Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-01-18
,o,rR Iy.-(Continued.)

OTTER .-kOoIIAiuSU'(
CH5AnaaJiareIy sent the girl to
Be In -obooI. and then he set about
Prs.aA s sarca his way into the ranks
riDg 10 ren. His money. his po-
d the . upps and his power, as determin-
Hta Tie"s s,e+ of his being a large en-
d by me I La and, therefore, of con-
PoJ2. - large percentage OIL VoteS
roli3s .5onr an acquaintance and then
5:31sa5 , IG with Sir Edwin Gascolgne'
J tIsDD'" '.,rfo,1s but most arlstocratlc
80 iHl ~. Sir Edwin's aid. Mr.. Fra
tgole" turned in the Conservative
q Wa u5 his step planted ON the first
sas' al' I'. ladder. He was decidedly
na5 y, nan and although too mean and
da'- H.. to be altogether popular, ne
H:;'aIut ronr in finding some friends.
F1s Nv .bosa however. could not be class
5Dops ,+ -,nca Gascoigne, Sir Edwards
u IVD .nI only surviving daughter. Miss
saoD! Jan @p' vas very beautiful! girl, but
l a. },I won the reputation Of having a
' ss and unkind tongue. Every one
5'1'' Ia+ Constance Gascoigne did not
'a7" =, bor fathers infatuat;on for Mr..
s''' and vet she electrified the whole
EI.sI I world bv suddenly becoming his
s' W.. Tbora was the nine days gossip,
WIG .,o the Fraser marriage became
sn t:s, If fine past, although there were
r rl Of Constances women friends who
'in discussed the subject.
Whore has been something mysterious
.s,1- the girl for the last two years =
.:I Mrs Fanfare the biggest scandal
War of thr time land | for one al
-,rs thought that young Frank Anstru-
,5s,,, sudden death had a great deal to
L. NTH if. Constance was ;nadly in love
With him. poor girl Well, she has done
-,.r 7.o1I in one sense This Fraser man
railing in money-positively rolling,
ny DEAR
In p vague, yet uncertain, way Sheila
i that it was only through her step
noher's popularity and undOubted social
,,sirion that she was received and well
rmpd As the friend of the county fami-
las around the neighborhoo1, and pos
s.ssod fine cntree of the best houses in
To7don when they stayed there for the
season; and, bearing this in mind, it
va7 only natural she should be very care
nj 10 keep on good terms with one who
ras 50 very indispensable to her. Deep
hTn in the girls shallow pretense of
heart there lurked a ranking jealousy
for the delicate, ariStOcratiC, still beau
fin, woman who had been her fathers
wife, Shcila had never quite understood
Constance Fraser, and she was just a lit
de bi. afraid of her; she knew how bit
e. Ter the sweet, refined voice could ring
sometimes and how contemptuously the
pale lips could curve when occasion mer-
\ inI it. She felt vaguely that Mrs. Fra
ser knew her at her exact worth and
yet the young stepmother had never, by
word or SIGN, been anything Lut kind and
atecrionatey considerate TO the girl
whose guardian she was.
Sheia turned away from the mirror
with frOwu, and throwing herself on her
he-trjmmed pillow, again took up her
letters. The frown vanished As she read
tAe warm and pressing invitations from
Two Or three of the best houses around to
luncheon, dinner, tea, and the like.
Bah. | am Il FOOL. she said to her
self, and she laughed shortly Il was
only half awake just now, and what if
this girl is pretty, how does that affect
ne: | am Miss Fraser, of Dinglewood,
and hcircsS to good hundred thousand
pounds. | don't think | need trouble
my head about a servant maids face ="
Sle read through the rest of her letters,
anil then rang her bell sharply. why
doesn't the girl come back? J. must get
up Or Jack will be off before l have
bali dressed"
The bell rang sharply in the corridor
0lSde but Audrey neither understood
nor needed IFS purpose. She was very
HSltened, and very full of pity at that
particular moment.
She had gone direct, as Miss Fraser
DAD commanded her, to Mrs. Fraser's
room she knew it, because Bircham had
pointed 1t out to her the evening before
SDs mad knocked gently, and on receiving
al answer, she had gone timidly in. The
O'N was large, airy and pretty; it was
Iuos with dainty chintz, and was, COM
pared 10 ShejIa's magnificent apartment,
IIL~pe beyond description vet Audrey
,SI' IN sudden and indescribable way,
Sl"' she liked it much better; it was so
"'S" ana dainty looking, and there was
F"D'! OIL room to move about. A fire
was turning brightly, and a large bowl
"DodIS and tulips made a spot of
WoS III the window. 4 woman, in
gI"e mob cap and large apron, was just
:.~v'"S tray by the bedside, and Au-
Wy; raising her eyes very uervously, saw
C ..1,,, lovely face lying on the pillow.
T. VINO IS it, Marshall?" inquired Mrs.
-, ''>.' III q low, but singularly sweet
" Il you please, IL am come from
Miss Fraser"
>,'~''l S.ammered out the message as
I~>.. rs She could. She was not exact
,,'S"."A'a. and yet her heart was f1ut-
" I,.1S, Ior She felt rather chan saw that
T lr~ EaSers eyes were fixed upon her.
,, 1,s@~.' was replying in brisk yet re-
tSs ~. way when her mistress stopped
rb:. she stretched out fragile hand,
,|1.. as snow, toward the girl.
l,-. H-o are you?" she asked in eager,
fro. r'g1 tones. Where 90 you come
rsT- Come nearer! Come close. I
~. see YOUR face. /"
F., you please, ma'am, this is Miss
:, "ss new maid as Mrs. Thorngate
ES0' Tor her." said Marshall.
80