Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-05-15
off. and then dashes away.

| watching MIN, and as ne turns she
puts the ungloved hand-the hand he
has been holding-to her lips
Not till he Is quite out of sight dee
she enter the hall.
AS she does so, Carrie comes bounc-
ing out of the dining-room.
Papa isn't at home, May. He
went to London soon after we left;
there was a telegram, Thomas says,
and he hasn't come back 1t is late
for him, isn't it?"
EYES," says May, absently. "He
will be here by dinner time, no
doubt. You will go and dress now?"
she says, pausing on the stairs.
EYES," answers Carrie "We'll see
who is dressed first. Oh, May. what
a glorious day we have had! And
why didn't you ask him to stay to din
ner. He looked so hard at you, and
you kept silent A word from you
4 would have done it; wonder you can
bear him out of your sight"
! Perhaps I am not so much in love
with him as you are, Carrie" laughs
May, but there is a look in her eyes
that bellies her apparent indifference.
Then she goes into her room, and
waiting until she hears Carries door
close, throws off her sealskin and
wrapping herself in long fur cloak
exchanges the rather jaunty hat for
one OF sober proportions, pulls down
the veil and stands, as if disguised,
cSI1 GO f1o
young lady who a few minutes ago
stepped down from Sir Heron's dog
cart, that few persons would have
recognized her at a glance.
Mays sense of humor is, even at the
most serious times, keen and alert,
and even now, when she is full of com
pressed alarm and excitement, she
smiles as he catches sight of her re-
Election in the cheval glass.
Rather a strong resemblance to
the mysterious young lady who sallies
forth to push her husband or lover
down WELL" she murmurs. ''Who
would think all this preparation was
simply for meeting of brother and
sister? Poor Syd!"
Still very much the familiar heroine
stairs May, who usually came down
two steps at a time, and jumped the
who is dressed first. Oh. May. what
heavy landau. This morning he asked
last five-and finding, for a wonder
the hall bereft Of the two giants, slip
ped out unseen
The sun has set, but the warm glow
still fingers in the sky and reddens the
upper windows. May did not want
to have Carrie scampering after her,
so she keeps we'll out of sight. and
makes for bend by which she can
reach the wood unseen from the
house.
With heart that beats with excite
ment at the prospect of the coming
meeting, she glides among the frs
and stands in the bright twilight
Minutes pass, hare skips
past her on her way home to bed.
squirrel scampers up tree and |
watches her in the intervals of gnaw-
ing a nut, and the pheasants, calling
out their goodnight, whisk through |
the underground, but there is no
other sound. Can she have mistaken
the spot? Is he waiting, trembling
and anxious like herself, in some
other part of the wood?
Almost as he asks herself the quesr /
tion, and with suddenness and noise
lessness that brings cry to her lips,
he stands before her. For a moment.
as he folds her in his arms she can
not look at him, but hides her head: |
then she looks up, with tears running
down her cheeks and scans, with
sisters loving scrutiny the pale. bag
gard face.
Pale and haggard as it is, with
deep, black marks under the eyes. and
the dreadful hunted 1ool; IL he eyes
themselves, it is a handsome face, /
and by no means a lad one. There is
q wild rec'<,essness in the dark blue |
eyes, but there is no trace of that
hang-dog sullerness an6 ferocity
which vice sets as SURELY as fate, on
the countenarce. At his worst the
is most assuredly at his worst now.
Don't cry, May" he says, his own
voice broken and his OWL eyes rather
moist; "for Heavens sake don't cry.
l never could stand that! and I shall
wish l hadn't GOMEZ"
"No-no, I won't; bu1, oh, Syd!"
and she chokes down long Sob
"Hush!" he says, looking around
and holding her back as. one does a
child. Don't take it too much to
heart, dear. 1t is all right"
Cali right" she echoes, reproach-
fully. "Syd, thought I should die
this morning. 1t was like a dreadful
dream Oh, sgd, tell me all about
it. What have you done? What have
you done?"
He laughs rather ruefully.
cts q long story-are we quite
safe here?" and he looks around
quite safe!" she says.
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