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

Il nope she Will be, says Cnarle,
under his breath.
And if you are going to indulge in
impairment and presumptuouS and
utterly improbable aspirations" re-
torts Carrie, but with flush of color,
you had better go from the window.
1t is bad enough to have to wait in
this miserable way without being
bored to death by a person who will
speak when he is not spoken to-"
eff waited till those occasions 1
should pass as a mute" he says, get
ting nearer to her, and looking at her
with an adoring smile.
Carrie throws up her head.
''Of course that is very clever. I
can't be this any longer. I-oh!"
and with alb ound that nearly knocks
Charlie through the window she
springs to the door, he of course, fol-
lowing her, shouting as he does so:
"They have come, Lady Letchford!"
This genial notification is scarcely
necessary, however, for the noise that
seems to spring up with the instan-
proclaims the fact. Footsteps hurry
along the hall, doors are thrown
open, dogs bark, grooms spring out.
If the carriage, coming at a gallop
down the drive, contained an emperor
and empress, there could not be much
more fuss and show of eager welcome.
With flourish and throwing up of
forefeet anil blinking Of silver bits the
horses dash up to the door and pull up
on their launches, footmen stand in
file along the hail. and the butler goes
to open the door, but Carries hand
pushes him aside. and the next mo-
ment she is pulling. more than assist
ing, Lady May Letchford to alight.
Then it is ooh, May" and ooh, Car
rie!" and "Sir Heron, how thin you've
got:. And SC have you, May! Do
come I'M"
81 will when you'll let me-" laughs
May.
Come and kiss me just for a change
Carrie says Sir Heron, and he puts
his arm round her and kisses her,
much to the scarcely concealed delight
Of the line of servants.
But Carrie doesn't care; she even
kisses him back, and clings to his arm
as he enters the hall, nodding and Civ
ing his "How do you do's?" in his
easy way to the servants, stopping
short to shake hands with Charlie.
"Glad to see you, Mr.. Baldwin" he
says, and he links his arm in the boys,
thereby winning his heart forever AND
ever.
and hows mother, Carrier"
But there is the mother to speak for
herself, and oh. wonderful TO relate!
it is May whom she takes in her
arms frst-May, the once condemned
and Deutschland not until she has
all sorts Of tender endear-
ments and inquiries does she turn to
Heron ard kiss him.
Yes, it has come to this-that it is
rather as if she had found daughter
than Heron wife.
For full ten minutes there is such a
confusion OF tongues in the room as
would lave put French Assembly to
shame: but then Carrie suddenly
throws out her arms and exclaims:
Sydney! Where's Sydney"
May laughs
Sydney" says Heron, laughing too.
ooh, we've left him behind. Don't |
ook so heart-broken; he's coming on
by the next mail and will be here to-
Fact is, Sydney's as the
police say, wanted at st. Peters
Jurg!"
"St. Petersburg!" echoes Carrie,
aghast
Heron laughs at her dismay.
Eyes: no sooner had we got to Basic,
where he was to meet us, than a jele-
gram arrived from St. Petersburg, |
politely requesting his presence at st.
Of course he went. but
lent be frightened-they didn't be-
head him Then wanted him to make
\ colonel Of him, and he is coming
pack with no end of honors on his
lame He'll be the swell of the family"
and he glances with world Of loving
meaning at May.
"Oh," he goes on, "and who 10 you
,hink has gone with him?"
Carrie shakes her head.
"Why, no other than Graham Cor
lon," he says.
Graham Gordon!" echoes Carrie,
md she glances at May, but May re-
urns the glance with a serene smile.
Eyes, we met him-where was it,
Lucerene, and he went ON with us
ill we joined Sydney. And, by the
way, mother, he is coming on with
sydney Dalton. You haven't seen
him yet; the finest fellow you ever
saw!"
Right, Sir Heron" says Charlie
quietly. pulled stroke i'll the boat,
and was captain of the varsity
eleven"
ooh, fly, fly, dear May" says Carrie,
with fine imitation of impotence.
EFlv for yOur life or he'll insist uDOn |