Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-30

| ence TO you, deareSC!
Yes he said, simply. 1.-TWO days
ago there seemed little chance of my
being the Duke of Rothbury. Now
But l hope and trust dear old Dolph
will live to be a hundred"
"And I, and T." she responded, fer
vently. 81 would rather have you
as you are, Yorke; far, far rather!"
Il am afraid that this sad affair
will delay our marriage, Eleanor" he
said it as regretfully as he could.
Yes she whispered, her face still
hidden on his shoulder-"yes, it must
1 suppose; but"-he could almost feel
her blush-fbut not for long?" she
asked.
81 don't know" he stammered. e
we shall see. l must find DOlph. He
was in Switzerland, but l think it is
very likely that he has moved down
south with the cooler weather. He
will be cut up He liked poor Eustace
better than any of us did. l must
go now, dear"
$50 soon?"
Eyes, am afraid So Is there any
thing you want me to do-anything I
can tell Dolph?"
There is only one thing I want"
she said in low voice, "and that is
} you! Come back as soon-the first
moment you can, Yorke, and-and
don't forget mel"
When he had gone, Lady Eleanor
threw herself down on the sofa and
hid her face in her hands, and Lady
DENLY, when she came IN an hour
later, found her thus
Do it as luxuriously as you may, the
! journey from England to the south of
Italy is a tiresome and aggravating
one, and Yorke reached Policastro-
| the place at which the bodies were ly
ing-worn out mentally and physi-
cally.
In the morning Yorke went and
identified the bodies and arranged for
the funeral, and was returning to the
hotel, when he met Dolph.
"Why, Dolph,' he said, with forced
cheerfulness, "this is surprise! How
did you come here?"
1--WE have been travelling day and
night, as you have, no doubt" said the
duke.
"And so you are going to be the
next duke, after all! How you and
have fretted- mo, don't know that
| you ever cared much, but l did-and
it has all come right at last! The
Providence that shapes our ends,
rough-hew them as we WILL has de-
creed that poor Eustace and his boys
should go down there in the sea, and
that you should reign in his place!"
''You must get back to England as
| quickly as possible" said Yorke, try
ing to speak in an assured and per-
fectly confident voice. "There is
nothing like England in the winter af-
ter ALL Come back and let Eleanor
nurse you"
That's an inducement, certainly,
said the duke. Eleanor and l were
always good friends"
There was silence for a few mo-
ments then the duke, after glancing
once or twice at Yorke's grave face,
said in low voice that faltered:
"There-there is no news of-of-"
"Of whom?"
"Of Leslie"
mo, no, I have seen nothing and
heard nothing of her since left
Portmaris."
She must have gone out of Eng
land" said the duke, knitting his
! brows. Her father being an artist
as he thinks himself, poor fellow
would be ready enough to come
abroad here on the continent. 1t is
strange that 1 have not run across
them
Yorke said nothing, but the frown
on his forehead deepened and dark
! ened.
when I shuttle off this mortal coil
| you will find in my will that have
mentioned-Leslie." He paused before
| the name "You won't mind Yorke?
! She wouldn't take any money from
me alive, but she may not mind when
I'm gone. After all, it was a cruel
trick we-no, played her, Yorke.'
ct was. But it was a test, and
Sne IaueQ Id II.
The duke sighed. Silence again
for a moment or two; as if he were
giving speech to thought that oc-
Cured to him, before this, he said,
besitatingly:
DO yon thfnk-mlnd, l only ask
you the question for the sake of ask
ing it: 1 have no reason for doing so
but do you think that there was the
slightest chance for our having made
a mistaken"
"What do you .mean?' demanded
Yorke.
81 mean-well, it is difficult to say
EXACTLY what I mean. But you know
OR perhaps you don't know-how
sick men brood and brood over a
y oh