Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-09-12
Lady buttons Ward
BY BERTHA M. CLAY.

in throwing mellow, half-golden
light over the room The velvet cur
tains, with their deep fringe, were
thrown aside; there, pale, serene.
and calm. no longer conscious of
earthly things, lay Lady Hutton. Her
pale | ps were parted, and faint
feeble breath passed them. She lay
there, life was ended for her its
hopes and sorrows all over. 1t mat
tered but little now that she had
loved and lost, that she had been rich.
courted and fiattered, that men had
bent before her and paid homage to
her rank and wealth; all that was
over. Before the sun set, she would
be where virtue and goodness, not
none and position, take the first
place and wear the golden crown.
| Only one thing mattered now, and
! that was, if the life ebbing so rapidly
away had been well spent
All night long grave and learned
men had stood by that quiet bedside,
| fighting, hanu to hand, witk all-con
Quering death. They were foiled at
, last; art, science. and wisdom had
done their utmost; and all they could
do had not even caused the closed
eyes to open. or given strength to
the white lips for one word. All
night had the child she loved knelt by
Lady Hutton's side, covering her head
and face with warm tears, calling her
by every endearing name weeping
and calling all in vain. Lady Hutton
was never more to hear the sound of
the voice she loved best.
Must she die?" cried the poor girl
| in the extremity of her terror. Can
nothing be done to save her?'
Those she asked turned from ner
with sorrowing face they knew,
when Lady Hutton was gone, the
young girl would be alone in the
world
Through the long bright hours OF
that sunny day, while the gay sun
shone and the distant roll of car
riages told of life and gaiety, Hilda
lAelt by that sick bed; she was half
crazed with the sudden sorrow. Last
evening hope and love had charmed
her; only last evening a golden light
that came straight, it seemed from
heaven, had fallen over her. At the
very moment her lover left her, and
thinking only of sharing her new
found happiness with her adopted
mother, she heard a bell ring, then a
startled cry, a rush of servants, and,
following them, she saw Lady Hutton
lying white and still upon the ground.
| Doctors were summoned in haste;
every resource of science had been
tried; but all in vain. Since she had
been carried into her room, Lady Hut
ton had been lost to all earthly things.
| 1t was the long watch by that still
silent figure that changed Hilda from
a child to woman.
You had better rest" said one of
the doctors, moved by her face so full
of anguish.
Il cannot leave her." said Hilda
quietly.
Do you know" continued the doc
tor, "if Lady Hutton has any friends
who ought to be summoned?"
y have never heard of any," she
replied. Lady Hutton always spoke
of herself as being without relatives. ="
HAS she any worldly affairs that
require settling?" asked DR.. Wells
| again.
Il do not know said poor Hilda
! The agent from Brynmar is still here
and the lawyer. who manages all
mammas affairs. They would not
leave the house while she was so
| IL"
When DR.. Wells repeated his CUES
ton to Mr.. Abelson, the lawyer, that
gentleman told him Lady Huttons
will had been made sixteen years
ago, and he believed all her affairs
were in perfect order; so there was
nothing left for the lady, who Jay SC
still and white to do. The doctors
agreed that, in all PROBABILITY she
would recover consciousness lust he
le