Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-01-01

/ nOQ. In0y Say Ho . spent SN0ly
penny of an Immense fortune in dia-
mands for her; got some of 'em on to-
night"
AS matter of fact, Einetta saw him
without any direct glance, and saw no
thing else.
It was said that she danced her best
that might, and the house stamped and
CHECKED with delight, as usual. But
as Yorke looked at her and clapped
he Thought, Poor Fin! lit won't be
hard d0 leave her" And the remem-
branoe of the laugh he had heard at
st. Martins Tower rose and made
him shudder. He lighted a cigar at
ter the theater, and set out TO walk to
st. Johns Wood.
AS the page opened tine door
| Finetta had two men-sevants, both as
| We'll appGikaed and trained AZ any OF
Lady Eleanor s-Yorke heard the
sound of laughter and music from the
dining-room, and above it all Ffnatta' S
laugh. 1t @2ade him shudder once
more.
Supper was nearly over-a dainty
supper, with iced pudding and the best
brands Of champagne-and some one
was dashing out, with the true arts
tic touch. the popular song from the
last comic opera, and some of the
guests were singing it.
There were three or four men-LOrd
Vinson was among them-ani as
many ladies. At the head of the table
sat Finetta. She was eXquisitely
dressed in a cream silk, soft and I'M
dulating. A crimson rose was her
only ornament, and that was in the
thick glossy hair. She knew Yorke's
taste too we'll to smother herself in
diamonds. and she knew also that the
soft cream and the rich red rose
showed up her dark Spanish com
pleXion as no other colors would do.
Her eyes lighted up as he entered.
and she signed to him to take a chair
next her.
Il knew you'd come" she said in
a low voice. "You never break a
promise. Polly, give Lord Auchester
some gelatine-or, what will you
have?"
He took a biscuit and a glass of
wine, and joined in with the talk:
1t was not very witty, but it was
not dull. The men talked of the
theater, the turf, and talked a great
deal better and more fluently than
! they did at respectable" dinner
parties, and every now and then one
of them was asked to sing, and did so
cheerfully and willingly, and, as a rule,
sung well, and the rest made a chorus
if it was needed.
With the exception that no one
looked or was bored and all tried to
make themselves pleasant and agree
able, it differed very little from the
dinners and suppers at which we,
most respectable readers! so often
yawn over.
Finetta said but little, and sung
one song only; was so silent and quiet
and subdued that Lord Vinson, as he
rose to take his leave, whispered to
Yorke in passing:
"Lcok out for squalls, old fellow!
She's most dangerous when she's like
this, don't you know"
When they had all gone but Yorke,
and Polly had retired to a corner OF
the inner room and taken out some
lace of her sisters to mend, Finetta
lighted a cigarette for Yorke, and then
going to the piano, began to play
she had learned to play a little-the
air of which she danced her great
dance.
Then she moved away, and, as ii
she were thinking of anything but the
silent young man with the f2r-away
look on his face, and humming the air
unsteady enough, glided into the
dance itself.
Surely since Taglioni there had
been no more graceful dancer than
Finetta; and even Yorke, with his
heart soaring miles away to the
fower-faced girl who owned it, could
not but look and admire.
Bravo, FIN" he said, almost inVol
UNFAIRLY. mo wonder they encore
that every night. Don't leave off. J." Fol-
she had stopped suddenly right n
front of him, her dark eyes flashing
into his. her lips apart.
Yes she said; 81 am not going tC
dance any more tonight. I am COINS
to sit here and listen while you tell me
!. everything. Now, Yorke."
CHAPTER XIV.
Now, tell me everything" sait
S Finetta; AMI she drew an amber
g satin cushion from the sofa and seated
: herself at his feet, her hands claspeC
: around her knees, her dark eyes
turned up TO him.
S Now, here was the way ready made
for him; but what man ever answered
n such an appeal at once and fully?
/, Yorke took the cigarette from hi
r lips and looked down at her with ;
S troubled surprise.
a What do you mean?" he said