Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-04-19


at present / DO not fear a r1val. II
is not in that direction that the diff
ficulty lies"
1T is in"
Herself" he said quickly. Leola
Dale is no ordinary woman. To win
her man need have all his courage
and tact"
1T would have been better had she
been what we imagined her." said his
sister, slowly.
NO" he said. looking up, with his
face set hard and resolute. She has
increased the value of the prize.
Lorme Abbey is good, the money is
better, but she Is the best of all.
might, If all had gone well, have had
the first two. | am glad the old
man did not leave them to me.
might have missed her. Now"--he
paused and clasped his hands behind
his back with a smile Of confidence
that was almost heroic" now | shall
have all three."
You will try" said his sister,
looking at him with mingled awe and
curiosity. you will try, and get
her to marry you after ALL"
Yes" he said. quietly "Leola Dale
will be my wife. shall win the
Abbey and its mistress"
The moon had risen, and was bath
ing the Abbey in a food of light
which, shining through the oriel win
dow, cast fantastic colored shadows
across the hall.
Leola passed slowly up the great
staircase to her room, where her maid
was waiting for her.
Leola never had a lady's-maid be-
fore, and felt half-incllned to dismiss
her; but the girl had pleasant face
and looked so respectfully eager that
she resigned herself to her hands.
With skillful dexterity the girl ex-
changed Leola's evening dress for a
dainty dressing gown, and then loos-
ening the dark hair, proceeded to
brush it, accomplishing her task
with the most evident willingness.
"Will you require anything else,
Miss" she said.
mo, thank you,' said Leola. Then
she looked up at the girls face re-
flected in the glass. Il don't know
your name yet"
Mary, Miss" said the girl, with
little blush.
What a pretty name!" said Leola.
We'll. Mary, / am not used to having
a lady'smaid, and hope | shall not
give you much trouble"
Trouble, Missl' repeated the girl,
flushing with pleasure. Il am sure |
shall only be too pleased to wait upon
YOU"
And | shall be pleased to have you
do So" said Leola.
Il sleep in the next room, Miss"
said Mary, and IL you touch the bell
beside the bed | can come to you in
a minute almost
Very well, Mary" said Lecla
Goodnight, and thank YOU
Mary stole away and hurried down
to the servants hall, where she de-
clared that the new mistress was the
sweetest creature that ever was seen.
And her hair, oh. 1t. is beautiful"
she declared, las black as a ravens
wing, and as soft as silk, and it's be-
low her waist"
Left alone Leola fell to thinking.
She was too excited to so to sleep;
If she had been asked, she would have
said that she was happy, over happy:
but unconsciously she felt that It was
all too great, to grand, and her soN-
tude-for after all she was solitary
overwhelmed her.
With something like sigh she went
to the window. and drawing aside the
blind, loked out upon the night.
Her room overlooked the most beau
tiful portion of the grounds.
Before her stretched a level, vel |
vety lawn, broken here and there by |
patches of flower-beds: and |
backed by the shrubbery and the state |
ly elms that surrounded the house.
As she looked, filled with the beauty I
Of the scene, she sighed.
And all this belongs to me-a lone |
Iy girl, 1t is almost pity"
Not for the first time the strange |
feeling of isolation came over her.
How quiet and solemn It all is" |
she murmured. anu was In the act |
Of dropping the blind, when with a !
that startled her, the !
figure of MAJ came out from path |
amongst the laurels, and stood looking |
at the Abbey.
He was just in the moonlight, and |
evidently unsuspicious of being
watched. The stalwart figure, exag
gerated by the peculiar light, looked !
like that of a Grecian statue, but that |
Grecian statues are not usually |
dressed in loose-ftting tweed suits.
But IL the figure was stalwart and |
graceful. the face matched II. and |
eLola, who could SEQ ii distinctly. felt |
an indefinite admiration for the clear.
cut features, and the shapely head !
upon which the crisp hair massed in /
small curls.
The hair was almost golden, and |
there was a thick. tawny mustache;