Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-08-18


sand pounds and not paid for them
stared at the paper without seeing
a word.
Lucille sat reading letter which
had come from Marie, saying that
all was going on well at the Court,
and having done that, arose to leave
the room.
ooh, Lucille" he said, as if struck
BY a sudden thought. About
Money!"
He nodded pleasantly.
YES. Forgive me for mentioning
SO commonplace a subject; but 1t
mas to be considered sooner or later,
and perhaps it will be better that
it should be sooner"
"Well?" she asked
Her calmness and Indifference
made his task all the more difficult
He leaned back and stroked his mus
tache
"Some people have sent me their
bills" he said 81 suppose they had
better be paid"
eyes. / suppose so,' she assented
1anguidly.
He laughed softly.
Mr. Head has left all the money
arrangements to you," he said.
''Give the bills to me and will
pay them" she answered, with her
hand on the door,
He muttered an inaudible curse.
sDo you think l mean to trouble
you with such matters?" he said.
How little you know me! You
would be bored to death. Fancy
looking over the bills to the extent
of three thousand pounds!"
Lucille felt slightly surprised. She
had paid for everything she had pur-
chased; there was only the hotel
bill that she knew Of
why. what bills are they?" she
asked
He shrugged his shoulders.
Tinker, taller, candle-stick-maker,
he replied. BILLS soon run up, you
know"
Lucille inclined her head assent
ingly. In a vague way it struck her
as odd that he should have bought
things to the extent of three thou
sand pounds haunted him, and he
with the money he had: but it did
mot matter.
"You want" she said.
"A check for three-it had better
be four thousand poundsi" he said
carelessly.
She went to the table and drew
out her check-book, and handed him
the slip.
Thanks" he said, as he laid be-
side his plate "These little things
are best paid out of hand"
~Yes." she said, absently, and
left the room
He clutched the check as soon as
she was gone, with an air of relief,
and half an hour afterward Mr..
Stake was shown up.
He received check from his
Iordship with respectful gratitude
IF at any time you should want,
my lord" he began but the mar
gals waved his hand smilingly
Thanks, Stake. thanks; but I do
not think shall require the assist
aance you allude to-"
mo, my lord, no, said Mr.. Stake,
sdeferentially '.The estate is an
enormous one, am aware, but some
rtfmes-one never knows. Money
sooa fiies-your lordship may want
a little loan for past liabilities; men
are always pressing at the wrong
moment. There was a man waiting
outside who. l think, is one who
wants something of your lordsnip.'
The marquis frowned.
"A man outside" he said colby.
you are quite wrong, Mr. Stake. l
owe no man but yourself anything
10 speak Of"
Il, I beg your lordships pardon
most humbly," said Stake. Il thought
by the look of him-but I beg par.
don. my lord and he took himself
off.
The marquis rang for his man
and got dressed quickly He must
pay in Lucille's check at once to
meet the one he had given to Stake
and he went down the great stair
case. the walters and footmen draw
ing back against the wall and bow
ing. He had quite forgotten about
the man Stake had mentioned. but
suddenly he saw man standing by
the portico cycling the entrance hall
with sidelong glance. The mar
. quis looked at him with strange
. feeling of having seen him before.
.but he could not remember where.
His glance rested upon the saIlow
face and black mustache of the feI
low, then he said TO one of the
sfootmen:
'sCall q hapdSou,o pIoaSo-