Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-26

mated.
prom a convent, certainly" she
murmured.
."Then it's settled. Remember!
shall look for you, shall wait for you,
with Impotence Mrs. Davenant, l
count upon YOU
"But-but l cannot go out, Lady
Earlsley-I am in mourning"
Lady Bell sighed impatiently.
81 am so sorry! 1 have never set my
heart upon anything so much in my
life" she said Something tells me
that we shall be great friends! Are
you fond of jewels, lace, books what
are you specially fond Off" And she
seemed to dazzle Una with her smile
You shall see them all-everything
Yes, let her come, and I will take such
care of her as if she were something
too precious to be touched; she shall
not leave my side all the evening. Let
her come, Mrs. Davenant?"
Mrs Davenant paled and flushed in
turn. What would Stephen say
would he be displeased or gratifed?
What should she do? She could not
resist the half-imploring, half-com-
handing eyes which Lady Bell flashed
upon her, and at last murmured a
frightened eyes"
With smile that seemed to set the
diamonds scintil1ating, Lady Bell
shook hands with Mrs. Davenant and
taking Una's, held it for a moment in
silence then, with a sudden gravity
she said:
Goodbye. l will take care of you.
! will be your chaperon. We shall meet
again. and was gone.
So interested and absorbed had she
been in Una that she had quite for
gotten her purpose in entering the
shop, and had gone without another
word to the jeweler.
He showed no surprise, however, but
smiled complacently as he put the
jewels back into their cases, being
quite used to Lady Bells vagaries, and
he bowed Mrs. Davenant and Una out
with increased respect and Difference.
Lady Bell, attended by the two foot
men, entered her carriage, and Mrs
Fellowes, her friend and companion,
who had been sleeping peacefully,
awoke with little start.
"Well my dear, have you got the
rubies?"
"The rubies?' said Lady Bell. "No,
quite forgot them"
Forgot them!" said Mrs. Fellowes.
Eyes. What are stupid rubies com
pared with an angelo
my dear Lady Bell" exclaimed
Mrs. Fellowes, what are you talking
about?'
Lady Bell leaned back with her
hands folded in her lap, and her eyes
musingly staring at nothing.
Eyes, an ANGEL she repeated. 81
never believed in them until today, but
have seen one this morning-in
jewelers. shop"
Lady Bell, how strangely you talk.
I am getting alarmed"
"You always are" said Lady Bell,
coolly. 'T repeat, I have seen an angel.
You are always trying to f1atter me
by talking of my beauty and such non
sense; but 1 have seen today real
beauty. Not mere pretty pet mortal
like myself, but one of the celestials!
With eyes like a wild birds, and a
lady, too, I'll be sworn!"
"My dear Bell, what language"
murmured Mrs. Fellowes.
ga perfect lady; her hands, her
voice would vouch for that. Her voice
is like harp. If I had been a man I
should have fallen in love with her on
the spot"
'Fallen in love-" said Mrs. Fellowes
"My dear Bell" with a politely sup
pressed yawn, ''I am half inclined to
think you have taken leave of your
senses, and you will drive me out of
mine One night it is young man
whom we nearly run over; al must
say-a tipsy young man.
mo; he had only taken too much
wine"
"Well, if that isn't being tipsy---'
Don't, DON'T" said Lady Bell, plead
ingly; eve might have killed him.
ct don't know that he would have
been much loss to the world at large
said Mrs. Fellowes.
"Home!" said Lady Bell to the foot
man; and she sank back with a bril-
liant flush on her face.
Mrs. Davenant drove home also,
and in considerable perturbation.
What had she done? What would
Stephen say?
Fortunately for that young mans
peace of mind, he was resting at ease
at Hurst Leigh, little dreaming that
Lady Bell, or any one else, would meet
Una, and coax her out of his mothers
nerveless hands.
Una, with quick sympathy, saw that
her companion was distressed, and
with a gentle touch of her hand, said:
''You do not like me to go to this
lady's house. I will not go. No; /
will not CO.,
"My dear" she replied, with a sigh,