Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-07-23

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BERTHE cut in again.
81 think you'd better, Faradeane, .
he said; that is, if you can, and l
think you have got the reciters face.
Something awfully tragic, you know"
'sSuch as The Little Vulgar Boy
or The Jackdaw of Rheims" muir
| INJURED Miss Amelia, coaxingly. Some
people insist that they are too frivol-
| GUS; but l maintain, and always shall
| maintain, that we may draw a lesson
from even the most trivial stories"
"'The Little Vulgar Boy for in
stance, aunt What is the lesson?"
mot to put any trust in strangers, "
said Mr. Faradeane, quietly, and with
the same Pickering smile.
olivia colored, BERTHE looked en-
barrassed, and Miss Ame1fa laughed
awkwardly.
ooh, come" said BERTHE. I'm sure
you will give them sonnet, ing with a
moral tagged to it. Better say yes,
| Faradeane."
There was silence for moment or
two.
perhaps I'd better state that the
proceeds of the entertainment will
be devoted to the funds of the Muf-
fin and Cruppet Society,"" said
Amelia, with due solemnity.
"That decides it," he said. 81 shall
be very pleased to place my poor
services at the disposal of so worthy
cause"
Mr.. Faradeane looked up gravely
"You see, Olivia!" exclaimed Miss
Amelia you are always laughing
at The society. Now, Mr.. Faradeane,
whose opinion is, l am sure, of the
greatest value, testifies to it's great
usefulness"
amy cause advocated by Miss Van
ley" he said, with bow, must
necessarily be a laudable and de-
serving one"
Miss Amelia simpered and bridled
with pleasure and Olivia turned to
| hide a smile.
81 am going up to see Bessie" she
said. 'Will you come with me,
aunt?" and she bowed to Faradeane
and nodded smilingly at BERTHE.
"Good-morning, Mr.. Faradeane,"
said Miss Amelia, giving him her
hand graciously ''You will not for
get. The twenty-ninth, at the school
room. I will send you a program.
| Let me see; I think l shall put you
between the wears concertina and
Miss Brownies Three Little rigs.
Good gracious" exclaimed BERTHE
aghast.
81 understand, Miss Vanley," said
Mr.. Faradeane, with perfect gravity;
and linking his arm in Bertie's, he
raised his hat and walked away.
For some few moments the two
men did not speak; then Faradeane
said:
You are thinking that l am "a
weak-minded kind OF idiot, eh,
Bertie?''
BERTHE gave little start
'I-No, l wasn't thinking about you,
old fellow" he replied. 81 was think
ing of Olivia. How beautiful she
| looked this morning."
|
cinctly.
81 think her lovelier and sweeter
every time 1 see her." continued
| BERTHE, with a sigh. Then he pulled
himself together. "But 1 say, fancy
finding her and you chatting to-
gether like old friends!"
Eyes, and after my solemn declar-
alton the other day that nothing
should induce me to know her or
anyone else" retorted Faradeane
But men propose and The gods dis
pose. Only this morning I refused to
see her father and now"
I'm glad, awfully glad" said
| BERTHE, eagerly. 81 can't tell how
delighted was to see you with her
And l tell you what, old fellow: you
may consider yourself highly hon
cred. 1t isn't everyone Miss Olivia
is free and-and pleasant with at
starting. AS a rule people think her
stiff and-and-cold, don't you know,
ill they know more of her.
Faradeane nodded, with his dark
eyes bent on the ground.
Eyes, she could be stiff and re-
| served he said, more to himself than
to BERTHE.
Rather! They call her proud, and
so she is, in right way. God bless
her! She is everything that is right
to me. And you promised to spout
for them, old fellow! I'm awfulIy
glad Of that too"
Eyes" said Faradeane, grim
ly. "The man who falls into the
river may just as we'll take bath,
he couldn't be wetter. So go all my
resolutions to the winds!" he added,
with a kind of desperation. But
mind, BERTHE, our compact remains
in full force. l am still the Harold
Faradeane whose acquaintance you
made the other day for the first time!
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