Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-01-15

and sought his wife's boudoir, having pre-
viously ascertained that his daughter was
out of the house.
Il want to talk something over with
you, Nellie" he observed, as he entered.
L don't think that it will be quite pleas
ant to hear, but, at all events, it can't
distress you, as you will have the power
OF deciding as you like about it.
Mrs. Denison raised her face anxiously
to her husbands. Decision, on any point,
was painful to her, and she was too we'll
aware, from former experience, that this
was but the prelude to some scheme IN
which her concurrence had already been
practically marked out by her lord and
master. Harold Denison's consultations,
at such times, generally comprised mere
synopsis of his intentions, revealing some
minor unpleasantness which he looked to
her to carry out. Poor Mrs. Denison
might well be diffident about such conf
dences as rule, they had borne but
bitter fruit
What should you say" continued the
squire, IF I tell you that it is possible to
save Glinn to us YETI"
''Oh, Harold, can it be SOP" cried Mrs.
Denison with clasped hands and beating
heart. ''No, you don't look like it; see
in your face there is more to follow. 1t
is some bare chance, and your sangulne
| nature has led you astray concerning 1t.
Nellie, don't be foolish. There is
way of arranging all these miserable
money matters that has been submitted to
me, and which, should we consent to,
there is no doubt will prove perfectly
satisfactory. l have turned it all well
over in my mind, and though | have. as
yet, come to no determination concerning
| it. vet I don't deem it altogether imprac-
| ticable Will you hear me PATIENTLY"
'Yes Harold" was the meek response.
"Well what l want to talk to you
about is this. OF course you must be
| aware that Maude is not only grown up
| and handsome, but has arrived at an age
when wooers may be expected"
What do you mean? asked the moth
er, her pale face flushing, and half
anxious, half-frightened expression visible
| in her blue eyes.
eve will come to that presently You
know her admirers at the Xminster ball
were numerous. A man of good property
| in this county solicits permission to pay
| his addresses to Maude. He can give her
a good home and everything she can want
now, while at the death of his father he
will be the possessor of large landed es-
tates in the county, besides considerable
sums invested elsewhere"
| The Door mothers heart beat quick. To
whom was she to be asked to yield her
darling? Who IN all the county side was
worthy of her peerless Maude? She
knew of none; yet she spoke not, but
| gazed eagerly into her husbands face,
and waited with high-strung nerves till
he should speak again.
"Maude can have no attachment as
| yet?" inquired the squire, at length.
"No. | think not. How could she,
| Harold? The poor child has, as yet,
seen SO little of the world, and Maude
is NOT one to give her heart away light
ly."
"Maidens' hearts are stolen, sometimes,
rood while before they are themselves
aware of it," returned Denison, senten-
tiously. ct is essential for my project
that Maude should be fancy free
"she isl returned the mother, anx-
iously; "but tell me, who is this you
/ think good enough for her? There is no
one know she continued. sadly, lit
to claim my darling's hand
CTS no use fencing any more, re-
piled the squire Young Pearman was
much struck with Maude at the Xmin-
ster ball, and solicits permission to win
her, if he can"
"Pearman! What-the son of the law
verb cried Mrs. Denison. You're jok-
inc Harold, surely! You would never
consent to such match for daughter
Of yours
'Iisten, Nellie" replied the squire, sad
| ". "Pearman has a heavy mortgage on
the property he has bought the best
mart of what has been sold, and Maude's
marriage with his son would once more
| consolidate Glinn. Don't interrupt me J!
| he exclaimed, in answer to despalrlng
gesture of his wifes. 81 don't say if
things stood with us as they did in the
old times I'd listen to such proposal
as this: but, Nellie, if Maude could make
nm her mind to it, Glinn would remain
ours. and that would tighten the remain
der of nv time in this world, and yours,
| too, wife mine"
mot unless Maude were happy" muir
INJURED the poor mother
T can fancy the contempt with which
Belgravian matron might regard Mrs
| Denison's last remark. A penniless girl
offered wealth, country house, ETC., and
her mother Numbering about her happi-
| ness. Oh, it Is too absurd!