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

knew a good man from Dad one Y 1nu
sba naver liked nor trusted Ferdinand HOT
low His face haunted her with It's weak,
shiftv expression and eyes that never looheu
quite straight at her. .on
As the travellers elected to reacn Lonoon
~ tba same day and chose the same tram
nv which to travel. it was not an unlikely
thing but that the young fellow Woal QUO
eschew the smoking-carrlage ana Des ~
miseion tn seat himself in the compartment
with Mrs Molyneux and her pretty ua eg
ter So when the terminus was Feaoneu -.
yarv unnleasant surprise was IN STORE .oI
I.ard;nand Horley and one that MADE LIN
clench his hands for second and gnasn ~! ms
teeth with rage. For no sooner uiu +t sno
train empty itself of its passengers tn .ai
4Ferdinand perceived his cousin Juilan VIII
two ladies in tow-one elderly. tne olnei
the pretty Fedore, whom ne nad long Sc
cre Mc WV what on earth were they doing in
London? And why must they choose tnis
very time. when he most wanted ms eoI IS =
all to himself? 1t seemed. aLeei A. az, % =
woman was going to compl1cate tnlngs.
Yet he was thoroughly master OF nm
self in moment. and advanced Will sAiiA-
ing what WAT a Charming surprise.'' he said, as
he shook hands with the LADIES' Julan,
YOU humbug! I know now why you VIZ 81
anxious to exchange couHll j. oAA9'e -
He looked longingly into Fedore's beau
tiful face, with its piquant expressl19n' bane
had never seen her look so supremacy nap
nv And there was little lingering oEet t
the farewells between the young people l Ina
made him feel downright saVag S1.,,,,,a anv
hrougham was waiting for Mrs. Molyneu4
and her daughter. But Julian insisted on
seeing them into It, - oe+b -,
Remember, we expect you on the 5oea Ia
she said Then she waved her manu. anu
the ladies drove away. - III.
When they were gone Julian sa" TO ms
own luggage, and when FERDINAND t was sea ~
ed with him in the hanson ne turned 70
him and wrung his hand in gratitude.
Good old chap to ask me up !. ne sa at
ranturously. I'm going to have rat,
He stopped short. There was i iooa w
on his cousins face he did not understand
1t was almost scornful vou,va come I'D
to stay with me, haven't you? But you
seemed to be making arrangements Will
out any reference to that ao.1
ooh. it's only for Thursday. the 18th.
Mrs. Molyneux has asked US both. Iney
have kids party on, and promlsed4.,.
ooh we'll we won't quarrel over Lnat =,
exclaimed his cousin pleasantly. W We,
dine together quietly, you and anu lnen
we'll put in an appearance at tue Aiu
party o;a hut 1u,ian saw enough
in the few minutes he had spent IN ms
cousins company to know that sonnetnins
allied Ferdinand. Perhaps the poor cnap
was hard up He must get him to con-
fde in him. Perhaps he could 40 some.
thing for him. 1t was deuced nara INES 70
be hard up especially when one was not
used to it.
Clara Stiles was surprised beyond meas
ure when she was told there would De no
work for her that evening Sne scarce Ely
credited her father when he informed ner
the restaurant would be closed TO the puonc
ali day. Only two visitors would dlne tnere
in the evening, and they were MT. erol-
nand Horley and his cousin, MI. Julian.
Clara pursed up her lips omlnousIy; one
hated Mr.. Ferdinand Horley. ne nau + 't ber
To trihe with her; once he had met neT
upon the stairs in dark corner, ana na9
even dared to kiss her. She had Wlpeo
away the insult with as sound poA upon
the ear as the situation allowed. But the
matter ranked in her mind. Years ago.
her father had been butler and va!et 70 MT MI.
Ferdinand's uncle. She supposed Mr. Jullan
was the heir: but what sort OF a man ne
could be to be on friendly terms with ms
cousin Ferdinand she could only guess at.
She was sorry for him, if he were a nice
young fellow; if not, it did not matter;
Permission was given to cara TO pay nea
friends a visit that evening" but 1t was
permission of which she was not able TO
avail herself for a terrible headache at
lacking her, she was only able to lie ooWn
1non her small bed in the room over the
dining apartment, and for long time sne
lost all consciousness.
She did not know that her father WIN
his own hands laid the little table for
dinner for the two guests, drawing 1t into
the cosy corner sheltered by a large folding
screen from the rest of the room
Here, with a bright fire burning, the
good old claret put to warm by the Ien9er,
the wax candles sending a soft, mellow
light upon the silver and flowers decorating
the dinner-table, was a veritable paradise
when the wind bitterly cold outside,
and snow already beginning to fall.
stepDed into it in company with his cousin
Fordinand The latter was paler than usual,