Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1907-07-11
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it,
81 will hold it sacred; will, indeed
at all hazards, under all provocations, :"
she answered
f'That is quite enough to reassure
me-and now, love, let us change the
subject. Even these walls may have
ears, and the closed door yonder may
be no protection" He looked towards
it uneasily while he spoke. 'By the
by, have come round to your way of
thinking, Rose, about that new servant
Of mine-there is something false i'll
his face. l wish l had been as quick
to detect it as you were.'
Rose glanced at him affrightedly.
"Has he done anything suspicious?
Have you caught him watching you?
Tell me the worst, Louis"
FLUSH. hush my dear, not so loud.
Don't alarm yourself; he has done
| nothing suspicious
Turn him off-pray, pray, turn him
off, before it is too later
"And be denounced by him, in re-
venge, the first night he goes to his
| Section You forget that servants and
masters are equal now. I am not sup
posed to keep a servant at all. L nave
a citizen living with me who lays me
under domestic obligations, for which
| / make a pecuniary acknowledgment.
No! no! if I do anything, / must try II
I can to entrap him into giving me
warning. But we have got to another
unpleasant subject already-suppose L
| change the topic again. You will find
| a little book on that table there, in the
| corner-tell me what you think OF 1t.
| The book was copy of Comedies
"Cid," prettily bound in blue morocco.
Rose was enthusiastic in her praises.
81 found it in booksellers shop yes
terday." said her brother, "and bought
| it as present for you. Cornellie is not
an author to compromise any one, even
| In these times Don't you remember
saying the other day that you felt
! ashamed of knowing but little or our
greatest dramatist?" Rose remembered
we'll. and smiled almost as happily as
in the old times over her present.
There are some good engravings at
the beginning of each act" continued
Trudaine, directing her attention rather
earnestly to the illustrations, and then
suddenly leaving her side when he saw
| that she became interested in looking
at them.
He went to the window-listened-
! then drew aside the curtain, and looked
up and down the street. No living soul
was in sight. II must have been mis-
taken" he thought, returning hastily
to his sister; "but I certainly fancied
was followed in my walk to-day by a
spy"
81 wonder" said Rose, still busy over
her book. IT wonder, Louis, whether my
husband would let me go with you to
see LIE Cid the next time it is acted"'
"No!' cried voice at the door; mot
| if you went on your knees to ask him. .
Rose turned round with a scream.
| There stood her husband on the TIRES
hold, scowling at her, with his hat on.
and his hands thrust doggedly into his
pockets. Trudaines servant announced
him. with an insolent smile, during
the pause that followed the discovery.
"Citizen-superinten Danville, to
| visit the cheyenne, his wife," said the
fellow, making a mock bow to his mas
ter.
Rose looked at her brother, then ad-
| vanced a few PAGES towards the door
"This is a surprise" she said, family;
''has anything happened? We've
| didn't expect you" Her voice failed
her, as she saw her husband advanc-
ing. pale to his very lips with sup
pressed anger.
How dare you come here, after what
Z told your" he asked, in quick, low
tones.
She shrank at his voice almost as #
he had struck her. The blood flew into
her brothers face as he noticed the &C
ton, but he controlled himself, and, TAX
ing her hand, led her in silence to a
chair.
Il forbid you to sit down in his
house." said Danville, advancing still;
II order you to come back with me! Dc
you hear? I order you
He was approaching nearer to her,
when he caught Trudaine's eye fixed on
him, and stopped. Rose started up,
and placed herself between them.
"Oh, Charles! Charles!' she said to
her husband, "be friends with Louis
tonight, and be kind again to me-
have a claim to ask that much of you
though you many not think it!'
He turned away from her, and
laughed contemptuous1y. She tried tC
speak again, but Trudaine touched her
on the arm and gave her a warning
look.
"Signalsv' exclaimed Danville, "se-
cret signals between your
His eye, as he glanced suspiciously
at his wife, fell on Trudaine's gift book
which she still held unconsciously.
What book is that?" he asked.
"Only a play of Corneille's," answered
Rose; Louis has just made me pres
ent of it,
At this avowal, Danvilles suppressed
anger burst beyond all control.
Give it him back!' he cried, in 6
voice OF fury You shall take no pres
ents from him; the venom of the house
hold spy soils everything he touches
Give it him backr' She hesitated. "You
won't?' He tore the book from hel
with an oath-threw it on the floor and
set his foot on it.
ooh, Louis! Louis! for Gods sake, re-
member!"
Trudaine was stepping forward as