Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-10-11

''oh. indeed Happy-cheersul
disposition, eh?'
"Oh. yes very sir.s | say she is
like a bird about the house and It's
the stopping of her singing and her
bright laugh that has made the place
seem SO dull lately"
Just so. All, yes-ahem," said
the lawyer Now will you tell me,
ma AMIN afraid you'll think me
very inquisitive--but have you ever
heard the young lady or Mrs. Hayes
speak of me?"
NO sir, l think not
mot once? Not just mentioned
the name? Petherick & Gregson, %
Gray's Inn?" En-
Il never heard your name men
toned, SIR"
Does Miss Frere see much COM
pany, ma'em? Young people are like
neutrality-suspicious. and fond of
chatter, and-and so on"
mot much, sir. This is very
quiet place, you see. Sometimes the
rector's daughter and sometimes the
squires lady call and Miss Norah
goes up to the rectory or the Manor
House to tea. but that is ALL
Very good, ma'am," he said. And
now he glanced through the open
! window, II wonder how long Miss
4 Frere will be-"
Not long, hope, sir" she said.
Meanwhile, will get you some. tea
Or perhaps a glass of wine?"
! "oh, tea, ma'am, tea, thank you
very much"
/ At that moment a slim figure in a
white dress was coming with a quick
springing step up the path on tie
edge of the cliff She was dress ed
in white frock simply and plainly
made, with black sash and little
knot of black on the shoulder, ana
wore straw hat, plain though it
was, like her dress and somewhat
tanned by the sun, sat upon her head
as gracefully as the dress sat upon
her figure.
Within couple of hundred yards
of the cottage, she stopped, and lead
ing upon the rail on the very verge
of the cliff looked out to sea, as she
had done time out of number, at that
very spot for sixteen years.
The face was thoughtful rather
than sad, for grief and youth are soon
divorced, and once or twice a smile
curved her lips at the antics of the
gulls which wheeled screechingly be-
low her. And yet, though she smiled,
she was thinking of the dead woman
who had been so devoted servant
so tender second mother to her =
thinking also of her own lonely lot.
Thinking, too, of the letter which she
posted, and wondering who the Earl
of Arrowdale might be and why Cath
crime had written to him. The dying
woman had limited, in broken sen
fences, of something which she might
tell Norah; had this something any
connection with the earl?
The question rose in a vague form
only, and with little of earnestness
in it. for her life had been SO In
eventful so changeless, that she was
not on the lookout for surprises or
mysteries as persons with more active
lives are wont to be-
For sixteen years she had lived in
the little cottage on the cliff, content
with her quiet life, happy in the
beauty of the place, serene in the
protection of the devoted Catherine,
and for herself lin maiden medita-
ton fancy free"
Life was still sealed book to her
and she was scarcely even curious
about it.
After times he left the gulls, ana
reaching the cottage passed through
the tiny hall and entered the parlor.
Mr.. Petherick had been standing
looking at one of the etchings ana
swinging round as she entered, ut
tered an involuntary exclamation OF
surprise and admiration.
Even to the dry. matter-of-fact old
lawyer. she seemed rather an ethreal
vision there in the sunshine than flesh
and blood. and he stared at the lovely
oval face, with it's dark eyes and
sweeping lashes, the wealth of auburn
red gold-hair, and the slim, girlisn
i figure with its graceful outlines, in
speeches. establishment.
} A faint blush rose to Norah's face
| though the dark eyes rested on him
with maiden serenity" and she was
the first to speak.
Il beg your pardon" she said.
! And Great Heaven, what sweet
; voice!" flashed through the old mans
mind.
Il didn't know any one was here,
and SIZE turned to go.
} }"Stop-I beg" he said, with q
, little Hurried bow. whereas she was
. perfectly calm and self-possessed
"You are Miss-Frere?"
! YES" assented Norah. with faint
hesitation.
: IL thought So" he said. strlg
r Cling bravely to suppress all further
5 signs of surprise. yes. My name
/ a.