Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-05-09

carried a riding whip in his hand, and
it struck against a chair and woke
her suddenly.
He will never forget her cry, he will
never forget her terrific start. the IN
earthly fear that seemed for a few
short minutes to paralyze her. She
stood before him. white. stricken. with
anguish in her face and in her eyes.
waiting as the criminal waits for the
words of the judge who has to con-
denim him; but as the moments passed
on, and she saw no sign of recogni-
ton, as she heard no word, her senses
slowly returned"
81 beg your pardon, Mrs. Rivers, .
said Lord Selwyn, kindly; Il would
not have disturbed you so cruelty for
the world. l have alarmed you very
much, I fear"
She could not reply. Had the
wealth of India been offered TO her for
one single word, she could not have
uttered it. He thought her silent
through fear, and perhaps awe of him
self, so talked on purposely. that she
might have time to recover herself.
Il was passing the ccttsee." he con-
tinued, CO king away from her, "and
thought l would just call in to see If
you had everything comfortable and
as you wish"
He heard the murmrr OF few mar
ticulate words, and, pretending to
have understood them, said:
"You VIII: find life rather dull at
Thornleigh; but you N 1T come up to
the Castle sometimes. Lady Selwyn
is very much attached to her schools.
She would like you to be very happy,
7 am sure
What was she saying? He bent
down to listen. for her strength had
failed. and she was sitting in the chair
from which she had risen in such NOR
tai fright.
He was very kind; Lady Selwyn
was very good. She wanted for
nothing"
you do not seem very well. or yet
very strong" he said, gently. per
haDs you have not got over the sorrow
Of your loss YETI"
NO" the white lips said. 81 shall
never do that-never get ever it while
live"
If ne would but go, The strain up
on her was SO great thai she feared
she should die there before his face. It
was more than she could endure She
knew that she had used every art to
disguise herself. yet that he should not
recognize her filled her heart with
strange. angry pain. Her eyes were
slowly raised to his face. Out of con-
sideratiOn to her he was looking over
a book that lay on the table. She saw
care and sorrow had left their traces
on him. No one could look at him
without knowing that he had suffered.
They were the eyes that had thou
sand times rained down love and kind
ness into her own: the lips that had
kissed hers a thousand times. Her
heart yearned to him with al intensity
of love that was pain. She had lain
on his heart-she had been for years
his beloved, cherished, wCrshiped
wife, and now grave yawned between
them-a grave in which she slept not
She locked her slender fingers so
tightly together that the very pain
kept her silent.
'You have all you wish?" he said,
kindly; 'then there is nothing more
Lady Selwyn can do fer your"
Nothing" she said family. oh,
dear Heavenl would he never go, and
leave her to herself?
Suddenly his eyes fell upon that
same volume of Wordsworth. He
went hastily to the little bookcase
and took it down, she watching him
the while. She saw his
face darken, and an angry look come
into his eyes.
To be continued.