Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-06-12

i the sweet, SODD1ng murmur OF ner an
swering love. Beside it lie glove
and a withered flower, all worn by
her, and eloquent of her.
He takes them up, one by one, and
looks at them thirstily, as man dy'
| ing for a. draught of water in the des.
ert might look on the empty gourd
which ince held the precious liquor, a
draught of which would have his life.
| With something like a groan, with
an exclamation which is as near an
oath as our modern ideas will permit,
he throws them on the fire: they fall
into the glowing embers, all but one,
| the glove: that, with a sudden resOlu-
ton, he RECEIVERS, and with gesture
of self-scorn he thrusts it into his
breast.
LET me keep something" he says,
bitterly, ''to remind me how great a
fool have been"
Then he takes up a pen and-heS1-
tates. Will it not be better to go-to
disappear without sign? What good
can words written or spoken do? But,
no; he cannot go without letting her
know that her treachery has been dis
| covered. He sits and stares at the pa
| per, pondcring what to say; a food of
indignant, passionate words fly to his
mind, but he will not commit them to
paper, will not bare his heart for
davis to peck at.
And at last he writes just the line.
IN no of,
tonight. Farewell.
He does not address her as May, or
as Miss Daltin. He cannot force his
pen to form her name-the sweet
name that has grown so dear and SO
bitter to him.
Inclosing this brief note i'll an en-
velope stamped with the gold hawk
of the Letchtord crest, he gives it to
Parks. Parks goes downstairs with
it on his tray, put it for moment on
tie halltable, and Mademoiselle
Trieste, Miss Vavasour's maid-her-
self a beauty in her own sphere-who
happens TO be passing, picks it up
daintily and kindly volunteers to send
it down to Gresham House in the
morning.
Parks hesitates; it isn't his usual
form to leave the dispatch of letters
to a second person when they have
been intrusted to him, but he has all
the packing to do, and with polite
bow he accepts mademoiselle's offer.
Meanwhile Sir Heron goes to the
ing on her white elbow, sees the art
fully arranged trap.
Can it be possible that Sir Heron
has written to her before he left?
Cold as it is he is out of bed in a mo-
lnent. No, the letter is directed to
Miss Dalton. She looks at it with a
sharp stab of Disappointing and as
she does So sees that the steam has
melted the gum AMI that the envelope
is open.
For minute she pauses.. Conscience
noncr, curiosity and self-interest
fight a sharp battle during that min
ute, and curiosity and self-interest
win.
With a crimson f1ush-for Miss
Rose Vavasour is not in the habit of
I6duluS JULIET pSOpl0 . ISCCSIo ouO
draws out the note and reads it.
Having read it, she stands pon1er-
ing deeply, and then takes it both
hands in the act of tearing it into frag-
ments; but stops suddenly, and with
q smile that makes her beautiful face
look vindictive and cruel, she re
places the note, closes the envelope,
and slips it into the pocket of her
dressing gown.
When mademoiselle enters few
minutes later she looks around with
an apolegetic air.
II left letter in the room, MAIDEN
oiselle--a letter for Miss Dalton,
which Mr. Parks asked me to send. 1t
was very careless"
Eyes, / have it, says the beauty,
with little yawn, 81 will see that it
goes, Trieste. You should not leave
letters about, they may get mislaid."