Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-16

that she would tloid mao information that
wasn't asked for
Il am going to Carlisle" said she, not
looking at him. my brothers friends
will lie waiting for me at the station"
Goa, you must let me accompany you,
though said he, quickly. You won't
mind "
He did not give her the chance of re-
fusing, for he had little enough time in
which to fetch his things along from the
other carriage. Then he had to call the
newsboy, and present to Miss Stewart
such an assortment of illustrated papers,
comic journals, and magazines as might
have served for a voyage to Australia.
And then the door was shut, the whistle
shrieked, and the long, heavy train NOV
ed slowly out of the station.
"Well, now" said he, 'this is lucky!
Who could have expected it? I did not
see you at the station last night. / did
not even know you were in Inverness; |
thought you were at Aberdeen"
Il have been in Aberdeen" said she.
Il only went back a day or two ago to
get ready for going south"
II suppose mustn't ask you whit lisa
taking you to Carlisle?-an yet we used
to be old friends, you know"
Now Miss Stewart was a little bit an
noyed at his thrusting himself on her So
ciety, and she was very near answering
saucily that it was the train that was
taking her south; but little touch of
feminine vanity saved him from that
reproof. Shena Van was rather glad to
| have the chance of telling him why she
was going south.
ut is no great secret" said she. 81
am going to stay with the family of the
young lady whom my brother will marry
| before long. 1t appears that the profess
| sorship will be worth a good deal more
| than we expected-oh, yes, indeed,
good deal more-and there is no reason
| why he should not marry"
'Well, that is good news" said the
Master cheerfully. "And what sort Of
girl is she? Nice?'
| ''She is very we'll accomplished
young lady," said Shena Van, waith
| some dignity. "She was two years in
Germany at school and two years in
France, and she is very well fitted to be
professors wife, and for the society
that comes to my brothers house."
He had time to regard her. He had
never seen her look SO well. She had
made ample use of the clear water sup
piled at Perth station, and her face was
as fresh as the morning, while her pref
| ty, soft light brown hair was carefully
brushed and tended. AS for her eyes
those strangely dark blue eyes that he
could remember in former years brim-
ming over with girlish merriment or
grown pensiye with imaginative dreams
he could not get fair glimpse of them
at all, for when she spoke she kept
them averted or turned down.
Once they We're away from Stirling, he
determined at all hazards to startle her.
"Shena," said he, 'do | look i'll?
| emo"
unhappy and miserable" said he, cheer
fully Don't you know that l have
been jilted?"
| Well, she did not quite know what to
| say to that. He looked as if he was
joking; and yet it was not a thing he
was likely to mention in joke-and to
| her.
SIT is quite true, l assure YOU" said
he, seeing that she did not make an
swer. you said you had heard | was
going to be married. Well, it's all brok-
| en- off. Please don't waste any pity on
me. l don't feel very miserable. l feel
rather the other way. 'Ah, freedom is a
noble thing l am free now to follow
out my own wishes; and that's what
mean to do"
| 'You are going to live in London, per-
haps?' said Miss Stewart, regarding him,
| but not betraying any keen personal in
! terest.
"Why, this is the point of it," said he,
with greater animation, that | don't
| in the least know where I am going, and
| don't much care. And now if you,
| Shena, would tell me something very fine
and pleasant for me to do, that would
be a kindness"
''In the meantime" said she, with a
slight smile, Il wish you would call
me by my right name"
"Do you think l can forget the days
when you We're always 'Shana'?" said he.
with a sort of appealing glance that her
eyes were careful to avoid. Don't you
remember when | brought you the white
kitten from Inverness, and how it was
always pulling its collar of daisies to
pieces? Don't you remember my getting
you the falcons wings? Why, l had to
| lie all night among the rocks on earn
nan-Gael to get at that falcon! And
| you were always 'Shena' them
Because | was a child" sid Missa
| Stewart, with a slight flush Oh the pref
ty, fresh-colored face. 'When we grow
up we put aside childish things"
(To be continuedl
She Had No Scruples.