Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-11-28

nice 10 MIN.
Poor you!" l Said alphabetically,
land how long need you stay there?"
about three days." she said, sigh
ing, ''and I don't care a bit for the
river, and / hate the insects and the
crowd. Their steam launch is so
small, too, and you see such a fearful
lot of people you don't like on a steam
launch"
Haven't they hoUseboat?"
eyes, but that's worse. l can't bear
houseboats-I don't even like meeting
people who have been on them, be-
cause I never think they've really had
BATH
"You seem in a disconnected mood
today, Isabel"
81 am she replied, land it's horrid
OF me, but 1 only show it to you, dear,
or to Elsie never show it to Jack,
because, you see, he's tied to me for
life. / always feel a friend can drop
you and a maid can leave you if you're
tireSOme; but husband is in such a
helpless position, isn't he?"
what trUe matrimonial wisdom"
murmured.
l have had two letters from Lady
Isabel since she went away: In one of
them she wrote: 'It's not half 50 bad
as I thought it would be. st on the
lawn nearly all day facing the river,
and the others go out in the launch
and things. Their compilations are
being ruined, but they don't seem to
mind. Such fun, Margie. Lord Mas
singham spends the whole day with
that pretty Miss Elvaston, and Lady
Massingham is simply furious. Both
is such a good-looking man Wasn't
it nice of him to marry her? She is not
half as pretty as she was since she has
had that operation for her complexion.
It's a most wonderful process and cost
her G250-but will tell your all about
it on my return. Yours very affec-
tionately, dearest, Isabel
Lady Isabel came back to town for a
flying visit before going to Hamburg
She was full of stories about Lady
Massinghams house party, and the ac-
count was very entertaining.
care you sure you are not romano
ing?" l said to her at length, beginning
to doubt litt~s, because "
"I-romancing? she interrupted
Yes 1 said sweetly; st sounds inn
possible, 1 admit, but you see, have
read all the stories you have just told
me even the one about Lord Rafting
ton in this weeks People and Things
you know the little violet paper they
call Gossip and stings."
did you really?"
l nodded. Eyes, and told almost
in your very words. You didn't try
to read it up in the TRAMP"
well, as matter Of fact, did buy
Il copy" said Lady Isabel; '.but the
stories are perfectly true, all the same,
even the one about Mr.. Blount, that
fearfully new man who made fortune
over baby food or backing or some
thing, and hasn't an III in his name
What story was that?"
1--WE went over to his place to a
luncheon party" answered Lady Isa-
bel "and he was in an awful furry
no end of a fuss, and all the f1unkeys
dressed in a sort of imitation Windsor
uniform, and during luncheon he said
to Lord Massingham: Won't you ave
cold am, my lord?' and Lord Massing-
ham said he thought he would like
little cold ham. So Mr.. Blount per-
emtorily called a turnkey in, and said
in that funny tone these sort of peo-
pie always use when speaking to SER
wants, Get lis lordship some am, and
look sharp The turnkey was appar-
emily a little fiurmed, too and put the
ham down in front of Mr. Blount's
partner, man called Ephraim Banks,
who, suppose, after ALL had sort of
right to be there, and even to eat the
ham.
"You can't think what a fury Mr..
Blount was in at the mistake. He
turned to the turnkey, and said in a
low voice that we could all hear quite
easily: Ere, you fool, fetch that am
back, and give it to is lordship. Can't
you tell the difference between a peas
ant and a peer?' Poor Mr.. Banks"
added Lady Isabel, she didn't at all
like being called a. peasant, and I ex-
pect they had row about it after
ward"
/ laughed. What an awful bounder
Mr.. Blount must be, l began, and
really think Lord Massingham-' bu1
at this moment Lady Massingham her
self was suddenly announced Isabel
rose as she came in, and, with an in
imItably careless gesture, dropped
cushion over my copy of People and
Things, and went forward to greet her
guest. "My dear Isabel said Lady
Massingham, whose face looked very
red and hot, Il was SO fearfully annoy
ed that I was obliged to come straight
on and see you. No don't go, Mar
jorie,'' she added to me; 'it's nothing
that YOU NAV not hear"