Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-07

Her mother stirred. and instantly she
went to the bedside.
What does the doctor say, Yolandew
she asked, apparently with some diff
Guilty.
'Only what every one Sees she said,
with such cheerfulness as was possible.
"You have caught a bad cold, and you
are feyerish but you must do everything
| that we want you to do, and you will
fight it off in time
What kind of a day is it outsider
she managed to ask again.
ut is fine, but cold. There has been
some more snow in the night"
IF you wish to go out, go out, Yo-
lande. Don't mind me-"
'But l am going to mind you, mother,
and nobody else. Here 1 am, here
stay, till you are we'll again. You shall
have no other nurse"
"You will make yourself i'll, Yolande.
You must go out"
She was evidently speaking with great
difficulty.
"Hush mother, hush!' the girl said.
81 am going to stay with you. You
should not talk any more-it pains you,
does it not?''
"a little" And then she turned away
her head again. eff l don't speak to
you, Yolande, don't think it is unkind of
me. IL am not very we'll, think"
And so the room was given over to
silence again, and the girl to anxious
| thoughts as to the future. She had re-
solved not to write to her father until
she should know more definitely. She
would not unnecessarily alarm him. At
| first in her sudden alarm, she had
thought Of summoning him at once; but
now she had determined to wait until the
doctor had seen her mother again If
this were only bad cold, and should
show symptoms of disappearing, then she
could send him a reassuring message. At
present she was far to" upset and anX-
| ious and disturbed to carefully weigh
| her expressions.
About noon Jane stole silently into
the room and handed her a letter and
withdrew again. Yolande was startled
when she glanced at the handwriting,
and hastily opened the envelope. The
| letter came from Inverness, and was dat
| ed the morning of the previous day; that
was all she noted carefully-the rest
seemed to swim into her consciousness
| all at once, she ran her eyes over the
successive lines so rapidly, and with
| such breathess agitation.
MY Dear Yolande," Jack Melville
wrote, 81 shall reach Worthing just
about the same time as this letter. l
am coming to ask you for a single word.
Archie Leslie has told me-quite casu-
ally, in a letter about other things-that
you are no longer engaged to him; and
| | have dared to indulge in some vague
hopes. Well, it is for you to tell me to
put them aside forever, or to let them
remain, and see what the future has in
store That is ALL | don't wish to in
terfere with your duties of the moment
how should I?-but | cannot rest until
1 ascertain from yourself whether or no
may look forward to some distant time,
and hope. l am coming on the chance
of your not having left Worthing. Per
haps you may not have left. and l beg
Of your kindness to let me see you, for
| ever so short a time"
She quickly and quietly went to the
door and opened it. Her face was very
pale.
"Jane!'
The maid was standing at the window,
looking out; she Immediately turned AMI
came to her mistress.
"You remember Mr.. Melville who used
to come to the lodge!
ooh, yes, miss"
''He will be in Worthing to-day
| he will call here-perhaps soon. He will
ask to see me-well-you will tell him
cannot see him. [ cannot see him. My
mother is ill. Tell him l am sorry-but
| cannot see him."
| Then Yolande quietly slipped into the
| room notwithstanding at her mother, to
| see whether her absence had been no.
ticed; and her hand was ciutchng the
| letter. and her heart beating violently
| It was too terrible that he should arrive
at such Il moment-amid this alarm and
anxiety. She could not bear the thought
of meeting him. And so she sat in the
still and darkened room, listening with
| Il sort of dread for the ring at the bell
below; and then picturing to herself his
going away; and then thinking of the
years to come.
This was what happened when Mel
| vile came to the door, To begin with,
he was not at all sure that he should
find Yolande there, for he had heard
| from Mrs. Bell that she and her mother
were leaving England. But when Jane,
in response to his ringing of the bell,
opened the door, then he knew that they
were not gone.
Miss Winterbourne is still here,
then?' he said quickly, and indeed with
s9Sa arm. 5rcance of anxiety in the pale,
Id s1c,-v0rrft,s-rlrsse
Yes, SIR ~
''Will you be good enough to ask her if
l can see her for a moment?" he said,
at length. ''She knows that meant to
call on her.
| Please, sir, Miss Winterbourne told
me to say that she was very sorry, but
| that she cannot see you. Her mother is
i'll, sill" said Jane. Il think she is very
i'll, sir, but l would not say so to my
young mistress, sir.
"Of course not-of course not" he
said, absently; and then he suddenly ask
| ed. "HaS Miss Winterhonrno Sont for