Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-05-12

keeping all this back from you, did 4
for the best"
''Do you need to say that to me,
papa?" she s.swered, with some touch OF
reproach.
''You are going, YolandsY' he said,
with sinking of the heart.
''That, again, it is unnecessary for
you to ask me-" the girl said, simply.
"But not at once, Yolande?" said he,
glancing at an open trunk. "Not at
once?"
Tomorrow morning, papa" she an
swered. ooh, but l assure you, you will
be put to no trouble-no trouble at all.
Mrs. Bell is coming from Gress to see
everything right. And I have made out
lists for her, it is all arranged, you will
not know any difference"
'Listen now, Yolande. 1 don't dis
approve of your going. We have tried
everything, and failed; if there is a
chance of your succeeding-well, per-
haps one might say it is your duty to go.
Poor child, 1 would rather have you
know nothing about it; but that is all
over now. Well, you see, Yolande, if
you go, there must be no unnecessary
risk or trouble about your going. | have
been thinking that perhaps Mr.. Melville
may be a little too imaginative. He sees
things strongly. And in insisting that
you should go alone, why, there may be
danger that he has been carried away
by a-by a-well, l don't know how to
put it, except that he may be so anx-
ious to have this striking appeal made
to your poor mother as to be Indifferent
to ordinary precautions. Why should
you go friendless and alone? Why
should l remain amusing myself here?
Because you would be of no use to
me, papa" said she, calmly. 81 know
what l have to do"
'Yolande, you cannot be left in Lon
don with absolutely no one to whom
you can appeal. The least you must do
is to take letter to lawrence & Lang.
They will do anything you want; they
will let you have what you want; if
there is any hiring of lodgings or any
thing of that kind, they will send one Of
their clerks. You cannot be stranded
in London without the chance of assist
ance. You must go to Lawrence u
Lang"
81 may have to go to them-that also
is arranged. But they must not inter
fere; they must not come with me; that
was not Mr.. Melville's idea,' she said;
though the pale face turned still paler as
she forced herself to utter the name.
"Mr Melville!' he said, angrily. "You
seem to think the whole wisdom of the
world is centered in Mr.. Melville! /
don't at all know that he has right in
coming to put all this trouble on you.
Perhaps he would not have been SO
quick if it had been his own sister or
his own daughter"
Then a strange thing occurred. She
had flung herself down on the pillow
again, her face burisd, her whole frame
shaken by the sudden violence of her
crying.
"Don't-don't-don't she sobbed, pit
eously. Don't speak like that, papa!
there is enough trouble-there is
enough"
"What is it, Yolande?" said he. swell,
no wonder your nerves have been upset.
I wonder you have taken it so bravely.
/ will leave you now, Yolande; but you
must try and come down to dinner"
Dinner was put on the table; but she
did not make her appearance. 4 mes
sage was sent up to her; the answer was
that she merely wished to have a cup of
tea by and by. Jane on being question
ed, said that everything had been got
ready for their departure the following
morning, even to the ordering of the dog,
cart for a particular hour.
Go be continuedo