Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-22


Vt 5 ,515 5en and attendants, arrived
5s' '1 E c1arter and importance.
1n.1 accident, Of eourI Todv Da les.
~ 3,rn the stairs as Lazy Da'e
q; s.I ascending them. +,o. .
r,a vas d Sboila was looking Won
ID. 3rss ..rr IN her long sealskin man
blF 2s5 5jr Golden hair making DIT
ac FaaGs, Ibonnarh her neat hat to
.5'li Is sJ,o' DaIeswater was pleased to
q. -. oh her probable future S'S'Sr-'n-
vrss Fraser" she exclaim-
E sr, 3s'f j. quite a delightful surprise.
.-aI =, YOU in Nountberry' enjoying
a,';' ,-,,srTad to come to London
vas .. sg matters. and" sheila added
9''.2'ss t,r that did not escape Lady
III! ~ keen ears, "Mountberry is
's '...~,forIr lively just now"
.--'.. Give me any news OF my
la- l.. raoIIr 50 dangerously hurt?
la - srcb an aIarmist, you know"
zD o,, % assumed a sad. anxious look,
s'-s - -aaIirv she was not aware
y. sar lack WAS at that part1cu-
gu! ~, and had never been very
.-ig5-qaod even at the verdict OF
Ian I0orOrS
:, - .~ ,fr,;d he is very ILL.," she said
l1r voice a,,ob
!, .,,o vo7 are not returning nome
.r,.orra No? Oh. that is delight
s,1 still more delightful that you
,g h. sraving here. You must come
ND dine with me tonight. Mrs. Fra
r. is with YOU"
S.7o explained that her chaperone
:, her cousin. Mrs Watson.
~. shall remain in London for a little
Js" she said and l hope to see
.. deal of you. Perhaps l may be
4. n Dravail on you to come down to
s.,r,ter House when l go back there.
viii be very dull, my dear Sheila;
Fl
pr. INK dear Sheila" would have glad
rpIoompd months of dizziness to get
an, sr invitation as this. Her spirits
- brilliantly, and she laid herself out
please Lady Daleswater.
Three DAYS later the Earl of Dales-
rpr arrived in London. and immedi-
lgr at his wife's instigation, went
I'M, to Nountberry to see how matters
rr. and the very same afternoon, as
ga sat yawning over a novel by the
.he door opened and Beverley Roch
bit vas announced. She started up Gag
% to greer him.
Where have you been? I thought you
7r never coming back" she declared.
Il have been busy" he said. Il have
i ut been wasting time, I assure you. You
m3or what took me out of London?
! El will tell you. l went down to
mtie The last moments of Roderick Ans
cgher Yes, it sounds curious, doesn't
Il But Fate for some strange reason
rnght this man 10 our rescue just when
e needed him"
How can 1r help u.s." asked Sheila,
1'eduouS'y. although her face was
51hng wiki excitement. More espe-
2-y it. as | understand you to infer,
as now dead"
You shall see, Miss Fraser. Ans
.'g.her met NE out in Africa; he then
Ta' under another name. always liked
he man. there was something grim yet
TndertlI about him. When he found
Twas coming TO England he gave me a
H4e, Of papers to bring to his law
!&; before delivering them I took the
,a21,on Of sounding these lawyers
r& and as easily as possible l soon
.S0Tered my companions real name.
18deSs to say, I did not deliver the
5FS' mora especially when 1 found
2I AnstrDrhor was in England, and
imposed to be dying-he had evidently
9lod his end coming, and rushed over
sc Mrs. Fraser before he died. | at
-o5 travelled off to seek him. and, of
0nS had to tell a few dozen lies or so
explain why I had done so. Fortu-
l&E, the man was too i'll to protest
question much; all he asked, all he
'a'ed was to see Constance Fraser, and
MESS the truth of his treachery toward
and his brother"
And you call this helping us. Mr..
o,btort:"
As Roderich is dead, and did not con-
y 10 Mrs. Fraser, l certainly do. To
s1@ him drew up a sort of written
,S1ear to which he managed to scrawl
name lust at the very last. Here is
=. document, Shall I tell you what it
nans Miss Fraser?''
S- We nodded her head.
1.s Is the last dying confession of
t.''ck Anstruther, in which he owns
-'.-1s separated his brother from his
:. 'oF sheer malice, in which he also
, 4, that his brothers child did
!. 4e, and that the girl now living
,-' olSPrins Of & secret marriage be-
"a. *, himself and some country woman"
,.-l She Is that realIy?" Sheila asked.
w. certainly not. Audrey, according
: az, 4Ac,eS dying confession. is the
- u rank and Constance Anstruther.
.o'Set, an reading what I wrote,
~, whit hodeTick Anstruther told me to
Hs-' the girl said after this, as her
.5 -, document then goes on to will
,, o-2'e Of the dead mans fortune and
'. y. to this aforesaid child of
W one condition. viz, that she be-
i, ny Vile before six months elapse
= - :; .sSuSeS, she is to be placed once
= = sue Female Orphan Asylum till