Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-10-30
:Aunt Diana
The Sunshine
of the Family
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CHAPTER XIV.

pocpr related at the breakfast table
%--bo1e story of the previous night.
VIC ,,,son was a little surprised by the
l1tion she received. Her pale cheeks
s3 bpavv eyes secured a good deal of
a.t+ing Mr.. Merle questioned her anx-
P ,sIr wbather she had caught cold; Miss
| ,I.b fairly overfowed with tender in
n .loins Roger waited on her zealously,
W. Rrdel sat staring at her, to the OBJ
49,. rooect Of his breakfast. Missile
,s.,road her shoulders q little over the
-haIo affair. Alison had done very little
.tt,r MI but they were all making such
frss over it, She was dcubly vexed
,,.c Miss Hardwick came in, full Of en-
,,,sfosn, for that dear, clever Alison. She
~ r,a+ Roger and he had stopped and
.tron her and Anna a full account. Mis-
- had TO listen to more eulogiums,
sL,rgb Alison modestly disclaimed all
nr.iso Miss Hardwick quite frightened
t.r when she assured her the whole thing
rrorH be soon all over the town.
"you will be q nine days wonder, my
5oor" she said, graciously. people will
storo ut YOU when you walk through the
streo+s Fancy locking the wretch in
+ WAS quite horrible and romantic. l
r,rst RIM home and tell mamma and An
thony all about ii"
All this was rather a trial to Alison.
Perhaps the greatest pleasure the day
afforded was when Roger showed her
letter he had written to Aunt Diana.
"Oh. YOU foolish boy" she said, coloring
with qualification as she. read the glow
IDg sentences. written straight from Ro-
gor's warm heart But the tears were
yprv near the surface too. There was a
little space left, and she wrote hurriedly
across 1t, when Roger had left the room
moment: Don't believe all Roger
Saws dear Aunt Di. l never felt more
frightened in my life; heroines are not
made of such cowardly stuff; they do not
act in a panic They all make a great
deal too much of it."
Alison would have been quite happy
during the next few days except for the
depressing effect of Missiles ill-humor.
Missile was plainly suffering from a bad
attack of jealousy. Missile sought con-
ISOLATION in Eva's batteries. Her visits
to Maplewood were now of daily occur
renee. Alison once ventured to remon-
Strate
q do not think papa would be quite
pleased, Mabel, if he knew you were so
much in Captain Harper's company" she
said, very gently.
Captain Harper, indeed ~ returned
Missile, haughtiIy. You need not trouble
yourself, Alison. My visits are not to
him."
NO. dear, of course not" replied Ali
son, in a pleading tone. But, all the
same, you are going every day to Maple
wood and that throws you necessarily
into his company. Miss Hardwick can
not well Danish her cousin from the
room; and, Mabel, l do feel that it is not
quite honorable to papa. He trusts us to
carry out his expressed wishes, and in
this you are setting them aside"
Il wish you would mind your own busi
ness. Alison" she said, angrily. you
have no right to lecture me because you
are the eldest. Eva says l am quite justi-
fed in asserting myself. / hope l know
my duty without your always pointing
It out to me, and you may leave papa to
me- We have always understood each
other perfectly and there is never any
thing wrong between us unless you choose
to 90 and tell tales"
Mabel how can you be so disagree
abJe* began Alison, hotly. But she
cooled down on remembering Aunt Diana's
adyIce-"Npyer get warm over an argu-
ment. Allie. When you begin to feel angry
is time to hold your tongue" And Ali
son held hers.
she would have been q little comforted
She had known how i'll at ease Missile
really was. Her high complexion and
cross speech only proved that the arrow
mai gone home. She knew in her secreet
"e2rt that she was behaving dishonor-
aoy' Her father trusted her, and she
was ootrayjng his trust. The very next
Jay she had planned to join Eva and her
COUSIN IN Il pleasure excursion, though
S"' knew it was an act of tacit disobedi-
sDce, hut SeIf-will only gains strength by
indulgence
MSonS vague uneasiness that led to
uFF speaking was changed into positive
"'" "heh Roger came into her room
|at night. He was in evening dress,
-a'Ns Just returned from an early par
" Alison was waiting up for him. She
s1o put off her dress, changing it for a
~''"'y pink dressing gown. She looked
w brightly at him as he entered.
il, Allie he said, sitting down by her,
am 50 bothered about something l
, nave heard tonight. Did you know that
1 St@oeI was going down to Durbans with
o1E" hardwick and Captain Harper to-
morrow"
a,,. W by, no." she said, starting a little.
VIVA, place did you say, dear"
"uroanS 1t is about twenty miles
r'O1 mere. There are woods there where
%,'p1e go for picnics. l meant to have
%Nsn You and Mabel one day, only we
r~''0 have some by train. Miss Anna
,r ~ at the Merediths', and she told me
~ "oout 1t quite innocently. 1t seems
40, captain Harper has sent for his dog
NJ ana he means to drive them over.
T~Sl are to have dinner and tea at the
TI N1F Inn; 50 they mean to be away the
c,.-o o1 Roger. what shall we do?" ex-
T+...'su Alison. IF papa were only here
''"'u so to him at once Mabel has