Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-09-02

him in company lately. 1t was pos
sible that these had been repeated and
the doctor had taken umbrage.
The day passed, and as he did not
arrive, and as the sick man remained
unconscious, on the second morning
Barbara sent a foot messenger to Beer
Aston, where was a certain Mr.. Coysha,
surgeon, a young man. reputed to
be able, not long settled there. me
gig was broken, and the cob in trying
to escape from the upset vehicle had
cut himself about the legs, and was
unfit for a Journey The Jordans had
but one carriage horse. The gig lay
wrecked, in the lane; the boy had
driven it against a gate-poCt of gran
| lite, and smashed the axle and the
splashboard and wheel.
| Coyshe arrived; he was tall young
large light whiskers, prominent eyes,
and big protruding ears.
He is suffering from congestion OF
the BRAIN said the surgeon; II ne
does not awake tomorrow, order his
grave to be dug.
Can you do nothing for him?' asked
Miss Jordan.
| Nothing better than leave him in
your hands, said Coyshe with bow
This was all that had passed be-
tween Barbara and the doctor. Now
the third day was gone, and the mans
brain had recovered from the pres
sure on it.
AS Barbara knitted, she stole many
glance at Jasper's face; presently,
finding that she had dropped stitches
and made false counts, she laid her
knitting in her lap, and watched the
sleeper with undivided attention and
with a face full of perpleXity, as
! though trying to read the answer to Il
question which puzzled her, and not
finding the answer where she sought
| it, or finding it different from what
she anticipated
In appearance Barbara was very diff
ferent from her sister. Her face was
round, her complexion olive, her eyes
very dark She was strongly built,
without grace of form, a sound, hearty
girl, hale to her hearts core. She
was not beautiful, her features were
without chiselIing, but her abundant
hair, her dark eyes, and the sensible,
honest expression of her face re-
deemed it from plainness She had
practical common sense; Eve had
/ beauty. Barbara was content with
the distribution; perfectly satisfied to
believe herself destitute of personal
charms, and ready to excuse every act
of thoughtlessness committed by her
sister. Barbara rose from her seat,
laid aside the knitting, and went to a
carved oak box that stood against the
wall, ornamented with the figure OF
man in trunk hose, with a pair OF
eagles heads in the place of a human
face. She raised the lid and looked
! in. There lay, neatly folded, the con,
tents of Jasper's bundle, a coarse grey
and yellow suit--a suit so peculiar in
cut and color that there was no mis-
taking whence it had come, and what
he was who had worn it. Barbara
shut the chest and returned to her
Iplace, and her look was troubled Her
eyes we're again fixed on the sleeper.
| His face was noble. 1t was pale from
loss of blood. The hair was black
| the eyes were closed, but the IasheS
were long and dark. His nose was
aquiline without being over-strongly
Characterised, his lips were thin ana
well moulded. The face, even in
sleep, bore an expression of gravity,
dignity and integrity. Barbara found
! it hard to associate such a face with
crime, end yet how else could she ac-
count for that convict garb she had
found rolled up and strapped to his
saddle, and which she had laid in the.
trunk?
Prisoners escaped now and again
from the great Jail on Dartmoor. This
was one OF them. AS she sat watch
ing him, puzzling her mind over this,
his eyes opened, and he smiled. The
smile was remarkably sweet. His
eyes We're large, dark and soft, and
from being sunken through sickness,
appeared to I'LL his face. Barbara
rise hastily. and, going to the fire.
place, brought from it some beef-tea
that had been warming at the small
fire. She put it to his lips; he
thanked her, sighed, and lay back.
She said not word, but resumed her
knitting.
From this moment their positions
were reversed. 1t was now she who
was watched by him. When she
looked up, she encountered his dark
eyes. She colored a little and impa-
tiently turned her chair on one side,
so as to conceal her face. A couple OF
minutes after, sensible in every nerve
that she was being observed, unable