Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-12-25

some day, Mr.. Duncombe. You have
only to enter parliament"
Il have no ambition in that direc
ton, Lady Eleanor he said, almost
gloomily Il am a man of business,
and care nothing for titles. / was
going TO say, and for little else; but
suppose that wouldn't be true.
do care for money. I've been bred
to that Is there anything else you
would say to me?' he broke off al
ruptly.
His amer was SO singular, so un-
like his usual one that Lady Flea
nor was startled.
Thank you--no" she said; except
except that I should be glad If you
would get any other bills or debts of
Lord Auchester's."
He nodded.
Certainly" He brushed his hat
slowly then added: Excuse me, Lady
Eleanor, but will you allow me to ask
why you are purchasing and at a
ties? / am aware that have no right
/. to ask you the question"
Eyes, you have" she said quickly
and struggling with the color that
would mount to her face. you were
my fathers friend and nave peen and
are mine; and you have every right
to ask such a question. But I find it
difficult to answer. Well, Lord
Auchester also is a great friend of
mine, and / would rather that he
owed me the money than lot of
Jews and people of that kind
Ralph Duncombe inclined his head
with an air Of 'You know your own
| business better than any one else.'
"Good-morning, Lady Eleanor" he
said. Il will do as you wish; and
please say nothing about this mining
scheme of ours"
He got outside the house and drew
a long breath. The mere mention OF
| the word "Portmaris" had stirred his
heart to it's depths, and recalled
Leslie and his parting scene with her.
! He might aspire to the nobility,
might he? What would be the good
of title to him, when the only title
he longed for was that of Leslie
Lisle's husband?
/ And so this Lord Auchester had
Leslie? Had he spoken to her? 1t
was not unlikely. Such men as
Lord Auchester would be such to
discover beautiful girl like Leslie,
and make acquaintance with her.
Ralph Duncombe spent a very bad
half hour on the Underground, on his
way back to the city-very bad.
Five minutes after the city man of
! business had left Palace Gardens,
orke, the man of pleasure, arrived
here, and was welcomed as If he
we're the great Llama of Thibet.
/ 81 haven't had time to change my
habit, Yorke" said Lady Eleanor
You couldn't put on anything pref
j 5ier," he said, with that fatal faculty
of his; and he locked at her admir-
ingly.
! Lady Eleanor never appeared to
greater advantage than in the dark
! green habit upon which Redfern had
] bestowed his most finished art.
Come in to lunch at once" she
said ct is the only way OF stop
ping your compliments. Here is
Aunt DENLY in complete quandary as
to whether there is anything fit to
eat. You know we women don't care
what we get, but it is different with
you men,
But the lunch was perfect in it's
way: clear soup, a fish pie, salmi OF
fowl, and-oh, wonderful cook!-lob-
ster outlets, and the famous '73
claret.
Yorke did full justice to the good
fare, and ratified away for the amuse-
ment of the two women. He talke1
of the opera, of the next meet at
| Sandown, of anything and everything
which would interest two women NOV
ing in the ultra-fashionable circles.
and made himself so pleasant that
Lady Denby-who always suspected,
while she liked him-relaxed into a
smile, and Lady Eleanor was beaming.
Never get any outlets anywhere
else like these
mot at Portmaris?" asked Lady
Eleanor.
"Eh? Portmaris! No; no lobster
outlets jlown there. I rather think
they eat the Holsters raw"
what an outlandish place it must
be! / wonder how you could stay
there-you and Dolph.'
ooh, anything for a change he
said, carelessly, but with his mind APP
parently fixed on his plate, at the
bottom of which he could see Leslie's
face as plainly as if she were stand
ing before him.
The lunch was over at last-it
seemed interminable to Lady Eleanor
and Lady DENLY had, with half
audible murmur of an afternoon drive,
| horSo1f ouau and 1nft the coast