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

Going to be married?" she said'
leaning back. TO Lady Eleanor,
suppose"
No. Why should you think that
He was relieved, greatly relieved.
by the quiet way in which she had
taken the announcement, and, man
like, was completely deceived.
"Oh, I don't know. Everybody saio
you were going to marry her. She
has plenty of money, and is a swell.
So it's not herr" she said, slowly,
her eyes downcast.
mo, it is not" he responded. Ana
there's no reason why people should
say"
ooh. they only say it because yor
and she are so much together, ana
you've made love to her, but that
means nothing with you, does it?''
she said, stealing a glance up at him.
Yorke c0l0red.
If mans to marry every girl he
firts with" he said, half angrily.
All right! / don't mind. You've
fiirted with me, and 1 haven't asked
you to marry me. And so it's not her
ladyship?' A faint smile curved her
lips, that looked drawn and con-
strained. What other swell is it? /
know 'em abby sight"
She is not a swell at ALL" he said,
''and you do not know her l only
saw her the other day, down in the
country"
Where you have been this week."
she said, in a voice perfectly steady
and under control.
Yes, l saw her-met her by
chance"
"And-and you fell in love with her
right OFF,"
Il loved her at first sight"
Yes, she is-good looking as you
cali it, Fin he said.
What is she like? Is she tall and
fair? l suppose so. That's the style
that fetches most men"
NO." he said; she is not fair -
not what one would call fair"
Dark and she flashed her bril-!
liant eyes up at him and then at
mirror opposite her.
mo, not dark, 1 think. can't tell.
Her hair is dark
AS mine?' she asked.
He looked down at her as if he had
forgotten the color of her hair, ana
she felt the look like a dagger-stab.
Yes; but she has blue or gray
eyes,
I know she said, shortly, as if it
cost her something to speak. 81 know
the sort of girl. I've seen 'em. Dark
hair and blush gray eyes. Yes; and
you fell in love with her at first sight,
and Why don't you go on? l want
to know all about her." and she
laughed.
In his abstraction he did not detect
the tone of agony, of jealousy, in the
laugh, and only thought how well
Finetta was behaving, and what
brick she was.
There's not much more to tell" he
said. Il told her that | loved her,
and-and-" He paused, recalling
the tender, the precious confession of
his darling. "We're-we're to be mar.
ried, Fin, as soon as We can. I'm as
poor as a church-mouse, Fin, and we
Sha'n't have much to live upon: but |
dare say we shall get on somehow or
other Anyhow, I've made up my
mind, and"
NO one, not the devil himself,
could stop you!" she finished, not pas
sionately, but in a slow, steady voice
And so you've come to me and told
me like-like man, Yorke."
We are old friends, Fin, and | felt
you ought to know"
4 see," she said. 1T will make a
difference to us, won't it? Goodbye
to our acquaintance now. No more
dinners at Richmond, no more SUP.
pers at the little house in st. Johns
Wood! 1t wouldn't do for a man WHO
is going to be married to be friends
with Finetta, en-? Oh, l understand,
land I'm much obliged to you
Fin"
Wait I'm speaking the truth.
am much obliged to you. Some men
would have kept it to themselves
would have cut me straight away with
out word, and left me to find out the
reason by reading the account of the
wedding in the newspapers. But you
aren't that sort, are you, Yorke-or-
| suppose l ought to say Lord Auches
ter now?"
Hit away, Ffn!" he said: Il de
serve it,
NO." she said, Il won't hit you;
though, l dare say, Lady Eleanor anC
the heaps of other ladies you have
made love to WILL and pretty hard
But l am not lady, you see, and tina
makes a difference And this-thi.
young lady, you say she's not a sweH?'
mot what you call a swell, Fin.
he said. She is the daughter of al
artist, and not a frst-rate one a
that"
IAN artist? "-the full lips curvet
into an expression of amazement AM