Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-01-09

say, of the ssquire's death, well-it
would go hard with you, Mr. Stepn-
en-"
"But they cannot"
81 don't know" said Skettle; ami
slowly drawing out a leather pocket
book of ancient date, he took out a
piece of paper. and fitted it to the will.
ct is a conspiracy! !"
ct is the will saw you looking for
the night of the squire's DEATH"
Let me go And leaning heavily
on the arm of his feIlow-knave, he
moved with the gait and bearing of an
old man, to the door.
Great Heaven, this is awful" said
Jack.
* *
Winter had passed and spring had
clothed the earth with her soft, green
mantle, and in her glad sunlight that
sat like al benediction on the great
elns and smooth lawn of Hurst, a
party Of ladies and gentlemen we're
standing on the stone steps that led
up to the entrance.
1t was, in a word, the wedding day
of Squire Jack NeWCOmbe ana Miss
Unas tried friends were waiting about
the steps to see the bride and bride
groom start Tor their honeymoon.
That Len and Laura and Lady Bell
should be there calls no surprise, but
how comes it that Gideon Rolfe
should be willing witness to the
marriage of Una with one of the
hated race of DaVenants? We'll,
when the cause of hatred is removed,
all hate vanishes from the heart of al
honest man.
On the day he learned that the OLD
squire had not wronged the girl he
had stolen from Gideon, Gideon's hat
red had flown, and In its place had
sprung up a longing for atonement;
and what better step could he take
toward burying the luminosity than in
giving his adopted daughter to the
man OF her choice-the man Whu
would make her, as her mother had
been before her, the Squire of
HurSt's wife?
And thus it came to pass that he
stood silently, but not grimly waiting
for his daughter-for she was still
his daughter-to pass out to the new
life of happiness. And presently
there rose a buzz and a hum of eX-
citment in the house, and the stall
wart figure of Jack appeared on the
top step. A moment later and the
beautiful face of Una was by his side.
No longer pale, but bright with
bushes, and glowing with health and
happiness, she stood, half timidly,
pressing close to the proud fellow De
side her.
It is all dream in her eyes, dim
med as they are by happy tears? Can
it be true that Jack is all her own
that these good friends and true are
really clustering round her, bidding
her Godspeed and yet hindering her
going as if they were 10th to let her
go? Perhaps she does not realize it
all until they part and let her pass to
where the old bent figure of Stephens
mother stands waiting to see the last
Of the girl whom she has loved aid
loves as a daughter.
Then as Una takes the trembling
figure in her arms and kisses the pale
face, she realizes it ALL and through
sobs she hears the faltering voice
murmuring:
@God bless YOU, my darling! God
bless and keep you'll"
And as the broken benedictio1 falls
from the trembling lips, the crowd
stand back, silent and fearful, and
Jack and his bride are allowed to en-
ter the carriage at last. Then
breaks forth the cheer from outside
the gates, and so, waited around by
blessings AID good wishes, they com
mence their real life. A month later
they will come back to find those
friends who saw them depart, eager
to welcome them back.
mo coming home to a silent house,
have them all here, everyone of them.
I'd have all the world to see my dar-
ling. if l could"
'My darling! my darling! they
might take all the rest if they would
lease me YOU"
And Stephen? There is no difficulty