Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-01-08
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ana you IL De pour IOO SOu ana
he-when-when you're married?'
81 know the sort of thing she
said, with all the scOrn of one who has
passed from squalid poverty to luxury
and wealth. You'll have to live in
pokey house with one or two servants.
a horse"
Excepting a clothes-horse."
We'll, you'll have to have that, as
/ dare say she-your-Wife will have
to do the washing And you'll have
to dine, like common workman, in
the middle of the day, and drink
cheap ale, and wear shabby clothes.
| should like to see you in seedy
clothes, Yorke; you'd look funny!" and
she laughed bitterly. "And she'd wear
cheap things, turned dresses, and that
sort of thing, and she'd get dowdy and
ill-tempered, and you'd ask yourself
what on earth you ever saw in her that
you should go and ruin yourself by
marrying her. Oh, know" and she
leaned back and pulled at her
cigarette with a contempt that was
almost imperial
"A good deal of what you say is true,
but not all, Fin" he said, almost
gently. 1t would be base ingratitude to
be angry with her after the ad-
mirable way in which she had received
the news For one thing, Leslie
would never be doWdy; you'd under,
stand that if you knew her and saw
her. I suppose she wears cheap
clothes now If so, all l can say is,
that she looks as weIl-dressed, as re.
fined and Iadylike as-as anybody l
know"
AS Lady Eleanor" she put in,
with a flash of her dark eyes.
'Well-yes," he assented. And for
another thing, she wouldn't get i'll
tempered; it isn't possible"
"Oh, amt it?" with another curve
of the lips.
No." he said quietly, earnestly.
III go bail for that much, and III
stake my life l shall never ask my
self why III married her. But you're
right about a great deal of it, Fin,
After all, you know, you can't have
everything you want in this world.
Did you ever notice that the rich peo>
ple-the people with hatfuls OF money,
generally look the most wretched? l
have. They want something they
haven't got, you may depend upon it
something they value ever so much
higher than their coin. Well, we shall
want money, but we shall have
good many other things"
Don't mind me-" she said; Il
can't help smiling. It's as good as
play to hear you talking like the lead
ing juvenile IN a sensational piece,
Love, love, love! That's what you're
thinking of. Well, perhaps you're
right-God knows! l dare say you're
right" She was silent for a moment;
then she said: And when's this wed.
ding to be?'
Soon" he said dreamily; as soon
as possible. It's secret mean our
engagement"
oh, it isn't in the papers or known
yet?"
NO, no; we've reasons for keeping
it quiet for little while"
But you came and told me-" she
said broodingly. We'll it was straight
and kind of you as I said and-and
I'm much obliged"
He put out his hand to her in
acknowledgment. She looked at it
OBJ
whether she would take it; then she
put her own into it and hers burned
like a red-hOt coal.
She took it away instantly and rose
and danced slowly up TO the table
poured out 81, couple Of glasses OF
champagne, and brought him one and
raised the other to her lips.
Here's luck to you both,' she said,
with a laugh; may you be happy
ever afterward,' as they say in the
stOryboOks;" and she looked over the
rim of the glass at him with her dark
eyes flashing under the thick brows.
Thanks, Fin" he said. You are 4
good sort. and" He rose.
But you don't want to know any
more of me-" she broke in. Il under.
stand-oh, don't apologize! I'm cute
enough to see why you've told me-
why you've come to me first of all.
There is to be an end of our friend
ship" Her voice broke for d mo-
ment, then she hurried on with forced
gayety and Indifference: And you're
quite right. A man who is going to
settle down don't want any &C.
QUaintanceS as me. Well, goodbye
She held out her hand. Yorke, feeling
as a man must feel under such cir
cumstances, when he can not con-
tradict, and would like to DO so. hung
his head for a moment: then he TOOK
her hand, and holding it, said:
I'm not much of a loss, Fin. AS
told her, I'm bad lot, and dear at any
price, and-there-good-byei"
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