Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-08-19

IMAM say a WORD 10 stop MN
Say word!" retorted Lord
Charles, ruefulIy. 1--WE said twenty.
Only yesterday told him the pace
couldn't last, but he only laughed and
told me that was his business, and
that it would last long enough for
him"
Lord Charles you are a fool" ex-
claimed the old lady.
And Lord Charles had shook his
head.
4 daresay l am" he said, not Il
whit offended. Il always was where
Leyceste= was concerned"
The one creature in the world-ex-
ceptlng Stella--who could have in
fuenced him, knew nothing of what
was going on.
The excitement of her visit to
Stella, and her terrible interview dur
ing it, had utterly Frustrated the deli
cate girl. and Lillian lay in her room
in the mansion in Grosvenor Square.
Hooking more like the flower namesake
than ever.
The doctor had insisted that no ex-
element OF any kind was to lie per-
mitted to approach her. and they had
kept the rumors and stories of Ley
cester's doings from her knowledge.
He came to see her sometimes, and
even in the darkened room she could
see the ravages which the last few
months had made with him; but he
was always gentle and considerable to-
ing inquiries always declared that he
was well--quite well. Stella's name,
by mutual consent, was never men
toned between them. II was under
stood that that page of his life was
closed ever: but after every visit,
when he had left her, she lay and
wepl over the knowledge that he had
noe for gotten her. She could see it
in bis eyes, hear it in his voice. AS
Stella had said, LEICESTER was not
one to love and unlove in a day--in a
week-in a month!
So the summer had crept on to the
autumn. Not one word had he heard
of Stella. Though she was in his
thoughts day and night, alike in the
hour of the widest dissipation, and
in the silent watches Of the night, he
had heard no word of her. All his eff
forts were directed towards forgetting
her And yet if he picked up a paper
or a book and CHANGED to come upon
her name - Stella! "a pang shot
through his heart, and the blood fed
from his face.
The autumn had come, and London
was almost deserted, but there were
some who clung on still There are
some whom the shady side of Pail
Mall and their clubs are the only Par
adise; and the card-rooms of the
Rookery are by no means empty
In the middle of September, when
popping at the birds, LEICESTER and
don't go and fish, or-or-take a
drive. or anything. You only wander
about the garden, or in the meadows. "
The long lashes swept her cheeks,
and she strugg' ed with sigh. His
words had told home.
"But-but,' she said falteringly, Il
an not a boy. Girls should stay at
home and attend to their duties"
"And walk and move as If they were
' in a dream--as If their hearts and
souls were divorced from their bodies
and miles, mics away," be said,
waving his ,hin white hand in the air
slowly.
Her lips quivered, and she turned
her face away, but only for moment.
it was back upon him with a smile
again.
you are foolish, fanciful boy!"
she said. putting her hand on his
shoulder and earessing his cheek.
perhaps So he said. MY fame
les are more than al the world to me,
says the poet, you know" he added,
bitterly.
Stella heart ached.
Are you angry with me, Frank? ?"
she said. Don't bel"
NO. not angry" he said. looking out
at the mist that was rising.
To be continued.