Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-04-27

oy ana Ideas toward the solution &c =
problem. The tickets were a o,,ineo
'nefe were choice refreshments or
''"1eu ana rulnous price; soft carnots
81 eAnloltlon of pictures and the same
OIL dresses. | believe also that sevoro1
S4ntlemen read papers on the subject IN.
ger discussion, but that was in tho srnau
room at the end where NO ono o,,o. go
Iyafs was there, of course,
toe the last month or two he had
i SOLls out so much that one almost
expected 20 meet him, just as one cx-
pGc'S 10 meet certain we'll known faces
~ every assembly. Miss Winter saw
am Immediately after noticing Mattbe,r
haFN EaSton, and before long he bayan
20 make his way across the room +ovor.I
hef. Wherever they had met during tha
last few weeks, Tyars had Invariably
succeeded III exchanging a few words
WITH Miss Winter, seeking her ont with
eQuaI persistence, whether Helen Grace
were with her or not. If, as the lady
oplhed, he was determined to be-
come one of their intimate friends.
he displayed no indecent haste. no
uhdue eagerness: and in so doing
lie was perhaps following the surest
method He had not hitherto showed the
slightest desire to cross the line which
separates acquaintances from friendship.
1here was mutual attraction existing
oetNeen theSc TWO capable, practical D>o-
PIE VINO met tonight as they usually did
with that heightened nonchalance which
almost amounts to Indifference. There
was vacant seat, for wonder, beside
Miss Winter, which Tyars promptly ap-
proprialeG.
Who" she asked, after a few conven-
fIonalities had been exchanged, lis thar
gentleman talking to the American min-
lister, and apparently making him laugh,
which IS, should say, no easy matter?"
lie is generally making some one
laugh replied Tyars. His name is
Easton-Matthew Mark Easton. The
sort Of name that sticks in the wheel
work Of ones memory. A name one does
not forget"
"AnG,' added Miss Winter, lightly, "a
face that one does not forget. He inter
ests nle-a little"
Tyars laughed at the qualification i'm
piled by the addition of the last two
words.
ulL - Always SOLletuluS. lie Sdltt.
"a small mercy. He is one of my great
est f~iends-may l introduce him.
Certainly" murmured the lady, with
a little bow of the head, and then she
changed the subject at once.
'IIeIen," she said, lis not here to-
night"
Tyars looked beittingly disappointed.
"She does not always care to leave the
admiral, and he objects to dissipation on
a large scale. Is that not 500" he sug-
gested.
Eyes. That is the case tonight"
She wondered little at his intimate
knowledge of Kelen's thoughts, but said
nothing. 1t was probable that be heard
this from Oswin, and his singular mem
DRY had retained it.
Miss Grace" said Tyars, presently,
"has a strong sense of duty, and is I'M
conscious of it. An unconscious sense of
duty is one of the best of human mo-
tives At least it seems so to me-
Although Agnes Winter was bowling
and smiling to an old lady near at hand,
she had followed him perfectly.
"Wel," she answered, "a sense of duty
of any description is not a bad thing
in these time. Indeed" she added, turn
ing suddenly toward him, "a motive is
in itself rather rare. Not many of US
have motives
Her manner implied as plainly as if
she had spoken it: 1--WE are not, all of us,
like you"
There was something in the expression
Of his eyes that recalled suddenly their
first meeting at the precise moment when
he, entering the drawing room, overheard
q remark of hers respecting himself. 1t
was not an unpleasant expression, but 1t
led one to feel instinctively that this man
might under some circumstances be what
ia terselv called in France, difficult 1t
was merely a suggestion, cloaked beneath
bic biph-cIass repose of manner, but she
bod known many men of his class, some
oe whom had made a name IN their sew
orel callinss, and this same suggestion
of stubbornness had come beneath her
,,ick Aeeting notice before. He looked
rolv around the room, as if seeking to
nonntrate the smiles and vapid afecta-
ton.
ooh" he said placidly, Il am not so
,,,re There are a good many people who
nr;aa themselves upon steering cIea"
Inc DIShSIilh5 LiO'A'N ~ AANS''NN
iS nerhaps a desire to prove superiority
a,.ar ones neighbors, but it is still mo-
tive"
Miss Winter looked at him critically.
"Ramember." she said warningly, that
tbis is nv element. The motives of ali
These people are my morives-their pleas
ures my pleasures-their life, my life,
apparently So" he replied, amblsu-
$50 that" she pursued, Il am indicted
of the crime of endeavoring to prove my
superiority over my neighbors.
He laughed in an abrupt way.
mo more than myself. :,
..-Tbat is a mere prevarication, she
orsistnd gavly. Tell me, please, IN
tybat particular this coveted superiority
lies" ,,,.s
SIN q desire to appear more almieSS
+bon Won are he retorted, graveiy