Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-02-12

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laugh
Il dare say" she said with a snap.
AS this remark formed no bridge to
a renewal of the conversation. Arm
athwatie finished taking off his gloves,
put them into his pocket, folded his
hands, and appeared placidly to bask
in the warmth Of the fire. Mrs. Peele,
Infatuated, gave a shorter, more bitter
iSugh than before.
Things are changed since | was
Iyoung,' she began, with acidity.
The opportunity was too much fo..
Armathwaite to resist
Il dare say!" he remarked. in a mel
low voice, and continued to look at the
fire
Mrs. Peele drew long breath with
a kissing sound, and asked, with sol
emnity:
'Dr. Armathwaite, do you wish to
insult me?"
mo, madam. eltainly not, he ans
wered. meeting her fierce black eyes
with mild blue ones, with little gen
tie determination in his tone; put
am too old to be whipped and put in
a corner, or to have my movements
regulated like thdse OF a child Ard
! so, if you please, with many tharks
to you Tor yolr kind hospitality | will
tomorrow find myself some lodgings
/ in the VILLAGE. But if | cen be Of any
service TO YOU or to Mile, at any
time, IS an escort, | hopc you will
make use Of me-
| Without waiting for the outburst
which had been gathering sll the aft
ernoon, ne bowed to her, nodded to
Mile, ard left the room On the fol-
lowing morning he discovered that
this course had succeeded beyond his
! expectations Mrs. Peele. still adj
orned with the tn, ban, was cold and
/ dienified at breakfast; but when the
meal was over she rose in her full
majesty, ard informed him, in sonor-
Gus tones, that she hoped he would re-
consider the matter he had mentioned
the evening before, as the doctor was
anxious that he should look upon the
house as his home, and she would at
| tempt no inte ference with his move
msnts, If he preferred to live indie
pendently. Armathwaite received
these advances cordially; and
prompted as usual, by pantomimic
suggestions from Mile, who stood be-
hind her mother, and kept curving her
tight arm before her in a manner he
was at first slow to understand, ne at
/ last de~perately put his arm as far
| round Mrs. Peele's waist as that
lengthy eXpanse would permit, and
| thereby reduced the tragic lioness to
a very mild and motherly lamb. Peace
| being titus made they parted for the
! days work on the friendiest terms.
| and Mlllie took an early opportunity
! of explaining the cause both of the
| turban and the preceding nights acer-
| bity. They were the result, so she
said, of an impulse which had seized
her mother when on the ice the day
before, to exhibit her pTowess as a
skater, when she found that no more
legitimate amusement had been pro-
yided for her. In answer to Miles
assurances that, to a person who had
| never had skates on before, the past
! lme was by no means so easy as it
looked, Mrs. Peele had replied that
she had watched very excellent per-
| formers before her daughter was born,
and that she was convinced that skat-
ing either came naturally to a person.
or 1t didn't come at ALL and that. as
| for sliding, when she was a girl. not
boy in the neighborhood could beat
! her, She had then proceeded to illus
| tlate the latter proposition, for as soon
as par of borrowed skates had been
! put on her feet-a ceremony which
filled the unfortunate Mile with an
ticipatory agouies-Mrs. Peele had
made brisk and dashing attempt to
rise anu step out in her usual males
tic manner But the ungrateful ice.
being no respecter of persons. had re-
fused - afford her stately form the
support she needed. and with one
deep, resonant war-whoop of astonish-
merit and indignation, Mrs. Peele.
with AIMS outstretched, and feet
which Tor once refused to do her
bidding, had amazed the world with
WV - 81 diSut, dlih SplSHulu Slluc,
and then, exhausted by the noble ef-
fort, had fallen PROSTATE on the
ltreacheious clement, with only energy
enough left to utter. in the sonolous
tones OF fallen queen with one finger
pointing solemnly to the skates which
lperked up impudentiy on her scattered
feet.
Armathwaite listened to this recital
gravely as long as he could. and then
rushed cut into the front garden to
relieve his feelings by laugh. which
would have made the iafteis ring. and
perhaps aroused unkiudiy memories
IN the doctors wife. But as he started
on en- his rounds that morning. again
and again he found himself bursting
out into an irrepressible "Haw. haw,'.
as the picture of the peostrate auto
crat OF Branksome came asain into
his mind.
| Inc thaN had set in Tho rooa,