Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-03-07
oHN'S TEST.
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,e,Iicent. can't you see that
J. ,bot I love you as no man
II aver loved before?" The
7as 1oued with suppressed ar
-, that no man ever has
'I.nI IfrrIe Ntlliccnt Bigelow be
~, I'D 70 tell the truth, John
.o o what's the marter-that be
, ~, definite poiat in my life
.re,tpre ever deigned to cast
y, ., ny in<ignificance, that be-
,1 nv Mary invited me to spend a
nth her in New York and sent
.,ritb & carload of trunks, con
,o,bing but wearing apparel
" assigned and manufactured
Wv .r' York and Paris modistes to
Wv and enhance my previously
..nrp-pd beauty, that before l
Il t,no and lost all my girl friends
,selonsy for my better clothes,
-..o mt in the habit Of tumbling
~. themselves to tell me twenty
5ay that they loved me-"
smiled provokingly at the look
..,rnp astonishment that her sud-
] rtbprst had brought to the SEN
[a.g lined masculine face before
! mi now, you, whom 1 considered
se friend, have become as non
ftaI as any of them, 1t is true you
/. |. ad the apparently enticing
/ i, Init once. and stumbled over
l. At that, by the way, but, con-
|.1e that We have just arrived at
| scnie grounds and that presently
| ball ask you to take me out In a
u % the lake, and expect you to
me- 10 90 with you again after
Ia doubt not that by the TWEEN
N fine YOU will become as fluent as
others"
|lne, l can't deny that l shall
taNy keep on repeating the ques-
i until | get the one answer that
l satisfy me, but when you accuse
hi wanting to marry you because
h NAY have more or less worthless
sT on, its beyond
John Atwood, | don't know what
! designate as cheap finery, but I
lai have you know that this gown,
well as the boa which adorns my
rlierS, was a special present from
-te and imported direct from
is The rufied feelings sought
.aatIOn in rearranging the fluffy
itol Of lace and artificial flowers
Composed the neckwear in Ques-
lou understand what l meant, Mil
at can't say you don't look nice
1at thing around your neck, but !
d you just as well in the brown
u that you used to wear with
va ribbons, and then you used to
ne put my arms around you"
D indignant shoulder turned in his
31ol was the only answer.
5aI won't you please hurry and
ne TO take you out on the lake, As
a.d you would, before l do the
2S and offend you again"
Pouting face, half hidden behind
7llte paraSol, looked almost as
-sl about to refuse to go out or
luxe altogether. but John pulled
canoe and quietly began arrang
1s cushions. When he had fin
: ASure behind a parasol stepped
u. settled down among them.
.l,as was said until they had
'S.ea nearly across the lake anC
SA''unS along the opposite shore
"S John was padding idly
.-'as a reflection in the water
az suddenly demanded that hi
sS'ue and enter an opening thai
n, @o'e made at this point ant
~ which could be seen a small
VI water thickIy studded with tn,
!, o'oSsomS Of the water lilies.
'-,O, hesitation John turned tn,
". ', '1e canoe in the direction in
~ and padded up to the poin
,"''Ds' when he noticed that tn,
u me lncIoSed space was very
:, aud covered a surface of dark
2s mud.
Stopped progress and waited 70,
.'aSF OF the voice to observe tn,
" affairs, but the voice vouch
~'1D'ns but an impatient com
,,.,. SOUunue. Then he spoke In
'4l1I'taI voice of the advisable
w. s.,eFing where there was in
"a'er to allow padding. Blu
s,s s!eamed white in the sun
n "a Scornful ripple of laughte
r', a he gave in to woman
- s4 q pushed the boat into tn
. = He lilies. He reaped a rewar,
s, t3SNeflns Of the parasol and
Ula0le face smiled upon hir
n proceeded to tuck up tn
,,. preparatory to plucking fror
.rse ' , The brown-semmed Lilies
~ - =, before the first flower wa
~. we catastrophe happened.
81 ~ asly-looking green drago
sI,a Judy buzzing from the flow
snd under the side Of tn
cso,p eFceiving the gently sway
Ny above the canoe, and Del