Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-09-04


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NO, my dear young lady he says,
addressing the curtains. "a little sur
prise will not hurt her ladyship-not
at all. And so, my dear lady," he says,
bending down and smiling, you are
under the impression that Miss Vava-
sour is the young lady who has
nursed you with such devotion as it
has been my fortune seldom to meet
with, even in my long experience?'
The old lady looks at him, scarcely
listening to his stately periods, but
glancipg from Heron to the curtain
with faint, eager expression in her
eyes.
Heron looks at Sir Humphrey, gets
smiling nod of assent, and then, as
the great man trots out of the room,
Heron goes behind the curtain and
gently draws forward to the side of The
bed-May!
The old lady looks at the sweet face,
pale and thin with the long three
weeks watching, and the keen gray
eyes grow dim.
Then she puts out her hand and
draws Nays hand to her lips.
Forgive me, my DEAR" she says,
"fofgiye a poor old woman who
thought more of her own pride than
her sons happiness!"
That is all. But when Heron comes
into the room again he finds May half
sitting, half lying on the bed, her
warm little hand firmly grasped in
Lady I4etchfori's and tears on both
their faces.
"WeIl, mother?" ne says, looking
down at them with is old smile.
And Lady Letchford looks UP at
him with an answering smile that has
something sad in it. too.
Heron-Heron!" she says, family,
eff had only known her as do now!'
She closes her eyes and signs, then
looks up at May with a meek self-re-
proach. what a waste of time and
love?" she what waste
Of time and love?" she murmurs-
what a waste!"
Not a word of Rose. AS if by in
stinct she guesses. what the world
knows, that the beauty Of the season
is no longer Rose Vavasour. but the
Warehouses of Cornvale!
One moro picture to conclude these
few sketches of a girls life and love. |
IT. is summer still-late summer, early
autumn By a coincidence it is the |
same hour of the evening as that in
which we first saw Carrie; now, as
then, she is waiting impatiently for the
train, and pouring out all kinds Of
impetuous abuse on the officials of the |
Great Western.
But it is not FROM a window Of
Gresham House that she is watching,
but from a window Of Letchford Void,
and instead Of poor Samuel Dalton
asleep i'll his chair there sits Lady
Letchford, not asleep by any means.
The otEer occupant of the room is a
young gentleman whose name has been
casually mentioned once before in
these veracious annals. This young
gentleman, no other than Charlie
the Squire of Warley's son
and heir, stands at Carries elbow, his
attention rather riveted on her face
than On the distant piece of drive OH
which Carrie anxiously longs for
to appear.
Charlie is handsome boyle
wouldn't forgive anyone excepting it
was Carrie for calling him boy, by
the way-just a type of the fresh
manly young Englishman. He excels |
in cricket, lawn tennis, is No. in
his varsity boat, and can run and
jump any man his own weight; his
great passion is athletics-and Carrie
To he near Carrie he is quite ready
to desert cricket. tennis-even the boat
itself. If you want to make him per-
fectly, serenely happy, simply allow
him to be within sight and hearing of
that light-hearted young lady and the
trick is done.
How Lady Letchford came to know
the secret perhaps Graham Gordon
could tell; at any rate, here he is by
Lady Letchford's invitation, and not
only Carrie, but the old lady herself,
is pleased to have him.
She says he reminds her Of Heron,
though Heron was always inclined to
be dark and Charlie is as fair as a
with close-croppe1 hair, OF
the texture of silk and the color of fax
tow Carrie calls it. She also
calls him Miss Caroline" and other
feminine names: indeed, she leases
and bewilders and Ibewitches all lay
long.
The wisest, cutest man that ever
lived could not tell, for certain,
she cared for him or not, but
Lady Letchford says that the will
puss has a sort of 'sneaking fondness"
for him and with that Charlie is more
than content.
Only let him be near her, to fetch
and carry for her. D endure the most
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