Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-14


usual?"
My dear Mariel"
'Well, so you always are! What
will you do today, dear? What do
YOU say to a cool drive through the
woods and luncheon out of doors un-
der the trees?'
Lucille colored.
81 can't go out this morning, Ma
rie," she said, quietly. Il expect
some one
Really! Who is it? Mr.. Head?"
mo. not Mr.. Head, Marie. Don't
ask me, dear You shall know very
soon.'
How mysterious you are this morn
dear! What's very soon mean? A
day, week, month";
"a few hours only" answered Luz
ellie, softly. You shall all. know,
and l think, hope you will be as
happy as 1 am
Marie Werner clasped her hands
and uttered little exclamation of
delight.
"Oh, l know! l can guess!' she ex-
claimed. Lucille, l am so gladi"
Lucille crimsoned and looked up at
her shyly.
''You know-whet do you knoW?
ooh, I can GUEST" The marquis has
proposed and you have accepted him."
Lucille's face paled, and her brows
came together.
Lord Merle has not proposed to
me-
"Oh, l am so sorry, dear! What an
impulsive idiot l am murmured Ma
RE. penitently.
"And if he were 10 propose to me
should not accept him" continued Luz
ellie coldly, finishing the sentence.
"Oh, forgive me- dear! | am al
ways getting into trouble with this
runaway tongue of mine. But
really thought mean everybody
knows-how devoted the marquis is
to you, and thought
and you shan't if you don't wish
to-" murmured Marie, caressingly.
There is the breakfast bell. l must
run and finish my hair or Mrs. Dalton
will read me a homily upon feminine
neatness!" ad with a laugh she ran
out of the room.
Lucille stood for moment or two
looking out upon the lawn. few
hours, perhaps two, and Harry would
come up. and all would be known.
All, what happy, happy time lay be-
fore her! What had she ever done
that the gods should be so good to
her? They had given her hand
some fortune, and now they had
noblest, handsomest man in the world.
The spray of clematis lay under her
pillow, and she took it from thence
and kissed 1t gently. but passionately,
be tore she laid it in the drawer of her
Bureau.
"Pll keep you till die" she MUIR
INJURED, Just to remind me of last
night, and my dear, dear love!" Then
she blushed and smiled What
would Lady Farneiy say. if she could
hear me? She who praised me for
being unlike the bread-and- butter
as the most foolish of them ALL"
Then she went into the corridor,
but at Susie's door she paused and
listened. There was no sound. and
she knocked softly, but no answer
coming, she thought that Susie was
asleep, and meeting one of the house.
maids on the stairs, told her not to
disturb Susie. as she was sleeping off
a headache.
Mrs. Dalton at, the head of the
table, smiled over the coffee cups.
No need to ask how you are this
morning. Miss Darracourt, she said.
You look the picture of health; but
! trust that you slept well?"
Lucille laughed softly.
''Oh, yes she said as she TODD her
place at the table.
Marie. where is the letter bag?"
A footman brought it from a side
table and Lucille opened it. There
We're several letters for herself, and
one for Marie Werner
What a strange handwriting,
dear!' she said, throwing it over to
her
Marie Werner glanced at it and put
it down beside her plate. She knew
MIR. Sinclair's writing all too well.
1T is from a horrid dressmaker
who seem to think that shall forget
her bill unless she reminds me of it
every other morning"
My father never failed to impress
upon me that the best kind of punct-
uality was that which prompted us to
pay our just debts Immediately they
were duet" said Mrs Dalton.
He didn't add whether you had the
means or you hadn't. suppose?" said
Marie
The old lady opened her lips to re-
tort when footman entered.
The Marquis of Merle, Miss," he
said, as impassively as if it we're the
habit of gentleman to make MORN
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