Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-01-29

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 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 we'll earned rest" Had
they possessed more intimate knowl-
edge they might have added that for
the first time in her life Stella
Mandelsy was in love. 1t had come
to her at last with all its flood of joy +,
so intense as to amount at times to
| 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 a 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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS January
evening they made their first visit to
st. Peters. Both felt, as many of us
aside and the interior of that
magnificent structure meets our gaze
for the first time, that everything hut
the sense of passionate appreciation
of it's marvellous beauty seem
paralyzed. They walked about in
awed silence and SteIla'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
slipped her hand into his with almost
chllulsh confidence. Let us come"
they stole out and down the wide
steps.
"You would rather walk" queried
Nigel, lust anywhere to bring us
back to earth again."
Eyes, please, answered Stella.
after all that wealth of artistic
beauty it will be a relief to come
back to streets and shops and cabs
and all the ugliness of modern things.
My brain is quite dizzy. When l first
got in l 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
throb of human life beating around
them. and yet it seemed far away and
sufficiently dreamy to lose none of
it's peacefulness, while still retaining
the comfortable sense of companion
ship which we poor mortals can so
i'll do without.
Stella felt that her quivering nerves
were being gently unstrung instead
of being allowed to come down with a
run.
ut is so late" she said at length;
''it has been glorious. You will come
tonight as you promised, will you
not? We will dine in my sitting
room. l am too full of happiness and
emotion to talk. Do you think me
silly?"
MY darling" he answered, Il feel
just as you do, quite stunned, and tits
heaven to me to know that you under
stand and sympathize."
He called cab and saw her into it
and then went back to mis- studio to
dress. An hour later he was at the
hotel. in Stella's coy sitting room.
A small table laid for two and ex-
ouisitely arranged with masses Of
Neapolitan violets stood Ivy the fire.
and at the writing table sat Stella
herself She was wearing 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.
"Plase sit down and do not talk to
me Just for a moment" she said. Il
am answering a horrid letter; ] will
tell you about It after dinner" and