Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-04-21
CHAPTER X

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CHAPTER X
no. inisht have spared her-be might
49, spared herr was Mr.. Winter.
fn; alne plteous cry, as he sat in iis
tbo room, and gazed out through
ny, streaming window panes on the dis
MAJ landscape beyond.
ana who was to tell her? Who os
: 70 orlng grief and humiliation an thai
lar young life? Who was TO rob bar of
nc oeautltul dream and vision that her
lnoeher mad always been to her? Not he
hor one. He could not do it.
Anu then might she not misunderstood
an THIS that had been Done TO keen her
III ignorance. Might she not he angry
at having all her life been surrounded hv
an atmosphere of concealment? IF she
were TO mistake the reason of her father
having stopped to subterfuge and decait2
'" as 1olande going to despise him, then
she, the only being in the world whose
OPINION he cared for? And always his
speculations, and fears, and anxious con-
lectures came back to this one point:
ne might have spared her-he might
nave spared her.
NOW, look here, Winterbourne." John
onortlands said, in his plain-spoken way.
II were you, before I would saw
word CT this story to Yolande. l would
make sure that that would be sufficient
Tor Leslie. He says that Yolande must
be told; but will that suffice? Is that all
he wants! 1t [ were in your ,>lace
WOULD have clear understandings Do
you know, can't help thinking there is
something behind all this that hasn't
come out. If this young fellow is really
IN earnest about Yolande-if he is really
fond OF her-l don't think he would put
this stumbling block in the way-I don't
think he would exact this sacrifice from
you-unless there was some other rea-
son. Yesterday afternoon Melville said
as little as he could. He didn't like the
job. But he limited something about the
disagreement between young Leslie and
his family over this marriage"
Il guessed as much" said Winter
bourne. eyes, I have suspected it for
some time. Otherwise 1 suppose his
father and aunt would have called en-
Yolande. They knew each other 70
lande stayed a night at the Towers
when Mrs. Graham first brought Es
here-until the lodge was got ready"
"Of course, if the fellow has any plu@1
he won't let that stand in his way. In
the meantime a domestic row isn't pleas
ant; and l dare say he is impatient and
angry. Why should he revenge himself
on Yolande, one might ask? But that is
not the fair way of putting it. l car
see one explanation. | didn't see it yes
terday; and the fact was got pretty
wild when | learned how matters stood;
and my own impression was that kicking
was a sight too good for him. | have
been thinking over it since, though; the
rain last night kept NE awake, And now
l can understand his saying, We'll,
mean to marry in spite of them; but
will take care, before l marry, to guard
against any risk of their being able TIC
taunt me afterward.'
when / took this shooting" Winter
bourne said, absently, when the place
was described to me- on the voyage out,
I thought to myself that surely there
Yolande and l would be safe from all
anxiety and trouble. And then again,
up the Nile, day after day [ used to
think of her being married and settled in
this remote place, and used to say to
myself that then, at least, everything
would be right And here we are, face
to face with more trouble than ever!
And who is to tell her? The shock Will
be terrible-it may kill her.
Nonsense-nonsense! Whoever Is to
tell her, it must not be you. 1t will turn
out all right. And you, for one, should
be very glad that the Master, as yo1
call him, now knows the whole storyS
for after the marriage, whatever hap
pens, he cannot come back on you and
saw YOU had deceived him"
after the marriage. And what sort
of a happy life is Yolande likely to lead
when his relatives object to her al
ready?"
"Tbere you are off again. Why, man,
these things must be taken as they come.
You don't know that they object-and L
don't believe they can object to her.
though the old gentleman mayn't quite
like the color of your politics. But sup
posing they do, what's the odds! Ihey
can't interfere. You will settle enough
on Yolande to let the young couple liYo
comfortably enough. don't see any dill
ficulty about it"
ITO be continued.I