Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-03-28

gether over his treachery and false
nessi For the first time she realized
that she was an earl's daughter, and
something of the pride of race stirred
within her, and increased her shame
and humiliation.
And yet as size lay there in all the
abandonment of her misery, a strange,
vague doubt haunted her, a doubt
whether it was possible that she could
have been so cruelty deceived, whether
Cyril could be so base and vie as
facts seemed to make him. Why
should he have made love to her, and
won her promise to be his wife, if all
the time he was in love with Becca
South?
At last, with weary gesture, that
was at the same time full of deter
mination, she rose and bathed Inr
face
Cyril Burne had passed from her
life, never to re-enter it, and from
that moment it behooved her, If she
possessed spark Of womanly pr.de
and self-respect to cast him out firm
her heart and even from her mind.
She would force herself to forget him,
or, If she thought of him at all, to re-
gard him as beneath her contempt.
With trembling hands she did up
her hair, and put ON her prettirt
dress, and then went downstairs, de-
termined so to play her part that no
one should suspect that her heart was
very nearly broken.
The drawingroom door was open,
and she went in and sat down to the
piano, and began to play mechanically.
| Instinctively she wandered into a
mournful sonata of Schubert's in har-
mony with her feelings end her eyes
began to fill with tears. With an i'm.
patient gesture she dashed them away
and changed the sonata to a brilliant
fugue, which flied the room with q
magnificent storm of sound, in the
midst OF which the earl entered.
He paused at the door, looking at her
and listening, and his face softened
or, rather, grew more proud and salts
fled. She was very beautiful LC
thought, and she played like a must
clan. Yes, this daughter of his vas {
credit to him!
J Norah did not know he was in The
room until he came and stood by the
piano; then she stopped playing, ana
with start looked up at him, and hs
saw how pale and worn she looked.
Please do not STOP he said, with 9
wave of his hand; and she went CT
playing, but more softly.
He did not guess how kean,y h.l
heart ached with the desire to tell Lin,
all, and to receive one word Of sym
pathy aud consolation from him.
She came to the end of the piece
and the earl nodded approval
You play with taste and expression
Norah,' he said; then. as If hali
ashamed of having unbent even SO
slightly. he added, in the same breath
almost as if he were afraid she would
make some affectionate response
BY the way, what is this story that |
have heard about one of your maids
tho girl named Rebecca South
Norah WINGED, but she raised aer
eyes to his steadily. This was a part
of the ordeal she would have to under.
go, and she would bear ii without
making sign.
THE story. papa?"
Yes, have heard, from my valet.
some rumor that the girl has run
away, 1t Is not true. r SUPPOSE"
"Yes, it is rue. she said.
Run away from the Court, Why
has she done so. With whom has she
run away. pray?"
She Is Mrs. Harman's niece. said
Norah, slowly, and still playing softly.
and Mrs. Hartman Is trying to keep 1t
secret. She ran away with Mr..
Cyril Burne.
indeed! II would be scarcely cor
rect to say that it is no more than
expected, as my acquaintance with the
-gentleman was so slight: but. from
what have heard of him. am not
SUI PitStd. trust tudt IL VIII DC a
warning to YOU not to credit every
stranger YOU may happen to meet With
all the virtues"
The truth is not known. papa. il is
Harman's secret
She need have no fear of my cam
municating it. The girl has left my
roof OF her own free will, and there is
an end OF it--and her,"
Norah drew breath or relief, and
he moved toward the door with his
slow and stately step: but he came
back anu stood looking down at her.
| Are Won unwellF" he asked.
Il am a little tired this morning.
papa" she replied
"You look pale. Would you like 10
see doctor?"
| Norah shcok her head again. and a
faint smile that was more sad than
tears crossed her face, No doctor
could give her back the Cyril she had
loved and lest,
"You have not looked well for some
time past" he said Perhaps you,
need change of air"