Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-03-04

force, thrown me from the saddle.
should have seen you in time, and,
as say, no harm would have been
done. All that has occurred is that
man's-Lord LEICESTER Wyndward's
fault. Again I beg your pardon"
And he bent his head before her.
But as he did so a malignant CLEAN
shot out of his eyes in the direction
of the tall, stalwart figure and white,
passionate face.
mo. no, there is no occasion!" said
Stella. trembling. 81 do not want you
to beg my pardon. 1t was only an ac-
cident You did aot expect to see
anyone here-T-I-oh. I wish | had
not come"
Lord LEICESTER stared
do not say that" ne murmured.
Then aloud:
Here is your horse. sir; mount MIN
and go home, and thank your stars
the lady has escaped without broken
limb"
Jasper stood moment looking at
him then, with another inclination of
the head, he slowly mounted the horse.
Lord LEICESTER, his passion gone.
stood calm and motionless for a mo
ment, then raised his hat with an
old-world gesture.
~Good-day to you, and remember
TO ride more carefully in future.
Jasper Adelstone looked down at
him with a maglignant smile on his
thin lips
"Good-day, my lord I shall remenl-
Der. am not one to forget. No,
am not one to forget and striking
spurs into the horse, he rode off.
CHAPTER TX.
who is 'Lenore,' Uncle?p
1t was the evening Of the same day
"a day never to be forgotten BY
Stella, a day marked with white
stone in her mental calendar. Never
would she be able to look upon a
field Of primroses. never hear the
music of the river running over the
weir, without remembering this morn
ing the first she had spent with Lord
Leicester.
At was evening now, and the two
the painter and the g.rl-were sitting
by the open window, looking out INTO
the cleaning; he lost in memory, she
going over and over again the incl
dents of the morning, from the visit
Of Mr. Jasper Adelstone to his en-
counter with Lord LEICESTER.
It was strange, it vas almost phe-
nomenal-for Stella was frankness
and candor itself-that she had said
nothing Of the encounter to her uncle;
once or twice she had opened her lips
once at dinner, and once again a.
she sat beside him, leaning her arm
on his chair while he smoked his pipe
she had opened her lips to tell hiIl
of that sudden outburst Of fury on the
part Of Lord Leycester-that passion
ate rage which proved all that the
painter had said Of his hot temper 20
be true: but she had found some diff
7culty in the recital which had kept
er silent
She had told him of her walk in
the woods, had told IN Of her meet
ing with Lady Lillian, but of that pas
sienate encounter between the two
men she sad nothing.
When Jasper had ridden on, pale
and .ivid with suppressed passion,
Lord LEICESTER had stood looking al
her in silence. Now, as she sat look
ing into the cleaning. she saw hin
in her minds eye STILL his beautiful
eyes eloquent with remorse and hui
mility, his clear-cut lip quiyering with
the sense Of his weakness.
"WlI you forgive me?" he said, at
last, and that was all. Without an
other word. he had offered to help her
into the boat, help which Stella had
d,sregarded, and had rowed her across
to her uncle Without word, but
with the same penitent, imploring look
in his eyes. he raised his hat and left
her-had gone home to the Hail. 10
his sister Lady Lillian, and Lenore,
Ever since she had heard the name
drop softly from Lady Lilian's lips II
had rung in her ears. There was q
subtle kind Of charm about it that hat
fascinated, half annoyed her
And now. leaning her head on her
arm, and with her dark eyes fixed OF.
the stars which glittered merrlly IN
the sky. she put the question:
who is Lenore, uncle?"
He stirred in his chair and looked
at her absently.
'Lenore, Lenore. don't know,
Stella, and yet the name sounds fam-
liar. Where did you hear it? It's
scarcely fair 10 spring question like
that ON me; you might ask me who
is Julia, Louisa, Anna Maria
Stella laughed softly.
Il heard it this morning, uncle.
Lady Lillian told her brother as She
left US that 'Lenore had come"
All, yes he said Now / know
So she has come, has she? Who is
Lenore?' and he smt ed There is
scarcely anothc. woman in England
who would need 10 ask that question