Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-03-06
SO Fair, SO false
By Charles Garvce
Continued.
By Charles Garvice

"We1l, | warned you WnaL IL WOulu
be like, so you went fore-armed
Goodnight, mother. Vane, are you
coming?"
Lady Letchford sinks into a chair,
and the beauty smiles down upon her
with placid serenity.
ST am afraid you are very tired,
dear Lady Letchford," she says, soft
ly.
"Tired! Sir doyn, my dear Rose.
Tired; no, am not so tired, am
disguised"
Disguised! l have said once or
twice that / wuold not go to this ball.
1t has always been a horror to me at
the best of times; but, tonight" and
she emits faint groan.
Rose Vavasour leans back and toys
with her spoon.
Gatherings of this sort always are
inconvenient."
announcement" echoes the baro-
ness. Dangerous, positively danger
Gus! MY dear, it would be absurd to
attempt concealing the annoyances
which Sir Heron's conduct tonight has
caused me. / cannot understand how
he could have behaved so abomin-
ably"
did he do anything SO very dread
ful?" murmurs Rose Vavasour. "Are
you not making-well, the worst of it,
my dear Lady Letchford? Men will
be-well, men!"
Ordinary men, perhaps" is the
naughty rejoiner .But my son-Sir
man, and cannot commit indiscretion
with impunity. Surely you could
not fail to observe the attention, the
marked attention, he paid to that
hat girl"
"It was certainly obvious enough to
attract notice. You mean the girl
in white satin-she was very pretty
beautiful, rather"
Beautiful" exclaims the baroness,
with naughty impotence, eff she were
as beautiful as Venus. it would be no
excuse for Sir Heron's conduct; all the
room noticed it-that detestable Lady
Snatchbull even sneered at it. 1t will
be all over the country tomorrow. and
that is not the worst of it. If it had
been another man it might have passed
without remark, but Sir Heron -
noted for his Indifference and Austen
ton from this sort Of thing, and that
makes his conduct tonight so notice
able; and this girl, too-one quite out
of our own set-a nobody"
els it not rather an advantage? Sir
Heron will not be likely to meet her
again; perhaps she comes from the
other side of the county! Dear Mrs.
Letchford, think, l really think you
are making too much of this, and
troubling yourself with to little cause;
mere passing fancy-she was ex-
tremely pretty-that he will forget be-
fore breakfast tomorrow"
Forget! The other end Of the
county. My dear, the girl lives with
in stones throw of us-she belongs
to those miserable new people-the re-
tired sugar boiler Or whatever he is
the Daltons, who have bought the
property adjoining the Void"
A faint flush of surprise, Dwell
scarcely alarm-comes over the pale
face.
$50 near!" she murmurs. "Ah,
yes, l remember the name We were
talking about them when we were
walking through the wood the other
night. You do not know them?"
Know them!" exclaims the baro-
ness, staring. SIS it possible? They
are-simply too uncomfortable. The
girl is-is-the best of them ALL" she
continues, reluctantly, 'but the man
the father is-oh, quite inadmissib1e."
SIS he SO very bad, them" asks
Rose, quietly.
Vulgar in the extreme. Surely
you must have seen him at church? A
short, fat, red-faced little MANN
fact, just such man as you would
think one of his class would be. If
could have forpseen that should have
been brought into contact with them
you heard that woman Turner intro
duce the girl?"
EYES," answers Rose, musingly. eft
was very unfortunate our coming upon
them just at that moment"
Heron on his knees!" exclaims the
baroness.
"He had torn her dress. She is not
only pretty, but what is worse-clever.
Yes, and the introduction! am
afraid "-slowly-"that Sir Heron will
ask you to call upon them"
'CaTl upon them!" exclaims the
baroness, angrily, but fearfully. "Im-
possible! Heron would know that
such request would not be enter
tanned for single moment"
81 do not know whether" muir
murs the beauty, softly.
Surely" breaks in the old lady,
wonderingly.
eyes, think l would not refuse
should Heron propose the request. In
fact, if might presume to make a
suggestion, would say-do not wait