Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-03-29

,r,pTER XIII.

% ave that cry and turned,
y 1 g-.sar and the man with her
5e; @ $s5cila muttered, hoarsely.
.nl-S' she believes it all Make
u bas sSs .ar her. You must stop her
s<s 60 49, .,. come and she should meet
5 o,icS Give me that domino!
~ QI If under mine"
1.5 y Rochfort-for it was he
5G:t'' s-sw off the gray cloak, and
1asJ@ lord strobe after Audrey.
c5oi' ,rainst Beverley Rochfort's
11s s5s stumbled in her blindness
20 ,.2 .ooss and in his arms she rested
r''1n'' ;nsansibIe. Beverley paused
;ls 'a' moment. then glancing to right
q! % h. picked up his burden and
I'll: :,5Iy through the trees to the rus
81. l 1'.,' near where Audrey had seen
"' sronosad to be her husband
~. CIV sRajl1 Fraser in his arms.
@ s', this. Beverley removed the
'D .,7r the lovely face that was white
5.1 ~ az though death itself was print
0t ;. nI,cad the girls senseless form
-' a. fln long. cushioned garden
Wv AMI then stood with folded arms
r-er.ng her. I'm :,
..lo he said to himself, land that
5,nJ of YOURS will find out what it
l.ro made an enemy of me-"
r,,n stopping he kissed Audrey's I'M
, l. rps passionately, tiercely, many
~. brr 50 deep and swift had been
Gar struck to her young heart that
=, srsp at this degradation did nature
.,,te 10 protect and repel.
nTt must be tame now" he muttered,
4 la laughed softly to himself as he
r,,l tba door of the garden house and
-,,pj the key in the lock.
a have YOU safe now, my lady :" he
al As he put the key in pocket of
Il domino and hurried away.
H. had not gone far into the crowd
lr,rcprs and promenaders before he be-
,ro aware of a form close beyond him
,ib if he had not known so we'll to
Y a contrary. he could have sworn was
lirpv herself There was the black
Il md silver domino, the white satin skirts
u71g below. and the dainty black lace
r;E. the hood arranged exactly as Au-
a 1rys had been
1t is excellent, upon my word. Sheila
y clever when she likes to be-" he said
4 pMmseIt with much elaboration.
He was standing close beside Lady
4 hsuater; he knew her by her hard
2u,h and chin. even if Sheila had not
Auau.Iy taught him all the colors of the
4 !mi1OcS who were necessary to the little
81 JANA they were enacting tonight. With
Gladys there were Mrs, Fairfax and sew
nI women whom he knew were all jeal-
m and envious Of Audrey enemies, ev-
az one He moved up to Mrs. Fairfax.
Can you tell me who that black and
srer domino is?' he asked, sinking his
nice
"Ob that is Lady John Glendurwood
She seems to be enjoying herself, does
q ae nOt?"
she does indeed" Beverley answered
Behind his mask he frowned. This
gNHoititjouS Audrey was acting a little
TOO much, in his opinion, flirting and
laughing in the most outrageous manner.
SbeiIa must give her hint, she
mustn't stay too long. Glendurwood
night arrive at any moment"
fortunately for him, Sheila came up
hin then, and she readily saw the
wisdom Of his words.
UoIns UP to the woman disguised as
Audrey, who was none other than Muir
ny the discharged lady's maid, she made
@le sort OF excuse and walked away
.la her and her parner just as Jack
OeaduTwood, in his gray domino and
-aSS' came up to where his sister was
sanding.
g., HaLLoo, Gladys." he said, laughingly.
gleSsed you easily enough, you see.
Where's Audrey?"
Your wife is just leaving the ball room
With Miss Fraser"
oaeS glanced down to the other end.
l-' Just caught a glimpse of a black and
&'e' domino leaning rather heavily on
2e arm of some man.
VINO Is the man, ! won6er?" he
-O1aa, to himself, and he was just rush
NY Oh after them when Lady Dales-
water stopped him.
'"VA' give me- your arm this room is
"A',' and want to speak to you"
~ ~"o| DaieSwater was unconsciously
% %uAS SheIIa's drama, though, apart
r'u' aer own desire to speak out strong
" VI AuJFey's extraordinary behavior,
'% Fraser had asked her to keep her
~O'neT engaged as long as she could
, n-su ne arrived. With a grimace Jack
H.. " Is rather hot; and am not in the
},a Nv. VI tempers,' he said, frankly. 81
"a s~,F driven all the way to Beignton and
iva VIVA 10 see Benson, and then found that
A.. was mlStake-he had gone to Lon
-, MS secretary swore that no tele-
A. -"a oeen sent to me but. of course,
!. ''" 10 change his tune when | pulled
.,,S W, Vi ny pocket and showed the mes
-. 10 MN, Then he wanted to say it
~. W. some hoax; but who on earth would
@2, to hoax me?"
T,3 Y~%hse things happen sometimes"
, NY paL'Swater said, CURLY.
-, 's> ana from all accounts they hap
L., S04'e.lneS at masked balls" laughed
},,@ Even the short time l have been
s5,,. have heard nothing but gossip