Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-05-28

truth. You are running your health
your happiness. You know that. You
are doing harm and wrong not only to
yourself but to others. All the pleas
ure has gone out of your life; you are
being drawn nearer and nearer to a
whirlpool that will at last suck you
down. You must stop; you must calm
yourself, and be wise in time. Lady
Kildonan, If /, in my capacity OF
, physician, give my whole energies to
curing you, saving you, will you give
me your word you will try with your
/ whole might to resist temptation and
/ to save yourself?"
4 She looked impressed, frightened.
Her large blue eyes were glittering,
and her fingers moved restlessly.
! Il don't know. If do what you
want what will you do?"
! 81 will do my best to persuade your
husband to take you away at once"
you will? OH"
She clasped his hands impulsively,
as If she had been drowning, and a
! lifebuoy had been thrown to her.
Her horrible, half-hysterical earnest
/ ness made Armathwaite SILVER She
! stood clutching his hands for several
moments, and the doctor had to draw
/ them away, and recall her to herself
as voices sounded outside the door
heralding the approaches of some more
of her guests. She had scarcely re-
covered herself, when the door was
thrown open, and there entered three
lies of the neighborhood, plump
father. plumper mother, and round
backed daughter dressed in white
pique, with a taste for abstruse
branches of learning. They were by
no means the sort of people who are
easily entertained" and Lady Kill
donan was not in the mood to work
very hard to entertain them. Frank
did his best to make conversation with
the round-backed daughter, who hap
pened to be seated the nearest to him.
and he was rewarded for his pains
by glances of open and supplemented
anxiety from mamma, fearful of the
ineligible charms of the handsome doc
tor. On the whole, social intercourse
languished and when the door opened
again, this time to admit Lord Kill
DOMAIN, everybody felt relieved except
his wife, who gave a careless glance
at him, and remained as Indifferent as
ever, restlessly tapping her foot on the
and ~
azaleas on her dress. the heads of
which she snapped off one by one.
crushed between her fingers, and
threw away,
and 1t seemed to him scarcely credible
that Lady Kildonan, excited and pre-
occupied as she was, could fail to
notice the great change in her hus-
band, which, instead of wearing off,
seemed to have intensified since the
morning. The rest of his guests
noticed it. and their surprise at meet
ing a cold, stern old man, instead of the
kindly. genial friend to whom they
were accustomed, caused hush TO
fall upon the party. now grown larger
by fresh arrivals. The last to enter
was Ned Crosmont, his face looking
more drawn and harassed than ever;
his eyes were sunken and his sallow
skin looked Sticky and pallid. Whether
it was on account of his unhealthy
looks or whether the stories about him
had been whispered more widely of late.
his appearance was certainly the cause
of an increased depression and silence
in the assembly, of which Lord Kill
donan seemed with unusual keenness.
to be the first to be conscious. Cros-
mont was at once absorbed in watch.
ing Lady Kildonan, aud he seemed to
have hardly enough selfcoutrol left to
veil the fact.
As for the lady herself, she scarcely
seemed to notice him. to notice any.
thing, The significant circumstance
which spoke volumes to the watchful
Armathwaite, that her husband. usual
ly unable to keep his loving eyes from
straying to her face. now studiouslv
refrained from a single look in her al.
rection, was quite unmarked by her
Never having cared which way his
slanees went, she was not likely 10
know now. She and Crosmont. each
absorbed in their own cares. were the
only persons in the room who saw no
alteration in the master of the house
The agent, to do him Justice. would
probably have been more clear-sighted
but that Lord Kildonan carefully kent
out of his way.
a rather imperious old gentleman
among the guests, who, dimly perceiv.
ing that something was wrong. made
a bad guess at the cause. presently
took Lord Kildonan's arm. and, look.
ing at Aphra, with much ASSUMPTION
of acumen, said:
Now daresay many people would
think lust because your wife looks
flushed and as handsome as ever. that
she is In the best of health. But |
knew better in moment. And if |
hadn't known il by looking al her. why
/ | should have learnt IL hv looking ~