Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-01-26

bring her to supper with me at the
Carlton. Good-by." And he had flung
himself into his coat and taken his
departure before his astOnished host
who had prepared for a long chat
had time to demonstrate.
Two months later the papers an
nounced that Miss Stella Mandelsy
was staying in Rome, where she was
"enjoying a well earned rest Hau
thew possessed more intimate knoWl-
edge they might have added that Tor
the first time in her life Stella
Mandelsy was in love. 1t had come
to her at last with all it's flood OF JOY,
so intense as to amount at times 10
| agony. Rome was to her an earthly
paradise, and she found in Nigel
Wallace a companion who was as
keenly alive to its beauties as she
herself and who possessed the under
standing possible only by perfect
sympathy. He was sharing studio
with a friend and the girl had come
to Rome with her maid at his earnest
reuest and was staying at the Grand
hotel.
One ever-to-be-forgotten January
evening they made their first visit to
st. Peters. Both felt, as many OF us
do when the heavy portiere is pushed
aside and the interior of that
MAGNIFICENT structure meets our gaze
for the first time, that everything tut
the sense Of passionate appreciation
of it's marvellous beauty seem
paralyzed. They walked about III
awed silence and Stella's soft dark
eyes were full of tears. She seemed
to understand all at once what people
meant when they said that things
made them feel good" In all the
course of her life Of fancied and
artificial pleasure she had not felt
particularly inclined to 'be good,
although many circumstances had
tended to make her utterly reckless
and inclined to let things go as they
would with no regard for con
sequences.
Now she turned to Nigel and
sliDped her hand into his with almost
chnulsh confidence. "Let us come"
she said. He nodded, and together
they stole out and down the VIDE
steps.
"You would rather walk, querled
Nigel, "just anywhere to bring US
back to earth again?"
eyes, please, answered Stella
after all that wealth Of artistic
beauty it will be relief to come
| back to streets and shops and cabs
and all the ugliness of modern things.
NV brain is quite dizzy. When l f1rst
got in I felt absolutely stunned and
overpowered."
They wandered on, not caring
where they went, down dark, little
streets in which the inhabitants were
tOiling at their various trades OF
! copper work and carving in small,
dmily lighted shops, though an &C.
! casiOnal Gas jet made an orange glow
which shown softly across the deep
shadows at irregular intervals. 1t
was all so restful; they could feel the
! +hr0b of human life beating around
them, and yet it seemed far away ano
sufficiently dreamy to lose none Oh
it's Deacefulness, while still retaining
fine comfortable sense Of companion
shin which we poor mOrtals can 50
i'll do without. ....... ... .......
Stella felt that her Quivering nerves
were being gently unstrung instead
of being allowed to come down with q
run.
eft is so late" she said at length;
eft has been glorious. You Will come
! tonight as you promised, Will you
not? We will dine in my slttln8
room. I am too full Of happiness and
emotion to talk. Do you think me
silly?"
oMv darling" he answered, i feel
| lust as you do, quite stunned, and ltlS
I heaven to me to know that you undeI-
stand and sympathize."
He called a cab and saw ner lnCo II
and then went back to ais studio 10
dress. An hour later he was at the
hotel. in SteIla's coy sitting room
A small table laid for two and eX-
ouisitely arranged with masses Oh
Neapolitan violets stood by the fire
and at the writing table sat Stella
herself. She was. wearing a yellow
chiffon dress. which suited her dark
hair and eyes and soft skin to per
lection. Nigel thought he had never
seen her look so beautiful. She
turned her head as he entered.
"PIase sit down and do not talk 10
me Just for a moment she said. 1
am answering a horrid letter; | will
tell you about it after dinner, ana