy end at ease.
He had been there some five minutes
only. wnen Horace Temple entered /;
and Lord Vivain saw before him a tall.
thin man. with a reserved. melancholy
face: and this was the father OF the
hero whom the Indian rebels spoke Of
as q light-haired younC god.
4 was with your son when he died p
sad Lord Vivain gently. He intrust-
ed me with some messages for you,
and have come to deliver them.
The firm lips quivered. and the sad.
quiet face grew pale.
My som" he said. "Ah, give me
time. loved my son, and his death
almost killed ne. II will send for
his sister-fOr Violante"
In a few minutes more the door
opened again. very softly this time.
He looked around. expecting TO see a
ohild-a dark-eyed. melancholy child
and instead OF that his wandering
glance fell upon a tall. slender, grace.
ful girl. with a lace so beautiful. and
so like her dead brothers. that il
startled him.
''Violante," said Horace Temple.
this gentleman, Lord Vivian Selwyn.
was in India with your brother. He
saw him die, and BERTHE sent US some
messages by him"
All, lOw unlike she was 10 other
girls. Sac did not seem TO hear his
name or his titie-she did not seem 10
remember that he was a young and
handsome man. Her dark eyes opened
wide in wonder; ne saw a change like
cloud over a summer sky come over
her peerless face. Then she went up
to him, frank and fearless as though
she had been a child; she touched his
hand gently. and her voice was full of
awe
You, sir" she said-"yOu saw my
brother die?"
He asked me to stand near him.
aid hold mis- hand in mine while the
great change came. and did So
He was standing by the table. and
his hand rested upon il. When he
said these words. the girl bent sud
denly. and then as suddenly appeared
TO remember what she was about to do
aid drew back. Plainly as though It
had been told him. he saw that she
h@d intended to kiss the hand her
dying brother had chung TO. and the
true, warm wonanly impulse touched
him as nothing else could have done.
My brother was a hero." said the
young girl. Il have read many stories
OF brave men. / Go not think any man
was ever Drawer than he. though he
was not a mamie was only a boy
when he died"
Then her eyes filed with tears. and
the rich. sweet music CT her voice
died away.
He iItyUstej two messages 10 -.
Che was, sir. 10 youths love. and
would I tell you he had died 2 soldiers
death? The other was 10 his sister
Vi0lante. TO za- that he Remembered
be- with infinite love-"
Horace Temple sunk back I'm his
chair. and covered his face with his
hands. Even then he. Lord Selwyn.
was thinking to himself how unlike
Violante Was To other girls. She did
not cry or do as most people would
have done; but her fair face grew
deadly pale; a culver of pain passed
over it, leaving her eyes Swallowed
and dim.
After he was dead" continued Lord
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hair. I have taken a liberty. / have
had two lockets made. thinking !
could keep the hair more safely"
He tok out two plain gold lOckets,
and offered one to Horace Temple.
you will not think it a liberty" he
said. Your son was my dear friend.
/ could not have loved him more had
he been n young brother CT my own.
Miss Temple" he continued, II should
apologize 10 you. Poor BERTHE always
spoke OF you as his little sister.
have been in the constant habit Of
thinking o. you as a child. 7 have no
other apology TO offer for venturing 10
have this locket made"
Il was a very young child when
BERTHE went" she replied; but my
age makes no difference 70 your kind
ness, Lord Selwyn; whether you
thought the locket was for a big girl
or a little one. it was equally good of
Won"