Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-04-21

it's called, isn't it?-is got ready by
Monday"
by Monday" and the old man
groanej loudly.
by Monday" repeated Miss Ma
zurka, with a stamp of her foot which
made Craddock jump. Money can do
anything, can't it? Very well, then.
let it do that. Send half a dozen old
women into it, and light fires in all
the rooms. Do what you like, but
have it ready. Miss Ormsby will want
, it by then. and she must have it, Do
you hear?"
e yes; Mr.. Craddock heard, and it
should be done.
. IN so down myself, ne said, rub
bing his hands.
you'd better But mind. not
word to anyone If you're asked any
questions say you don't know. Ii
you want a written order from Miss
/ Ormsby, you shall have it,
"Oa, dear no, Miss Mazurka's word
is enough" ne assured her.
Yes, it is" she assented; "and
when Miss Mazurka says a thing she
means it. You've done a great deal
of this mischief, and now mean to
make you undo some of it, and free,
gratis, for nothing, too!
So Mr.. Craddock sat down and
wrote a cautious note to the colonel
which reached him as he was playing
| billiards at the club, and sent him fly
- 1irl.
wind
/ Here, EN-, julia" he shouted,
busting into the parlor, where the two
girls sat working and wrangling, just
as of old; there's the most astonish-
ing thing you ever heardl Pom my
word, 1 think that old fool Craddock
must have gone out of his mind. l
never heard"
Il wish you'd let use hear, papa"
said Julia, irritably; whatever is it?''
I'm trying to tell you, if you'll let
me-" he retorted. why, Joan isn't
drowned after all; at least this old
fool says So"
The girls opened their mouths and
gaped at him, speeches. with aston
ishment.
"Joan-not-drowned they ex-
claimed, at last.
moi" he calculated, dropping his
eyeglass and slapping the open letter
mot drowned, after all! Listen to
this! Did you ever hear? / don't be-
lieve it, and that's the fact!"
Emmeline shook her head
TITS true enough" she said, acidly.
"Old Craddock isn't out of his mind.
That girls turned up again.
"If she has, it is simply shameful.
said Julia, flushing and drawing her
lips together. Shameful Where
has she been all this time. Among
friends!' She'd better keep there
we don't want her here. Every soul
in the place knows she ran away with
Lord Villiars. She can't come back
here, unless she's lost all sense of
decency!"
And Miss Julia's eyes opened and
shot out a spiteful flash of fire.
Yes, that's all very WELL" said the
colonel walking up and down and
rubbing at his eyeglass. TITS all very
well to say that she can't come back
here, but he says she is coming back,
and on Monday, too, scarcely a week
from now!"
Its uncomfortable" said Emmeline,
between her teeth. Papa, it's more
than human nature can stand. And
is that all the letter says. Doesn't it
explain how the mistake occurred?"
Not the least"
why, this girl mayn't be Joan at
all, She may be an impostor-"
The colonel shook his head.
Catch old Craddock being taken FIJI
by an imposter!" he said. ooh, it's
Joan safe enough; but how they came
TO mistake that other girl for her is a
mystery. Oh it's Joan, there's no
doubt of it. Confound it all, | did
think I'd got rid of that trouble, and
now here it is back on my hands
againl I'm the unluckiest man on
earth! Here this girl disappears, and
sets a cock-and-bull story of her death
in circulation, and now she's turned
up again. There's no peace in this
world. at least there isn't for me, |
know"
The two girls exchanged glances.
''LCok here, papa" said Julia, "as to
Joan's coming back here, it's out OF
the question. If you were disposed
to be so weak as to permit it, we
wouldn't stand it, and that's fiat; isn't
it, Emp"
That's all very well" growled the
colonel; but I'm her guardian. con-
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