Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-01-06

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CHAPIhfn. ,r' an ocular inspection
star then ti,'' IN a love affair, the
VI, al ssssn !, probably true. "A. Along ag
N opposite .I aooDffession of this fact to
e st 2ae1s S at the whole conduct of
). saP !. I had foolsbIy permitted him,
That h, he IN t1G love with her was so very y
&n ta ,.a ~ that he everybody had seen 1t
pa cas-; # , was certainly not her fault It:
aIa!3, II nobody be could say that Of
" i1 s ,rn nY the long-tongued gossips
Iandto'n! had dispIaved some
G4: s,t toP qualities 5npS 5s Of strong. calm
s'qifI 3 III t fua, face of that awful peril
Storm IN 5ss Sps to Sos subtract from his
BE- 1aa n' IN the least. But then, was
nd 1sss' Ii}o his new and wide philoso-
:. ' ~ humanity, reflection from MS
'5, ~ - +old her that his strange new
.5 IT. nav was also entertained by Prof.
Isl2 SOY And this had contributed much
H5l,s'i; + 'l q standing in her estimation:
6ps ba told her the whole truth ?
Bot la1 Nv bo Ind not. If he had
~ SUE frank *, and honest, he would have
ss y % t,+' he had imbibed these opinions
y. . p,of Huntley. And if so, was not
aa.' , tis1 display of practical knowl-
I'LL =, 'E .tiIi and courage the result OF
P Sst HuntIey's training?
'I r,1,nbtedjy she had been badly used
w. Mason. He had stood persist
VI, W. batveen her and the perfect man
w. wv ,bs had learned to love so quickly.
~ NJ ~, ,i misrppresented her to him either
1',+ , or by a culpable silence that
4 s,r base Jealousy refused to put
y, 1, 5sfore him in her proper light.
u n WAS 4 mean feIIow-that Mason.
IND although her obligation to him must
" ~, be, to a formal recognition of
Nm when they should meet again on
v,aor ret she was resolved to throw
n mrrb coIdness into her manner that
h rrl not fail to see that she was
9spgb with him, and that he was a
r7 thin article, too.
And when Monday came and went
rthort him. and without rumor of Hunt
h she grew even more bitter. If this
trov continued to keep Prof. Huntley
,F1r she shouldn't even speak to him.
Es would bring matters to a crisis by
rtr,ing to acknowledge his first saluta-
ton upon bis return.
Then when he should demand an ex-
LnratOn as she knew he would demand
f-she would boldly charge him with his
Nidous conduct in keeping Mr.. Hunt
F away, upon whatever ground he
should choose to put 1t.
From Lizzy herself, the condemnation
d Mason seemed TO spread everywhere
10 her great surprise-and to grow
steadily and in an arithmetical ratio all
through the week.
Day after day inquiry revealed little
hng that looked bad for Mason. The
tM aCtter of anxiety as to his fate had
'sJrfl itself on the ascertainment of
he fact that he had taken the train for
tie city on that very Saturday evening
iter the storm.
That anxiety was not at all an evil
tEc Of any good quality in Mr.. Mason.
He himself had said to her, in one of
.a pb.osophic moods, that this vast hui
ban interest in a human life was an in
'nti common to all observed animal life
even cattle ran about wildly and paw
y tie earth at the smell of the split
lod Of one of the herd.
And that too, although the slain beast
hight il alive, be set upon and gored
, each separate beast Of the herd, with
he acquiescence, or the perfect indiffer-
ne Of all the others.
The Unsuitable desire to penetrate the
aSeres Of all the violent deaths. was
a' answer to the universal animal in
'aa OF tar play-most strongly de-