Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-02-07

! DO you hear them laughing?D
Il do. indeed" replied the superGne
earl, with a kind of groan. And |
anticipate hot and noisy day. sup
pose it will be possible to escape be-
fore one is quite exhausted"
''Oh, hope you will not be too tired
to stay till the end" said Norah, with
a sinking at the heart
'At any rate he said, you may
remain. Perhaps Lady Ferndale can
find room for you tonight"
The moment the carriage stopped,
Lord and Lady Ferndale came up, and
Lady Ferndale kissed Norah with a
maternal warmth.
isn't it delightful-the weather, !
mean dear? lord Arrowdale, |
/ thought you were never coming.
Ernest, | dare say Lord Arrowdale will
start the next race for you They
have brought some ponies, and Ernest
has got up little steeplechase. Gone
along to the marquee, dear; / want to
show you how prettily they have fitted
it up and she carried Norah off.
They found themselves surrounded
long before they reached the huge
tent, and Lady Ferndale had to step
while Norah received the homage ri
her numerous courtiers. Each gentle
man was anxious to carry her away,
and show her the part of the fete for
which he was responsible; one wanted
her to go with him and see the Punch
and Judy which was performing to a
delighted audience in corner of the
lawn; another insisted that she ought
to go and see the flowers in the show
tent, and third declared that he had
been waiting for Lady Norah to open
the lawn tennis tournament. But
Lady Ferndale held her tightly BY the
arm, and absolutely refused to rein
quish her.
NO, no. she said, Il am going to
have ner all to myself for half an hour
at least and Norah laughingly was
led away.
Everybody seems to be here" she
| said, as she kept bowling and smiling
to the groups of village people, VINO
took off their hats or courtsied to her.
Yes, | hope So" said Lady Fern
dale I'VE wanted everybody to know
sure " remarked Norah. How HAPPY
that it was an open day"
! "All Santleigh village is here, | an.
they all scent"
| Yes said Lady Ferndale, triumph
antly. II natter myself this is rather
better than the usual garden party at
which people stroll around bored to
death and trying to look as If they
were amused. It's dreadful thing to
say, my dear, but it is perfectly true,
that the poor people are the only class
which knows how to amuse itself; the
rich have lost the art of being happy.
Hear how they laugh and shout!
Now, Norah, you are not to get COM
pletely knocked up before the evening.
You mustn't let them tire you out, as
they will do il you permit them. |
want you to save yourself up for the
dancing tonight. You can't imagine
how well most of the people dance
Some of our village girls can waltz as
gracefully as If they had gone through
a course of lessons under celebrated
professor-it comes instinctively, you
know. And, Norah, you won't mind
dancing with some of the young men.
the tenant farmers and such like. will
your
'Ill dance with anybody-evesy-
|
as she spoke, her heart ached. Why
was not Cyril here that she might
dance with him?
She made the round of the tents
with Lady Ferndale, and of course a
train of admirers, some of whom I'M
piored her to promise them dance,
but Norah smilingly refused. She
would not engage herself to any one
! she said, until the ball had commenced,
Then she went and distributed he
prizes to the winners in foot rare,
and of her own accord made ttp a ten
mis- set with five young farmers aud
the sweetheart of one of them. who
played quite as we'll as the "swells,'
and, indeed, Norah thought rather
bettar
They wece in the middle of the set
when she heard voice close behind
her. and gentleman got her ball and
handed 1t to her.
Ii was Guilford Berton. He was
carefully dressed, and cool and self-pos
sessed as usual. quite cool. though
other people were hot and perspiring
under the warm sun. He remained
just outside the court behind Norah
and never failed to field for her AMI
. kept her supplied with balls. but he
scarcely spoke. and, though Norah
would have infinitely preferred going
after the BAH herself. he did his minis
tering in so quiet and unobtrusive q
fashion that she could not very well
decline It.
And yet from the moment he ap
peared, her pleasure in the game
seemed somehow to decrease. While
he was near. she found il impossible
20 concentrate her attention on The