Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-02-08

AND thus, despite Marshalps Ionrinn
10 Keep the helpless, hapless child Voc
the matter arranged. Constance na,,n
asked after her baby, and when she v,a,
told by her faithful maid what had hoo,a
Gone with it, she made no sign o;+bor
by word or look. The doctor wbn . +o,,J
CD he1 had been taken into confdanoo h.,
houerlek, and ne pitied the poor vouno
mother from the bottom of his heart, for
ne saw that blow had been strncl-
winch could never be healed.
Constance was scarcely convaIosoon+
before she received a visit from bor fotL
er. who was in a state of much nort,7rbo
ton. VA va
Knew how it would be-" he said whom
lie frst saw the girls white face. "Roxad
up mere with dying old woman-enough
TO Xiii you In reality. And who could
nave put this into the papers? Anstruth-
ef says 1t must have been some oficions
person In the village who thought Won
were III, and must needs kill YOU"
constance took the newspaper from her
fathers hand, and read the announce
ment OF Ter own death in q short para
Sraph. She was silent for moment
and then, as she handed it back, she said
with faint smile
1T is pity you have to contradict
it. father.
Eth. What nonsense! Now. Con T
shan't let you stop here any longer, T
never saw such a change in anv girl !
rack up your trunks at once and come
away Why, you look forty!
H.
as she journeyed to London with her
father. that at that very time Frank
Anstruther was reading the account of
her death. not only in newspaper. but
In a loving, tenderly indited letter from
his brother Roderick, who had hit on this
idea Of separating Frank from his wife
as being the best. If he had limited at
anything else, Frank would have rushed
back to England at once, but with Con-
stance dead and buried, what was there
to bring him back?
Roderick's shrewdness was verified ::
Frank never came home And when the
London season was at its height, and
Constance Gascoigne was winning fresh
laurels for her beauty and wit, the news
arrived of an outbreak of fever in Bur-
mah and Frank Anstruther's name waq
among the dead. They called him hero
they sent home accounts of his courage
self-sacrifce, and bravery. and Con.
stances heart turned with despairing
yearning agony to the man she had loved
SC well, and she longed to be buried with
him, shut out of the world forever. She
saw Roderick as little as she could It
was from his lips that she learned of her
chiId's death; the woman who had taken
it had reported always how delicate it
was, and the end, always expected, had
come at last.
Then it was that Roderick spoke; that
he showed himself in his coIors. lie
pleaded for her love; he told her how he
had adored her ever since their child
hoods days; how he had given place to
Frank against his longing, and entreat-
ed her to forget all and become his wife
When he left her that day Roderick
knew his plan had failed; come what
might Constance would never be his wife
To lend aid to his final coup he had lied
to her about her child. He knew that
it lived, although if neglect and poverty
could have killed it the poor little thing
had its share. Stung to the quick with
the bitter words that came from Con-
stances lips at his offering of love, he
determined she should never be told the
truth. He had one interview with the
woman who had charge of the child, and
after giving her a large sum of money
and sworn her to secrecy, he went out of
England, and was lost TO the world that
knew him forever. He had lived for one
thing only during the space of four years,
and when he knew he had lost his tri-
umph, he cast the dust off his shoes and
vanished.
Then came the time of George F'raser's
wooing. the miserable hopeless time when
Constance learned that her hand was the
nrice of silence over her fathers dis
honor and dishonesty. The rest we know
I'D to the day that Audrey came to DIN
glewood as maid to Shella Fraser