Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-07-29
Sir Hilary S Heiress.
CHAPTER II Continued


.o.., i was that both Violet and Sir
mn, saw at the first interview that
No. smith, the heiress, was of inferior
l:h.r-tl.,t she was loud in her tastes,
,oneh in speech, and lacking in natural
,sfnement.
- one proof were required to clinch the
,ter ir was her having dreamt OF com
+o Sir Hilary's own home without
,;nr on the outward garb of woe.
.,L;H, could ever do away with that
hhnder - -
,uoe,.' said Violet. at length breaking
. onnressve silence, and | daresay she
Mn look very pretty and NICE when y
,,d dressmaker has taken her IN hand.
&C. i quite young, Halco, and will very
..on pick up all things to fit her for
..Snd YOU will help her" he said gruiljy,
mi try to steer her through the first
trance in what is evidently an abso-
lfely new sphere for her,
,.\iost certainly | shall" was the reply.
md if I am worth copying, | shall try
- make her as like myself as possible
\ III little ways and manners -"
..you NAV as web spare your trouble, I"
IN, n Sir Halco bitterly. IF you lived
,orafber for thousand years, and gave
- n lesson every hour of the day, that
.,;,l world never be worthy to tie your
1hoe. lace. She is utterly hopeless, he
.ause She is 50 thoroughly satisfied with
herself Had she been the plalnest. most
,,,,attractiye woman / had ever seen, and
j. lady. | might have felt it less, but for
S;r Hilary TO leave her all. and us moth
inc is incomprehensibe My mother y
r;gh+ it was a shameful will and and,
Violet" hurriedly, don't attempt to inn
move her. | can't explain but don't.
II will be better for all parties for her
INST TO remain the ignorant, vulgar, self
satisfied Sinking girl she is now. Prom
i-e me this.
No. | can't promise" she replied,
,nppressing deep sigh as she turned
avav lest he should see the sudden tears
which filed her eyes, "and I'll tell you
why. For some reason or other dear Sir
HILARY loved her, and deemed her worthy
10 be his heiress, and although none of
rs can guess why this was, we really
have nothing to do with that: ii he did
not choose TO tell US, it evidently had
nothing to do with Us, but anyone Sir
Hilary loved | mean to love, anyone he
wished to be rich aud well thought OF
and happy / wish it also, and as there
are some things | might help her in 20
tit her better for her new position I'm
GONG to help her just as hard as ever
can even if she doesn' want to be helped
or to be friends with me. Its for Sir
lliIarys sake I'm going to do it, not
hers, and if he can see how things are
going on here after he has been called
away he'll know I'm doing it out of love
for him, that | am grateful"
Violet you are next door to an an
sel7 said Sir Halco, struck more than he
had ever been in his life with the girls
innate sweetness, to do this for the girl
4 who has stolen what we all thought was
Il 10 be yours"
Not / am far from an angel, Haleo,"
She said seriously, ''and / have shed bit.
ter tears over the changed aspect Of
~ everything. Only | have always longed
81 to do something for dear Sir Hilary, and
this is the very first thing that has come
n He did everything for me, you know
! was left a poor little orphan with prac-
jically restitution and the workhouse
staring me i'll the face. My mother died
when was g. and my father was thrown
from his horse and killed a year later
had no relatives-or at least none who
offered to take me and Sir Hilary read
IN the papers of my fathers death, and
came to the funeral. He found me there
aud nobody knowing what on earth TO
do.wlth me- he asked me to go home with
him, and | jumped into his arms and
gled all my sorrow and loneliness away
There, and | never felt lonely afterwards.
ne was everything to me, and often |
nave tam awake at nights and wondered
there wasn't anything | could do to
show MN | was grateful. Not grateful
Tor sense of favors to come not be-
cause he was rich, and might leave me
Als fortune, but for love and gratitude's
AXE. Well, he had every thing, and even
when he died he wasn't i'll long enough
Iof anyone to have to nurse him-he lust
aied N few hours. Then Alice Smith
'ame--his heiress-and I'm going 10
WORK 1t off that way It's necessary,
ana he who was SO true a gentleman
you'd like his heircss to do him credit.
u ever You see me look cross or Jealous,
" inpatient, Halco, just whisper in my
fai Remember your debt and it win
,'at me IN good humor again directly
no" | must 60 upstairs and see if can
he Of use"
! wouldn't give her up for the other =
~. not for twenty millions" vowed Sir
haico as he found himself alone. What
oH earth good would the money be if /
so@ her for it. Why, it's only for Vic
ri ! wanted it at ALL"
CHAPTER. III.
on seem to have good health. Miss
4'ta said the lawyer. Mr.. Silver. at
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