Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-07-28

oul HIS uScldIdtlO4 vi lOsSs anu III the
other the vision of him with the fair
girl with violet eyes who leant upon
his arm, and whose ars-he had
wiped away.
And this last vison was the most
powerful
That the man who had laid his
Eeart's eloquence at her feet, at one
hour. coGld stoop to wipe the tears
from the eyes of another girl the next
was bitter humiliation for Kate.
Never again would she put the
slightest faith in word, or look, or face
of man; never again.
They We're all alike, and perhaps,
she thought bitterly her future hus-
band, Lord Carr-Lyon, was as good as
any of them
1t was dangerous state of mind
for poor Kitty to be in; but it was just
the state the major would have
chosen to find her in when he came
back charged with Lord Carr-Lyon's
message.
well, Kate, my dear" he said as
he entered the room, cycling her
curlously from under his lowered
lids. Got down then; tired-not too
much, | hope?"
Il am not tired in the least" she
said, as she stood looking out of the
window
Bravo, just what I said to Carr.
Lyon. said | should come back and
find you as fresh as paint He was
coming down here to see you, but |
told him that you probably would
not be up, and-er-and so he gave
me message for YOU
! "Yes?" she said, absently. her eyes
fixed upon the gray waves.
! Yes-ahem!-a very particular
message He-er-is very anxious
that your engagement shouldn't be a
long one, and | must say agree with
him; and-er-in short, he par
ticularly desires that the marriage
should take place soon"
"Soon?"
yes; that is to say-he mentioned
three weeks"
| in three weeks!" she repeated in a
dull voice.
| Then the slight color forsook her
face and she stood looking at him
with strange look in her great eye
: the look stag wears when it hears
the bay of the hounds close behind it
and feels their hot breath on it's
TANKS.
| "Er--exactly Now, my dear Kate,
you are sensible girl. Now, let us
talk the matter over Let me hear
that your objections are"
Il have no objections" she said in
low, steady voice.
The major started and looked at
her as if he could scarcely believe his
ears; then his face grew red and
his small eyes lit up.
! MY dear child" he exclaimed, ana
he held out his arms, but somehow he
did not carry out his intention of en-
bracing her; something in the white
face and fixed eyes prevented him, anu
he let his arms drop to his sides.
MY dear Kate. I-er-I am delighted
to find you so sensible"
| Yes, it is sensible. is it not?" she
said, with icy bitterness. Zone ought
not to trifle with such prize as we
have gained, ought we, papa? There
are so many slips between the cup and
the lip, are there not? Will you tell
Lord Carr-Lyon, or shall | write him a
note?" she asked, with such perfect
calmness that the major eyed her
curiously and half fearfully.
I ''Will-er-of course he would be
better pleased with note" he said :.
''and, look here Kate, if you will
write it. | will take it to him; that with
please him more than aything else
Very well'' she said, and she sat
down and wrote slowly and steadily:
Dear Lord Carr-Lyon-Papa tells
me that you wish me to marry you in
three weeks. If you do wish it, | am
willing to do so. Yours very truly,
Kate Meddon."
"Er-er-rather cool, isn't it, my
dear?" said the major.
Il cannot rewrite it." she said in a
quiet tone.
Three weeks is not long in which to
prepare for ones wedding garments
when on is going to marry an earl, but
Hates preparations were not very ex
tensive
1t was all one to her whether she
was married in black dress or white
dress: and it was Lady Warner who
undertook the direction of the
, trousseau.
Just as you think proper-get wha,
you like" was Hates invariable an
swer when she was consulted aboa,
anything: and Lady Warner declared
she had never known a girl with so
! little vanity.
Il suppose you mean to get most of
the things, excepting those yon
absolutely want for the wedding. in
London, dear?" | hear you are going
to spend the honeymoon there"
YES, I suppose so" Kate had an
swered, indifferently.
1t was equally nothing to her
whether she spent her honeymoon in
London or Timbustoo: and it was Lord
Carr.I .ypp,S idaa that fawu with tha