Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-01-29
u,,,pTrR IX.-(Continued.)

aRut, Maude, my uailin9
pu' and intend to remain So" laugh
ls'' rtrI merrily. and the sooner the
u Hs broken to Mr. Pearman that he
%" - INV destiny's lord the better"
. ae cbild-listen to me" and the
+ramor in her mothers voice ar
as W. Narde's madcap humor instantly.
TO- So,'t tnpw every infexion of that dearly
quo ., voice, and her quick ear detected
",' !nu trouble, much as the sailor fore
"-' +Ia storm in that peculiar sobbing
10 ,5 the wind sometimes gives forth
ga-+r before the tempest bursts.
" second she dropped quietly on
-. lnoos by Mrs. Denison's side, and
..rfnc on the arm Of her chair, said,
.r5sra's more to come, mother; you
,aront told me all yet"
.To nv dearest; 1 had hoped so diff
t,,snrIy. meant told your father, in
.sor+--;" and here Mrs. Denison fairly
5-,ta down, and wept copiously.
Vorde Detted soothed and coaxed, as
:, had done on many a previous occa-
.,n and between the showers of tears
,srrod how much they were in the hands
:; tbe Pearnans; how that their remain
Inn aft Glnn was an impossibility unless
IN poarmans came to their assistance;
md how her hand was the price they
aI,ced on standing in the breach between
Harold Denison and his creditors. About
j Tho foregoing of their own claims the
Oor lady wisely said nothing. Better
& ,oude should think her future husband
,nd chivalrously forward in her fathers
uDDort, with the prospect Of her fair
pIr as his guerdon, than she should
know that her hand was the sole bride
rbicb induced him to forbear Selling upon
CHM.
The saucy smile had left the girls lips
By the time she comprehended the sad
;ory 1t was replaced by a pale, anxious
look, such as had never been seen before
On Maude Denison's face.
You can't mean this, MOTHER" she
aid, at length You surely don't wish
that l should marry this man, whom l
can't say | dislike, for l don't even know
him enough to tell whether [ do or no
but that l am to take this man for a hus-
hand without any reference to my own
teelings-you don't intend that, do you?'
Il don't know what will become of us
# you don't, Maude," gasped Mrs. Deni
son.
And is it not possible that we could
live without GIinn?" inquired her daugh-
ter
What would your father do?" moaned
tho TO
,,iI than to the child she adored so.
1T is hard!" said Maude, and her
Young face grew stern in expression as
she spoke DO you think it quite fair
that | am to throw my life's happiness
away at eighteen to save Glinn? Mother,
know nothing of the world, but a man
surely brings a bad introduction to a
girls heart who seeks her as Mr.. Pearman
would apparently seek me. l don't think
In romantic fool, but 1 never thought
to leave your side in this wise. Of course
know girls do marry for money; but
butt had-had hoped | should be diff
5rent" and here Maude was seized with
an historical choking in the throat,
which though it only drew few tears
tOu her own eyes, brought forth another
shower from Mrs. Denison's.
| really am shocked, for the sake of
my readers, at the amount of tears intro
llced into this part of my story. 'Um-
0Felas up" would have made an appro-
pirate heading to this chapter but what
an to do? You see. Mrs. Denison is
one of those women who naturally dis
solve lnto-may say, mist ?-on the most
NI1ng occasions, and come down in tor
rents when things go hard with them.
And, bear in mind, she was performing
HE hardest task that had ever fallen to
Der lot as yet.
No use crying about it, mother" said
Aaude, gulping down her agitation brave
Y, I am going up to my own room to
,Ank 1t all over; but come what may,
leeI at present you will have to let Mr..
I&rman know that I'm grateful for the
honor ne has done me, but respectfully
cecnne anything further"
When Maude reached her own room,
she sat down and began to muse over all
aeF mother had told her. Had it come to
,DS really, that it rested with her to save
a7' parents? What was she to do? l
laVe said before that she was not like
ne young ladies of this world. She was
s"'ler behind the age in many OF her
"eaS' She was very young, and had,
moreover, tinge of that dear old-fash-
"led romance about her which is at such
terrible discount in these utilitarian
Jays What can there be to think
s0'at: cries Belgravia. Preserve me
nun such an imbecile daughter !" shrieks
lyouTnla. But Maude, after thinking for
ra1 an hour, with set face and knit
%O"S' suddenly rose with a smile rip
~1S over her pretty face, and while the
-.oaay sun still glinted through her bon
rs Grown hair, sat down to write to
O'eaville Rose.
4 he always gets me out of scrapes,"
~! s nurmured, softly; ''he must out of
- a., though and here she even laughed
N afraid Gren will think this what
Il calls big un.'"
CHAPTER X.
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~. sc IN couple of pleasant rooms, he
isI. ~uSly law books, the latest period